The Washington herald., 1913-10-13
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What q gathering OF .'understudies'' the
wedding Of Don Manuel brought to Sig
maringen The cumberland- HohenzoI-
lern ceremony brought three emperors TO
the Chapel Royal at Berlin. The most
important ''understudy" was lthe Prince
of Wales. acting for the Britannia majes-
ties The next in rank was Prince Au-
gust Of Prussia. fourth son Of the Kali
ser. The great-uhcie >of the bride. the
King Of Roumania. believed that his
nephew, Prince William. the bride,s
father, was rather ambitious in giving
lqueenly rank to his daughter sent no
representative. Nor did his neighbor Of
Bulgaria. though the Portuguese Co.
burgs like himself. spring from Ferdi-
nand OF Saxe-Coburg and Antoinette Ko-
harry, whose name Ferdinand agreed to
add forever TO that OF his posterity-a
promise they all forgot in the first
generation. The Duke OF Genoa acted as
-understudy" for the King of Italy and
Prince Charles OF Bourbon, now brother
in-law Of Queen Amelie and ex-brother-
in-law Of Alfonso. for the King of Spain
The head of the heraldry and titles
section at the chancellory department of
the German Minister of Justice. disputes
Prince OF Hohenzollern in proposing the
health OF the newly married pair. Dol
Manuel. when he does not go incognito,
Is entitled to the honors due to a King
because OF the "once King always a
King" rule. But he has not the powers
since his deposition to extend the regal
standing TO a princess whom he marries.
His bride is not. therefore. Her Majesty
Queen Augusta Victoria" UNDERSTANDING
this rule. Henri v Of France on the eve
OF his marriage assumed the title OF
Conte de Chamboard. SO as not to give
trouble to Austria. His wife never went
by any other save that Of Madame"
Queen Don Manuers mother. Amelie, Is
wealthy. The brides father is still more
rich. In his toast the latter spoke of
God having specially blessed the two
first marriages OF members OF the house
OF Portugal, and of his family" His
torically this Is a baseless assertion.
Stephanie OF Hohenzollern died in less
than year after her marriage. and Dom
Pedro only survived her by some weeks
The marriage Of Prince Leopold (Man
uefs grandfather-in-law) and the In
fanta Antonia of Coburg- Braganca,
brought about the Rranco-German war. a
republican government in France. and
Indirectly also in Brazil and Portugal.
This was in fact also the remote cause
OF the massacre OF the late King Carlos
Of Portugal snd his eldest son.
King Alfonso Of Spain. who Is a fluent
talker, once said to Wilbur Wright: ''You
have broken the last record splen3idly.
But what is the use now of breaking
IL again? Somebody Is sure to 90 one
better. and then somebody else to envy
him and distance him out of sight For
some years 1 was the youngest King
that had reigned for centuries That
was record. The little Emperor of
China drove me out of place. I trust
my record of being made the target
for bomb on my wedding day will not
be broken as long as 1 live"
Alfonso has established another record.
also unique, namely, that of bearing
down his prime minister's opposition TO
the respite of the man who in last April
fired at him three pistol shots and hit
his horse. When the King saw him
taking aim, he told N. Poincare ne
looked fixedly into the would-be regi-
cide's eyes This affected the mans
nerves and his hand visibly shook. The
horse perished In the Kings stead. Like
Pegoud. the aviator, King Alfonso has
cultivated courage by the habit of mem
tally taking his life In his hand and act
ing on the fixed thought each time oc-
casion arises In thus disciplining his
nerves through his mind he has become
fearless of would-be regicides The Sc
cret Of his preference for Canaiejas and