New-York tribune., 1894-04-23
THE KAISER DELIGHTED.
HIS PART IN THE BETROTHAL OF THE
CZAREwITCH AND PRINCESS ALIX.
POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF QUEEN vicroRlAs

POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF QUEEN vlcroRIAs
PRESENCE At TIE ROYAL WEDDING ~
COBUrG-AvsTRIA NOT CONTENT.
Berlin. April 22.-The great family gathering
at Coburg has broken up rapidly since yester-
day morning. and by tomorrow night the little
capital will be almost deserted by It's scores II
royal guests. Emperor William and the Duke
and Duchess Of Connaught left the city last
night. TIE Primo Of Wales departed to-day to
meet the Count Of Flanders and congratulate
him upon tho betr0thal Of his daughter. Princess
Josephine t. Prince Charles Of Hohenzollern.
Queen Victoria and her daughter Empress Fred
eric<. will pass several days more in C0burg.
which is a favorite spot with both The Czare-
witch is reported 10 be attending the Princess
Alix Of Hcsse whenever she appears in public.
When Emperor William left Coburg he cor
daily invited the betro;hed couple To visit him
and the Empress In Potsdam. His plan Is that
they should come at the same time with the
Grand-Duke and Duchess Of Hesse, who will make
visit 10 P0tsdam part Of their wedding tour
Nobody else in Europe probably is 80 well
pleased the Emperor with the Czarewitch's
betrothal. ard he is said to claim the credit for
planning the whole situation preceding the an
nouncemcnj In Court circles the conviction is
that the match originated I'm a secret understand
ing at which tho Emperor and Czarewitch ar
rived a the time Of the Czarewitch's last visit
In Berlin. Tho Emperor's eagerness 10 con-
clude the RussO-Germ2n commercial treaty was
due largely t. tho prospect Of IN" marriage.
The intimate friends Of the Coburg and Hes
sian houses agree that the CZarewiich has won
the lovclicst of Queen Nictcras grandchildren.
Princess Al,x however is worthy Of much
higher praise than this fOr she would shine as a
beautiful ana fascinating woman in any society.
she is clever and lively and unassumng. In
Darmstadt. the icssian residence her popu-
larity is unboundcd. ON Thursday. Friday and
Saturday the Princes and the Czarewi;ch sat
dozen times for photographs. Emperor William
dropped all ceremony and arranged impromptu
groups for the benefit of any cnterprsing pho
palace courtyard
The newspapers erc absorbed in discussions of
the political incoming tp be attributed - the CO.
burg meeting th" marriage and the betrothal.
Quocn Nirtoria's presence in Coburg is regarded
as competing tho reunion ~ ~" royal families
Of Russia. Germany ana England. II Is believed
u have PLACED The Duke cf SdXe-Cpburg and
Gpthl ~ 4 position to act as intermediary De-
tween TIE gr'a' European courts. The Duke
himself is neither dinlomatist nor politician. but
his wife aspirrs to br both
Tho Ausirians ore not quite rs content ~ the
Germans with IN" C0burg demonstration and its
results. Tho Vienna newspapers. while adj
miitug that the whol" affair will tend 10 pre-
s-rv" M peace. EnI one cause for offence That
is IN" enforced absence of Prime" Ferdinand 81
BGlGaril A. a Cohurg Prince. they say. it wag
to have pcen expected NOT only th1t ne would br
invited to the wedding. hut also that he would
attend +. The car. hoWcV"r refused to Jet the
Czorcw.irh and Tho other Rusaau Grand
Dukes e. - Coburg IN ease Prince Ferdinand
wor" - be- present
The Czarcw!tch and Princess AIN wen; t.
Darmstadt to-day T. attend q grand popular
festival ln honor ~ tt" ny Grand Duchess.
Tn" Graud-Dukr and h.s wiz" distributed prizes
o. tne winners ~ tn" popular game and ar
tended q cAta performance of opera n th' Court
Theatre this evening Tomorrow all the mil
itary bands in th- cifv VIII Fis. s"renalc az :ho
palace. and iu 30" evening a popular bli Will
b" held ul lcr ihc auspices ~ 49, United Societies
- Darmstadi TIC celebration Will clos, with
a grand Illumination and fireworks.
-. Petersburg. April 22 Tho Russian news
papers "Npr'ss great satisfaction with the be
trothai ~ the Czarcwitch and Princess Alix -
Hess. They abstain however. from all political
comments