Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-26
LATE EUROPEAN POLITICS.
The Situation About as Complicated
as It Well Could Be.
Rumors Of Alliances and Counter.
Alliances Fill the Air, While the
Shutting of Cards in the Game Of
Bluff Goes On-The English Social
World Clouded by the Princes
Death.
Copyrighted. Associated Pressl

imagine a more complicated and uncer-
tain political situation than the one
which is now being studied by the
statesmen of Europe. Even if the re-
ported alliance between Russia and
Turkey is the myth it is said to be,
north and south, east and west, every
where, the state of uncertainty as to the
future prevails and the general public.
it would seem, must for some time to
come be content with being allowed to
await developments. Rumors of alli-
| ances and counter-alliances fill the air
and crowd the newspapers, but, until
the shutting Of cards has been COM
/ pleted and the hands rearTanged for
! the new game of bluff and grab believed
to be arranged between the powers, it
! will be difficult to definitely decide who
are partners and who are their oppo-
nentS. But one point seems to CLEAN
| out clearly from the fog of diplomacy,
! and that is that Encouragement of the
| European entanglements is being en-
| gneered, even if it is not in progress
! or even an accomplished fact, and there
] are people here who intimate that when
the deal is completed Germany, and not
/ Great Britain, will be the isolated"
! power of Europe. This is said to be
! borne out by the concessions Great
! Britain has made to France and may
/ have made to Russia. But of course
| this is simply one way of looking at it
and it is by no means certain that it is
the right way.
THE SOCIAL WORLD
! is also laboring under a cloud almost as
| dark as the one overshadowing the
world of politics. This is caused by
! the sudden death of Prince Henry of
I Battenberg, husband of Princess Bea-
/ trice. and son-in-law of Queen Victo-
ria. while on his way to the Island of
! Madeira. on board the British cruiser
! Blonde, from Cape Coast Castle, West
/ Africa. in an effort to recover from an
| attack of African fever. The news
/ caused a great shock to everybody in
court circles and to society in general,
and has resulted in a complete up
heaval of social fixtures. No drawing
| room will be held this season and there
will be no entertainments of import
ance in high society 50 long as the court
| is in mourning, which will be for six
weeks to come
The death of Prince Henry, it is
pointed out. has shown him to be an
extremely popular man among those
| who knew him and even those who did
not have that pleasure have nothing
| but kind words for the soldier who died
| for Great Britain, even if his death was
from sickness instead or on the field of
! battle. as he would undoubtedly have
| preferred His sad end, likened to that
| of the Prince Imperial of France, has
| recalled the old story that the Princess
! Beatrice might have been welded to
the son of ex-Empress Eugene had he
not meet his death while fighting with
| the British against the Zulus, and so
| there is much romantic sympathy ex-
pressed for
THE WIDOWED PRINCESS,
who seems to have twice had her heart
wrung with sorrow as a result of Brit
aims wars in Africa.
The kilograms received from Osborne,
since the news of the deSth Of Prince
| Henry was made known there, show
| that both the Queen and Princess Bea-
trice were terribly overwhelmed by the
| evil tid.ngs from Sierra Leon. The
Princess was Frustrated Throughout
Wednesday. did not dine with the royal
! family. and remained in her bedroom
until Ii o'clock on Thursday morning.
! When she reappeared it was noticed
! that the Princess bore deep traces of
a night spent IN weeping for the dead,
and she seemed almost heart broken
when her children were taken to greet
| her. Princess Beatrice spent the after
noon with the Queen. who did every
| thing possible to console her. although
| Her Majesty suffered greatly herself.
Bulletins. which from time TO time
were posted outside the gates of the
Osborne house. stated that the Queen
and her daughter were intensely af-
fec.ed. bu that Her Majesty's health
was not menaced. These announce
ments were made necessary by the
alarming reports circulated on the
stock exchange.
The police authorities of Scotland
Yard are ccngratulat,ng themselves on
/ the remarkable absence Of crime which
has prevailed in the metropolis during
| the pas. year. The annual police re-
port. which VIII be shortly be issued,
shows that London in its freedom from
| the effects of law breakers. has made
a record which may well be envied by
the governments of
ALL LARGE CITIES
Mr. Bartlett. who accompanied Smith
NJ. Weed to London in the interests Of
The Nicaraguan Canal Company, sails
for New York this week. He has beer
bus;ly engaged in conducting financial
negotiations connected with the canal,
the nature of which still remains a Sc
| cret. Mr. Bartlett, talking the matter
| over with a representative Of the Asso-
| c.ated Press, said:
The recent war scare has done much
10 hinder my work.. But the conrover-
sy between England and the United
States has not tnterfered with my mis-
son so seriously as the uproar caused
by the German Empercr's action regard
.ng the South African complications.
Although these conditions have delayed
negotiate YOU may say that matters
are progressing favOrably."
Business ct the leading theatres has
been good throughout the week. al
! though the death OF Prince Henry Of
Battenberg. followed by me court going
into mourning. has affected the attend
ance in the most fashionable theatres.
But crowded houses are the order Of
the day at the Haymagket, where the
interest in "Tr.lby' has no. in the least
abated a. the Lyric. where "The Sign