New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
AWBACKS0F ROYALTY
Green Victoria Declared Through
out Her Reign from Shopping.

ing looked in at q shop window, from the time
when she succeeded TO the throne young girl.
Only a woman can appreciate what this means for
none but the members of her sex can gauge the
charms Of shopping. which are SO utterly incom-
rrehensible TO the masculine portion of mankind.
as little girl she occasionally allowed to
do some shopping at the small stores at Kensing-
ton IN The vicinity OF kensington Palace, where
her earlier years were spent But when King
William came the throne. and attempted to con-
tnue his unconventional ways in going about alone
in the streets. he several occasions so Sc
verelv rnobbed that he not only resolved TO show
himself no in any public thoroughfare on foot,
but likewise insisted that the other members or the
royal family should adopt a similar reserve. It
was then that the custom was initiated OF having
ecoE,keepers submit their wares TO royalty at the
.etter's palaces and while from that time on @ee
Victoria would have periodical exhibitions Oh Je"
erv faces, etc. Windsor. at osoorhe anu a.
buckingham Palace TO enable her to make d
,fce she Was necessarily restricted to the taste
~ the tradesrnan and deprived OF the sa'is
faction Of making her own selection from e "NO'e 49,
Of his stock as displayed in his shop' anu - ee
4o,o s,,,s 10 store until she found something 10
strike her fancy. - -
o,,osr Alexandra is handicapped in the same way
:, T,nelsnd. and IT is only when she Is abroad IN
France or in Italy. and comparsiNe'y uiih'io"n'
that she is able 10 indulge IN snoppne " Heh
hearts content, without let or ~ -a' -,
IN conditions are quite as bad with regard 10 Haop-
t,rq as IN London and both the Emperor and the
17,,nress have long been obliged 10 give up thelr
go ,rsc-ice Of doing their own shopping, espe-
cially al Christmas time
To TAKE THE NAME OF KRUPP
,-o-r,ere IN rbe descriptions of Miss Bertha
,,,,.e wedding have l seen any mention made OF
~ sact that the Emperor has authorized her nus
,sns Gustave Won Bohlen. to assume the name or
1--rr2 IN conjunction with his own. and that from
,ocaforth he will be known Gustave Won
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Cbn6ren that may be born TO him, so that the
,.r,e Of Krupp may be perpetuated. The Bohlens
ave ot the North Prussian "Uradel-that is to say.
they were mobiles from the beginning OF German
history and while some of them are counts ana
others barons the chief Of the house OF
Jr,,np has no title beyond the nobiliary predicate
Of won" He has strain OF American blood in
his veins aad comprises among his ancestors the
Homes ana the Oswalds OF New York Philip and
Catherine Hone had daughter, who in the last
decade of the eighteenth century married in New
York Philip Oswald. Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald's
daughter Caroline married a Prussian nobleman of
the name OF Bohlen, and IL is from this union
that is descended Gustave Bohlen-Krupp.
MORE HOHENLOHE REVELATIONS.
one OF the most remarkable features about the
Eohenlohe diaries is the revelations which they
contain Of Bismarck's practice of pursuing, even
during the reign Of old Emperor William. for
egn policy altogether contrary TO that Of his SOW
ereign. The result that when the German
ambassadors were received by the Emperor on the
occasion Of their visits TO Berlin they were di-
rected ny him 10 pursue aims which were IN fla
grant opposition those OF the Chancellor Of the
Empire This was especially the case in connection
with the attitude Of Germany toward France dur
ing the arst twenty years that followed the war
Of 1870 Bismarck impressed upon Prince Hohen-
lohe who was then German Ambassador at Paris,
tie necessity OF promoting by every means pos
sbe trouble IN France both regards the latter's
domestic affairs and her foreign relations. taking
the ground that internal disturbances rendered
Necessary a weak foreign policy, and that the
spectacle Of strong republic would be Injurious
70 the monarchical system in Europe After hay
fig received these most explicit instructions from
Bismarck. Prince Eohenlohe went TO take farewell
CT the old Emperor. who. without being aware Of
Bismarck's comments. but having some !nkling of
his views, impressed upon Prince Hohenohe the
necessity Of abstaining from any course OF action
calculated to embarrass France. stating: 1T IS
neither advisable nor yet fitting for Us that we
should labor to weaken France, and TO sow dis
turbances within her borders"
The present Emperor has taken much more
ective part il the direction the foreign affairs
of the empire, which are more or less vested in
his hands by the terms Of the German ConstitlI-
ZION, and he naturally declined 70 permit bismarck
10 continue 70 treat him he had done his grand
father, and TO ignore his wishes in the matter OF
International relations That is indeed the origin
Of the quarrel which led TO their separation
William u could not forget that the war of 1870
c. which Bismarcks heart had been set as neces.
fary 10 his scheme for the consolidation OF the
German Empire. was brought about according to
Tie CEance.lors own admission. by his having
wit. his own hand transformed from very courte-
Gus into insulting language the phraseology Of 9
couple q dispatches which passed between William
] ana Napoleon III Had these dispatches not been
ooctored by Bismarck the war would never have
taken place. since both Napoleon and William, and
especially the latter, were opposed thereto
Dr Busch. the secretary and Boswell of Bis
narck, r. his "reminiscences of the Chancellor re-
Fsed by the latter. and authorized by tie Bis
HaTck family, relates how on one occasion he
asked the prince what he would have done If Will
am had refused 90 10 war with France where
upon Bismarck replied: If the King had resisted
L ne had not consented 20 my aim that is TO say,
Ue union Of Germany with Prussia, and 10 my
Methods Of attaining this object namely the war
VIA france ! would not have hesitated an in
sls.'-raJher Germany than the Hohenzollerns
RO-a have created republic. and united Ger.
many by means Of the republic"