Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-08
QUEENS NOT AGREED
Alexandra and Mary Differ
Over Bride for Heir.
BAN ON GERMAN PRINCESS
Daughter Of Gear Not Favored Be-
cause Of the Close Ties
Of Blood.
BAN ON GERMAN PRINCESS
Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON, March /. 1913.
The engagement of the kaiser's only
daughter, Princess Victoria Louise. to
the. son of the Duke of Cumberland
came as a great relief to Queen Mary.
| who has always dreaded that a mar
riage should be arranged for political
reasons between the princess and the
Prince of Wales.
| Typically English as the queen is she
would prefer her Oldest son to marry
an English girl il there were one of
equal rank to be found within this
country, but as this is not the case.
she knows, of course, that the Prince
of Wales will eventually have to marry
some foreign princess.
She has become quite resigned to this
idea. but she still draws the line on
German princesses, and hopes that the
| future king of England will eventually
marry one of the cZar's young daugh-
| tiers. On this point however, she meets
with strong opposition from queen
Alexandra. who maintains that 1t would
be fatal to the best interests Of COM
ing royal generations to allow union
of two young people who are not only
as closely related as are the Prince OF
Wales and daughter Of the car. but
whose fathers are exact doubles OF
one another physically as we'll as men,
tally. and both very far from being
robust Queen Alexandra also fears
that her young Russian grandnieces
may have inherited strain of the
melancholy Of their beautiful and love-
| ly mother
! AS the young Prince of Wales is of
J very shy and rather effeminate dis
[ position, Queen Alexandra maintains
| that the proper wife for him must be
| a strong, vivacious and spirited prin-
cess, and her favorite candidate Is the
oldest daughter of the king and queen
| of Italy, in whose veins flows the Wig
orous and healthy blood of the Monte
negrin princes, who, although now of
royal rank. are only few generations
removed from strong peasant ances-
tors.
queen Mary's principal objection to
/ the Italian princess favored by Queen
| Alexandra is that Englands future
queen ought to be Protestant by
! birth.
German Fete in London.
! That Germans in London are going to
| celebrate the kaiser's jubilee in true
Teutonic manner goes without saying. OF
| course. for Germans remain loyal to their
| country and its rulers all the world over,
but it is rather surprising to hear that
! the people of London who live in con-
| tinuous fear OF German invasions nave
! definitely decided to have special Lon
| don festival on the twenty-hfth ami
versary of Emperor Williams accession
| to the throne.
An Anglo German exhibition is to open
] at the Crystal Palace in the beginning OF
| May and here the great festival Is sched-
uled to take place June IL, in the pres
ence of King George and Queen Mary;
possibly accompanied by the King and
| Queen Of Denmark, who at that time Will
| be their guests at Buckingham Palace.
There is every indication that this Inn
| portant move toward strengthening
Anglo-German friendship will be a great
success. Among those who are taking
a close and active interest in the scheme
are the Duke Of Argyll, the Earl of
Lonsdale and the Earl OF Plymouth. 1t
is the suggestion of the Duke of Argyll.
that the project is being carried through
without, asking for the support OF the
British and German governments.
The organizing committee feels that
nothing can tend to bring Great Britain
and Germany more closely together than
an exhibition showing the wide range
of trades and manufactures in which the
two countries are mutually helpful. and
also giving prominence to those numerous
branches of art in which they can learn
from one another.
Air Visitors Unwelcome.
While Britons are doing everything to
encourage German visitors to this c0un-
try when they arrive here in the con-
ventional way they are equally deter
mined to discourage any attempts OF
dropping down upon them from the air
and for many months English gun manu-
facturers have been at work designing
gun that will bring down Zeppelins when
the bill authorizing firing on unannounced
airships flying above this tight little
island becomes law.
A suitable gun has now been invented,
and a special platform for experiment
| ing with misunderstanding guns has
been erected at the Needles battery, Isle
| of Wight For months past extensive
alterations have been in progress at the
! battery The old 9.2-inch guns are being
replaced by new ones Of latest patterns
and their positions have been altered TO
give space for the aerial armament.
The closest secrecy is being maintained
as to the operations, but 1t Is under
stood that several newly invented wea-
pons lately submitted to the war once
will be tried. The Needles battery Is
situated on top Of high chalk cliffs inn
mediately above the Needles lighthouse
| 1t commands a wide range Of the channel
and the entrance to the Solent.
| 1t is also understood locally that one
of the new admiralty air stations will be
located at the west of the Isle OF wight.
probably on the cliffs between the clin
| end and Warden forts.
Floor a Banquet Board.
Invitations have been issued for Sim
pie life feast which is to be the novel
feature of the simple life conference
which opens in London April 10.
That the menu of this feast will be
purely vegetarian was of course to be