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Show MANY THRONES HANG ON ISSUE OF GREAT WAR Little Nations of Europe Keep Anxious Eye on Bulletins From Front. VICTOR MAY UNSEAT ENEMIES Fate of Portugal, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Poland and Other Nations in the Balance Spain and Holland Happily Situated. Berlin. Prince Miguel of Iiraganzn, duke of Vlzeu. the oldest sou of the Portuguese pretender Don Miguel, and husband of the former Anita Stewart of New York, has been appointed an honorary first lieutenant of the German Ger-man army, with the uniform of the Sixth Thuerlngen regiment of Uhlans. The prince is thirty-eight years old and lives with his father In the castle of Itelohennu, Lower Austria. His appointment ap-pointment as n German officer is an Interesting event, because Portugal is nt war with Germany. It may have political significance. Ex-King Manuel of Portugal, who lives in England with his young German Ger-man wife, is enthusiastically supporting support-ing the allies IiMhe hope that England nnd France will place him on the throne of Portugal. The central powers, Germany, Austria Aus-tria and their allies, are expected to (3k I ,iTx 4 m li jfM ) 1 4$ i Prince Arexanaer of Serbia. Support Prince Miguel If he tries to capture the crown worn by his grandfather. grand-father. The marriage of the prince to Miss Stewart took place In Tulloch castle, Scotland, September 15, 1900. If the war ends with a victory for Germany and Austria there is a strong probability probabil-ity that the American heiress may become be-come queen of Portugal. The extinct throne of the now republican re-publican nation of Portugal is not the only one whose possessions hinge directly di-rectly on the outcome of the great war. Besides the obvious possibility that the victorious side may unseat t-ome or all of their monarchical enemies, the little nations of Europe have an anxious eye on the war bulletins every day, for their interests are directly affected. af-fected. As to Sjrbia. The Germans and Austrians have not decided just what they will do with Serbia should they be able to retain re-tain their Balkan conquests. Two things are certain. First, Austria will keep a large section of the country and Bulgaria another large slice. Second, Sec-ond, no member of the Karageorgevitch family will be allowed to reign, unless the entente allies win. Probably one iif the host of prolific Gepmau princelings prince-lings will get the seat. In Montenegro the situation is clear. King Nicholas nnd Crown Prince Da-nillo Da-nillo have taken up their residence in Trance. If the allies win they will re-firn re-firn to their rocky eyrie. If they lose. Prince Mirko, the king's second son, ho is now in Austria and hand and giove with his father's enemies, will be installed nt Cettinje. In Greece, too, King Constantlne's tenure depends plainly on the great battles now being fought in the East and West. Greece could never have gained or kept her independence from Turkey without the uid of Great Britain Bri-tain nnd France. Constantine has a German wife; indeed, in-deed, the queen is the kaiser's own sister. sis-ter. While basing his actions on patriotic patri-otic motives, the king's course of conduct con-duct has all alon,' boon marked by inutility to the kaiser's enemies. First he refused "to come to the assistance as-sistance of Serbia, as he was bound Jo do by treaty. He allowed German agitators full sway In his country. Next, he mobilized his army, thus kept the majority of the population ' ' ? I , Ex-King Manuel. from voting and prevented Venizelos, the popular idol, from taking the place of power which his natural majority j of the electorate should give him. In this way the Greek constitution was defied by the king. The entente powers could not stand this long. They have forced Greece to demobilize. With the soldiers voting, Venizelos is almost certain to return to power In the elecli ms to he held this summer. He desires that Greece assist the entente. Then Constantine's power will certainly cer-tainly be reduced to constitutional limits and there is fair prospect of his being driven from the throne altogether alto-gether nnd probably one of his sons put in his place. But should the hosts of Germany prevail over their foes, all this will be changed. "Tino," as the kaiser affectionately affec-tionately refers to his brother-in-law. will be able to impress those Prussian methods, which in his speeches he constantly con-stantly 'sets before his soldiers as a model, upon nil classes of his popuhi tion, and the Athens parliament will become a debating society, like the German reichstng. Buffer Kingdom of Poland. If the Germans win the war they are determined to set up some sort of a buffer kingdom of Poland. This will include the Polish and probably the Lithuanian sections of the Russian empire, em-pire, but It Is improbable that Germany Ger-many and Austria will carry self-abnegation so far as to add their own shares In the three partitions of the unhappy nation to the new state. Many candidates for the Polish throne have been suggested. Perhaps the new king will be a Pole, but more likely a German or Austrian of German blood. If the allies win, Russia will frown upon outside dictation of Polish affairs af-fairs In the peace conference. She will certainly take as big a share of Poland Po-land as she ever had and is likely to grab a little more. But economic reforms re-forms have been promised by Russian lenders to the Poles and Russia, unless the reactionaries again come into complete com-plete control, Is likely to grant them. Sweden is anxious for the success of Germany. Her neutrality has leaned in favor of Russia's enemies. If Rus- I piiiiSPi Hi H Iff tiiPt&S King of Gricce. sia and her allies win, the czar will laugh at Swedish claims that the Aland islands, lying near Sweden in the Baltic sea, may not stay fortified. If Germany wins, Sweden will be suitably suit-ably rewarded. It is not thought the entente allies have any idea of unseating unseat-ing the reigning dynasty in Sweden. Spain and Holland are happily situated situ-ated in not having Incurred the enmity of either of the two powerful groups locked in death struggle. In both countries coun-tries partisans of the two sides have poured broadsides of ink on each other, oth-er, but the governments have held the scales fairly even and Queen WUhel-mtna WUhel-mtna and King Alfonso are assured of their positions, unless the latter Is disturbed dis-turbed by Internal revolution due to the economic distress occasioned primarily pri-marily by the war. Would Germany, victorious, return his throne to Albert of Belgium? Hardly. Hard-ly. If she did, It would be a shadow of his former busy little kingdom. Germany would demand control of the port of Antwerp, the annexation of territory on the east and the autonomy of the Flemish-speaking provinces. If Germany Is defeated, Albert's domain and prestige will likely be Increased over what they were In that fatal July, 1914. |