The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29

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Dutch fleet ruled the seas. Great
Britain challenged and destroyed that
supremacy toward the close OF the
eighteenth century and Hollands
colonial empire has been at her
mercy ever since. This explains why
Queen Wilhelmina and her Govern
ment do not appear overly Jealous IN
fighting for Great Britain in the pres
ent war.
Why She Lost Luxemburg.
Wilhelmina is not Queen also in
Luxembourg because Of a freak OF
fate. Her father ruled over it. but
when he died in 1890 Luxembourg re-
fused to set aside the law by which
it was always to be governed by a
male, and the grand duchy became
the inheritance OF the Prince or MAS
sau. the nearest male relative. who
a made Grand Duke Of Luxembourg.
His son and successor died two years
ago, leaving a family of five pretty
daughters but no son. The only heir
in the male line vas Count Meren-
berk, a grandson of the first Grand
Duke, whose mother was a RUSSIAN
woman married morganatlcally after
the birth of her two children. The
Countess Torby, morganatic wife of
the Russian Grand Duke Michael,
who lives exiled in England on that
account. is the sister of Count Meren-
berg. He himself is married to the
daughter of the Car Alexander II.
by a morganatic marriage.
The Luxemburgers, contemplating
a sovereign with such a mixture Of
royal blood tainted with the plebeian.
decided finally a they, too, would
prefer to have a woman rule over
them if she We're really royal, and
they chose the eldest daughter Of
their late Grand Duke. Adelaide be
came a sovereign upOn her eighteenth
birthday.
She is a h~igh-spirited little lady,
first cousin to queen Elizabeth OF
the Belgians. Without any near male
| relatives, bereft Of the councils of a
tfather, brother, uncle, or even cousin,
| she has during the past two years
gone often to Brussels to ask the ad-
vice Of King Albert. In the question
of opposing the passage Of the
Kaiser's troops through her land, she
went for advice to Queen Wilhelnlina
OF HO1land-and there are cOnse-
quently two wise women among the
sovereigns in Europe today.
Last year Grand duchess Adelaide's
betrothal was announced to Prince
Henry of Bavaria, a nephew Of the
King of Bavaria, older than herself
by ten years INC ten days, n a good
Catholic like herself and the majority
Of her subjects, who number alto
gether about a quarter OF a million
Prince Henry is fighting under the
flag Of the German Empire and this
has had, doubtless, something to dc
with Grand Duchess Adelaide'S ac-
Quiescence to the Kaiser's wishes
The Prince is one Of h best beloved
officers in h army, and when {
F'rench cayalryman. during the fight
ing in France, knocked the Prince.
pistol from his hand, he was in
stantly surrounded by his men. wht
, wounded one after another OF thu
enemy attempting to capture tn,
Prince.
1t would be a mistake to supposa
hat because the Grand Duchess is t.
marry a German thai Luxembur,
will be wholly under the control o
5 eve the influence Of the German EN-
{ pire, though in the German ZOllve
rein. Its whole history is one lon'
struggle to avoid that very thing. 1t
} people in reality sympathize wit
the french more than with the Ger
v mans. During the Franco-Prussia.
war they secretly to tn
8 passage through the country Of thou
] sands Of French soldiers. which tn
: Government was pledged not to allow
n The little Grand Duchess. in he
~ AlllAc k4Ii6OOAn ~ OtCCtcu Will g
army" Of $50 soldiers-who ais
perform the duties of postman, fire
engineer, &c-,-means to be as happ
e and As prosperous as h can. Sh
does not intend to be merely a vassz
of the Kaiser. She does not mea
to offend her neighbOr France. Til
Grand Duchy gave five emperors
" the ancient Holy Roman Empire
g C~harlemagne. That is glory enoug
for it, and Grand Duchess Adelai(
does not intend to j~eopardize its Or
e carious existence now by being il
e vOlved in war.
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