18 JANUARY 1919, Page 3

The Luxemburg Chamber last Saturday decided that the Grand Duchess,

whose pro.German sympathies were painfully evident throughout the war, must abdicate. The Grand Duchess Adelaide accordingly renounced the throne, to which her sister, 'Princess Charlotte, succeeded on Wednesday. The Government 'professed a desire for an economic affiance with France and Belgium. It had already withdrawn from the German Customs Union and annulled the Treaty giving Germany the control of the railways.