The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
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year. Fo- not only the
of her birth at Copenhagen but also
those OF her welding II Petrograd
and Of her becoming n widow At LAVA.
dia In the Cr!moA after twenty-eight
years OF ~singularly happy marriage
deure on her calendar for November.
No woman now living car be said
t have played a more important role
In the History Of Europe. and YET few
women Of her rank have been more
misunderstood. especially abroad. This
Is largely due to Intentional misrcprc-
sentation on the part OF the court and
Government OF Berlin. which has seen
In her ever since she first went 70
Petrograd a s n barely nineteer-year-
old bride AN adversary Of Prussia's
policies and interests. AS ! stated In
these columns on Sunday last. most
Muscovite news reaches the outer
world by way Of Berliu, where II Is
colored to sun the views OF tho palace
on the WnNiclmstrassc. tho activities
Ut tho censorship or the banks OF the
Neva having contributed In no small
measure to facilitate the task of the
k8iser's Government in damaging
people and conditions in Russia in the
A"e op9ee, oi RUSSIAN sta,ecralt IN
the matter is so obvious as 10 need
little more than passing mention,
namely. so to prejudice Western ma
lions against Russia as completely to
ahehate them M to render her there
fore dependent In a political and more
especially In an economic sense eXclu-
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sve' ihaue Il point Oh hoioing up 10
oosoau Impress MARIE as the dOhi-
"s". 'hI'ue'ce vi reac'soa IN the iaho
- sue C~ars' Sne nus oeeh portrayed
"a 'ur'u coio's ~ the chiet OBSTACLE
~ popuIar iorms OF government n
40 inc MOST aroeh' champion OF au-
'oe'~c!'
Every administrative act Of the au-
f1nfsifiaS A. basy.Urn1 oa1rtlatoA t,
Russiani2e Poland. the German speak
ing provinces Of the empire and Fin
land and to restrain their n~at!onalistic
toward secession liss been
laid at her door. She has been. de-
picted as a fanatic In religious mat
ters a. having been the instigator
" alleged prosecutions OF the Roman
Cstholic ana Protestant churches In
u minion and to her was attrib-
uted the responsibility for almost
every anti-Semitic disturbance.
Nothing can be further from the
truth. and II she has been thus calum-
mated, II has been solely and entirely
due 10 the fact that she has always
been an openly declared foe OF the
Prus slams, and more particularly Of
the H~ohenzollerns.
Born and reared as a Princess of
the Danes. who are perhaps the most
democratic people OF all Europe--a
people whose liberalism IS If so ad-
vanced "a character that they froyn on
all titles OF nobility and orders OF
knighthood and refuse TO recognize
any differences Of birth and rank
she has ever since her r.arriase been
the most intimate friend and associate
Of her fayorite sister. Queen Alexan-
dra, the sy sympathy Of their tastes and
Of their views In all matters being such
as IL usually only to he found in the
cas Of twins. She has all along had a
pronounced prediction for everything
English. and since becoming n widow
more than two decades ago. has made
a point Of spending a considerable
portion Of each year, that is I, SAY.
whole months together. in England,
keenly enjoying English life and rem
dering herself almost az beloved there
a. her sister. Queen Alexandra.
Even prior to her husbands access
sion to tho throne most of the scry-
ruts of her AnitcheT Palace a, petro-
grad and of her country home at
Gatchina were English. English was
the principal snsuage spoken I'm hcr
domestic circle there. Most of tho
furniture OF the more intimate apart
ments of her various residences was
English, and her children were en-
srr.ted 81 ,ha a Gn I.c,t.,,