New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-29
SHUTS DOWN ON Titles
Kinq William Will Create No
More Mobiles.

| ,Copyrich.. 1918. by the Brentwood company
I Germany's royal Boniface. King WIZ
lam II Of Wurtemberg, who derives
handsome revenue from his publicly rec
ornized ownership OF the principal hote'
and of the chief restaurant in Stu''Sd'"
has announced that henceforth he Will
create no more mobiles. thus renouncing q
valuable prerogative Of the crown. lhoSe
| of his subjects who already possess Ho
hillary titles. either By grant OF by III
| heritance. are welcome TO Keep theiil' anu
| il is up To them to see that the aIlS'ot-
| racv of the kingdom, as now c'hst''u.eu'
does not become extinct. for no further
additions thereto will be made by inc
crown
! This move on the part of King william
who is a veteran OF the war OF IoV ""u
The only German ruler, except the le's"-
! ing Grand Duke Of Mecklenours-Su ei'N'
| ia wear the Iron Cross, won IN that cur
| Nict ON the battlefield as suba!terh cav
airy officer meets general approval
/ among his subjects The existing nooIeS
GRO qratified AT the idea that their ranks
viii NOW become exclusive, since the arls-
tocracv will he restricted solely to inner
! itance The bourgeoisie Is equalIH P'edse''
| for il is proud OF its status ana pie'e'
to aim al becoming the head thereol
rather than at the tail Of the n"pllltN'
! hitherto all the higher orders OIL
snighthood i'm Wurtemberg. as N MANY
other Of the sovereign states OF Germans
ha,e carried with them. eN ohcio' eieN"'
ton IN the nobility. Now, there are plenty
% loading citizens OF Wirtemberg Wh1
are very glad to accept decoration as
recognition Of services renoe'lu 10 NV
] stoto but who. proud Of their desceh'
! from line Of bankers, merchants W
| manufacturers. reaching back huhureuS oi
years are unwilling 70 embe'Ish 'helI
ror,os with a nobiliary title which thei
ancestors did not possess ana "h'cH
seems in their eyes to separate theih I'o"
their forebcars.
king William is a very democratic mon
| III, Whereas his brother sOyereiens. III
.heir eoeeches from the throne TO tht
rat;oraI legislature. either in their OWL
palaces or in the houses Oh FaTldHe"'' ''
,ariablv don their helmets or theII Ona
noaus while speaking, IN token OIL ''ie''
| sovereigrty and for the purpose OIL enpha
.,zi,e their supremacy over all preseH'
r,,,er of Wurtemberg declines To ioi
=. 49,. custom. He declares that IN thes'
oaarn DAYS the sovereignty OF the ma
,ior e shared by the crown win 'he peo
nlo. that the two things go tose'he'' ""'
not since the representatives OF the Peo
- resent arc all bareheaded during th'
.oo,, from the throne, there IS no reason
why he. . so representative Oh inc
should not similarly remain uhc"N'ieu
While thus far no other ihoh'''" 10,
fonoved him in this particular seNeid' VI
,bom manifest a similar reluctance 10 w
-. robilIary titles. Thus Emperor Men
olas for some time past has dechheu "
grant the rank Of baron. count OF prln''
IN anv one who has male heirs tnus III
curing the lapse OF tho dignity OF I'M
doth of the grantee. lie created SersIu'
Uitto former Premier and plenipotehu
., the neace congress OF Portsmouth
y IL. a count because ne haq ho SUM- y"
only daughter married TO one Vi '"'
Xayishkines. lie is about 10 confer
sinilar title on his present Prime MIN
ister. Kokovtzeff. who is likewise "llhou
male issue. but he has resoluteiN decNhe'
q, grant anv title to his Foreign Minister
sazonoff. because the latter happens L
have several sons.
Enperor william in granting the utie
~ count. prince or duke invariaoiy MAKE
the honor lad personam'-that u.s. lot III
orlv-his object being that he may
free 10 revive the dignity In the persol
~ = vouneer son of the original granite
&, tho event OF the elder son proVin
himself unworthy 4 notable instance
,bie kind was the late Prince Munster
ambassador at Paris and chief GERMAN
riorinotentiary at the first peace CONFER
ence Of The Hague. His title OF primo
1ansed with his death. but has been s'hc
ro,,,ved in favor Of his second son. Alex
epder the eldest son having proved MIN
saIf 10 be the black sheep or the iamli!
The present Radical administration
lcopenhagen have pledged themselves u
| withhold the necessary ministerial sane
,,op IN the bestowal OF any grant OF
nobiliarv title by the Crown as long a.
they remain in office; while I'm Greece
Rumana. Bulgaria and Servia not onl!
ia the sovereign declared by the constitu
ton from .bestowing titles but the use by
! tbelr citizens Of any such dgnities IL pro
bihited by law as a penal offence.