Show NOT MUCH or A LOVE MATCH H queen by it of f atut tat it has his been widely heralded that the th of 0 Itol holland lands young queen and the prince of 1 V I led is one in which love cuta cuts more of a figure than any it thing I 1 n gelse elee there li Is yen good reason to believe that while there may be more affection bet between viven the vvo than lj Is usually the case in royal marriages reasons of state have as auth to do with the prospective union as anything elee else one of 0 these reasons has just been out by a european Lur a au u dhority the royal family anu rod wv people ot at holland generally a it to ay avoid old tl ti that by the mari j rings ot of the young eoe reign to a prince of a aulinh family it might inight happen after some time that through inheritance a niler ruler of a foreign country janight become aleo also kine king of holland thin might easily happen it the young queen should marry a prin prince ce of any tiny ruling european bouee house the dutch ray royal at family and the people of holland do not wish to repeat the experiences rl arices which the country has had in the p past t such marr laces were the reasons for the dutch war of nd ns pen dence in the sixteenth cantu y and indirectly tor for the dividing of belgium and holland into two to kingdom kingdoms in 1832 just uch such a consort as was desired by the dutch people Is found in t the he prince of vi IN led whose fan ily Is absolutely without political influence in germany during the dominance of napoleon ha in a large part of european affairs the wieda were deprived of their throne after the evacuation of germany by the french it was as considered best by the rulers of at all the large german states not to restore their thrones to the smaller princes included among whom were the princes of N ted led the former territory of the was therefore given to prussia a in 1815 since when the princes of wied bave have been prussian subjects with leaa influence in germany than many of the oldest noble families nevertheless the wied family Is considered to i be of at equal birth to the other royal german families their title reyn remains alne but that is in all as they bare have very family possessions As A bulwer says I 1 the mate for or be should be a man not riot a money chest cheat and when the beauty la Is also a queen this rule should hold doubly good the prince being an exceedingly presenta presentable bli young fellow and without It hout any chance ot of bringing up complications such as the cautious hollanders feared was jut just the man to mate with her majesty queen wilhelmina hence hie his selection ills roial highness Is poor but his wife trill will have enough for both and she Is believed to know enough to to mariar affairs that her royal consort will be held in check should he ever manifest such gay tendencies as have characterized the ruler of the neighboring kingdom of belgium |