Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-21
LUXEMBURG MAY
SEND DIPLOMATS
TO ALL NATIONS
Leaders Determined to Main
tain Independence Of Little.
State That Germans Have.
Held Since War Began.

The Hague. Netherlands. Jan. 81
1t is reported that the question OF
sending diplomatic representatives.
from Luxembourg to the neutral coun-
tries, including America, as well as to
the vatican. is under consideration
with view TO protecting the interests
Of that little state. The country mas
been under the yoke of German milf
itary domination since the beginning OF
The war when the Germans made
their rush through LuXeml urg into
France, and although no immediate re-
lief from the conditions which now
handicap the states independence is
possible, political leaders are all in
spired with the determination that
Luxembourg shall be maintained as an
independent and neutral state after
the war
Recent reports of the confusion that
prevails i'm the government of LuXen-
burg have attracted considerable at
tention among the Dutch people, for
| t was only in 1890 that the severance
Of that state from the Netherlands
| was accomplished. 1t was only whef
! King William ILL., OF Orange, died
without male issue that The NASSAU
branch of the family obtained rule
there, its present representative beng
/ the twenty-two-y ear-old Grand Duch-
ess Marie Adelaide, She IL was whc
strongly protested, but Vainly against
the German occupation in August
l19l4. and who has in the latest po-
/ litical crisis at least shown that she
has a will and personality OF her own.
The grand duchy is necessarily suf-
IL l.
sure that is the experience of Ger
many. and is less prepared to meet II.
! Consequently IL has been the food
iduestion around which the political
drama of the past few months mas
been turning. Ministries have sue
ceeded ministries with great rapidity,
the government being in continual
conflict with the Bloc parties OF the
eft. who charged the ministry headed
by DR.. LOutsch with having violated
lthc political freedom Of the country.
The Louiseh party profcssed the de-
sire To direct its affairs IN a business
way without reference to party an
ferences. but the liberal and socialist
leaders made il clear that their ma
iorlty would ficrcely oppose Or.
Loutsch-Uhc lattcr's resignation has
lust been forced, according to cable
advices) and demand that the VIII OF
the people land not that Of the grand
+, duchess, should be the. supreme law
of the land
Disorder In Parliament.
Tumults repeatedly occurred, the
parties of the left accusing the cabi-
net of having misinformed' the grand
duchess concerning the views OF the
majority. On one occasion lhlnss
went so far that Il liberal deputy
named Muller rushed at Minister
Loutseh and boxed his ears for what
he regarded as a personal insult oth-
cr deputies having to separate the
lcombatants. The direct result OF tillS
incident was the dissolution Of the
chamber, but this achieved nothlnS'
for at the elections the party OF the
right only secured twenty five seats
twenty-seven going to the Bloc par
ties liberals. socialists and lndepehu-
ents). The opening OF the new chaih
Der followed few days ago. when the
) government declared that ii would
maintain its former program, with the
result that hostile motion was
passed by 26 TO % votes Before the
session opened two deputies of the
Bloc threw the government seats out
Of the window.
These internal quarrels are regarded
here as very deplorable in view par
ticularly of the most precarlous ana
dangerous position in which LuNem
burg stands The food question Is
what so sharply divides both parlia-
ment and the people, the country eiec-
tors having sent representatives %
parliament VINO are against the seiz-
iurc of grain and the fixing of maxi
mum prices; but outside observers
think there should be sufficient pat
riotism and common sense TO reach al
agreement on such ii matter.
At the elections all deputies energet-
ically repudatcd any suspicion OF be-
ing pro-German, all are said TO feal
annexation, and all are inspired by
: the thought Of an independent, neutfa
{ tLuxemburg being maintaincdNfter the
= war.