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

land Of her birth She lis obliged to stlne .
every vestfge of affection for the peopi e.o :,
her race. among whom she has oeen i - III
from her earliest infancy; to take part II a.
sreioicfngs called forth by the defeats tllae
fan to their LOT, and to uproot from ne.
heart every yestige of Affect on that she me-
have retained for her own brotneIs aiiu 80
ters-nay, even for her very cn'lqren aa ~.
parentS-if these happen. TO We %
the opposite,side. ~
Thus, the Duchess of Albany. wldo" OF
King Edwards youngest brother Leopo ~
by birth princess of the German soyei IS.
house of Waldeck.Pyrmopt. has maue ne
home In England ever since her marr1ase'
three and thirty years ago, and has become
completely Anslcized. Her sop-inIaM, "
whom she is deeply attached, Prince Alex
an6er of Teck, brother OF Queen MARY mas
been ever since the beginning ot1heprssehe
war In the field in France against lI go, He
mans as cavalry colonel on the BRUSH
staff.
Her Son with the Enemy.
Fer only son, on the other hand aoan-
doued his British nationality on succeeding,
through his unc1e's death. to the throne OF
the Saxon Duchfes of Coburg and of Gotha, pc
came not only German sovereign, but
German general, and is serving at the 1eu-
ton front in France against the English. he
has shown such vitriolic bitterness WIN re-
gard to everything British that King george
was compelled the other day, IN deIerei $50 70
popular sentiment in the United Kingdom
to expel him from the Order of the carter,
and to cause the removal of his banner
eFom the oaken stalls devoted to the knights
in ST. Georges Chapel at WINDSOR oastle,
His mother, the Duchess OF Albany, useo
often to attend divine service on Sunday III
the chapel, motoring from her palace ol
Claremont for the purpose, and TO occupy
her boys stall, beneath the folds OF MS pan
Her.
Now it has gone and whenever the Ger
nana among whom he is fighting. are de-
feated by the English, she must appear to
rejoice. and is debarred from manifesting
any sympathy for him when he is overtaken
by disaster.
King Edward's Sister.
Then there is the elder of King Edwards
two SURVIVING sisters, Princess Helena, mar
r;ed to old prince Christian of Schleswfg'
IoIstein and who ever since she became ms
wife. near half century ago. has lived with
him at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor PARK.
Her only remaining son, Albert IS IN
Germany, serving on the staff OF the Prus-
sian army as colonel oAone of the Katser,s
regiments of cavalry. Heir to very valuable
entaiIed estates in Germany, and to per-
petual annuity of $4,000 from the russian
treasury. he would. have Ior1eiteu al ms
rights to the succession had he returned
from Potsdam TO England when the war
broke out Inst summer, 5e
He did not, however. feel that be could
afford to make any such sacrifice of his ma
terial interests: having no fortune OF ms
own. and therefore, threw In his let with
Germany, sar s.ds5f. .
Both his mother and the widowed Ouch.
ess of Albany each receiye civil list OF
$50. 900 year from tho English treasury.
and repeated demands have been made CUT
IN tho last few months In the press and in
parliament that the payment of these allow
ances should be stopped, owing to the fact
that the only sons of these two English
princesses, OF the blood were serving under
The German nag against Great Britain,
He Sacrificed Throne.
prince Arthur OF Connaught. on the
other hand, preferred to sacrifice not only
material interests. but even throne. rather
than to be ever placed in the predicament OF
being forced to draw his sword against Eng
land. the land of his birth. When the late