Some Young Rulers.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 14, 3 April 1902, Page 15

Some Young Rulers.

President Roosevelt is the youngest American President, and there is much talk of his being the embodiment of the young blood which is to put America above all other nations. But President Roosevelt is cot the only young ruler in the world. In fact he is older than at least 19 rulers of the great nations of to-day. William of Germany is three months younger ; Nicholas of Russia is only 30 years of age ; ard the Emperor of China is 10 years younger still ; Victor Emmanuel of Italy is only 28 and Wilhelmina of Holland only 21. Alphonso of Spain is probably the youngesc ruler of all, as he is not yet 10. Charles I. of Portugal is under 40, and Ferdinand of Bulgaria is not yet 41. Abbas 11., Khedive of Egypt, is not more than 27 ; Alexandria of Servia, but 25 ; ThankTai, King of Siam, 22, and Prince Geoige of Greece, Governor of

Crete, 32. Among the rulers of the little German States, Ernest Louis of Hesse is 33 ; Frederick of Waldeck 36, and Charles Edward of Saxe Coburg but 17. Several rulers in India are under 30, and in the western hemisphere, R. Inglesais, President of Costa Rica, is less than 40. The young men of to-day must be older for their years than were their predecessors of years ago, or else the world is easier to rule than then.