The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-08
ANOTHER EUROPEAN
REPUBLIC POSSIBLE
Controversy in Sweden Be-
tween Citizens and King
Grows Fierce Daily.
SWEDES ARE PROUD
Have Demonstrated That
They VIII Not Permit the
Monarch to Dictate.
By FREDERICK WERNER

oy l hoodN1Sh WGhN EE,
Special Gable to The Tribune.
BERLIN. March 7.-Germans have
been following with the greatest interest
the evolution of recent events In Sweden.
and hope that the kaiser has been able
to Interpret the writing on the wall, re-.
membering the old Latin proverb that
your home, too, Is in danger when the
adjoining house Is afre. That the kaiser
has been and still is intensely interested
In the great struggle between the Swe-
dish people and their king. whose old
fashioned faith In the personal power and
Initiative OF kings may before long add
another republic TO, those already estab-
Hshed IN Europe, no one doubts. King
Gustaf is a personal friend OF the kaiser,
who ?, shares his views OF the divine rights
OF Kings, and the queen OF Sweden is a
GerWa born princess, whom many peo-
pie in Sweden openly accuse OF ha wing
urged her husband 10 adopt the tactics
which may abruptly terminate the his
tory OF the Bernadottes as a reigninS
family.
Temporary Lull.
There Is a temporary lull in the po-
conservative cabinet has been formed
after many difficulties, but dissolution
Of the Swedish riksdag is Imminent and
everybody knows that the radical element
will come back In increased numbers
after the elections. AT the very best
the king Will then have to go to CanosSa
or even be forced to abdicate in favor of
his son, whose ideas are more democratic,
while even e Swedish republic is pos
sibility. The Swedes are an exceedingly
proud people and have shown before that
they Will permit no monarch to dictate 10
them.
1t is characteristic OF the present situ-
alton in Sweden that neither the king
the violent republican propaganda which
goes on openly, A new paper. "Repub-
liken." appeared IN Stockholm few
days after the kings offending speech.
tanned an enormous number OF subscrib-
ers In all parts of the country. In lead
Ing article under the heading mo Re
stated that the demand for republic
is rapidly spreading, not only among the
working classes. but even among. the
classes the backbone OF Sweden. These
people will not be satisfied with any
compromise. the paper says. the. king
must go even II he now seems willing to
apologize A cartoon shows the way Ia
kick a king down the stairs and on the
front page of the paper large draw
Ing shows a Worki1gma,n, ;,n,a,s taxing haaS nd ,m9
throwing this article of luxury away
Car a Dreamer.
Like the unfortunate Louis XVI OF
France, Gear, Nicholas is; In his vague
for his people Evidences OF this desire
are to be found in his attempt TO de-
crease the drink habit. which is con-
tinually growing and encouraged by the
state. which holds the alcoholic monopoly.
and, more recently even. In his rescript
advocating banks for the purpose OF pro
viding cheap loans to Russian peasants.
In the duma the members sadly shake
their heads at the czar's suggested re-
forms and many openly declare them as
Utop,an as they are evidently we'll
meant
II was with a rather uneasy mind that
the kaiser recently bade Prince Wilhelm
of Wed farewell when he left Fotsdam
to go to Neu-Wied in order to receive
the throne of the new principality, not
because they want him In the country;
but simply because the powers forced
them to accept 2 western pr,noe ss, n,ni Iiiu
The kaiser. as we'll as any other Eu-
ropean statesman. Is perfectly we'll aware
that the German prince, whose courage
and unseihshness he adnlres. VIII have
20 struggle with a network Of intrgues,
without which no Albanian could exist;
and the planning OF which IL oa ms p,cfulr ntnnv
plundering or numbering, Among the
very members OF the deputation at Neu-
Wied was Essad Pasha. known among
who. IL Is said, may even now have his
plans ready to assassinato the prince
when the millions he brings Into Al
mia have disappeared.
Prince Wilhelm and his brave consort
will reside in a renovated house OF less
than a score OF rooms. only q Few OF
which are not infested with rats. cock
reaches and other vermin and all OF
which smell OF the strong disinfectants
1sed during tho last month to make them
n any way At for human habitation-
In this 'spalace" he will hold court and
ais retInue will consist Of thirty-tWo peo-
,le. His master of ceremonies VIII De
"a ntain Thilo Of Throtas while his pri-
;ae secretary viii be the former p5incess gingss
Iii be &c 1,ro German ladies-ip- waiting,
san a Aitmann and Won Pfuhle. who, with
he English soyerness for her r. tWo NO nsS 6n1S
.,ItureS pcopIe at court. The prince
;diiofsp viii further have a German valet. Herr
;chuch. while Leipzig s1I doctor Berg, aId
-, - ~ work IN q practice among the ma