Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-24
FOREIGN MOTIFS
AND COMMENT

Painful scenes occur almost daily at
Madrid, at the entrance of the royal
/ palace, when the queen regent either
/ cmerges from the gates or returns from
her drive. For in spite of the efforts
of the police. the environs of the royal
abode are haunted by women, children
and old men. generally robed in black,
and who are the relatives of those
Spanish soldiers and officials who still
remain captive in the hands of the Fill
| ipinos. The queen, who is a very kind
hearted woman, cannot leave the pal
ace without some of these unfortunate
creatures running after her carriage,
wailing and shrieking. Give US back
our sons, our fathers, or our brothers -
Some OF them clutch the handles of the
/ carriage doors and the carriage
springs. and are dragged along, almost
| trampled under the feet of the cavalry
escort. in their efforts to attract the
notice of the regent whose entire drive
is spoiled thereby. To such an extent
is this the case that for number of
days she remained indoors without
taking her usual afternoon airing: this
giving rise to rumor that she was i'll.
She feels the matter all the more
cruelty since she is absolutely unable
to do anything toward complying with
the entreaties of the poor people. For
aside from the difficulty of carrying on
negotiations of this kind with the Fill
pinos without giving grave offensz 20
the United States, and the inability of
the Spanish treasury to procure the
Enthusiastically large sums which the Fill
ipinos demand as ransom for the Span
ish prisoners. the Filipinos themselves
have not yet agreed as to whom the
money should be paid. Indeed, there
is every reason to believe that if the
money were paid to one or more of the
insurgent leaders, they would decline
to share it with the others, who would
in consequence thereof insist on them
selves holding the prisoners for yet
further payments. This is an expert
ence to which prior to the battle of Ma
Mia the Spanish authorities We're fire.
quently subjected in their dealings
with the leaders of the various Fill
pino risings.
They cannot, therefore, be blamed
for taking the ground that even if they
We're to be able to raise the necessary
funds. and to secure the necessary con-
sent from the United States to deal di-
rectly with the Filipincs. there would
be no assurance Whatsoever of the
negotiations bringing about the object
in view, that is, the release of the thou
sands of unfortunate Spanish prisoners
still in the hands of the insurgents
who are rapidly succumbing to cruelty,
maltreatment. starvation, and disease.
Indeed the difficulty promises to prove
one of those which finds it's solution
through the progress of time. For the
prisoners are dying off at such q rate
that very soon there viii be none o.
them left.
Prince George Yurievsky Cthe lie
Ultimate son of that car Who was
blown to pieces in 1881 by the bombs
OF the nihilists). whose enga cement 10
young Countess Zarnekau, morganatic
daughter of Duke Constantine OF Old
enburg, 1 announced in these columns
the other day. Will after his marriage
take up his residence with his bride ut
St. Petersburg, in a palace built almost
entirely of black marble and situated
in the Gargarinsllaya. 1t was built for
the late Grand Duke Constantine. and
was purchased from him by his broth
er, Alexander II, for the use of Prin
cess Jurievska, who has now trans
ferred it to her son.
In describing the mother of his bride,
that is to say, Countess Zarnekau.
while 1 gave her maiden name of Djop
Grdize, 1 omitted to mention that she is
the divorced wife of the Georgian
Prince Dadian, whose family has play
ed throughout the present century so
conspicuous a role in oriental politics.
The countess is a very beautiful wo-
man, and her good looks have been in
herited by her two daughters, one of
whom is a pronounced brunette, and
the other an equally striking blonde.
Prince Yurievsky, since the death of
the late car, goes out a great deal in
to society. and his palace promises af-
ter his marriage to become a very i'm
pOrtant feature of life at st. Peters
burg. Let me add that the prince
bears a most striking resemblance to
his i'll fated father. the murdered car
The French papers, and the English
press as well. are all wrong in describ-
ing the sister of the duke of Orleans.
who.was married the other day in Lon
don to the son of the duke of Chart
ress. as "a princess of France" This
is an error according to court ethics,
and to the etiquette that governs such