The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-02
By F. CUNLIFFE OWEN.

A LTHOUGH Lady Patricia Ram
~ say. who entered Westminster
90 Abbey on Thursday last as
. Princess Of the Blood and emerged
rendered her place in the line OF sue
csssion to the British crown. along
with all her royal immunities and pre-
negatives, yet the rights OF any chill
dren to whom she may give birth will
in nowise be affected by her renunci-
alton. For the most eminent jurists
OF the United Kingdom and Of Con-
tinental nations of Europe are united
in their contention that parents have
no power to sacrifice rights Of their
children, minors or as yet unborn.
This. question was widely discussed
at the time of the morganatic marriage
Of the Inflated Archduke Francis
Ferdinand OF Austria Hungary TO
Countess Sophia Chotek. The union
was only sanctioned by Emperor
f., Francis Joseph on the condition that
Francis Ferdinand. the heir presump-
tive to the Dual thrones. renounce
all rights and claims to the two
crowns, not for himself, but for any
sons born to the union. This was
made the subject OF debate in the
HUNGARIAN Parliament. where 1t was
established by the leading native and
foreign jurists that the Archduke'
whose assassination, with his wife at
Ssrajevo. in June. 1914. precipitated
the great war. had no power to rob by
any pledges or acts of his own. his
Young sons. from their hereditary
rights.
Duke Max Would Be Eligible.
Indeed. were monarchy to be rees-
tablished In Hungary the eldest son OF
the late Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
the now seventeen-year-o Duke Max
imilian Of Hohenberg. would stand
a fair chance Of being put forward as
a candidate for the throne were It not
that he Is half Czech. through his
mother, and that his father. thanks
to her influence. never neglected any
opportunity of manifesting his aver
SION for the Magyars.
. or course. the remuneration of Philip,
Duke Of Anjou. grandson of Louis
XIV, of his rights to the French
throne for himself and his descendants
on his election in 100 30 the crown OF
spatr. occurs to the student Of history.
But the DuIG OF Anjous surrender or
rights was ratified by a number or
treaties on the part OF Spain and or
France with one another. and also with
other Powers.
International agreements of this
kind are, even in American jurispru-
dence, superior to any law. Otherwise
Don Jaime OF Bourbon. only son OF
the late Don Carlos and chief OF the
Carlist party in Spain. would be In the
position Of Philip. Duke Of Orleans. as
the acknowledged Royalist claimant
to the oldtime Bourbon throne OF
France.
It is on the cards, therefore, that q
descendant OF Lady Patricia Ramsay,
though she and her husband are now
eonmoners, may yet become ruler OF
the vast British Empire.
Two Daughters OF Princess Royal.
Next In the line Of succession to the
five children of George V. comes his
stster, the widowed Princess Royal.
whose two children are the young
Duchess Of Fife and the still unmar-
ried Princess Maud. The Duchess OF
Fife is married to the Duke OF Con-
naught's only son. Prince Arthur and
they have a little boy and girl. both
commoners in the eyes OF the law, al
though the boy bears the courtesy title
!, of Lord Macduff. next In the line OF
succession 10 tho crown. Then there
= the Duc...- 81 E1sc's younger sister
Maud: after her comes King Georges
unmarried sister. Princess Victoria;
she.. his youngest sister. Queen Maud
AZ norway, ana her little boy, Grown
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