Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07

ING now the lines Of her face must
be deeper than ever. ! /
She sees slays and Germans locked
in 2 death strnggle. All her blood rela.
tives battle agairst her husband. She
was Pricess Alix of Hesse and be-
came the bride OF Nicholas II because
he fell in love with her and refused
to marry the daughter Of the Slav
king of Montenegro, as the Russian
statesmen wished. She went to Petro'
grad to find many anti-German cur.
rents to combat, but nothing COM
pared to the present absolute blottins
out OF everything with Teutonic
tinge. going even to the change OF the
name OF the capital. The hostility un'
doubtedly extends ven to her per-
son. The Russians hate their German.
lc queen, though Car Nicholas now
mlngles freely In the street with his
people and, feels safe from the assas'
sins hand.
She knows that if Germany brushes
Russia, there will be no pity for he!
husband. His throne will go and ever
she will not be welcome in Berlin. And
should the tide of battle go against
the kaiser, she knows the czar and
the ring OF grand dukes will be equal
ly ruthless in their repression of every
German ruling family.
The Slav princess, whom the czarina
overthrow In the, affections of Mich
olas, is now Queen Elena of Italy
Elena's days and nights are also full
Of anxiety. Her brothers are On the
battle line. And she has known that
her adopted cpuntry's alliance was
with Germany and Austria. The two
bidders for Italy's adherence to the
triple entente, Theophile Delcasse OF
France and Count Witte Of Russia.
concentrated their efforts on the, lta'
ian queen and about her head ragged
the fearful struggle between the lac
ton insisting on ltaly's taking the
German side, and the forces tending
70 align Italy against her ancient enc
my. Austria. !, ,.. ~, H.!
Grave Elizabeth Of Belgium.
Another appealing figure is Eliza
beth OF Belgium, now an, exile, in Eng
land. Her little sons are too young te
fight. But her husband, King Albert
is in the thick OF the battle. 1t Is
reported one shell burst 20 feet from
where he was sitting in his war auto.
mobile. e,,t
It was with extreme reluctance that
Elizabeth was induced to quit Ant.
werp and the rigors Of the SIEGE st
Il will shoulder a musket and fight
in the trenches with you,"' she cried
to Albert. '"The women of Belgium
have often showed they could fire as
straight as the men,"
But she was overruled and sent
across the channel to safety. She is
called the most cultivated princess
In Europe, Her father VAS the prince
Of Bavaria. What emotions. tore her
breast when the Ravar1an regiments
we're raging against the gallant de-
tenders Of Liege!
Yet her fate is kinder. than that Of
the grand duchess Of Luxembourg,
When the Germans invaded her little
state, the grand duchess went out to
meet them and turned her automobile
50 that it blocked q bridge into town.
She refused to move and protested
vigorously against. tho violation. OF
Luxembourg's neutrality. The com.
mander Of the invading force had her
removed bodily. And o the kaiser
Is treating luxembourg as a subject
nation.
Queen Mary and the kaiserln.
War with its long weeks O. uncer.
tainty and anguish is bearing especial
ly hard on Mary Of England and the
kaiserin. The latter has six tall sons
at the front. She knows they will be
marks of the hostile sharpshooters.
There is the crown prince, l-ading one
Of the armies in the west through
Luxembourg and Neufchateau. He is
the most ferocious pan-German OF
them all and can expect scant pity II
he falls into hostile hands. There ia
Adalbert, with the fleet that is almost
sure to be annihilated' II it gives bat.
tie to England's superior squadrons. .
Mary's two sons also went forth to
battle. Albert, her sailor prince, has
been landed from the Collingswood,
i'll with appendicitis. The price OF
Wales Is with the famous Glendale
guards. He is small and sickly, not
at all the martial figure that the pres.
ant occasion demands.
One woman, WflheImina OF Holland,
bears the principal burdens OF state
in. a crisis that might have taxed Eliza.
beth Of England ;or. Catherine of Rus.
STA. So far she has preserved the neu.
trality Of her beloved Netherlands.
Her.southern provinces are under mar.
tial law, her army is modified. and
her bikes are mined ready to let in the
sea-and now she sits, waiting the
outcome of the universal war that
RACES just without her doors.