New-York tribune., 1905-12-27
THE UNCLE OF EUROPE.
BROTHER of King Christian-Dress
and UndreSs an India.

o a,arz = as Uncle Hans deserves the sobrf-
=. of the granduncie Of Old World royalty.
g. ,ears younger than his brother, the King. he
3 ,rst celebrated his eighueth birthday at Copen-
- amid demonstrations OF affection such as
- faII 70 the lot of prince OF the blood Cham
- If al the Danish orders and one OF the
e.ast authorities in the Old World on SUBJECTS OF
.ss-otdrv Eenesiogy and historical precedence be
-. remained bachelor all his life, IN consequence
= =. sid OF some romance of his younger days
- mike so many old men who in youth have
-, crossed IN love. there IS nothing sour IN his
z-,,+e- Instead It is most kindly, so mucn Sc
thst whenever any Of his nepheWs ano nleces or
- relatives are In trouble they invariably turn
= btrn for sympathy and advice IN fact' ne Is
.,,a,rly asked by them 20 intervene with MS
80 tbe King as every knows that II there
=, ave person more than any other In Whom 1he
--,,g confdes. whom he consults IN all moments oh
..srnltv. and TO whose advice he defers' II Is
,-eoisely his brother Hans
fvDoscfalfv dear is he to King Haakon- and TO
- Afaud of Norway For It is 10 him more
-, to any one else that belongs the credit OF
.-4nr removed the obstacles which were ra1seo 10
- marriage and who afterward snooLned away
49, -,anv difficulties that beset Queen Maud "hen
= est vent TO live at Copenhagen and was con
sHs - - 5+h ,vbs- nav be described eupbemsucal-
:, .s =, entire lack Of sympathy on the part OF
s,u,s Of her husbands relatives
o.er Maud IS a special favorite OF Prince Hans
>, lite Of the trick which she, with her Drcthers
IS sisters played him on the occasion OF MS
- ,-sSir TO England He came over from Den
- "a e,end several weeks at Marlborough House
~ his niece Queen Alexandra, and her children
,-ho svailed themselves Of his little more lndn
s,sn,entary knowledge Of English TO teacn MIN an
+ba slang colloquialisrs and expressions oI tIe
5ar without, however. enhghtening MN as 70 l-e
-ssI nature Of the phrases After he had been Al
marlborough House about a fortnight he was n
s+a5 ort 10 Windsor TO dine with Queen VICTORIA
-5+b xho-n he had until then been unacquainted
Al dinner he determined to air his Engnsh' O.
mich he had become very proud. thanks TO tbs
s,oorrsging praise which he had received from
-. nepbews and nieces at Marlborough House,
end accordingly, replied 10 Queen victoria s CUES
4ors with the most extraordinary slang WIl4Lh II
IS possible 20 conceive. The humor OF the sltua-
Inn was augmented by his serenely happy uncon-
.,sosness of the extravagances OF speech OF whlch
:. ,-ae rendering himself guilty, jumping from one
csteb phrase into another. The non-royal guests
taea7ne absolutely purple IN the face in their eI-
forts TO preserve their gravity and to avoid srlek
.rg nth laughter Finally Princess Henry or Bat
,e1berg who was laughing outright. whispered
o-,s-ting 10 her mother in German, and then
Queen victoria. who had at first appeared thun-
5erstruck with amazement, began 10 unoer-
E-snd The natural austerty Of her expression rem
sere5 rnn-e pronounced on this occasion by ruff1ed
dignity resolved itself into of those sunny and
n-fng smiles that occasionally changed her en-
.-s snpearance and she inquired laughingiy OF
Prince Hans as to whether ne had not been re-
oeiving instruction in English from her granochi-
sren at Marlborough House Without any hoLoh
that he was giving them away, ne adrnlllea lhaC
+bie vzas +rue She thereupon enlightened him as
:, ,re, he had been saying. and, for once he was
roost seriously embarrassed. though soon restored
n s,,,snirni+v by the Queens amusement at The
entire affair IT,. =.
apartments On the ground floor Of the so-calIed
yellow Palace in The simplest and most unoO'ru-
Eive fashion His bearing and manners are even
still more democratic than those OF his brother' Inc
king His face IS Of the kindhest, and In spite u
his years he remains wonderfully easuc ana N-e!
mrs retaining a splendid seat in the saddIe N ms
.-l,, 15sA he served in the First Dragon Guaros
NJ the prussian Army. which then as now' enloyeo
he reputation Of being the most dash1ng caVdIS
Iseiroeut in Germany, and he only resigned ms
eornnnission as lieutenant colonel Of this corps
when the war between Prussia ana DeIliiai n Nl0
out forTy-two years ago.
Few people, even in Denmark. recall the Iact
that for several months Prince Hans adInlhlslereu
sovereign rule at Athens, as Regent OF Greece oui
ing q prolonged absence Of his nephew hlns
George from his dorninions. That was in the days
xben Esng Georges sons were too young to under
take the duties Of Regent, which by reason OF the
intensity Of political rivalry in Greece he cannot
confde TO any Hellenic statesman King CHRISTIAN
and Prince Hans are inseparable companions and
devoted TO each other, and there is but little doubt
that when the one is gathered TO his fathers the
other will not long remain behind in this world.
AN OLD RETAINER OF THE KAISER
In order to appreciate the meaning of Emperor
Williams appointment Of General Jacob as
military attache and penipotentiary at st Peters
burg, where the German military attache enjoys
The rank OF an honorary aide-decanap Of the Car,
being attached as such to his personal stan, It
Is necessary 10 explain that General Won jacob
is cue Of the Oldest and most trusted Of the
Kaiser's friends and confdants. He Joined the
present Kaisers household in 1S7T-that is to say
long before Williams marriage-and is perhaps
the only one Of the Enperors oldume retainers
who has managed to preserve his sovereign's trust
and favor. No one can know better the Euaperor's
views and wishes than General Won jacob, and
there IS 10 one in whom the Kaiser can place
such implicit confidence TO carry out his iDstruc-
lions jacob. He is tall and rather heavily
built man. only a little older than the Emperor:
The exceptional privileges enjoyed by the mill
tsry attaches of Germany at St Petersburg and
Of Russia al Berlin. where they are attached to
the personal staffs Of the monarchs TO whom they
are accredited. date from the time when the first
Emperor Nicholas married the favorite sister Of
eld Emperor William and Of the latteTs elder
brother. King Frederick William " Of Prussia
During the greater part Of the reign Of Alexander
III and during the early years OF the present Mus
coVite Emperors tenure of the throne these close
relations were interrupted, and the attaches re-
dueed TO the same level those Of the other
embassies But for the last five years the former
arrangement has been restored.
RUSSIAN PRINCE OF AMERICAN ORIGIN.
Never have the shores Of the French and italian
Riviera been go thronged with Russians of note as
this winter the majority OF them having been
driven away from home by the rioting and blood
Shed which prevail in so many parts Of the Cars
douinions- Indeed. the most Of the grand houses
and palaces Of the aristocracy at ST. Petersburg
are closed this winter, adding 10 the rather mourn
ful aspect Of the metropolis. Notable among these