The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21

Czarlna, and of a Russo-German I'M
Iit4ea maiden OF the name OF Julia
liauke. she was raised TO tho rank OF
me ordinary Hessian mobility BY the
then EaigninG Grand Duke OF fIcssc:
hrst az Countess Battcnberg, and then
as frincess Bnttcnoers, and the title
dren.
Prince Louis Is. through h!s marr!-
age 10 the eldest sister OF the present
Grand Duke OF Hcssc, brothcr-in-
law OF the present Gear and Czurina,
! and OF Prince ana Princess Henry OF
Prussia, Prince Henry being tae rank
ing officer, Rnd one OF the creators OF
inc herman navy. Prince Louis la also a
ilcutenant general IN the .lessisn. tnnt
Is 10 say, IN the German army. and AZ
! all those Americans who met him on
/ the occasion OF his visit to Annapolis.
! Washington, and New York. in COM
fnand Of England's fourth cruiser
squadron. may recall. speaks English
with a very pronounced German ac-
cent This Is not surprising, when II
IL borne in mind that he was brouga
UP wholly in Germany, Hs a German
boy. without learning English. until ne
made up his mind. when about four
/ teen or fifteen years OF age. TO secure.
through mis- cousin. Grand Duchess
ALICE of Hessc, permission from her
mother, Queen Victoria. to enter the
! English navy.
That his relations with his German
kinsfolk are of the most affectionato
character, is shown by the fact thai
the flag which noated from the mast
head Of his flagship Drake when he
visited the United states. was a silken
AFFAIR. tho handlwork Of his sister-in-
law. Princess Henry OF Prussia. | am
sorry to say that in some mysterious
manner 1t vas stolen during his stay
In New York. though how 1t can have
been distracted. either from the mast
Z head by day. or from the naE-room by
night has always remained mystery.
The prince lost q great many other
which were carried or by souvenir
hunters. But the flag was the only
thing that he really regretted.
Prince Louis and his wife. the latter
| therefore first cousin OF the Kaiser.
and OF King George. usually rent a
house in London. for the season. But
their real home Is the estate and
stadt. which was presented by the late
Czarina to her favorite brother Prince
Alexander and bequeathed by him TO
his son. Louis.
The prince. who. by the by. is uncle
! OF the Queen of Spain. and related in
ono way or another to pretty nearly
! every reigning house In Europe. has
Kaiser, but mors especially from his
a., brother-in- law, the Gear, to abandon
the English navy. and to take service
under either the German or the Rus
Sian nag, with vastly Increased rank
and all sorts OF other adVantaE es
But he turned deaf ear to all tempta-
tons OF this kind. and has stuck to
the British navy where he enjoys pro-
badly to-day more personal populari-
ty than any officer of the service This
| is partly duo to his charm OF manror'
and utter absence OF the stiffness and
hauteur, being able. as n prince. TO
permit himself more freedom with pro-
| fcssional subordnates than other off,
! GERS of his grade. 1t Is also because
ne has had the tect to steer entirely
! clear OF all those quarrcls, notably
those between Lord Fisher and Lord
Charles Beresford, which for a time
, rival camps, in n manner completely
subversiye OF all discipline. Indeed. he
remains to-day as warm and trusted n
| friend OF Fisher, as OF Beresford.
| When the intence suspicion that,
thanks TO the war scare mongers, pre-
walls In England. with regard to every