The Washington times., 1917-06-14
QUEST FOR QUEEN
PUzzLNG ENGLAND
War Eliminates Foreign Eig-
ibIes for Place on Throne.
PRINCE OF WALES PLIGHT
Revolution in Russia Puts -Four
Possibilities Out Of II.

The war has made marriage a diff.
ficult problem for the Prince OF
Wales, says the Kansas City Star.
Three years ago, had he been old
enough and OF that temperament, he
might have picked out any one OF
nearly q dozen princesses.
The revolution In Russia has de-
prived him Of one choice, II not OF
four, for Nicholas has four daughters
OF manageable age or approaching
it, and II was supposed that one OF
them might have become the bride of
the Prince of Wales However. a
yourE woman who cannot remain .
princess in her own country Is not
likely to become q Queen Of England.
There is q limit even to romance.
So the prince. looking about him
like another King Cophetua for a
consort, surveys q field that has al
ready been swept by the hail OF war.
No longer may he turn his eyes 10
Germany. nor to Austria, ana Al
though romance may have had one
may not rest here.
bulGnrta bcyono Eahes
Bulgaria IL also reckoned as beyond
the pale. In Spain the princesses,
when they reach the age of romance,
are not to be thought of, because
they happen to be Roman Catholics.
The same objection holds with regard
to Italy.
There are no prIncesses in Portu-
gal. In fact, with Germany and Rus
Ella left out OF account, there remain
only two princesses in Europe who
might properly be considered likely
victims OF romance. One IL the cid
est daughter Of the King OF Rou.
mania, who IL said to be a. beautiful
as any other prospective bride Is said
to be.
Although Roumania has been one
Of the entente allies In the war, and
although the princess IL reported 70
have had other suitors-namely, the
crown princes OF Greece, Of Bulgaria,
and of SerbIa-she IL disqualified by
the fact that she IL a Hohenzollern.
So this charming princess will have
to find her romance elsewhere than
in England.
Greece Quite Impossible
The other princess is Princess
Helen of Greece, but the actions Of
this lovely princess. parents do not
conspire to British romance.
Her mother is q German: her faith
er is worse. being a pro-German, ana
II Is said that the children of the
royal household have b EN- brought
up with ideas that Clihswitz and
Won Tirpitz and other ihnor poets
of frightfulness would envy. So the
lists OF romance close, the other elig-
IbIe princesses being Ror AN Cath
olics, and no Roman Cat pile can
ever share the thrors Of En- tland-
In some cases 1t is sufhciett II the
wife casts OF her former religious be-
Iiefs and swears to the belief of her
husband. As far as Britain is con-
cerned, II is generally conceded that .
woman to become Queen must have
been born and reared In the Protest
ant faith.
Field Quite Narrow.
Thus the field is narrowed so far
as the Prince of Wales Is concerned.
In fact, the late Russian revolution
has dealt almost a death blow to royal
romance, and the various petty Incl
dents" that accompany IL
In future, II seems, British kings
will be obliged to marry ordinary
British girls. Some of them have
done II before. Henry w and Edward
" and Richard III and Henry VII all
English women. Even Henry
VIII had no fewer than four English
wives in his unparalleled collection
The present Queen OF England Is an
princess. In fact, the notion
that English kings should wed for
eigners Is a Hanoverian principle, and
was foreign to England before the
dynasty reached the Eng
lish throne. Queen Victoria did not
subscribe to II, and we have had the
instance in modern times OF Lord Fife
her granddaughter, and the