Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-07
Royalty and Marriage,
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE AMONG
 WEARERS OF THE PURPLE.

Two Hearts That Beat as One May ba Forever Blighted in the Interests O IipIomacy-The German Emperor and ] His English Wife.
 LONDON, April Flor the moment Prince
 Bismarck wins in his contest against the mar
 riage of Prince Alexander to Princess Vic
 toria, but it is feared in Berlin that he vii
 lose in the end, with the result of transferring
 the matter from the imperial household te
 the foreign office. It is asserted that the late
 Emperor William promised Prince Bismarck
 when the marriage was first spoken of as agreeable to the then crown prince and his wife, and as matter of affection on the part of the Princess Victoria and her suitor, tha' the wedding should not take place.
 Now that the subject is brought up again with a view of carrying the matter through to the end of making the ex-ruler of Bulgaria part of the royal and imperial household Prince Bismarck has insisted upon renewal of the imperial pledge, with the object of testing to the fullest extent his influence with the present emperor in opposition to that Ot his wife. The emperor, moved by the repre- sentations of the empress, hesitates to forever blight the hopes of his daughter, while yet he cannot bring himself to the point of disregard ing the chancellors assurance that the mar riage would be direct insult and standing menace to Russia.
 Queen Victoria, with her proverbia] doggedness and love of match making, will probably persist in her intention of going to Berlin for the purpose of re-urging the alli- ance in spite of the risk of offending Russia and disrupting the relations between Prince Bismarck and Emperor Frederick. The Berliners are disgusted at the increasing 0f pray that Prince Bismarck may be successful in thwarting the plaps of the empress and her mother. The almost unanimous opinion is that the match making mother and grand mother and their adherents will, in the event ot their forcing the marriage, discover that 1t IS much more important to the vital inter- ests of Germany and the peace of Europe that the chancellor remain at the head of state affairs than that the taxpayers should have another prince to support
 The Cologne Gazette's Berlin correspondent recalls the fact that the late Emperor William, when dying, exhorted his successors to preserve the German regard for Russia and spare the susceptibilities of the Czar ''Ihus, :" the Gazette says, Che expressed his lifelong statesmanlike idea which, during the last few years, has been shared by all Ger mans of political training. This policy must be adhered to Ill future even though attended with some sacrifices"
 The National Zeitung and The Reichsan- zeiger oppose the alliance between Prince Alexander and Princess Victoria as affecting Germany's policy. It is stated that the em- peror had intended to confer on Prince Alex ander the title of "Furst," as proof of the latter's renunciation of the Bulgarian throne, but yielded to Prince Bsmarck's protests against his so doing We'll informed persons express doubt that the differences between the emperor and prince can now be arranged, though but few believe that the chancellor will voluntarily desert his post at this time
 Later developments seem to leave no reason for doubt that the emperor and empress, touched by their daughters love and con- stancy, have given their consent to the match, which Prince Bismarck now insists that they should withdraw