The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
CROWN PRINCE WEEDS .
AS A CONVENIENCE
His FianCee May Almost Claim
to be French
ROMANCES ABOUT LOUISE
Princess Displayed Great Daring and
CIeverness In Her Flieht-News-
papers Tell Many Stories
That Are Not True.
ROMANCES ABOUT LOUISE
BY PIERRE ROSTER.

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late Duke of Mecklenburg sehwerin,
cheated tuberculosis for living for about
six months a year in the south of France.
He first tried PALERMO, and then Cannes
where he established twenty-five years
ago as a winter resident, purchasing the
villa Wenden. The Grand Duchess Anas-
tasia Michaelovna became there the CEN
ter of Russian society and of the creme
generally 1t was under her roof that
QueenWilhelmina, at wedding gather
ing, resolved to marry Prince Henry
half-brother of the Grand Duke and of
the Grand Duchess Vladimir
The engagement of the Crown Prince
William is spoken of here and in Ger
many as one of political convenience.
The Emperor, when stricken last win
ter with the sore throat, felt great anx-
iety to secure allies and friends for his
son. Through the marriage he has ar
ranged he will closely connect Prince
William with tho Hanoyerian Guelphs,
the Court of Russia, and that centre of
European diplomacy, the Court of CO.
penhagen. A Mecklenburg Princess is
established there as the wife of Prince
Christian, eldest son of the Crown Prince.
A Guelph Princess married the other day
the young Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Schwerin. An uncle of the bride-desig-
nate is the Grand Duke Alexander, the
inner Prime Minister of the Gar Qf 1
may so speak), and the most favored
son-in-law of the Empress Dowager.
Another uncle Grand Duke Michael, who
has made a home at Keele Hall, In STAFF
fordshire, is the very close friend of
King Edward. About eighteen months
ago, the future of the Mecklenburg Prin-
cess Cecilie seemed to lie in Sweden.
Prince Gustavus Adolphus was invited
to Copenhagen to meet her at family par
ties, and they and the young generation
of Danish, Guelph and Mecklinburg Prin-
ces and Princesses used to go cycling
across country, and along the forest
roads. The visit of the German emperor
to the Danish capital changed the Views
of parents and guardians.
Duchess Cecilie Is tall and slender. She
is what the Americans call an open air
girl, and perhaps owes her fresh COM
plexlon to living much out of doors. She
comes on the paternal side of a delicate
stock. Most of it's members died young
and hardly any of it's members knew
what the joy of life meant. The late
Comte de Paris had the Mecklenburg
Schwerin constitution, which he inherit
ted from his mother. 1t does not so far
appear that the longevity of the Grand
Duchess Alexandria, sister of Emperor
William l., has been transmitted to any
of her descendants The affianced ones
have been enjoying forest walks and bal
tic breezes at the Grand Ducal marine
villa at Gelbensande, near the Isle or
Rugen. The house, the very edge of
the sea, has it's own landing wharf and
bathing place, and reserved sands or
exceptional hardness. 1t has pine for
est for a background, large part of
which is a private pleasure ground, but
open to the public for the sake of the
income which cafes, restaurants, and
villas bring into the Grand Ducal ex-
chequer. The engaged pair at first found
1t hard to go anywhere without being
mobbed. A police force from Schwerin
put stop to this annoyance.
Crown Prince William and the Duchess
Cecilie are both blonde. She is twice des-
cended from the Emperor Paul, and he as
often. They are extremely musical. The
Royal palace of the Guelphs will be as
signed them for a residence. with Mar
ienberg, the palace of Queen Marie, for
q lodge or Tranon. They will find them
selves In their element as musicians at
Hanover, which has the best opera house
and concerts in North Germany.
Romances Pillng Up.
Newspaper romances are piled up on
the romance of the Princess Louise. She
never wrote that letter which appeared
in the Vooruit of Client, nor could she
have written it. Her great affection for
the late Queen of the Belgians precludes
the possibility of her having done so.
The Lndenhof private asylum is not in
the Dresden, but the Meissen, district,
and sub-perfecture. When any friend
of the Princess Louise APPEALED on her
behalf to the Dresden police, the answer
given was that her case did not concern
that department. Besides, 1t was "a
Court affair" TheKing of Saxony want
ed to obige the court Oh Vienna, and he
had an undoubted right to place an err
ring member of the house under res
traint.
Prince Philip is at once a Hungarian
and a Saxon. Liberties appear to have
been taken with the law, and they Will
be gone into IL Prince Philip should de-
mand the extraditon OF his wife, or ex-
wife. on the ground that she Is mad. AS
the necessary revelations of her coun-
sci could not but cover with confusion
the prince and all who abetted him,
he may be expected to follow the advice
of the Emperor of Austria. The aged
Sovereign is for letting her finish her
romance with her Croatian officer. at
will,r he said, Ego on for some time
and die a natural death, like all other
romances. Human life is made up OF
cross-purposes. The best way to avoid
worry is to accept this truth"
M. Sudekum, ale Socialist German Dep
uty who gave the fugative Princess hos
pitality in Berlin. went to see M. Jaures
about the extradition danger. The lat
ter promises to stand by the fugatives If
necessary, whether at the Ministry Of
the Interior, In the Chamber or In MS
paper He gave in his journal delight
full account of the flight, and OF the rare
pluck and presence OF mind OF the Prin-
cess She never faltered nor was at
loss for device to throw pursuers off
the scent, or to turn attention from her
self. Her very tall statue, her striking
likeness to the King of the Belgfans, ana
the publication all over Germany, ana
indeed the whole of Europe, of recently
taken photos of her, stood In her way.
proffered reward of 20. 900 fr for her APP
prehension must have sharpened the eyes
of detectives where she might have been
expected to turn up. The Princess play
ed to perfection, as Frau Sudekum, the.
part of fault-inding wife, during fore
ed haults in wayside inns and at hotels.
Car Brea,s Down.
The 25-horse-power, motor-car which
took the party from Berlin to Hides
helm had not the fleet and solid quail
ties of Nine. Bob Walters famous car.
It broke down four times thus entailing
long delays and obliging them to go by
an ordinary train from Hildesheim to
Cologne where a man engaged in the
express to Paris recognized Count Mat
tachich. but promised not to betray him,
and kept his word. The fueitives had
gone into the lions mouth in going to
Rerlin while a double of the Princess