The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-06
THE KINGS LOVE.
Married Happiness Denied a
Royal Prince.
PRINCESS El'sg's ROMANCE


Ths Ds.xpeke RxnkscA4s pubiiAhss soms
fntarusffnx lst1srx al IL late Emperor
william vhifs stu Pr1ncs William Of
Prussia. o General yafxmsr, showing The
dem sorrow and gyeas grisf the prince hsd
20 PASS through In hix love affair with
Princess Eliss Of EadxfwflL The CORE
spondsnce completes the picture which
wss afforded by the letters puhiished In
Professor Won Treisschke's history.
II appears from these letters that the
prince vss. from the vary beginning.
anxious C b the Obstacles which might
perhaps stand In The wsy Of this marriage
He and his parents we're on the best OF
terms with the RadxiwflIs, and the prince
belonged to the intimste friends Of their
family, and the earlier isttsrs b, General
Natxmsr show thaf he Wa much attached
10 the Princess Elise, but stu without
seriously thinking OF marrying her. On
the other hand. his relation 70 her became
the subject Of gossip in court circles. and
rumors became current that the prince In
tended 10 marry tbs Princess Elise.
On the 18th OF December. iS9o. he writes
10 Eatxmer. who wss with the Austrian
army In Italy: princess Louise 1.-THE
mother Of Princess EIiss) lis expected here
shs day sitter tomorrow. Certainly the ru-
NOR win havs reached you. too. that am
about 10 enter into closer connections with
the family OF RadxiwilI Ny friendship 70
you and your confidence shown to me
forces me 10 give you an explanation about
this matter, which. perhaps, appears 70
you to be more serious than IL actually Is
! always was convinced that such union
was not 10 he thought Of: the collisions
with the other members OF the family
would b too great and disagresabie. I"
The prince, however. coufesses that he
had IN affection for the princess and that
he wished To have all obstacles removed,
but as long ~ this was not done he was
firmly determined TO give mp the match.
''Of course. he writes. IL became moro
reserved In my behavior. for / would not
give any coantenance to the supposed
union, which never could take place. This
also explained In al my remarks when
the affair was alluded 70. and | hope thus
10 silence these rumors. Under present
circumstances l cannot and dare not listen
10 the voice Of my heart. and therefore ell
further thoughts Of this matter are at an
end. IL h not without peculiar feeling
therefore look forward 10 tho arrival Of the
family. ! wish ! we're in your place and
could 60 away 10 Italy But the unhappy
prince 0vsrrated his energy, and earnestly
rs he strove 10 Danish the matter from hts
thoughts. he was not able 10 do 80. He be-
came more and more nervous, and his ex-
cited state could not remain unnoticed.
All. were. therefore. surprised when the
king showed the Princess Elise marked
favor: 70 that II was concluded from this
that he wished for the union between her
and his son. The latter also resumed his
former intercourse with the Radxiwilis.
When the Prussian ministers had de-
cided that tho princess was not Of equal
birth with the royal house, and the king
would not consent 10 the union, the prince
was quite beside himself and wrote 10 Nstz-
mer:
What peculiar coincidence On wax
ing had firmly resolved 20 write to you in
order 10 break the long silence which had
preserved. and ~ entered my study
found . long letter from you. l opened IL
trembling. Tor / expected well-merited re-
proaches for not answering your letter OF
December. but found nothing Of oil this,
only your old friendship which IL valuable
10 me. Always preserve this for me, and
especially on this day which Is perhaps the
most decisive and unhappy for me. Ny
words win explain eli to you. II again re-
fers 70 my love affair. for which you last
year showed such sympathy. You know
that resolved 20 keep my own choice in
the background till had higher orders.
took mp this attitude, but soon saw that
IL was only comedy which acted ion the
world. for my heart beat more violently
from day 10 day. When the Radxiwills
were expected from Posen the king sen, To
me and asked me how the matter stood. /
had 10 acknowledge frankly that my affec-
ton had only increased. and that in spite
of resolutions und struggles did not feel
strength enough to voluntarily give up
where felt 30 deeply and was understood.
Hereupon the king promised to DO What
he could to see II it were possible to con-
tract marriage which | wished, as he is
very fond Of Princess Elise.
You can imagine with what hopes now
looked forward to the future, and sp~n,
some very happy weeks till the sad DAYS
followed The researches OF the minister
OF the royal household had proved that ac-
corning To all stipulstions. and according
to law. IL Was not IN equal match Now.
this had not expected At sill. but only
thought of the unpieassntness OF the family
ties which should now have. The king.
therefore. requested me 10 completely give
40 my intentions and wishes. What a
struggle | had before l came 10 a de.
oisson, nobody knows. Often | had pic
snr~si 10 myself the fearful catastrophe. bat
that it would 81 overwhelm me never en-
tered my thoughts. All OF whom | now
asked advice could give me no other than
Ia yield "a the kings wishes. I therefore
decided to SO 10 the hing. lie spoke Low.
tnggy. and Was much moved. but kent 10
his wish. This was on the leah of Feb
raary. From that day. therefore. | again
stood alone in thu world, wkich seemed to
me empty and ioyless. What the syrn-
PATTY Of good. dear peoYAe Al such a mo-
nsnt means. | have deeply tss,.
But thss does net comfort. il oaly
makes the sacrifice greater. "a everybody Is
agreed IN their opinion As~as the object
lost 10 me. Was 10 travel, xssA ga invita-.
tsea from Prince FREDERICK ~ come 70
Dusseldorf arrived isss wssk TWAS left
Ia my choice to leave when | wsxhSst. As
vet nothing bad heea said 20 TIRE Radsiwigi
family about what had happened, and one
had to he careful sheas doing So. as Prince
Louise l. very delicate this winter Nv
toasnsy At this season a the year must OF
coarse make some stir. and wished 10
prevent this. ard thought and hoped had
strength snoagh 90 eight this struggle, al
heakh near her, as long Is she knew no
thlas sssons H. As yN she bad 30 idea of
IT. oa sae contrary. the more serious she
saw TIE. THE kinder she was 60 me. What