The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA
Emperor Is Determined on the Match
ard He Pocketcd His Pride When
Duke 81 Cumberland Declined
to Meet His Overtures
a. MALcoLM CLARKE


/ he continued his diplomatic efforts to ir-
4 duce the Duke OF Cumberland to remain
i IL, Denmark during his Visit, Tho Duke
4 declined 10 meet the Enperor's I'll over
lures apparently preferring to continue
/ tho ancient feud against tho House OF
IIohenzolleir. Nevertheless, Berlin hopei
! that. despite Cumberland s hostility, 9
marriage viii eventually be arranged be-i
tween the German Gro wn Prince and tbs
Princess Alexandria OF Cumberland.
Both Prince and Princess are very
| young ana Il few yenrs OF waiting may
not extinguIsh their love- The Kaiser -
4 reported to BIO determined on the match
i hence his Willingness to pocket his pride
| In an effort to conciliate CUNT erland.
The Dukes wife and relatives favor
the match, but the Duke Is reported ID
have sworn angrIy thnt his daughter
should never marry q scion OF the house
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The King and Queen OF Denmark,
Queen Alexandra and the Dowager Eun.
press OF Russia all tried Intellectually to
\ Induce the Duke to bury the hat Chef and
| agree to remain TO meet the Kaiser. but
| the Duke departed to Dresden In spite OF
them all. s It'll. }st s5
FAMINE IN, FINLAND.
IA letter received here from member
| OF the American relief party In the FAM
Ino-strIcken district Of Finland, asking
for su descriptions Of money, food or cloths
Ing, gives d pathetic picture OF suffering
This suffering Is most acute among tha
tenant farmers, owing to last years crop
failure. The letter says: gt5
"In ono homo we visited we found i've
children alone. the eldest thirteen, the
youngest three. They were motherlss
| a nd for days had been also fathcrless.
FOR the father was away travelling about
the country on skis. looking for work: 1.
He had been gone three or four days and z
upon the eldest child. IA girl, dcvolved the
care OF her four brothers and sisters. We
stepped into this home OF unhappy child-
| hood and came to a sudden pause, SO ap-
paling was the picture of misery. s5
I44&"Imagino q log hut OF one room, not
| larger than the log cabins OF poor whites
! In the Sou til. but with a ceiling 100 low
| for an ordinary man TO stand uprish ut.
and containing absolutely nothing In this
way OF furniture aave rude table, a
! few rough hewn kitchen utensils, and
! bench along one side. On that bench
| as we entered sat- the five children
There they sat and stared. like 90 many
lflittle statues 3of grief. their young spirit
deadened by the pang ofTthat peculiar
form Of hunger thatscomes OF eating me
same food week after week and month
| after month.
s..And such food Simply the black bread
| from flour furnished by the Relief com-
mm,ttee. The bread was MS hard as pum- 4
Ice, TO soften 1t they dipped It In hot
water, making kind Of cruel. This
black bread. or committee bread. Is nu-
tritious In small degree ana a. .the
most contains no delaterlous IN gredient.
But imagine. II you can. living Tor months
on absolutely nothing but this self-sa1ns
bread ji$ sS i$5I5 3. s5i $& g
""These five children had actually subs
sisted entirely on this bread since Octo-
Der. 81 5Sti3s
.sEven for the three-year-old boy there
was no milk for the COW had long ago
been sold. His stomach, like those OF the
others was distended abnormally as tho
result OF starvation diet. The single room
was at once their parlor. bed chambers
dinIng-room and Kitchen. When even y
ing came they had no candle. not even
q little petroleum for the tiny lamp. 20
with the coming OF darkness they hud
died around tho fire on tho stone hearth.
the bare floor their bed. for even the A
straw had been sold. @
In that far north country Winter be- 4
gins late Relief Will be as much neeo-
ed in May as 1t lis now.
COURT PERFUME.
Shortly before starting for Copenha-
gen tho Kaiser attended O. Sunday even
Ing performance OF O new historical COM
edy at the Royal Schanspiel- Eaus entire
ly unnttended-a most unu sual occur
ance, He was In Generals uniform and
occupied the smaller Imperial box. His
Majesty's visit was unexpected by the
AUDIENCE which, however. q few minutes
before his arrival were prepared for the
visit by sudden odOr OF court lilac Y
perfume which Is the customary man- u
ayers announcement that royalty is ex-
pected. Isl ,sj 4,
Many in the audience had not seen tbs
t411o ri .
months, and whispers OF surprise went
around, evoked by the signs OF age which
have lately come to the Kaisers counte-
nance. His hair Is getting gray, and hia f
face is much more drawn and Wrlnkled
than formerly-than even six months
ago. Is y. " ,lis
THE Emperor seemed III at ease. He
evidently felt the lack q company dur-
Ing the entire acts, lie played plano per-
petually in the box front twlddled the
gold cords Of his uniform and looked a, at {
many in the audience most mlnutely.
Something he never used to 40, u, 81
< y The Kaiser seemed more amused ~ thd
niece than did most Of the audience. lto
laughed heartily several times clapplna
thjs knee in tho usual German style, and
nnplauded the author enthusiastically +
When he appeared at the close OF the
Altogether one gained the impression
that Ills Majesty mas the cares OF state
weighing heavily upon him. and needs.
IA more than he ever realized, diversion and
y 0s. kAlsERlN FALL,
1t is reported that the Kalserin owel
her accident IN the Grunewald forest.
when she was thrown from her horse
and sustained fracture OF her right
forearm, more to her anxiety and pres
occupation on account OF her two sons
now travelling In the Orient than to any
thing else.
Her Majesty has been so worried about
her boys that she has been almost III,
in spite Of her knowledge that the pres
ence Of adjutants In attendance upon
them would make them practically as
safe as at home.
Upon the Empress's recovery from her
recent injury she will go with the court
to Potsdam, whore there will be better
Tested,
The Grown Prince and his brother will