The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
William Relents in His
Attitude Toward Prince
Albert
BY La aIARQUIsE DE FONrEiNOY.
II MPEROR NICHOLAS has at length

BY LA MARQUIsk DE FoNTENoY.
TMPERoR NICHOLAS has at length
~ since Gar Alexander iii. as.
cended the throne. in 1SS1--that is to
say. more than thirty years ago-the
ruler OF the Rouge ct -Noir principals
ity has been permitted to cross the
Russian frontier. and to set foot on
Musccvite territory
True. Nicholas has not yet consented
to receive him at st. Petersburg. But
on the prince making it known through
some OF the grand dukes ut Paris that
the one dream OF his life was to see
an aurochs roaming in it's native wilds
ia survival of the ancient bison OF Cen
trail. and Northern Europe, which are
TO be found nowhere to-day save In tho
great Polish forests of the Car around
Bialowitz. where they are most strict
ly preservcd), Emperor Nicholas de-
clared that Albert might Visit Bialo-
WITT. and might even shoot one of these
aurochs, if he liked
Accordingly, the prince arrived at
Warsaw towards the middle OF last
month, spent day at the imperial
sho0ting lodge at Bialowltz. where he
to the Polish capital, where he spent
three days. being entertained at de-
ny Tie SONcTIlOT- anu
at dinner by the Connt and Countess
NaVier Branili. and by the AIarquise
Wei In her palace In the Ave
granddaughter of Empress Marie
Louise of France. by her second hus-
t Sana Geunt Seiipperg and sister
grand master of the court of Vienna.
In order to appreciate just what this
Bialowitz means, it is necessary to eSo
plain that Alexander III. entertained
the most violent prejudice against him.
prince by his treatment OF his first
wife, Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton.
Was stii mere WSsn
learned that Albert, Instead of taking
steps to terminate the concession to
pledged himself to do, had, on the con-
tray ry prolonged it. and identified him
coming. an active partner in the con
Germ with the Blancs. He held him as
Rusaian nofies Ior the ruin OF many
their fortunes at rouge et-noir and
roulette at Monte Carlo. suicide result
ander even went SO far as to draw up
ukase. forbidding his subjects from
setting foot In Monaco. under severe
IT was only with the utmost diff
Guilty that he was induced to refrain
it being pointed out to t him ed that on Il
would be difficult, IL not impossibie. to
t enforce It,. and that the spectacle OF
an imperial order being fiagrantly dis
obeyed by Russians abroad, was not
conducive TO the prestige of the Mus
covite crown.
! AS every one is aware, the late En-
peror was strongly prejudiced against
the Hebrew race, and the fact that
ALBERT had placed on his throne as his
/ second wife all American born Jewess
namely, Alice Heine. of New Orleans
mother or the present Due de Richelieu
| ana woman not even of noble parent :
age, rendered Alexander still more hos
| tile to the prince.
| SO when the latter, through the Rus
sian ambassador at Paris. the late
Baron Mohrenheim, announced thai
after having paid an official visit to
the Queen of England and to the EN-
peror of Germany, he was about to
call upon the Gear and Czarina at st
Petersburg. Alexander caused him 10
| be curtly informed by Baron Mohren-
/ helm that not only would he absolutely
decline to receive him or the Princess
OIL Monaco at st. Petersburg either
oihcially or privately, but that he hat
! even given peremptory orders that II
! the prince and PRINCESS attempted tC
set loot on Russian territory, the no
lice We're to stop them at the frontier
TOOK care that his action should be
come widely known.
Since then Alexander III has been
| gathered to his fathers, and sleeps his
last sleep In the fortress church OF st
| Peter and st. Paul, on the banks OF
the Neva. His son Nicholas, who now
| felgns III his stead, has been frequent :