Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
Their Loved Husbands, Sons ant
Brothers Are in the Thick
Of the Fighting.
MANY OF THESE ARE SLAIN
Pathetic Story Of Princess Berthe Q
p,LIppe, Already Mourning -Four
Case OF CzarIna. Of. Russia 10
the Saddest Of All.
international News Seryice.)

. H-E .
est war in history settled. In many
a splendid abode sits an anxious, care
marked queen, or princess, or grand
duchess, her eyes red from weeping
eagerly reading the bulletins OF slaugh'
ter which are brought to her, and: 90.
ing forth only TO endeayor to show z
brave face before. her people and to
comfort and encourage the intermin'
able lines OF wounded in the hospitals.
1t Is a mistake to represent the
autocracies as sending their common
people into the hell Of shrapnel and
rife fire while themselves sitting In
safety. Such q picture is often drawn
by. the hate of the m%onarchical Idea,
but whatever the faults Of kings. this
is not one OF them. n.l = q. az. la,g
q The young men OF royal birth are In
the thick of the fighting. No royal
family but has many representatives
who are officers In the army or navy.
And the casualties among the officers
Of the armies in the field are much
heavier in proportion than the dead
and wounded and missing Of the
ranks. ,,.~g = 50. a..
Princess Mourns Two Sons.
A traveller just arrived from Berlin
tells an appealing story of royal sor:
row. It was in the grand dining-room
OF, the Hotel Cumberland. One Of the
finest hostelries Of the Prussian, cap.
ital. Princess Berthe Won Lippe was
seated at one Of the tables. 4 tele-
gram was brought to her and she
broke the seal and read eagerly. The
mask Of royalty dropped from her.
Forgetting she was q. princess and in
a public place, she threw her head and
her arms on the table before her and
sobbed aloud as any peasant mother
would have done.
Only one word passed her lips:
Dead"
The telegram had informed her that
her two sons had fallen at Liege.
Later she was told her two younger
brothers had been killed at Charlaroi.
A dreadful toll to pay to war. Blu.
1t may not be all-Princess Berthe
still has numerous. other. relatives lin
the kaiser's army. She a only con.
sole herself with the tales OF the BRAY.
cry OF her lost ones.
How Prince Wilhelm Died.
Here is the story she heard of one
of her sons, Prince Wilhelm Of Lippe,
a colonel in the Prussian army, who
fell in the assault on Liege August 6:
After fierce fighting at close quar-.
tiers we proceeded successfully toward
Liege,"" narrated a private. "On the
morning of the 9th we succeeded in
getting, on the. northern walls OF
Liege, where, however, we were com.
pletely surrounded by Belgian troops,
who drew over closer around us and
pressed US hard amid a hail of bullets,
by order of his highness our de.
tachment formed a circle and we de.
Tended ourselves stoutly for some
time, till at length we saw strong re.
endorsements coming to our aid.
m in order to enable them to locate
the exact spot where we were. the
prince rose to a kneeling position,
pointed with his sword to the an.
preaching column, and gave me, who
lay q hands breadth away from him
on top of u flag, the order to. raise
the flag so that we might be recog.
nized. ....f, s-
Il raised the flag and waved 1t in =
circle, which at once drew an extra
hail Of bullets from the enemy. .The
flag was shot out Of my hands, willis
the same volley wounded the prince
fatally in the breast and throat. Hi,
last two words were: 'Remembe,
me-" , =
Kin 10 Warning on Kin.
Added to the horror of having nea,
relatives in the shambles OF Armaged
don are two other depressing thought,
which harrow the women SO unfor
tunate as to be Of royal birth. Their,
is frst the ever-constant realization
that their allegiance is mixed, tha,
while most of those In whom thew ar.
interested are fighting on the side y
their own army, relatives nearly :,
dear are leading the cause OF th1
enemy. Kin fights against kin. Thi,
Is due to the intermingling OF roya
blood which has gone on in ,Europ,
for centuries.
Then there is the disturbing realiza
ton of the p~recarious position Of N,
throne. Not a dynasty the solidit,
of which does not tremble in the hai
ance. The queens realize fully the
the future OF their houses depend,
upon the outcome Of the vast conflict
Defeated, they will be oyerwhelme,
by the indignant forces Of democrac,
or socialism, or reduced to impotence,
by their countries c%onquerors.
czarlna Most Tragic Figure.
Perhaps the czarina Of Russia /
the most tragic figure in the Who'll
tremendous world-dfama. The ~