Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
RULERS WELL GUARDED
MEASURES TO PROTECT THE LIVES
OF EUROPEAN ROYALTY.

European royalty may pick and
choose society to certain extent, but
the private police. like the poor, rulers
have always with them.
Some sovereigns object strenuously
to the surveillance. A few manage to
escape It. Leopold IL of Belgium oc-
casionally accomplishes that feat, by
making his movements so sudden and
unexpected that his yigilant protectors
do not know he is going, until he is
gone.
He frequently scurries off to his
shooting box, in the Ardennes, quite
alone, and often drives through his
ed; but his police are conscientious,
when they have the chance. At all
public appearances he is guarded by a
large squad of plain-clothes men; and
at night, an armed and trusty valet
locks the monarch in his room and
sleeps in the anteroom, whose door is
also locked and guarded.
The royal family of Denmark sets
aside private police, as it disregards
many other irksome royal traditions;
and, save on unusual occasions, goes
about unattended and simply. But the
members of the family who have be-
come sovereigns OF other countries do
not live SO simply.
The Dowager CZarina, who was a
Princess of Denmark, stepped into an
atmosphere of private police. The
Gar of Russia is guarded more strict
ly than any other monarch of Europe
save Abdul Hamid, the Sultan.
Nicholas II. chafes against the at
tendance but recognizes the necessity;
and, wherever he moves, he is sur
rounded by secret guards, as well as
openly authorized attendants. If he
walks in the forest of Peterhof. he
cannot flatter himself that he is alone;
for posted behind trees, leaning over
bridges, studying fountains, are in
conspicuous men, absorbingly interest
ed in the landscape When he. trav-
els or rius 5 or drives, the same pre-
cautions are observed. In his palace
his every movement is watched, his
every step followed.
The story is told that on his last
visit to Queen Victoria at Balmoral,
the Gar mistook the path in the for
est and was obliged to ask his way
from peasant whom he met. The
man answered him in Russian. He was
one of the Cars own private detec-
tives.
William of Germany, until recently.
was the Only living ruler in Europe
upon whose life no attempt had been
made. Ill natured critics say that he
didn't enjoy the distinction, that, In
fact, he deeply resented it, and that
the recent assault was balm to his
soul. Dramatic danger a sensational
monarch may endure, but to be ig
nored!
In spite of his apparent immunity,
the German Emperor has always been
surrounded by elaborate precautions.
His private police service is large and
efficient, and his famous six-foot
bodyguard, looking tremendously spec
tacular in their eighteenth century
hats and coats, are always in evi-
dence in the royal ante-chamber.
When the Emperor travels he causes
almost as much of stir as the Gar
Every mile of the railroad, every
bridge, tunnel and rail Is examined
Special guards are stationed along the
route and the train is well guarded
1t is only fair to say that the Emperor
himself seems altogether fearless, and
makes so many sudden moves, with
out reference to safeguards that his
secret police are chronically out OF
breath.
The English King has bodyguard
corresponding to the German body
guard; but the Honorable Corps OF
Gentlemen-at-Arms and the Yeomen
of the Guard do not work for salaries
as their German prototypes do. They
are for ornamental purposes only, and
never are on duty except 1T state
functions.
The real work of looking after Eng
lish royalty is in the hands of Super
intendent Fraser and his private po-
lice The late Queen was always
guarded in public, but less apprehen-
sion was felt about her than about
the Prince of Wales, whose democrat
ic fashion of appearing here, there
and everywhere, made him an easy
mark for attack and kept his police at
tendants busy. Superintendent Wink
ler, who had charge of the Princes
person, was not allowed to accom-
pany him to Homburg last year, and
insists that If that exception had not
been made, Spidio's attack would
never have come off.
The Duke of York had his own
private police, much to his disgust,
and his children are constantly guard
ed, even in their play, by detectives.
Humbert of Italy was one of the
monarchs who most cordially detested
the necessity of police attendance, and
avoided 1t whenever that was posi-
BILE. He insisted upon driving about
even the most sQualid parts of Rome
and Naples in an open carriage with
only one attendant, and would not
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