Arizona republican., 1900-08-14

scale as that at Vienna. Berlin or
 St. Petersburg. l may add that he is
 not the only Balkan ruler who is hard ! pressed f-r money. The Prince of
 Montenegro and the King of Servia are in the same fix. with this difference, that the Servfans and Montenegrins
 are still willing to pay taxes, wherea the Bulgarians refuse to do so any longer.
 A.ropos of the king of Servia, may
 mention that not only has the cabinet
 resigned in token of it's disapproval of
 the marriage of the king to his favor 1 ite. but likewise all the officers of his , household. his private secretary, and, l in fact, his entire household. the most serious def ction being undoubtedly that of the kings cousin, Col. COnztan- tinovijch. the commander of the royal body guard. and the one trustworthy and honorable man in the entourage of the young king. the only one, indeed. on whose loyalty he could absolutely rely
 Col. Constantinovitsh was form rly engaged to marry his first cousin, Queen Nathalie to whom he was de- y ever, to marry Milan: tilted him, too, on the very eve of the date appointed for their wedding day. In spite of. this he always remained her friend and when she left Servia. took i, upon i himself for her sake to act aus a sort of protector and guardian of her only child. His loss to the young king is irrs parable. The kaiser has just I-fr serve as a residence for the crown prince during his studies al the Bonn university. which are to begin next Easter.
 Ex-Crown Princess stephanie and Count Lonyay have leased a place in the neighborhood of CoWes, in the man ifest expectation of being able to re establish the friendly and even in.i- mate relations which formerly sub sisted between Stephanie and her royal English cousin. Her anticipations. however, have been dOom5 to disep- poin tmsnt through rle death of Queen Victoria's second son. the Duke of SaXe- Coburg- Gotha. which virtually puts an end 10 all the projected gai- etiss at Cowes.
 Perhaps it is just as well for the ex- crown princess that this happened. since she might otherwise have been exposed to the humiliation of finding hers,lf ignored by the Princess of Wales and by the other ladies of the English royal family. Indeed. it is inn probable that the queen herself will take any notice of her presence in the neighborhood of Osborne for as long as King Leopold refuses to give his sanction to the union. it remains quite as invalid as that of the Russian Grand Duke Michael to Countess Sophie Nuremberg, and, to put matters plainly, the count and princess cannot be con sidered legally married. It is owing to this that Emperor Francis Joseph. although SO kindly disposed toward Stephanie that he granted her an all lOwance on her ecclesiastical union with Count L5nyay, has b5en com pelled to close the doors of his court against her. and has forbidden the ladies of the Imperial family to hold any intercourse with her until her mat rimonIal status has been ratified.
 
 Mush comment has be- n excited by the action of the Kaiser in taking no notice whatsoever in the recall of the Spanish ambassador at Berlin. who has quilted the German capital with out the customary farewell interview and without receiving any of those customary tokens of imperial good will and favor that are usually accorded to parting envoyS. Not a single member of the imperial court or government was present at the railroad station on the departure of the ambe bessadoT and his wife. the slight being rendered all the more pointed hy reason of the fact that the ambassaGress is a connection of the r.igning house of Spain. for she is the widow Of that Prince Louis Of Bourbon. Duke of Ansola. who died several years ago of alcoholic fever. besides which her mother was a daugh~ tlr- of old Queen Christina of Spain and of the Duke of Rianz5res. Don Ra mon Mend5z Vigo. her husband. who has for several years past been repre- senting Spain at the court of Berlin, is well known at Washington where he was stationed as Spanish minister at the time of the Virginius controversy. He too. was a widoWer at the time when he married the widow of Prince Louis of Bourbon. and the early por- tion of hi. stay at Berlin waE sad deneS by the death or his soni by his first wife, son born, if I reih hember { @ RA NY