| Show I T TAXES TAKES JACOBITES i SERIOUSLY S j King Edward Ordered Their Wreaths Wre Removed from Statue Washington Post I It would seem i j if ling King Edward were w e disposed to take more mor seriously than his mether the pretensions of the I called Jacobite or White Rose league which has ho branches branch in this country notably ot wt Boston Baston and also in Philadelphia For the first time since its ex nce became be ame known to the thu th public the wreaths and floral noral which it Is in ot of depositing at the feet of the statue ot 01 the iaia ed King Charles Oharles 1 I on the o of Janu January ary nry which is the anniversary of his death were confiscated by the police acting on orders from the home de department department department which in the matter fol followed followed lowed it is le understood directions of the king This is possibly due to the fact that the king has not forgotten an episode which occurred at the time me of ot his visit to Vienna for the purpose of or representing representing representing Great Britain at the opening oue ing of the international exhibition in 1873 1373 At that time the of Modena who had lost his throne in 1860 when his dominions were incorporated in the kingdom of Italy was living at Vienna and not only as an who had bad sided with Austria against the king kinE of or Sardinia In 1859 1259 but also as asan as asan asan an archduke of the imperial house of ofHa Hapsburg Ha was treated with particular regard re ard and distinction On hearing henring however that Emperor Francis Joseph had invited the then Prince of Wales S to tb represent preSent Great Britain at the opening of the worlds fair he immediately lodged a strongly worded protest declaring that he alone lawful king of England was as en entitled titled to represent the British empire It was in vain aln that the he Austrian an au authorities pointed out to the duke that his hia rights had been annulled by the act of settlement which 2 10 years Jears ago agov vested v sted the English crown in the Pro Protestant Protestant Protestant house of Hanover Inasmuch as O the court and govern government government government ment of Austria had always cham championed championed championed the very principles and nd doc doe doctrines doctrines trines upon which the old duke based his pretensions it found itself In some something something thing of a quandary and was still en ert endeavoring to smooth matters with him when the Prince of or Wales Vales happened to hear issue which had hod been raised The prince at once communicated with Lord Granville who was minister of foreign affairs at the time n with ith the result that Sir Andrew Buchanan who was then British ambassador at wt Vienna intimated to the Hun garian rian chancellor ch Count Andrassy that if the th pretensions of the Duke of or to the English throne were I even permitted to lo be mentioned to the Prince of Wales Vales not only the latter but he Sir Andrew Buchanan British ambassador amba would leave the Austrian capital Nothing more was heard of or orthe the Duke of claims at any rate at court and I doubt if there are many people today who are aware al re that the doctrines constituting the creed of the White Rose and Jacobite league ever eyer formed the subject of a diplomatic issue between the Austrian and the English governments The old Duke of Modena died a couple of years after this affair and his rights were thereupon inherited by his brothers daughter Archduchess Marie Mare Theresa of Austria and of Mo dena dela dEste who is the wife of Prince Louis of Bavaria Ea eldest elde t son of the regent of Bavaria and heir presumptive presumptive tive to the Bavarian throne Princess Prince Louis like her uncle the old Duke of Modena la is descended from the daugh daughter ter te of King Charles I who ho lost his head hd on oi 01 the scaffold whereas King Edward has to go further tack in itt order orde to establish his descent from the clue Stuart E urt uart d dynasty with which his con connection connection connection Is more remote For he is de descended not from a daughter but from froma a n sister of Charies ks I Ithe the headquarters of the Jacobite league are in England Eng rind and its noisiest and most conspicuous leader is an en Eng Ens Englishman lishman who sty s himself the Mar Marquis Marquis Marquis quis de who each year Brings out what hat he is pleased pl to call a le calendar in which Princess Louis of Bavaria is scribed described do as queen of England Enl land and her hur h eldest eldeN son Prince I Rupert as Prince of Wales Vales In England the Jacobite league has all au sorts of mystic signs It even uses postage stamps bearing aring an effigy of Princess Louis of pf Bavaria who ho is styled thereon therein Queen Q een of England Englan l But inasmuch as these stamps tamps are not recognized by the th postal authorities either in England or pr 1 abroad the White Rose leaguers rs lIed to add a 0 regular postage stamp bearing the of or o Queen Victoria Vi toria They relieve their feelings however ho by pasting this last named stamp on to the envelope head downward I |
