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Show HOLLAND'S ROYAL BABE. The Record of Louisville, Ky., edited by Rev. Louis G. Deppen, publishes the following interesting interest-ing correspondence: "Of course it will be no news to your readers to be told that a little Princess is come to Holland, which is a source of joy and gladness to good old sleepy Holland, as it seems to have been, judging at least from the newspapers, in all the civilized world. But I have my doubts if our Catholics have any idea that our future Queen is a lineal descendant descend-ant of one great saint and a blood relation of another. an-other. "I herewith send you an article from the first page of the great Dutch Catholic newspaper, 'He Maasbode.' of Friday, April 30, 1909, the great and memorable lay for Holland, on account of the birth of a royal Princess, who will live, as we hope, to continue the house of Orange. "The article I send you gives: "First The genealogical tree showing our young Princess to be a lineal descendant of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. "Second View of relationship existing between be-tween the houses of Orange. Thuringia, Gonzaga (Wilhelmina; .St. Elizabeth, St. Aloysius.) "As you will notice from the article, the 'View of Relationship' is made up by the learned Jesuit, the Rev. Father L. Steger of Rotterdam, hence it will need no further comment." The Record's correspondent sends also the following fol-lowing copy of an address: "To the Catholics of the Netherlands : "The glad birth of the new Princess of Orange-Nassau, Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, causes us Catholics Cath-olics of the Netherlands joyfully to raise our voices in union with all our Dutch citizens, because we now have the sweet hope that the blessings, which the sensible and peaceful government of the house of Orange has given the Catholic church in the Netherlands in these days of opposition against altar and throne, may be continued. "This grateful, this thankful adherence may perhaps become stronger by the knowledge of the historical fact, here below plainly and convincingly shown: that the house of Orange is connected with St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, and with St. Aloysius of Gonzaga, the patron of our Christian youth. "For this reason I pray you to join me in placing plac-ing our royal mother under the protection of the holy woman (St. Elizabeth), image of heroic motherhood, moth-erhood, and the little baby of the house of Orange under the protection of the angelic patron of youth (St. Aloysius)." |