South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

Tor years been mOrganatically mar
ried 10 "a lady who was charming
and beautiful and by whom ne had
several children. He did not in
the least care 10 break this connec-
ton in which he had found the real
happiness in his life. The an
nouncement which appeared re-
Gently IN the German newspapers
that ne wanted 20 marry a Ger
man princess is nothing bat one Of
these inventions which are SO
dear to German politicians when il
comes 10 sullying the fair name Of
their enemies or opponents.
The duke intended nothing OF
the kind. and it is not to reason
Of that kind his death can be as
cribed The fact that it took place
while ne was walking alone in his
park while adding TO the mystery
Of the tragedy. allows many sup.
positions TO be made as 70 its i'm
mediate cause.
The Grand Duchess.
In AdoIph Frederick Germany
I loses one of its most cultured and
intelligent princes. and a man OF
real talent who. had he been born
in a different position. might have
made a mark in the world. lie was
also wonderfully gooG looking, hav-
ing inherited the regular features
OF his mother. the widowed Grand
Duchess Elizabeth. who i'm her
youth was considered 10 be one OF
"a HaarrTffFU r,ov
generation The latter is extremely
To be pitied. because one tragedy
after another seems 10 have crowd
ed into her life Her second son
was killed in a motor accident;
her husband, 10 whom she was
very much attached. had been suf-
fering from a terrible internal dis
ease for years caused him to live
in awful agony and necessitated
more than one dangerous opera
ton. And the existence OF her
two daughters was also clouded by
misfortune of every kind.
The eldest son, after an adven-
ture which filled the scandalous
chronicles of Europe for many
months. had been married to
F'renchman, Count de Jametel who
had undertaken TO wed "A girl it
would have been rather difficult to
offer as a bride TO any German
prince This wedding. il must be
here remarked. had proved what a
wonderfully good and kind woman
was the late Queen Victoria. and
I how she always tried 10 befriend
+ all her relations. 1t would have
1 been difficult 70 have the ceremony
/ performed in Strelitz. for many
reasons. and so the queen allowed
it 10 take place at Richmond, and
even authorized the dean of the
Chapels Royal. Or. Edgar Shep-
pard TO celebrate it. The marriage
however. did not prove a happy
one. and divorce put an end to
il several years later. The princess
returned 70 her home at Strelitz,
where she lived. very quietly for a
mum Der of years. devOting herself
TO works OF charity and winning
the respect Of all those who knew
her During the summer of 1914
she married a prince of Lippe, with
whom she settled in Dresden
second Daughter an Exile.
The second daughter of the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth. also did
not escape misfortune. She met
during a visit that she paid TO her
cousin. the Duchess Helene Of
Mecklenburg. at St Petersburg.
/ the then crown prince of Monte
negro. who fell i'm love with her
fresh. young beauty. and married
& him. after having abjured the
4 Protestant faith. and been received
into the orthodox church under
remained childless, and if all one
I hears is true. was an unhappy one.
| Now the princess fnds herself an
exile and a wanderer on the face
/ OF the earth. sharing the misfor-
tunes of the family into which she
entered. and having lost the crown
which she had a right TO expect
/ Verify, misfortune has logged the
I steps of the Mecklenburg Strelitz
family
The next heir to the duchy and
immense private fortune OF its late
owner is his cousin. Duke Michael
Charles of Mecklenburg. the son OF
Russian princess. the Grand
Duchess Catherine. who was nat
uralized in Russia. and up 10 the
revolution that overthrow the Ro-
manon dynasty was a general in
the Russian service. He is a bach
elor. and with him the Strelitz dy-
nasty will come 20 an end. IL is
not likely that he will ever be al
lowed 10 enter into his inheritance
and most likely the duchy. accord
ing % previous family arrange
mcuts Will pass over 20 the
Schwern branch of the Mecklen-
burg family. the head OF which is
persona grata az the Berlin court
IL is also possible nay probable
that the kaiser Will insist on tax
ing over the administration of the
little dukedom. under the pretext
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