The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-02
HARSH RULES AT
!. THE HEIRS BIRTH
QUEEN or SPAIN BOUND by AN.
GENT CEREMONIES IN FATE.
Full HOUR.
SHE PROTESTS IN VAIN
Aoainst Almost Barbarc Customs
That Will Rob Her of Her
privaey-Report Of Serious
illness is Denied.

Madrid April The one bright riff
in The clouds that overhang the cham
bet Of Queen Victoria is the fact that
her royal grandfather, King Edward
of England will be near her when
/ the momentous event which Spain u
awaiting occurs
! Bound in ineXorable rHl which
render legal motherhood in Spain no
less than terrible the English girl
who shares Alfonso's tnron will have
need Of such Support as the hearty
presence Of the Seventh Edward win
4 give her.
| The British Monarch has proved
| himself at ones d man Of courtesy and
of family feeling. He had intended
delaying his meeting with King Al
fonso until some time next week, but
at the iatteiss intimation hat he was
Gaily expecting mo- I interesting in.
foramt on from Her Maie5ty's attend
ing physicians. King Edward has gal
lantly FASTENED his arrangements. He
viii leave Biarritz in d day or two fol
Toulon ard tn nee hurry IN his royal
yacht To Cartagena, where he will
meet King Alfonso.
Barbarous FormaIities Prescribed
@ cen Victoria IS as well as can be
expected, but sha is growing daily
more nervoua in anticipation Of the
extraordinary arrangements for pub,
lcity which etiquet demands shall
|surround The birth Of an heir TO the
Spanish hrone-
Nowh re in the world has the bar
bar SIN of traditional etiquet reached
such depths as in the royal court Of
Spain. Here it strips privacy from
that which ne considers most sacred.
Ii Insisted that King Alton. b should
WOO the Princess Ena Of Battenberg
i'll public, It will not allow th Queen
10 become a mother in private and
s hen she dies. it will not permit her
10 pass through her last agony with
out official witnesses The etiquct
of the Spanish court is no only bar
barrie It is N diaevaly absurd.
Presented on silver Plate.
In accordance with immutable Gus
tom, older than the dust Of Ferdinand
and Isabella, the expected child Of the
Spanish K ng viii be literally present
ed TO his tire subjects upon siIye
plate.
Already, anticipating tn arrival of
The royal heir. grandees are hurry 10
Madrid from every province Of Spain.
In the great court yard Of the palace
upon the day CT the gr at event, every
noble of the realm will assemble Out
side the palace walls will G owd the
peasanty All Madrid will be en-
festoon 4.
As the mOmenl of birth approaches
the King hs prime minister and
tho.e few of the royalty who can boast
direct descent Of kings viii gather IN
the Qu ems chamber. For this once
during tlN whole reign the King bows
to the word of ano her-his Queens
physician II ordered to leave the
chamber, h. must do So Until the
child has been born the doctors or
ders transcend those of every other
man in the land.
Pleads For an English Doctor.
But If the King is buckled down by
barbaric tique; at the birth Of hir
heir much more oppressive is the
traditional law, that surr unds the
Queen herself In the birth chamber
there can none with her except
those prescribed by law. Even the
presence OF an English doctor was
denied her until she assur d the King
hat # the request were denied fear
and worry would surely ca Sc h =
death.
On the other hand it is known that
ducne $. whom the Queen lothes
more than any other person in her
kingdom. is to stand by law. at h
bedside as the infant is brought into
the v ID
Finally when the moment has ar
rived the prime minister takes his
stand al the entranc 10 the birth
chamber The door from the room
leads to the balcony. below which
stands the assembled grandees. while
chamb ria ms wait among them 70 an
ounce the news 10 the thousands
without the walls The moment the
sex of the fspring has been deter
min within the premier steps out
spun the balcony II the child IS boy
cries ont in the assembled multitude.
a King has been born this day t7I
spain God save the King
At the same moment ih royal
standard is hOisted on the palace walis
and a. the aobies .a'se iheir voices
in shots of acclaim the Duchess
briggs the child from the bedroom
70 th balcony npon a cushioned sal
yer ef silver. hands be platter to the
Prime Minister and be displays it %
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