The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-02

dcavored to nip these schemes by
granting the lad q commission in m.
Bulgarian army. and by endeavorinX to
attach him 10 his family through lies
OF gratitude.
But the young coun, seems TO nave
permitted his head 10 be turned by
the demonstrations OF affection with
which he was welcomed cverywbern In
bulgaria, az the only son OF his father.
re allowed himself 10 be hailed, not as
Count ilnrtenuu, but as Prince Assem-
OF Battenbcrs.1 aud even as Prince
Assem- of Bulgaria." to neither Of which
titles he had or course any vcstigc OF
a right Finally, he became 70 deeply
i IN IN the intrIgues Of the foes
Ferdinand found it necessary. not
merely 10 deprive him of his commits.
sion, but also TO throw him into Jail.
would nave been far more polite
10 have merely dismissed him from the
army, and TO have quietly dcportcd
him from the Kingdom, adopting pre-
cautions to prevent his return ms
imprisonment was q big mistake. For
II excited against Ferdinand the wrath
not only of the bulgarian people al
large, but also of all tho lads prince
FOR. despite tho Obscure pnrentnge OF
the young fellows mother, the boy a.,
through his father related to the
reishinE houses Of Great Britain. Rus
tenegro.
What the future OF young Count
Hartenau's career will be, II is din
Genl, to say. His father was a particu-
lar favorite OF Queen Victoria, who al
mired him greatly; also OF Emperor
Francis Joseph. who treated him with
the most fathcrly kindness. after the
loss OF his throne and hts marriage.
ON the other hand Alexander was
openly hated by the present Kaiser.
by rho late Prince Bismarck, and. above
all. by Alexander Ill OF RUSSIA. who,
by the possession of some secret, wac
able not only TO compel him to alb
dloate the throne OF Bulgaria, after
kidnapped from his palac &c. In Sofia b.
Russian officers. ana carried OFF into
Russian territory, but even to force
MIN 70 contract sudden and loveiess
marriage with Mile. Leis!nger, in orde,
10 prevent his wedding his iiancec,
frincess Victoria Of prussia, and thus
becoming brother-in-law of the
Queen Victoria. ] [ was also Emperor
Alexander who compelled him TO give
up his little OF Prince OF Battenbcrg.
and to obscure himself under the name
OF Count Hartenau.
What that secret was which gave
Alexander III. the mort honest and
h hpId po of msR sHfh q
not more than half-a-dozen people
know. among them. Emperor william
and General Baron Kaulbars. former
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF Odessa, and milf
tary plenipotentiary and agent OF Rus
years of BattenberEs reign there
After the kidnapping episode. the
amidst such universal demonstrations
OF Joy and affection that he resolved
to remain, But within forty eight
hours OF his resumption OF the reins
of government General Won Kaulbars
appeared upon the scene. and had
prolonged secret interview with the
prince, at the end of which the latter
was completely crushed, his spirit en-
tirely broken, and he Immediately in
timatcd that the further retention of
mis- crown had become wholly iInpos-
sible.
or course there have been all sorts
of conjectures about the matter Ac-
cordinS to some, 1t was the Legitimacy
OF his birth which was involved since
he was the eldest child OF runaway
ma tch on the par, OF Prince Alexander
school for girls. at st. Petersburg, a
Mile. Sophia Hauke According to 9TH
er surmises, 1t was so.,
OF Alexander of Battenberg when an
officer of the Russian army. stationed
At st. Petersburg. For the aversion OF
Gear Alexander III, who was his first
cousin, dated even from then; and it
Alexander of Battenberg was chosen
as first ruler of Bulgaria. II was In
opposition to the then Czarovitch, but
at the instance of his uncle and aunt.
Empcrole Alexander RI. and the late
Caarna Marie. who loved him better
than any other of their nephews.
Whatever the real reason, It Is n
experienced statesmen and diplomats,
and to the various rcigning houses to-
day. The real story remains buried in
the secret archives OF the reignine
manoG,
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
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