Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

English channel finally brought Katherine
| to England. She was received with &C
! claim, for the British public was heartily
| in favor of the Spanish alliance The
| lover she found awaiting her was a
| sturdy boy, large for his alleged age fair
| haired, ruddy of complexion. She for her
| part was also fair. with a good color,
plump with a CLINT of red in her hair,
and graceful of manner. Though Kath-
| crime had been educated in French, the
language of courts, Prince Arthur had
not, and the two conversed through the
Interpretation of two archbishops.
The marriage was solemniZed November
| IA, and after due feastng and celebration
| the pair set forth for Ludlow Castle, in
Wales. There was grave debate in the
| privy council to the wisdom of letting
| the two children go forth thus as man
and wife despite the ceremony because
| of the bridegroOm's age. Curious though
the point seems, 1t turned out later to be
one of vital Importance to England and to
Rome, for after five weeks of OutWardly
seeming married bliss Prince Arthur died
Years after the question whether during
that period, with so young a husband,
Katherine became more than a wife in
| name only menaced the peace of all Eu-
rope.
| With a fine show of paternal affection
Ferdinand wrote to Henry VII to send
| the widowed princess home. Unfortu-
| nately he also asked that 100000 scudos
| sent to England with Katherine as a first
payment on account or the dOwry, be re-
| turned with her. But to the loss of his
son and heir Henry did not propose to
| add the pangs of parting with that Span
| ish gold. So he replied that he would find
| his daughter-in-law another suitable
match, and suggested his second son. now
heir apparent aged eleven.
Offers to Wed Her Himself.
| While Spain was considering this Henry
became a widower and cheerfully pro-
posed to marry Katherine himself But
this was too much even for the marriage
brokers of Spain. and the royal offer was
declined. Isabella then demanded the i'm
mediate return of her daughter and the
share of the dowry already paid, or the
prompt betrothal of the new Prince of
Wales to the Princess Katherine. The
betrothal was agreed upon in 1903, the
prince being then twelve, the princess
| eighteen. To the marriage treaty at
| tached the condition that the couple
should be married when the prince had
| attained the age of fourteen, that a papal
| the marriage of Henry to his brother S
| widow, and above all that the second in
| stallment of the dowry, 100000 scudos,
should be promptly paid
| Though the widow of one heir to the
English throne and the affianced bride to
the heir apparent Princess Katherine
| found the world upon which she was
thus rudely thrust cold and callous one.
1t all grew out of the still unpaid 100000
| scudos of her dowry to which Ferdinand
chung like Shylock to his ducats. and the
payment of which Henry demanded as a
condition precedent to the marriage. The
prince reached the contract age, but as
| the dowry was not forthcoming no mar
riage took place. Nor did the kingly
| father-in-law, who had been willing
enough to marry Katherine himself. or to
give her to either or both Of his sons,
care to charge his royal revenues with