El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-14
PERVADES
ROYAL PALACES
The Poor Are Not Alone
Suffering From Present
European Conflict.
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! royal blood which has gone on in En-
! rope for centuries
I Then there is the disturbing reau-
Z cation Of the precariOus position Of the
I throne. Not a dynasty Of the sOliditv
: Of which does not tremble in the bal
ance. The queens realize fully that the
future of their houses depends upon
the outcome of the vast conflict De-
1 feated they viii be overwhelmed By
} the indignant forces of democracy or
! socialism or reduced impotence by
I their countries conGuerors-
Czarina Saddest Of All.
/ Perhaps the czarina of Russia Is the
most tragic figure in the whole tremen-
dous world drama. The saddesr face
I I'm Europe" she has long been ard now
/ the lines Of her face must be deeper
/ than ever.
She sees SIavs and Germans locked
/ in a death struggle All her blood
relatives battle against her husband
She was the princess AK OF Hesse and
became the bride Of Nicholas Il be-
cause he fell in love with her and re-
fused TO marry the daughter Of the Slav
/ king Of Montenegro as the Russian
statesmen wished. She came to Petro-
grad (St Petersburgl TO find many
auu-German currents TO combat but
nothing compared TO the present abso-
Z lutte plotting out Of everything with q
/ TeutOnic tiuge. going even TO the
. change of the name OF the capital The
hostility undoubtedly extends even 10
her person The Russians hate their
1 Germauic queen, despite that car
Nicholas now mingles freely in the
! street with his people and feels safe
{. from the assassin's hand.
She knows that If Germany brushes
Russia. there Will be no pity for her
husband His throne will go and even
she viii not be welcome in Berlin
And should the tide Of battle go against
the kaiser, she knows the car and the
ring Of grand dukes will be equally
ruthless in their repression Of every
German ruling family
The slaV princess, whom the cZartna
overthrow in the affections Of NichO-
las. is now queen Elena, of Italy. Her
days and nights are also full of ankle
ty. Her fathers AIOntenegrins fight
with the hosts of Franz Joseph Her
brothers are on the battle line and she
has known that her adopted cOuntry's
alliance was with Germany and Aus
tria- The two bidders for ltaly's ad-
herence TO the triple entente. Theo-
phile Delcasse, Of France, and count
Witte, Of Russia, concentrated their eI-
forts on the italian queen and about
her head ragged the fearful struggle be-
tween the government faction insist
ing on Italy's taking the German side,
and the forces tending TO align Italy
against her ancient enemy. Austria
Belgian Queen n Refugee.
Another appealing figure is Elisa
beth, OF Belgium, now an exile in Eng
land Her little sons are too young 10
fight But her husband, king Albert
is in the thick Of the battle. II is re-
ported one shell burst 20 feet from
where he was sitting in his war auto
mobile.
It was with extreme reluctance that
Elisabeth was induced TO quit Ant ,
werp and the rigOrs Of the siege
y viii shoulder a musket and fight
IN the trenches with you she cried 10
Albert. The women Of Belgium have
often showed they could fire as
rHHHH as q
But she was overruled and sent pack /
ing across the Channel TO safety She
is called the most cultivated princess !
in Europe. Her father was the prince
Of Bavaria. What emotions tore her |
breast when the Bavarian regiments ]
were raging against the gallant de- Z
Tenders Of Liegei
Violence shown Grand Duchess
Yet her fate is kinder than that OF ]
the grand duchess Of Luxembourg, I
when the Germans invaded her little
state the grand duchess went out 10 /
meet them, and turned her automobile
so that IL blocked q bridge into town
She refused to move and protested 3
vigorously against the violation Of Lux
emburEs neutrality. The commander ]
Of the invading force had her removed /
bodily and now the kaiser is treating /
Luxembourg as subject nation
War with its long weeks OF uncer-
tainty and anguish is bearing also
hard on Mary, Of England and the 4
ka1Serlu- The latter has SIX TAN SONS
at the front She knows they will be I
marks Of the hostile sharDshOoters
There is the crown prince, leading one I
Of the armies in the west through Lux
emburg and Neufchateau- He is the most
ferociOus pan-Geruan Of them all and I
he can expect scant pity If he falls INTO 4
hostile hands. There is Adalbert, with
the fleet. almost sure 10 be annihilated
If IL gives battle to England's superior
squadrons-
Aary's. two sons have gone forth 10
battle. Albert, her sailor prince, has
been landed from the Collingswood, i'll
with appendicitis The prince Of Wales
is with the famous Glendale guards. He
has not vet seen active fighting.
NiIheImina's Burden
One woman. Wilhelmina. of Holland, |
bears the principal burden 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-
-rality of her beloved Netherlands. But !
how long it is hard to tell. Her south
ern provinces are under martial law,
her army is modified and her dikes
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.
FORMER POLITICAL LEADER
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