The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-13

! head ragged the fearful struggle be-
tween the government faction insist
ing Oh itdly's taking the German SIDE
and the forces tending to align Italy
! against her ancient cnc:nv. Austria
Another appealing figure is Elizabeth
, 81 BclSiuJn. now an exile in EnylDn
der little sons ar. too young to fight.
, Out her husband King Albert is In the
! ;hick OF the battle. il IL reported one
SHE'LL burst twenty feet from where hc
was sitting in his tar automobile.
l, was with extreme reluctance that
Elizabeth was induced to quit Aat-
~orp and the rigors of the siege.
II will shoulder "A musiict and fight
In the trenches with you." she cried to
Albert. "'rhc women Of Belgium have
often showed they could lire AS STRAIGHT
rs the men.
iut she was overruied. ami sent
packing across the channel to safety.
She is called the most cultivated pr;n-
cess in Europe Her father was the
tore her breast when the Bavarah reui-
ments We're raging against the gallant
defenders Of LicSc.
TREATING LUNEMnunG
AS SUBJECT NATION
Yct 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
Sc~that il blocked Il bridge into town
she refused To move. ANA protested Wig
Grously against the violations OF LUZ
cmhurg's neutrality. The commander
OF the invading force had her removed
bodily. Md now the Kaiser is treating
Luxembourg las a subject nation
War. with its long weeks OF unccr-
ta!itT and anguish, is bearing especial
IS hard Mars, of I.pE l.. n q tiI Ia,
N.iscrin. The latter has sis tall sons
ut the 'front.'. She knows they Will be
marks OF the hos;ii. sh;lrpsiooters.
There Is the crown prince. leading Que
o. the armies in the west through Lux
cinbur. and Neufchatcau. lie is the
most ferocious Pan-Gerinan Of them
all. and he can expect scant pity IL he
. falls into hostile hands. There is
Adalbert. with the fleet. almost sure
/ TO be annihilited IL il gives battle To
+ i-nSlands superior squadrons. News
! OF the victories and Of bold deeds the
I haiserin receives. but her heart must
tremble, nevertheless. as she learns Of
+ the sad fate OF Bertha Of Lippe.
( Mays two sons have gone forth TO
battle.
Albert. her sailor prince, has been
/ landed from the Collingswood. i'll with
/ appendicitis. Tile Prince OF Wales is
/ with the famous Glendale Guards He
al
/ tial figure that the present occa on
/ demands.
! what pity that Tic Black Prince OF
/ old cannot lead the hosts OF England
on the plains Of France again. Eng
iish royalty suffers sadly in compari-
son with German. when il comes IL
fighting qualities. The traditions OF
Richard the Lion Hearted, who haclsed
al ,h- Mos!cus until the Skin OF his
palm cune OF with his battle-ax, are
not upheld. And this fact is certainly
not unknown to queen Mary. nor is
She indifferent to it, The pale little
:ellow whose feet size has been SO
careful 20 see that'hc d not wet. is
going to war with the grim Prussians.
and her heart goes with him.
ore woman. Wilhclmna OF Holland.
bears the principal burdens of state in
q crisis that might have taxed Eliza
beth OF England OF Catherine of Russia
SO far. she has preserved the neutrality
% her beloved Netherlands. But how
. long. IL is hare 10 tell. Her southern
provinces are under martial law, her
army is modified. and her dil;cs are
mined ready to let in the sea-and now
she sits. waiting the outcome OF the
universal war that RACES just within
her doors