The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-22

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So he too, sacrificed tho throne, as wen
as all his rights to the very vaIua 49,.
estates of the refsninE house OF e,s..a..
Goth. Concentrating them to his Cousin
Leopold, Duke OF Albany, then sehoolooy at
Elton.
Kicked on to Throne.
1t is only fair to admit that Leopold was
very reluctant in those days to accept the
succession, and it is said that he would not
do so until he had been subjected to some
pretty rough treatment, Including sound
kicking by his Cousin Arthur. So far as
am aware, Prince Leopold. who has now
transformed his name into Charles Edward,
as which he rules over Saxe-Coburg ana
Gotha, presents the only case OF any one
being actually kicked ION to" a throne.
Prince Arthur's mother-namely, the
Duchess of Connaught-is by birth mem
bersof the reigning house OF Prussia Her
father was that celebrated German cavalry
general and commander who was known as
the Red Prince and to whom Bazaine sur
rendered Metz N the war of 1870
Her only brother. Prince Frederick Leo
pold of Prussia, is inspectorseneral of Ger
man cavalry, and Is married to a sister Of the
Kaiserin. But the Duchess OF Connausht
has become SO entirely welded to the land
of her adoption, and so completely English
since her marriage. that she is credited In
England with having contributed In no
small degree toIthe decision OF her husband
and son to remain Englishmen. instead OF
becoming German sovereigns.
Ineffective Matrimonial Alliances.
Among the many lessons taught by the
present war is the one that matrimonial alH-
ances have ceased to exercise any influence
to speak of on political alliances.
The fact that because a monarch or
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sort a foreign.bern princess cannot be re-
parded from henceforth as deterring him In
the slightest degree from casting down the
gauntlet to tho nation from which she
sprang.
German Rulers of Great Britain.
All the consorts of the rulers of Great
Britain for the last 200 years or more. down
to Edward VII, have been Germans, and the
same has been the case with the monarchs
of Russia since the days of Peter the Great.
the only exception to the rule being Alexan-
der III. whose widow was Princess Dagmar
of Denmark. One finds German-oorn prln-
cesses In the Feigning houses OF Italy pei
GUM. Holland, Spain, Denmark, sweden
Greace Roumania and Bulgaria, and Teuton
brides were sought by the late King Ale1an-
der Of Servia without success, and by the
present Emperor of Japan, before he nnaty
decided to we'd princess OF high degree OF
his race. THIS VIII serve " SAPAsSNt 80
n measure the enbarrassments OF domestic
nature that have been created at every court
in Europe by the present war
At no court has 1t proved source OF
greater trouble and disturbance than at that
of Athens, where the entire reigning family.
has been rent asunder by bitter dissension in
connection with the war.
Queen Sephia's Threat.
Queen Sophia has always. been the most
strong4minded and masterful or the four sis
ters of the German KAISER. and, formerly so
angry with her husband that she was re-
ported to be on the eve of divorce, has be-
como entirely reeonciled to him, and holds
him to such an extent under her. domination
that she has been able, until the time OF writ
ing. to induce him to prevent Greece from
Joining the cause Of the quadruple entente
against GERMANY and her allies
Queen Sophia has already announced
that in the event of Greece joining the triple
entente against the sultan and the two Kali
ser.s. she win leave Greece forever. and re-
turn to the land OF her birth. namely. Ger
mapy-a threat which has bden received IN
her hu stands domtnions with a good deal OF
equanfmity-
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