New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-19
CARS BIRTHDAY
German Crown Princess Visits
Her Russian Relatives.


..-.nv-ieh,. 1911. by the Brentwood Company
~ Emperor Nicholas celebrated TODAY
- .ortv-third birthday, and among the
",asts gathered from home and abroad at
:. petersburg in honor OF the occasion
-. received greater amount OF at
- than the Crown Prince and Crown
,,-,.oess OF Germany. The latter was
i.rbcnlarly welcome. for she is half Rus-
- her mother. the widowed Grand
CHESS Of Mecklenburg Schwerin, being
~ only daughter Of that old Grand Duke
,r.ho.I Nicholaiovitcb who until Els
s..,b two years ago was the most ven
s~.,sd and universally respected OF all the
.,hsrs Of the reigning house OF Roman
>. -snovned for his integrity and for the
,n'.~,lisn, Of his ideas and trusted above
"a Tiers bv his grandnephew. the pres
-. car who held him in quite special az
f.c,ion. The Crown Princess, as might DC
.xrsct.d speaks Russian perfectly, has the
.,rishtllness. the brilliancy and the taste
,or feminine elegancies OF the Russian
.-sat lady and is being welcomed at 81
r.,ersht,rg not merely as the future En-
--,ss Of Germany but as near, dear and
,.r,icularIy attractive relative.
x,cholas. who was only twenty-six when
=. succeeded his father has now been on
.,o throne for seventeen wears, and when
o,e reviews carefully and impartially all
,ba, he has accomplished during that rela-
,;,slv short period in the way OF the trans
,o-r,ation Of the vast empire from semi
o~te,tai into a Western empire and from
sosnotic into a constitutional monarchy
,r;,b parliamentary government-this, too,
o. the face OF almost insuperahle and most
encouraging obstacles Of every kind-it will
\. realized that he is a sovereign OF far
.,ronger character than that with which
=. i generally credited. and that his reign
will figure as one OF the most momentous
and important in the history Of Russia.
Is the Crown Prince ExiIed?
All sorts of stories are current just al
,,sssnt as 10 the real reason for the re-
,,ovsl Of the Crown Prince and Crown
princess Of Germany from Berlin 70
nsnziz one OF the free cities OF the
,nc,ent kingdom of Poland. and which on
me uarttion Of that kingdom in 1772.
was assigned TO Prussia as her share
While il is quite in keeping with the
traditions Of the now reigning House of
gohenzollern that the heir TO the throne
should hold his court elsewhere than in
the capital in the one instance In which
mis- practice was omitted. namely, in the
case OF Emperor Frederick. his palace in
Berlin became in consequence thereof,
the Headquarters Of the opposition 10 the
PisnarcNan regime. that is, TO the gov
eminent OF the day), the transfer OF the
Crown Prince 10 Danzig is looked upon
IN the light OF an exile, not only by the
people Of Berlin but also by the court.
and even II is said. by the heir apparent
himself and by his consort
That the change is an agreeable one for
the Young imperial couple no one will for
q moment believe For they are both
pleasure loving. festive, fond of brilliant
entertainments and Of brilliant people-in
fact devoted to society-an Of which they
have at their disposal at Berlin; whereas
Danzig is without exception the dullest
Il Prussias provincial cities. and GER
ialnly the one Of all others which is the
most remote from the gayeties OF Berlin
and OF Potsdam.
The Crown Princess, II must be re
membered. IS Parisienne in her bringing
up and In her notions OF feminine ele-
pance ard in wit. is very clever very fas-
chatting and as such has easily acquired
the leadership Of Berlin society-at any
rate Of all the younger element there.
This. It is said. has given umbrage 20 the
Empress. whose ideas on many subjects
are not entirely in accord with those OF
The wife Of her eldest son, and as there
seemed 10 be a disposition on the part OF
20 4 cd he vic a nd
the prejudices OF the Empress. to group
itself around the Crown Princess and TO
convert her against her Will into a sort
Of opposition leader TO the Kaiserin. it has
been thought we'll in high quarters TO put
& check 70 this.
Moreover. the Gro n Prince has been |
the object OF so much criticism in the
German press, in connection with his re-
cent visit 10 India and Egypt, II being
urged against him that ne had devoted
himself entirely to pleasure and TO sport, |
instead OF 10 study and 70 more serious
things. that the Emperor probab bly, feels /
that his son will come In for still further /
abuse II by remaining az Berlin he be- /
comes renowned there as a master Of !
revels and as wholly given UP TO a life |
Of pleasure and sport
That the move does not meet with the /
approval OF the Crown Princess's house I
hold is shown by the fact that the Grand |
Mistress OF the Robes 10 the Crown |
Princess, Nine. Won Thiele-Winckler. has !
resigned her Office which has been taken |
up by Countess Won Albinslebin while the !
closing Of the Crown Princes palace in 1
Berlin and OF his hospitable villa at Pots |
Gam will have the effect OF rendering |
social life in both Of those cities dis /
tnctly duller