The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-30
is IT The CROWN PRINCE?
The Princess Alice, of Albany, is New

The Alice, of Albany, is New
Named as the Princess Upon Whom.
His. Imperial Father Has Settled.
A Desirable Match.
Special Cable Dispatch to The Times,
Copsaght. 1907
LONDON, Nov. 3J.-Curlosity is at the
3usstng point respecting the matchmak-
.<eA. : Iip1n lie =ttN4eia is 10 the eilect
ig sAaIts OF the emperor during MS
41a.t,llsa Flstts ION mhien lie mas .dteIs
Il4,.;d. the So pieIsll Mll not uo,Sil
lat N,lHelln.: IMAM ur9ect II, NlSili.ss nts
44llia Ms 10 arrange Inc preilnilnalles
"! q beifotnai belMeeti the oioasn ri4llce
a.ld I'iIiIDcSs iAllce OF Albany. Dut the
most iilSiti4otis sellorts OF court gossips u
3lseoVeI#yfi4st llltasresSs VAS maze, II any,
.lsee u.en i.jlSlctsSsI VI.
1t mas long uetn evident that the
Aalser Wants TO ger his soSelofll first
lolr off his mind. The young man re-
Uses 10 di1nk beer IKE other Germans
and is unhappy to the point OF mel
IlGlloig. eNIal,I when throwing hlinSei1
tine teet# OF some ziair dlNillltS.@ Ittougn
stiil youIsg. the Crown Prince is Cd
5nougn to be married without the per-
MISSION OF special ieglssatlon, ana II re-
ports are tue. the Emperor CONSIDERS
n1at1imony the only logical way out OF
The diIicdltg.
There are many advantages to. be eS-.
zpected from a nlarria Sc With the Princess
Alice. In the. n.st pace the Crown
iIflnce has met her and knows how
soung and charming she is Besides, she
i an English wo1nan. and the he'll APP
~ ran N-i.7FN
"a thai there IS no country in the word
which quite So nearly approaches TARA
disc as England.
TIE Princess is now Just nineteen. She
was born al Windsor Castle just q Year
BEFORE the death of her father. fourth
SON of Queen Victoria. Prince Leopold
.lsst Duke OF Albany the young prln-
asss is MOI only beautiful. but possessed
il fine aa;tist5c and literary tastes. Rus
ttin. who was All &Intinate friend OF Ter
rrloi4er, Was SD charmed by her bright
aess5 and natural tendency toward II tefa-
tills hat he paced II the hands OF the
@voane Princess olfe Of tine first copies off
a.. ,,rsss OF his Sesame and Lilies.
SleIa an alliance would be- popular In
7:,srfl7anv fer another reason heGatse oi
no intiI.lacv between the Princess ara
queen Ntiife.nlina OF Holland hey ale
COUSINS ard since girihood have Kept
ia ,sorist; ant CORES pondeilce. The first
made of her silEya geinent4 to ma tSrilce
lIar4ly was made tn Princess Allee-soille
time before even the diplomats knew Ter
4 ,,tsl.t;iiilty. which Of her seSeral sulters
rad been slltscessfll
Sat i{3a Kaiser llsts rs vet made no
sign ard the anSiaty on the suojeets=if
court circles is almost palIlfnt.8
III. Editor i.7.i-f4ross
4 recent case % '4persecntioni'o Of
lsall.. conducted th ough the streets OF
pert,nund with irons On his Wrists on
his way to prison 70 eNriate the crime
OF leSe ma esty has SHRED M quite
lot Of indignant criticism in the English
,7ress and even in Germany. The#n1a tier
has been Ventilated in the fltlsslan Y Am
pep or Deputies. WITH the result ina, tue
government .feld out prospects that pro-
ceedings eli this kind would not De re-
peated.
Tilare lis. however. another side to the
subject Editors are arrested and M
prisoned here for libe.ling ordinary IN
zf[.i5i,Ials But. as Americans and Eng
lfshnen appear to imagine, it IS not be-
a III, ,,fs5,I.t. irIlatte el.sseliless ~ Ger
mans ana their desire 10 prevent editors
aarr,fr,s an honest living. 1t is because
rs. s4,ys OF citil= procedure are lndae-
qllsts. ,.,..,
m f;er-t1la ny sit Is not possible in a libel
.5>;5f.n 10 obtain a#Terdict for any con-
siderable amount of damages. ltas tisuS.i8
mount IN which a newspaper IS n2iilctsti
aven for a serious libel. IS from $50 TO
so. Including legal expenses me l3fsssl1-
mary damage which the newspaper sus-f
fairls seldom amounts to more tila1i 500 TO-
barely enough 10. stimulate the ed -. so-
ina on With tie good work. Even M.
5s5.ir,7ert detars only the inexperienced.
ri, records Snow that an editors TASTE
fora few months behind bars operates
ii;y. : tigers first. taste of human Rood.
Ir1,1r7e,lia talv on getting out he conducts
himself as If eager Tor more.
a Ia d of MISERY.
,s,a. from tbs interest in court cir
M Respecting the matrimonial pros
e3.,ts of the crown Prince, fashionable
s,ossi,,s ,I9aitllv5 concerns affairs at St Pc
t4rsf3tir., Russia. IS always land OF
T,,,-sta rZ,. That country and its people
10 mysterious even to their near neigh
sars When the princess AliS left her
,.,rrnan nome 10 become the greatest
..,,I,rsss in the world. il was almost as
though sllt. had departed to another
,,lane. Buf now reports Of llef, griefs
,..-,,i{.,, cannot; be doubted, seam to bring
b,.,, out of tie niists of the far north
.i,ita The ken of her own people again
IL is believed here that the Czarina is
e;+he,. on the eve of q dangerous illness
ii. that melancholy has already affected
ser mind Reports Of a montl=ago that
4 I3t.# Gar would divorce her. because she
brought him no sons created indignation
throughout Germany which has been
somewhat allsTed by later advices.
,,ig,t, -1,ri.t,s ~ appear that he Russian
F-.npernr, would rather abdicate han
stser his domestic ties.
OF course. the stores of the Car and
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