Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-19

| kept secret ana usually Is covered In ad-
vance by an emissary from Scotland Yard.
Another detective either travels with the
king or follows him and keeps him IN
sight Furthermore. Chief Melville has the
| right OF entree at any time without invita-
ton at Marlborough House or wherever the
king may be at any hour Of the day or
night.
Precautions Taken.
When the king Is to go on board a yacht
the vessel is inspected from stem to stern
by officers from Scotland Yard In search
OF explosives or any other signs that the
vessel has been tempered with. When he
goes out riding his horse is carefully over
! hauled by veterinary surgeon to make
! sure that no one has interfered With the
animal. When possible Information is
| given beforehand as to what horses his
majesty VIII require, and that night some
trusted employee OF the stable is lodged i'm a
room directly over them.
| Next to public procession a railway
| journey is the most trying business OF all
for Melville and his men. Photographs Of
| anarchists get wide circulation at such
| through which the train passes are called
| upon to assist the detectives on the train.
| The line Is carefully examined beforehand.
| and various other precautions are taken OF
| which detectives are chary OF speaking for
fear of giving points to the enemy.
Even at quiet remote Balmoral where the
| king now is, plain-clothes men are thick
blackberries. AT least one is stationed at
| troll the avenues. All the men are chosen
| chiefly for their capacity TO remember faces.
| Noted visitors are permitted to pass with
out scrutiny. but let any one who is not
known attempt to drive through the barri-
cade and he will find himself held up and
| cross-examined at the outer barrier and
kept under observation thereafter by de-
| tectives inside.
submits, hut Protests.
Although the king submits to all this fuss
| because he Ia tn he r,rnf ST
He is said to have observed that so much
precaution only makes the general public
| uneasy and gives just that panicky feeling
| which the anarchists delight to create. But
nothing could suit Queen Alexandra better
! than this increased vigilance. She is timid
almost to the point of being superstitious.
and am told that her terror on the recent
| continental trip was almost pitiful She
| was noticeably white and worn on her re-
| turn to London
| of the Italian embassy / was told that the
| Italian kings bodyguard Of private detect
ives has been doubled recently and that the
young monarch has been persuaded to al
low them to accompany him even on his
hurried pleasure trips in the country. The
| king also has retained the services of the
old Piedmontese who watched over his
father for so many years. This man is a
| sergeant major in the army, tall and power
full and quite prepared to be cut into pieces
rather than let harm come to his royal mas
gets up until he goes to bed and then set
ties himself for the night close to the kings
bed room door. which he never quits.
OF course the pope is not to be outdone
| by the king in such matters. Accordingly
| MS hoiiness is guarded at night by sol
der named Contra, the son of a halter
whose duty it is to make sure that Leo
has locked the door of his inner chamber.
whereupon Contra secures that of the outer
room and remains within cali.
Around the Kaiser.
The German emperor always has been
| guarded most carefully, and his announced
determination to go anywhere results in a
| minute inspection of every inch of the
ground he must cover. If he is to travel
by train every rail, tunnel and bridge is
first proved safe and afterward guarded
| to make sure that IL will remain So IL the
route Is too long to be covered by the or
binary police force the force is increased.
| While Emperor Wilhelm was at the castle
OF Rominton recently every road leading
| to that royal residence was patrolled by two
| companies of infantry, to say nothing of a
strong force of police, authorized to arrest
| any suspicious characters without formal
| ity. A few days ago two foreigners were
taken in charge and were found to have
| Russian anarchist literature in their pos
session. They were promptly sent to prison
| and four peasants who had given them
lodgings were quickly sent to join them.
| Naturally. the impulsiveness of the kaiser
| makes 1t no lazy mans job to see that a
! proper guard accompanies him on his diff
| ferent sudden expeditions: and the same
| thing applies to the King of Belgium. Leo
pold III frequently darts of so Unexpectedly
that his bodyguard is left behind alto
| gether. Time after time he will leave Os-
tend. his favorite pleasure resort in the
| morning, rush on to Brussels, spend a
couple of hours in signing documents and
| attending to other business matters and
| then quit the capital for the Ardennes ar
| irving at his hunting box in time for din
| ner having travelled the whole distance
| without single guard. Ordinarily how
| ever. the Belgian monarch is well watched
| and whether on the beach or in the Casino
| at Ostend or In his private apartment in
| the palace is guarded by a strong body of
detectives Like the King of Italy, Leo
pold has special guardian in the person
| of his valet, who locks the king in his bed
| room at night and sleeps in an ante-room
also locked The valet is armed. and the
| law provides that should the king die
| through any neglect of duty on his part he
would lose his life.
| Other Royalties.
The Spanish royalties are watched over
at night in much the same way. The priyi-
lege of performing this duty has been for
| four centuries that of q bodyguard chosen
from the men of one village-Espinoza
| These men close the gates Of the palace at
| sunset and open them at sunrise Pro-
vided with feltssoled shoes, some of them
pace the palace corridors all night long,
while one of them sleeps across the thresh-
old of every royal personage's chamber
| Even as prince Francis Joseph of Aus
| tria always was hedged in by guards. and.
curiously enough, IL was while he was
| young man of nineteen that the only at
| tempt was made TO assassinate him. The
| empress. fated to be stabbed by fanatic
never dreamt that any one would think of
| numbering her. Her anxiety on this score
| was all for her husband, and she was con-
| tinually urging him to increase his body
guard
l. 1t is the Sultan of Turkey. however. who
| can claim the distinction of being the best
| guarded monarch on earth, and Il would
| be odd IL he were not, for considerably
| more than half of Abdul Hands day is
| given up to his already endless precautions
| for holding of the violent end which he
| believes awaits him. His former consul
| general at Rotterdam told me the other day
| that in his old age the sultan practically
| never stirs out of the palace grounds, the
| exception being his regular visit TO the
| royal mosque on Fridays. and even then
| soldiers to the number of 10000 flank the
| square across which he is to drive The
sultan's secret police. an immense body,
under a clever Frenchman named NJ Bon
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