The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-10-21
ALEXANDER OF sATrENsERo.
How lie Excited the Enmity OF the
Present Car when Nero Boy
The Princes Family.

London correspondent of 4Ae New
York San, and. II physical perfec-
tons were still sufficient to make
ruler, he would he cmphatically every
inch a king. Nearly six feet in height
he carries himself not only with maj
esty, but with elegance and even grace,
and is MS far removed from ungainly
uwkwardness as from cflcmlnacy and
affectation. Although he belonged to
the Prussian service and Is of German
origin, he has none Of the stiffness sup
posed to be tho invariable attribute of
the soldiers of Emperor William. He
closely resembles his mother, the prin-
cess of Battenberg, born countess OF
Bossak- Haucke, whose father was min
lister OF war and Voiuo6e in Poland, and
who was justly famed rs the loveliest
and most fascinating of women. His
face is oval and strong. His mouth
parts with u ready smile in slightly
ironical curves. His deep blue, we'll
opened eyes have a gentle, carcssing
softncss. but when he commands, dis
cusscs, or rebels light passes in them
like the flash of steel, md the indomit.
able will of the man stands revealed.
The young hospador's work at Sofia
was purely military. The absence of q
presiding woman was wildly felt. The
Bulgarians ardently regretted that he
had no consort. and he himself would
gladly have welded had he been able
to follow tho inclination of his heart.
a romance of love had had its opening
chapters at Berlin, but the princess who
had cnslaved his affections was too
closely allied to tho imperial court, too
near the throne, to be given to one who
could at best offer mself only rs Il
morganatic sutor. Prince Bismarck
evoked the bugbear of etiquette and
policy. and the tender affair was allow
q, to proceed no further.
From h S cradle the young prince had
an ovcr-weening ambition. and rs u
child dreamed of accomplishing great
things, of making his mark in Europe
and history, and Of raising himself
above his compcers. 4 mite, inglori
ous life was odous to him, and he pre-
ferred the uncertainty and pcrils of adj
venture to the princely ease in which he
was Tapped. He never was narrow
minded or exclusive. Liberal and well
read. he has travelled enough to he free
from national prejudices. Paris, he
once said, has strange and unriva'ed
destinations which the stranger who
has once brcathed its intoxicating
atmosphere can never forget. ! was
there twice. and each time only for
short time, but can thoroughly indorse
the truth of the words, Each man in
this world has two fathcrlanAs, his OWE
and Paris.
TIL, antagonism between the prince
and the czar is not of modern birth or
later growth. 1t dates far bac Ok from
the time when they were both children.
They uscl to meet every yesr at Darn
stadt. The Empress Marie OK Russia
was in the habit of annually rcvisiting
the city of her birth to srend few
weeks with her brothers, Alexander of
Hesse and the former Grand Duhe Louis
III. They were SO much liked by the
ear Alexander II. that, in order to be
near them, he had fixed his summer
residence at the castle Of Jugenheim,
and never failed TO summon near him
the two little Battenberg boys, his
ncphews.
Prince Alexander was so particularly
favorite of the emperor that the jeal-
Gus rivalry of his own sons was thereby
excited. Thus were laid the seeds Of
the enmity which has attracted so much
attention. One day at Jugenheim the
the little Battenberg boy, seated on the
cars knee and toying with his orders,
asked the name of one particular star.
at is the cross of st. George" an
swered his uncle, "a cross you will
wear on your breast when you are a
Russian general and have won your
first victory"
At these words of his fathers the
czarwitz turned away, impatiently NUT
tering so as to be heard, 'Of course, all
the good things must be for Germans
now"
Are you not German YOURSELF"
asked the danntess little boy. Ger
man blood flows in your veins, imperial
highness."
The czarwitz never quite forgave or
wholly forgot the retort of the pampcr-
ed child whom in his heart he consid-
cred as an Objectionable poor relation;
and there never was then or hereafter
much love lost between the cousins.
Alexander belongs to family who,
II prone to misally, arc always foremost
in war and adventurous undertaking.
A brother of his mother distinguished
himself in 1870 under the orders of
Garbaldi, and later on for brief peri
cd commanded a brigade at Dion.