Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — IS HEIR TO BRITISH THRONE [ARTICLE]

IS HEIR TO BRITISH THRONE

Emperor of Germany Is Twentieth in Line of Succession. As far 'as the crowned heads of Europe are war may virtually be called a civil war. The royal houses of Europe are inextricably inter-related, and many an anguished and tortured must be beating now in the palaces of the continent. As Queen Victoria was the grandmother of Europe, and as King Edward was its uncle, so is King George the cousin of Europe. He has cousins in Prussia, Denmark, Greece, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, AustriaHungary, Italy, Holland, Roumania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Wurtemburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Schaumbu rg-Lippe, Hesse and Brunswick. In fact, it has been estimated that his first and gecond cousins, all told, number close to. 300. His most famous cousin is, of course, the kaiser, whose mother Was King Edward’s sister. It is not generally known that the kaiser stands twentieth in the order of succession to the English throne. Fortunately, however, King George has five sons, so that even the crown prince is not likely to get a look in. ____ And while on the subject of sue-

cession it may be mentioned that, the present heir to the throne o' Roumania has, as far as descent goes, a better title to the British throne than any member of the English royal family. Prince Carol of Roumania, who is now 22 years old, can trace his descent in a direct line from Henrietta, the youngest daughter of Charles I. King George’s cousins also include the czar and czarina of Russia and, incidentally, King Constantine of Greece. King Alfonso is a cousin of King George by marriage. Another cousin is King Christian of Denmark, but he married Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenberg. Phe sympathies of King Haakon of Norway, however, should be strongly pro-British, inasmuch as he is a nephew of ,Queen Alexandria, and married one. of King George’s sisters.