The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-22

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Duchess Marie, only daughter OF Alexanoer
H., remains. to all intents and purposes.
prisoner of state In her palace at CopuIg,s 40
widow of the late sovereign Duke OF sake
Coburg and Gotha.
Anassasia's Refuge.
Nor must omit Grand Duchess Anasta'
sia of Russia. widow of the late sovereign
Grand Duke of Meclclenburg- schwerin. and
who. fortunate enough to escape the fate OF
her cousin. Grand Duchess Marie. at coburs'
has found refuge in the south OF Frauce
since the beginning of the war.
Her son. the present Grand DUKE o.
Mecklenburg- Schwerin, is one Of the German
generals In the field against Russia. while
of her two daughters. the elder 70
the Queen of Denmark and the younger the
Crown Princess Of Germany, She has neen
cut of from all communication with ner
son, her younger daughter and their cniidren
since the beginning OF the war: = tgs.,y
In italy the red-haired and athfetic
Duchess of Genoa, wife of the ranking ON
Ger of the Italian navy is princess OF me
reignIng house of bavaria, and until the De
ginning of the war was; wont to spend every
summer with her husband In the land OF her
birth.
Abstracts fortunate in having but three
foreign-born princesses allied by marriage 70
her reigning house-namsly, Princess Char.
lotte Of Belgium, the demented widow OF
that AfchdukR AdhAlI1l111RI WIN 4GA5ASA 49,
a brief period over Mexico as Emperor, ana
who met with his death at Queretaro In 1851;
Princes Stephanie OF Belgium, widow OF the
late Crown Pr Ence Rudolf OF Austria, the VIC
tim of the tragedy of Meyerling, and Arcn-
duchess Isabella, vile OF Archduke Frederick,
reneralissimo of the Austrian military aud
naval forces, and who Is the daughter OF
former Belgian Duke OF Croy..
English Princess in Germany.
In Germany Princess Alexandra of .Ho-
hen1ohe. whose husband has Just been sent
by the German Emperor on special mis-
sion to constantinople, Is a.princess OF Great
Britain ana ireland. and first cousin OF
ISine George of England, while Princess
AIfons of Bavaria is q member OF the mouse
of orleans, and Princess Francis OF Bavaria
a daughter of the Belgian ducal house OF
Croy.
to Germany, the Queen regnam has the ut-
most difficulty in preventing her German
husband. the Prince Consort henry, from
giving public expression to his ardent cham
pionship of the Kaiser's cause, and at the
court Of Stockholm the Queen OF Sweden,
Who has openly Proclaimed ner yearninss
for the victory of Germany, and who Is
sister Of the reigning Grand duke OF baos1s'
lev the crown princess. who Is member of
the reigning house OF England. ana one Q.
the two singularly attractive daughters OF
the acknowledgment OF Canada ana OF tne
Duchess of Connaught
Grand Duchess Adelaide of Luxembourg,
5,,,i;c+,,red as heart-broken over the violation
IF her domain and virtual prisoner OF state
in her palace. is the object OF much wasted
evnuathy Luxembnrg. instead OF resisting
tho INVASION of the Germans and of brayely
endeavoring to safeguard the neutrality OF
tey. territory, not only opened-her gates wide
- tho German army but even welcomed 1t.
Tho Grand Duchesss father. the late Grand
nuke william of Luxembourg. before necom-
Ing ruler of that country, was German
Prince of Nassau and Of the Rhine Her
eran6imother on the fathers side, old Grand
Duchess Adelaide. was German Princess OF
Anhalt.
reigning Grand Duke of Baden German
sovereign, while her mother, the Grand
Duchess Marie Anne although nominally an
Infanta of Portugal is native of Austria
where she was entirely brought up by her
Austrian mother. The widowed Grand
duchess of Luxemhurg is also an aunt of the
Austrian heir apparent and of his wife, as
:y-e,l as of the Grown Prince OF Bavaria