Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-08
FIVE PROMINENT PRINCES.
Rulers Who Are Interosted In the Rou.
nollaa Dispute.

the old worid-the North German and the Pole.
They arc probably the finest looking too. at
least among the aristocratic portions thereof
Alexander was by courtesy called \ Prince be-
fore he was elected at Tirnova in April, 1879,
the Bulgarian Regnant, but he had no legiti-
mate right to the title, being the second son
only of q morganatic marriage Of his Polish
mother, the Countess Van kauck, with
ras4 Of a 1s Ts snd
the way, all the potentates who are
young men. The Bulgarian ruler has more OF
tbs Sarmataan mothers temperament than that
OF his Teutonic father in character. face and
height-slender. and with Q ine soidieriy bear
ing. He has q long. wellshaped head. dark
and silky in texture, like that OF the Poles In
general Alexander served I'm the German
army army and during the sn-Turkish war Of
1S17.'7S was q volunteer on the stan OF Prince
Charles Of Roumania, TO whom he 10 distantly
related. He also served with the Russian light
the war. His advent there was q pure oven.
lure, ana the story recalls the deeds OF der
ring do" which were SO common In the Mid
like himself With his mothers blood he has
inherited taste for revolution, and unless
BY diplomacy. the leit-handed Prince OF Batten-
ourg may yet be seated upon throne In the
city Of the Greek Cssars and Osmanlis sultans.
British navy: II is reported among the Lon
don gOssips that the Prince Of Wales does not
Ike the Batteneurg alliance: So far as the Bull
wondered at, ~ Alfred Edward, Duke of Edin-
burg, second son of Victoria and brother Of the
entirely out Of the running, which it was conf,
IDENTIFY expected would At one time land him In
GSaales a n,ng OF K@pWeiis
oldest Of the former tributary principalities
carried out Of European Turkey by the ambi-
tious aggressions OF Russia, acting in commune
tion with the restless efforts. Of the old Aryan
and Turanan races, who were conquered by
the Turks, is German prince In his own right
branches of the aringen
house, and is therefore q cousin OF Emperor
having been born In April. 1880. He il the
oldest Of the six princes who now contest d.
rectly the future Of European Turkey. They
43d year; Nikiio OF Montenegro, who is about
the same age; King George. Of Greece, who is
%. The ROumanian King was formerly O SUBJ
lieutenant of dragons In the Prussian army,
in 1866, but for Bismarck efforts. He has mad
an uneasy time of 1t, but has been fortunate in
an adviser Of decided ability, Bratiano, ma
his master from participation for or against
any OF the ambitious intrigues OF his neighbors.
The establishment of Bulgaria in 1879 was an
unfriendly and treacherous diplomatic act
against the pretensions Of Roumania after her
people had fought calamity, even though
- WAS s ny Inc -t ute OF king he
German gentleman, who has sedulously
sought to identity himself with the interests OF
hard work, with the race quarrels and the He
brew Insurers within or the intrigues of Russia
and Austria without. but so far the German
dragon has acquitted himself with credit
His queen, Elizabeth, Is known as a brilliant
poet and novelist She is a German Also the
daughter OF Prince Herman Of Weld
Milan Obrenovitch the first king Of Servia,
out the fourth prince OF the province first
created by Czerny George, peasant leader who,
Twelve years thereafter Michael Obrenovitch-
the Turks having again conquered the prov.
ince-overturned the Mohammedans and estab-
lshed Servia as u christian, il still q tributary
province. Milan is the grandson OF Prince
Ephriam, the second cousin OF Prince MichaI
cattle raiser and dealer, but under his step
brother Czerny George, he rose to distinction as
q soldier. In 1917 he was elected Hospodar.
lists, the Obrenovitch having been deposed i'm
1912, succeeding again In 1860. The present
Prince Karageorgevitch is q son-in-law of the
King Milan. The latter is one OF the most
attractive public figures in Europe. He is in
highly educated. dashins, generous. a good. II
Yet unsuccessful soldier. He is about five feet
ten inches in height, has a well nodded head,
wears a mOustache, with finely-formed oval
face, mobile mouth, broad, sloping forehead,
arcned brows and large perceptives. Natalie,
his queen, Is q Wallach, On the mothers side
who was princess in that region. Her father
was of the same race, but a colonel i'm the
gifted and enthusiastic, and possessed with the
desire to restore the Servian kingdom, once SO
famous In medieval history. They seem quite
Nikolo Petrovitch- Niegosh, Prince OF Mon.
tenegro, Is another of the notable and romantic
figures thrown up by the commissions attend
ing the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of European Turkey
mountain fighters, half predatory and wholly
educated in French and Russian schools. a fine
large, martial figure Of a ruler, who has had the
good sense and sagacty to both lead and remain
with his people. There Is really very little
prospects for larger political career for the
Prince Nikolo In the last war he secured a
strip ofcoast and seaport on the Dalmatian side
Austria which might aid his ambition, is hos
tile because the prince is thoroughly Russian in
mftted to servias aspirations. The opponent
his father was a familiar figure on the Prater
But since the marriage OF his son to the
daughter Of Prince Nikolo the Austrians have
snubbed the Czernyovitch aspirations quite de-
the Albanians and Mithridites, who are
pect for the black mountaineers. 80 "'''e PROS
George I. Of Greece. properly named Prince
Christian, is the second SON Of the king Of Dem
of Russia, and his wife is also the cousin of the
car, being the daughter of his uncle, the Grand
Duke Constantine. King George was a naval
officer when, in 1868, King Ohio abdicated
The powers selected Prince Christian, who chose
the name Of George and accepted the throne
He il q handsome man Of middle stature, fair
in complexion, with the yellow hair and blue
eyes of the Scandinavian. man of excellent
ability, he has shown more than ordinary good
judgment In his twenty-five years of ruling
Greece has enlarged her borders, increased her
prosperity, subdued her predatory bands, ex-
tended the field of education, and in every way
is prepared to occupy respectable place on
the European stage.
Col. JOSEPH G. BRECKINRrDGK, INSPECTOR
general, now awaiting orders at Lexington,
KY, is assigned 10 duty as inspector general
division of the Missouri, and will report in Der.
son TO the commanding general Of that division
accordingly.
Posi- OFFICE DEPREDATIoNs.-The post ONCE
at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was destroyed by fire
last evening. ]. T. jackson, the brother Of the
deputy postmaster at Americas Ca, has been
arrested for stealing money orders.
THE RESERVATIONS of First Lieut.. Alton n.
Budlong, ninth cavalry, and Cadet Andrew x.
Schmitt, fourth class, U. 8. Military academy,
have been accepted.
THE surgeon general Of the marine hospital
service has informed the New York state board
of health that government inspectors will be
the governor OF that state requests it
THE CABINET MISUNDERSTANDING whitney
was the only ABSENTEE ut the regular cabinet