| Show NOT MUCH OF A LOVE MATCH queen wilhel mines largely V governed by of state it has been widely heralded that the engagement of 0 hollands young queen and the prince of 0 wied Is one in which love cuts more of a figure than anything th e else lse T there h ere t Is s ver very y g good 0 od re reason aso n to 0 believe e e th that a t w while h lie t there le L e r e may ma y b be 0 more affection between the two than is 18 usually the case in royal marriages reasons of state have as much to do w with th the e p prospective ro s c t ly union n 1 0 n a aa s a anything n n g elidea ipe se ua aytha else 0 one n e 0 t these h C reasons e a s on s h has just u s t been pointed out by a european authority t tho 1 r rity i t y the r royal 0 I 1 f family a m il y a and nd t the h a th 0 nya p people e 0 p 1 e of 0 f holland 11 a generally g e n e r a 1 1 y want w a n t to avoid the possibility that by the marriage ot of the young sovereign to a prince 0 of a ruling family it might happen pa u after some borne time that through inheritance a ruler of a foreign country might become also king of holland this might easily happen it the young queen should marry a prince 0 of any ruling european house the dutch royal family and the people of holland do not wish to repeat the experiences which the country has had la ill t the he past such marriages were the r reasons tor for the dutch war ot of independence pen dence in the sixteenth century and an indirectly for or the dividing ot of belgium i and holland into two kingdoms la in I 1 1832 just such a consort a as s was desired I 1 by the dutch people is found in the prince of wied whose family Is 1 absolutely without political influence in germany during the dominance ol of napoleon in a large part ot of european affairs the aleda were deprived 0 th their e t throne h rone after the evacuation of amr 0 G germany e r a n y by the french it was considered best by the rulers of all the large G german states not to restore erman their t thrones h ro es to the smaller princes included among whom were the princes ot of aled the former territory ot of the bleds was therefore given to prussia in 1815 since when the princes of aled have been prussian subjects with lesa influence in germany than many ot of the oldest noble families nevertheless the wied family la is considered to be of equal birth to the other royal german families their title remains but that Is all as they have very small family possessions As bulwer says the mate for beauty should be a man not a money chest and when the beauty la Is also a queen abis rule should hold doubly good the prince being et presentable young fellow and without any chance chaett ot of bringing brt nging up tip complications such as the cautious hollanders feared was just the man to mate with her majesty queen Wil belmina hence his selection his royal highness is poor but his wife will wil I 1 have enough for both and she Is believed to know enough to so manage affairs that her royal consort will be held in check should he ever manifest such gay tendencies as have characterized the ruler ot of the neighboring kingdom of belgium |
