The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-25


X unfortunate in their dealings
with England a country TO which
they are largely indebted for
their national independence. and to
whose guarantee OF their territorial
integrity they owe their presentations
from absorption by their huge neigh
bors, namely, Germany and France.
Thus. the only attempt ever made upon
popular abroad as at home, occurred
at BRUSSELS, where, while sitting in
MS private railroad car chatting with
the Queen, pistol shot was fred. In
such manner that ii passed between
them, lodging itself in the wainscoating
The shooting could never have oc-
Cured had the Belgian authorities
adopted the customary police pre-
cautions that are resorted TO by
every European government, no matter
whether monarchical or republican, for
the protection OF royal or imperial
visitors. And, to make matters worse.
of the name of Sipido, was acquitted
on a first trial, to the plaudits OF the
populace, and at second trial, under
! taken in Difference to the angry ex-
ment, he was sentenced to a ridicu-
lousy inadequate punishment, the pop
ulace of Brussels at the same time
organizing a subscription for the pur-
! the expiration of his term.
The other day, King Edwards widow.
with her daughter, Princess Victoria
and the Queen of Norway, as Wen as
| We're travelling back from Copenhagen
| to England overland. Although they
| Were in special train. making use OF
their own private cars, adorned with
| the royal arms OF England and Were
| going straight through to Calais, they
| We're stopped at the Belgian frontier,
! at WeltenUaedt, where, despite the
protests of the royal courier and gen
| tlemen in. attendance on the two
| Queens and the princess, the Belgian
| custom authorities insisted upon sub
| jecting the trunks. and even the hand
bags, etc, of the royal ladies to
search for struggled goods. AS Queen
! Alexandra would not for one moment
| tolerate anything of the kind the GUS
! toms officials declined to permit the
| train to proceed. and 1t was held there
| for two or three hours until the In
| dignant kilograms of Queen Alexandra
| to King Albert. and to Sir Arthur
| Hardinge, the British minister at Brus-
sells, had brought the customs officials
| at Weltenraedt to their senses.
| 1t Is the first occasion on record of
royal personages being thus held up
| as smugglers by customs officials, ana
| the, fact that the victims of the in
| dignity should have been the widowed
Queen Of England and her daughters,
| that they We're travelling by special
train, In royal railroad carriages. rem
| ders the offense of the Belgian OIL
1 cials particularly gross. since i nn -, they
ance.
King Albert, as I have. on several
IS Ga's model sovereign in the very best
| sense of the word--a conscientious,
able man. with a high sense Of honor,
and keenly alive to his obligations to
| his people; also, his private life is
l Of tta narniaSt and most exemplary
| character; while Queen Elizabeth, al
though not precisely beautiful, is one
of the most fascinating little women
that II. is possible to Imagine; all the
best Viennese, South German, Partisan
and Belgian traits being charmingly
blended in her character, appearance
and manner. Yet when the King and his j!
Queen went the other day in stat stat
| to open Parliament at Brussels they
We're hooted and pelted, not only along
the route, but even in the Chambsi
i itself. with Socialist leaflets; deman a.
4 IN fact, the air was so thick with
these leaflets. some of which We're
twisted up, SO as to admit OF thell
heing thrown with a greater aGcurI iog
of a snowstorm. Moreover, when the
King had taken his place on the
throne, there was such shoutlns ana
lists and their friends present that
1t was nearly ten minutes hetore 81
lence could be in a measure restored
and the sovereign enabled to read MS
Il was all very we'll for the leader
of the Socialist party, M: Vandervelde,
to below out to the Ministers, w
Queen, but only against you, who are
here by fraud' But the fact re-
mains that when the Queen entered
4 the Chamber, and everybody rose g
4 the Socialists sat down and whistls,d
repeating their performances when the
Il King entered while along t the 1 route
magnole,N and the "Intarnationale,"
+ that is to say, the two battle SONGS q
n the Socialist and Anarchist parties. ~
4 which monarchy Is reyllee , .a t,
n land condemned to annihilat1on, :,
While king Albert may treat with