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

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Queen Sophia has always been at dag
gers drawn with her mothe tf-Iaw, the now
widowed Queen Olga. The latter, daughter
of the late Grand Duke Constantine Mich
olaiovitch. and grandchild. therefore OF
Car Nicholas l.. has always been too much
devoted to the land OF her birth-namely.
Russia-Atc care much for Germany. and since
becoming Queen OF Greece in 1867, has never
once visited the court of Berlin. although she
has passed through the Kaiser,s capital re-
peatedly when travelling between st. Peters
burg Copenhagen and Paris.
Since the beginning of the war she has
no longer been on speaking terms with her
German daughter-in-la law. Queen Sophia.
Idolized Princess.
She. like her mother-inlaw, Queen Olga.
is tdolized by the people OF Greece, especially
by the soldiers, who recall with gratitude the
devotion which she displayed In nursing the
SICK and wounded during the last two wars.
But since the beginning of the present con-
nict, by reason of her sympathies for Russia
and for France. and her hatred of Germany.
Olga has suspended all intercourse with
herrTeuton daughter-in-law.
Another of the brothers OF the King Is
Prince George ofsGreece, who has French
consort In the person of Marie Bonaparte
one of the heiresses of her grandfather, old
Francois Blanc. the founder OF the public
gambling tables at Monte Carlo, and through
whom she is now a part owner in that con-
Germ, Queen Sophia has always treated
Princess Marie with GOODNESS and disdain by
reason of her plebeian origin. since Marle's
grapdmotheD on the. fathers side wa.
plumbers daughter, and on her mothers
side the chambermaid OF an inn at Wies-
baden.
But since the beginning Of the war, With
Queen Sophia's sympathies all for Germany.
and those of Princess Marie all for France,
the two sisters-inlaw have not exchange two
words.
Most Heroic Woman Figure.
Queen ELIZABETH of Belgium, one of the
most heroic figures of the present war, and
whose courage and devotion to the land of
her adoption, has excited enthusiastic adj
mlration in all parts of the civilized world
save Germany. lisa princess OF the reignlng
house of Bavaria. But she has publicly an
nounced that the door between her and her
German relatives has, been CLOSED for all
time by the treatment to which Belgium has
been subJectediby Germany
Her German relatives include her mother,
the widowed Duchess Marie Jose of Bavaria,
widow of Duke Charles Theodore the famous
oculist; her only brother Duke Louis. who Is
q captain of Bavartan cavalry; her brother
in-law, Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria, COM
mandlng one of the German armies in France.
It may be added that the indigpities to
which Queen ETizabeths most intimate and
precious belongings were subjected by the
princes of the reignfng house of Bavaria.
and by other scions of German royalty. when
they took possession of her palaces at Brus-
sells, at Laeken, at Antwerp, at Ostend and
IN the Ardennes, palaces where she had In
happier days entertained them with the
most gracious. hospitality. have been such as
no woman of delicacy and refinement Of
spirit would ever forgive to her dying day.
King Albert of Belgium has two sisters.
one Of them is married to the French Duke
of yendomes who. being debarred by the laws,
of the republic from serving In the French
army is doing good work In the French am
balances The other sister is the wife OF
Prince charles OF Hohenzoliern, general OF
cavalry now In the field against France and
Belgium.
The Teutenic czarina.
In Russia the czarina is the youngest
sister of the reigning Grand Duke of Hesse.
one Of the commanders of the German army
aea,nst France, while Hessian troops are
frhttpg In the eastern portion of Germany
against Russia. One of her sisters. Princess
irene ia the wife of Prince Henry of Prus-
sis the ranking admiral of the German navy,
while her two other sisters are Princess
Louis of Battenbrg, whose husband IS one
of the senior admirals OF the English navy.
and the widowed, Grand Duchess Sergius OF
The widowed Grand Duchess Vladimir
now most bitter against Germany, was born
as a Duchess of MISUNDERSTANDING and
=, tho '-eisr az Alexander III. used to be re-
garded an tho most powerful German iuau-a
ence at st. Petersburg.
Grand Duchess Constantine Constantine
witch, who has just lost her enlightened and
gifted husband. was o Princess OF SaNeAl-
tenburg, and still remains an aanerent OF
the German Lutheran church, while Grand
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