New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30

TN VIEW of the Swedish-Argentine
embroglio the influence of the Queen
- of Sweden in favor of the Germanic
cause is being discussed by the editors,
and the subject has been so broadened as
to include other queens who have played
part in the present war. The attitude
of the press may be summed up as an in
ouiry into "the influence of Queen-power
in history"
The completely of Queen Victoria of
Sweden, a German princess, is thus sug-
gested. and is compared to that Of Queen
Sophie of Greece, by THE New York Sum-
in a recent editorial;
according to "a dispatch from London, the
Swedes lay upon their Queen, Victoria, a
Baden princess the chief responsibility for
Sweden's treacherous and underhand con-
duct as it has been disclosed in the Swedish
Argentine revelations. They liken her in
,uence over the powerful inner circle which
controls the political affairs of their coun-
try to that of Queen Sophie over Constan-
( tine, and predict as a result the end Of the
reign of the present Swedish rulers"
With a good humored little piece of
irony directed at the anti-suffragists, "The
New York Call" proceeds to embrace,
rletaphorically speaking, four queens in
its indictment:
zone Of the most common arguments of
the anti-sufragsts is that woman, being
the queen of the household, always infu-
ences the male members thereof for their
own and the general political good and,
therefore, does not really need the vote. We
were never able TO find very much in this
argument until the European war broke out.
Then, most certainly, the queens got busy.
There was the Russian Queen. She in
fuenced poor little Nick, her husband, into
moving from an nsanitary Petrograd palace
to comfortable Siberian fiat, and, like a
true wife, accompanied him there. And who
will say that her influence in the long run
was not for the political good of Russia?
Then, again, there is the Queen Of Greece.
Through her influence her husband, 'Tino, ;
hurled himself off his regal throne and
busted out for parts unknown, where ne is
still wandering around aimlessly. And most
people think it is, on the whole, very good
thing for Greece.
And now comes the Queen of Sweden.
She, too, has great influence on the male
members of her household, and, guided by
her wise counsel, they also are said to be
preparing TO eface themselves, which they
may do, 'spurlos versenkt,' as they say in
that dear Argentine Republic. And many
people in Sweden think il is a consumma-
ton devoutly 70 be wished, and desire to
help in the moving.
"The Queen Of Bulgaria, recently deceased,
also is said TO have had considerable infiu-
ence in deciding her foxy spouse to throw
in his lot with the gang he judged would be
the winner Perhaps he'll renege-if he can
now that he is deprived of her wise coun-
sell The Queen of Austria, we notice, also
has been butting in on the Hohenzollerns
with grievous account of conditions in
Austria from which we should Judge that
she is going over the head of her royal
helpmeet, Charles
There are also minor queens. like those
Of Serbia, Montenegro. Rumania and other
depressed places, who have, IL is said. aided
European progress TO some small extent BY
their advice"
In more poetical vein, Charles. W. Duke,
in "The Philadelphia Public Ledger" thus
summarizes the European "queening":
Hearts are trump in the royal palaces Of
war-torn EurC% Queens have been proved
more powerful than kings in many notable