The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
Copyright. 1913. By A. D. jacobson

ItOTyrtgnt, lsl3, D a IL. Jacou>onJ
The invitation OF King George and
Queen Mary TO attend the nuptials of
the Princess Victoria Louise of Prus-
wick-Luneburg has been accepted on
the understanding that the visit is to
be private. The circumstances of the
wedding are so exceptional that the
presence Of the King and Queen Will
be regarded as eminently fit and proper.
Queen Alexandra views the arrange
nent for their attendance with great
satisfaction. The wedding, which Is
now definitely fixed to take place at
Berlin on Saturday. May "a, viii. OF
course. be a full state ceremonial. and
the newly married couple are to spend
their honeymoon at Potsdam. Accord
ing to present arrangements, the King
and Queen of England will arrive at
Berlin from London on the evening OF
Thursday. May %. or on the morning
of Friday, the 23d. Both will leave
Berlin on Monday. the 26th, for Neu-
Strelitz on a short visit to the Grand
Duchess Augusta. the Queens aunt
They are to travel. on leaving Neu-
SIrelitz. direct to Flushing. when they
will embark on the royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert for Port Victoria. re-
turning to London, in all probability.
on Thursday, May 90. The statement
that the King and Queen will be &C
cornpanied to Berlin by the Prince or
Wales and Princess Mary is incorrect.
Queen Alexandra will pay visit TO
the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland
at their country seat on the Traeun See
during the summer, where she Will meet
her nephew, Prince Ernst of Brunswick
Luneburg, and his bride. The Dowager
Empress of Russia, Queen Alexandra's
sister. will probably visit the Duke and
Duchess of Cumberland at the same
time Other family guests will be Prince
waIdemar of Denmark and his daughter.
Princess Marguerite. Queen Alexandra
has not visited the Gmunden district
since the summer of 1856, when she was
accompanied by her three daughters.
Prince Henry OF Prussia, the Kaiser
sailor brother. who is now in London,
has been a frequent visitor TO England,
of which he is honestly fond, for his up
bringing by his English mother rather
was more English than German When
London's leading anti-German organs de-
clared it to be the nightly custom OF
German naval officers to drink to the
day." |. e., when war should be declared
against Britain, Prince Henry. IN a teie-
gram to a friend in England. character
lied the statement as "a beastly lie"
don on a short visit to buy Christmas
presents it was said in reality he had
gone there to discuss certain matters,
including the question of the Kings visit
to Berlin. which has nov. of course. as
sumed quite a different aspect. through
the happy incident of the Brunswick be-
trothal But details of the royal visit
had still 10 be settled. and Prince Henry
is lust the man to settle them.
Montenegro's attitude toward Scutari
was fierce enough in 1899. Prince Dan |
ielo, the prince bishop of Montenegro. |
whose age then was twenty-seven and
his height nearly seven and half feet, |
when asked whether. if peaceable rela- |
lions were established between him and |
the Turks he would visit the Pasha Of
Scutari, and the prince replied that ne
would only enter Scutari at the head Of
lO.eo0 warriors While the prince and
a friend were playing billiards, loud
and gun firing were heard. 1t
was the return of a party OF Monte
negrins from the Scutari district, which |
a number of Turkish heads to add to
the CHASTITY collection on the round
tower before the palace. In those days
both sides habitually took such trophies
from slain enemies
Montenegro, after all. has some reason
to be grateful for its stones. 1t is in
these stones that the Black Mountain
has found its best fortifications-for ar
tificial forts it has none-and II was not
until the time of the present prince NOW
King NichoIas) that the Napoleonic
dea of making a road across the coun-
try was carried out. Even now IL is
not, by any means, certain that this
means Of communication will
not be a source of danger in the future
Napoleon, in the early years OF the