Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-30
The ouarrelsoms czarlnas.

over I'm Russia there are two czarinas'
the dowager empress and the reigning en-
press Both are comparatively young
women. as youth is rated I'm royal circles.
They both have royal knsfolk, especially
in Great Britain.
The dowager- empress Is the younger sis
ter OF Queen Alexandra. of England. and
the reigning empress is the granddaughter
OF the late Queen Victoria, and King Ed
wards sisters child. II is a famous and
royal ''mixtry,' to be sure,
OF all the Quarrels I'm the world TO be-
ware OF. IL Is family quarrels which play
the mischief with domestic happiness. and
II domestic happiness is out OF reach.
there Is precious little happiness anywhere
else. as I view the situation.
These two ladies are evidently living too
close together. Common sense indicates
distinct and separate establishments, and
/ am going 10 take the daughter-in-law'
side Of this quarrel. because she must put
up with the czars whims and notions. and
she has borne him several little daughters
and she has earned the right TO a quiet
home and decent treatment. The dowager
empress may be much prettier and smart
er. but she lacks common sense when she
pushes in between her son and his wife.
She should not do It,
OF course. she is the cars mother and
feels his interests very keenly. but il
lowers her in public estimation when she
kicks up a row because her sons children
are all girls and no male heir appears.
How can the cars wife help this I'M
toward situation? Blame her. IL she is
blamable. but for PHYS sake don't behead
the woman for what can't be helped or
otherwise foreseen. 1t is intimated that
the dowager empress favors the idea of d.
v0rcing the present wife Of the car. that
another wife may succeed her and bear
"a son and heir.
The world is acquainted with a similar
plan carried out by Napoleon Bonaparte
and how l. came 10 grief in the long run.
IL is a loathsome idea anyhow. II the
dowager is really advocating such an idea
she is a poor adviser for her son and
most unnatural grandparent. If Queen
Victoria was still living she would raise
a rumpus at the ill-treatment of her
granddaughter. the child of her favorite
and well beloved Alice, who died many
years ago when still a young woman.
IL is granted that ambition and not SEN
timent is the motor Of many royal mar
Tiages. but civilization demands that even
marriage Of ambition deliberately enter
ed into shall have vested rights and privi-
leges and the empress merits protection.
A story is going that the dowager en-
press was very much opposed to the mar
riage Of her son to his wife, and, IL is
said, she went I'm person TO inform her that
he had already a morganatic wife and
that he cared nothing for her. But this
young woman, granddaughter of Queen
Victoria. wanted TO wear a crown, just
as. the dOwager wanted a crown and the
two have not been agreeable TO each 9TH
er since that interview.
To hear the pot call the kettle black
Is not a smile or comparison which would
please either of the czarinas. hut IL seems
to be evident that ambition was a ruling
passion with both of them and therefore
both were tarred with the same stick, and
honors are easy.
The Russian constitution requires an en-
peror or czar shall be a married man to
occupy the throne ana ais successor must
be OF the male gender. II the king does
not have a son born Of czarina. he must
expect his brother. George. or the next
male heir TO occupy the throne after him,
and II seems little queer that the dowa
ger should be in the muss at all. so long
as she has another son, who can succeed
his brother.
But this tempest in a teapot need not
worry Us at all. except TO be sorry for
folks who have crowns and money and
nothing else TO add TO their comfort.
Nobody seems to be caring about the
three little girls. with an empress moth
er. They count exceedingly small.
For that reason some OF US are only in
terested that the present czarina shall
whip the fight. These little girls should be
protected I'm their birthrismt.
Every time such a rumpus takes place in
royal households. a ''grande disgoost." &C.
cupies the public MINI. and t..ere may be
very active and and bitter disgust over in
Russia for the Associated Press announces
the safe arrival OF the dowager empress
in Denmark in hasty flight. because the
Russian anarchists had sworn to dispatch
her.
Maybe there Is also a movement afoot TO
protect the three little girls who knows?
There ought 10 be. il there isn't