The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-30
ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG.
Hew H. Excited the EnInity OF the
Present Car When a Mere Boy
The Princes Family.


The Princes Family.
Alexander of Battenberg is one of
the handsomcst men of his time, writes
London correspondent of The Ncw
York. San, and, if physical perfec-
tons were still sufficient to make a
ruler, he would be emphatcally every
inch king. Nearly six feet in height.
he carries himself not only With maj
esty, but with elegance and even grace,
and is as far removed from ungainly
awkwardness as from efleminacy and
affectation. Although he belonged to
the Prussian service and is of German
origin, he has none of the stiffness sup
posed to be the invariable attribute of
the soldiers of Emperor William. He
closely resembles his mother, the prin-
cess of Battenberg. born countess of
Sossak-H aucke, whose father was min
lister of war and IoiUodc in Poland, and
who was justly famed as the loveliest
and most fascinating OF women. His
face is oval and strong. His mouth
parts with ready smile in slightly
ironical curves. His deep blue, we'll
opened eyes have gentle, caressing
softness, but when he commands, DIS
cusses, or rebels light passes in them
like the flash of steel, and the ndomit-
able will of the man stands revealed.
The Young hospador's work at So fla
WAS purely military The absence of II
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 the inclination of his heart.
A romance of love had had its opening
chapters at Berlin, but the princess who
had enslaved his affections was too
closely allied to the imperial court too
near the throne, TO be given to one who
could ut best offer h msclf only rs a
morganatic sutton. Prince Bismarck
evoked the bugbear Of etiquette and
policy, and the tender affair was allow
cd TO proceed no further
From his cradle the young prince had
an over-weening ambition, and as II
child dreamed of accomplishing great
things. of making his mark in Europe
and history and of raising himself
above his compeers. A mute. inglori-
Gus life was odious TO him, and he pre-
ferrcd the uncertainty and pcrils of adj
venture to the princcly ease in which he
WAS Tapped. He never was Narrow
minded or exclusive. l. beral and well
read, he has travelled enough to he free
from national preiudices. Paris, y he
once said, ''has strange and unrivaed
destinations which the stranger who
has once hreathed its Intoxicating
atmosphere can never forget, | was
there twice. and each time only for a
short time, but can thoroughly indorse
the truth of the words, Each man in
this world has two fatherlands, his own
and Paris
The antagonism between the prince
and the car is not of modern birth or
later growth. 1t dates far back, from
The time when they were both children
/ They usei TO meet every year ut Darn
stadt The Empress Marie Of Russia
was in the habit of annually revisiting
the city of her birth 10 spend q few
weeks with her brothers, Alexander of
Hessc and the former Grand Duke Louis
Ill. They were so much liked by the
/ car AltNulutI tuut. !ii VluNi W w
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 Battcnberg boy, seated on the
ears knee and toying with his orders.
asked the name of one particular star.
at Is the cross of st. George an
swcred his uncle, ~ 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
czarw,tz turned away. impatienuy NUT
,ering so as to be heard. ''Of course. all
the good things must be for Germans
now
Are you not German yourself?"
asked the dauntless little boy. Ger
man blood flows in your veins. imperial
highness "