The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-03-16
QUEENS POWER
BROKE ALLIANCE
HELENA FORCED ITALY TO SIDE
WITH THE ALLIES SAYS
WRITER.
WAS PARTIAL TO RUSSIA
Triple Pact Disregartked As a Result
OF Campaign Say The
Germans.

Berlin, March 10.-"Queen Hele-
ma of Italy is one of the most astute
politicians in Europe and has influ-
enced the destinies of her country
more than any one of the many Ital-
ian Prime Ministers who have risen
to power and fallen since she arrived
in Rome twenty years ago from the
Blach Mountains of Montenegro
says Kark NJ. Won Wolfsberg in the
"Sueddcutsche onatsheft." The writ
err, who has lived in Rome many
years, admires the political shrewd-
ness of the beautiful Montenegro
princess on the Italian throne, but
considers her powers unfortunate for
her country and claims that she Qone
broke the Triple Alliance AMI
brought Italy to the side of the En-
tente Allies.
"The marriage of Queen Helena
has been very happy" says her Ger
man critic. Her husband adores
her, and her influence which became
visible when she still was Crown
1 Princess, has grown steadily. With
hor mothcr-in-law, the widowed
Queen Marsherita, she never got
along well. That is explained by
the difference in the character of tho
two women. The queen-mother is
very religious, while Queen Helena
does not like the Catholic Church
and the priests.
Husband Aids Queen.
Despite all efforts of her mother
in-law to convert her, the queen in
her heart remained true to the Or
thodox Church, the faith of her
youth and her family, altho she had
to publicly renounce II on October
2, 1896, three weeks before her mar
riage to King Victor Emmanuel. Her
husband who is very liberal in re-
ligious matters took her part in her
quarrels with his mother.
THE Queen considers herself a
distant relative of the Russian i'm
poTial family and her sympathies
have always been with the great
Slavic empire, which acted as protec-
tor of her father and her native
country. Soon after her marriage a
subtle Russian propaganda began to
make itself felt in the Reman aris-
tocracy. Within few years this
propaganda became more pronounc-
ed. Gradually the court circles,
which formerly had been entirely
pro-German, largely changed their
attitude, and the Triple Alliance was
denounced even by its former ardent
supporters, altho Germany managed
to bring about the renewal of the
treaty when II expired.
Russian Influence Felt
1.-The Russian influence became
stronger and stronger at the Italian
court, however. This was made
clear when the Car visited Racconi-
gi, the summer residence of the Ital-
ian royal family in Fremont, in 1908.
To give political color to the visit
the English-Italian Mayor, Ernesto
Nathan, of Rome, was requested to
hasten to the Piemontese Mountain
castle and to welcome the Russian
ruler in the name of the population
OF the Eternal City The demo-
cratic Mayor and Freemason baked
Mt first, but obeyed when the request
was repeated in the form of an or
der.
1.-The aim of this demonstration
was 10 win the anti-Russian demo-
cratic elements to the idea of a Rus
so-ltalan alliance. This plan was
successful, because the democratic
press during the next three or four
years completely changed it's atti-
tude in regard to Russia.
Helena Pavey Way.
when the present world war
broke out, King Victor Emmanuel
intended to live up to the treaty
with Germany and Austria Hungary,
but he did not dare to do so, because
the nation had become thoroly anti
German and hoped fervently that the
destruction of Austria would be ac-
complished by Russia in short or
der.
when the Allies desired the en-
trance Of Italy into the war on their
side they needed but little propa-
ganda, because the ground had been
well prepared by the tireless and
vary intalIpent yynrl of oman uaIa