The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-10
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Hague, Oct to-Out of the ruck pE the war and the ruin of dynastlea comes this love story. The Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. who Ia now acting as Regent In place of his aged father, the Kins, wanted to marry the Grand Duchess olga, daughter of the Tsar of Russia, If she had married him she might to- day have been Queen Regent of the new and greater Serbia, but instead she met terrible death at the hands of Bolsheyik soldiers In the siberian village of EsaterlneslaN It la not often that a Royal love story ia told se fully as this one, Ali of the Crown Prince Alexsndef's aide of the story Is found In an official record, which has just come to light here In Hol- land. Oisa's side has perished with her and with her family, There Is a mystery about her part of it, perhaps only Alexander himself could ex- plain.
 A srey-hsired, gres-whiskered old Serbian statesman. who was Minis- ter President of Serbia In 1919, trav- elied to Russia te talk to the 1sar about Alexanaar's love for Olga. He was M. Pasiteh, leading statesman of Europe, accustomed to sfi,ninef matters ef European diplomacy than Royal love affairs fa the recent exnieFaHen es the archives ef 18HFa= nean diBiemats the renest ef NJ, Pas siteh an this ieEe=Ha issleR has eeme te light, The visit was made at fets eograd on Feb. 3, 1914, half a year before the European war broke out. For half an hour NJ. Pasitch talked te the Tsar about the Balkan situa- don, The Taar, little knowing what lad n15 SA1-hi3n had in his t<asrs.t entAred enthusiastically in to inc discussion, critfctsing Austria, s,e3t:1as2ns Montenegro critfcising Eer0l.1as,a of Bulgaria, and express 1nS his love for Serbia and the need Of friendship with Greece,
 Gf.&n NJ, Pasitch told AIexander's love story to the Tsar, and I am able (says MT, Shepherd), from M, Bogit- shev1ck's book, Causes of the War" wrote himself:
 '~Thereupon I referred to the mat ter of the marriage of our heir to the throne in the following words: 1T pray your Majesty may gracio@sly permit me to propose wish and request of our King and not to be angry if I do so'.N
 A Request to the Tsar
 M. Pasitch seemed to realize that he was asking on behalf Of the Grown Prince of a tiny country Crown Prince by virtue of assanation the hand of the most beautiful maiden of one of the greatest and most splendid courts of Europe.
 Our King,'' he continued, wishes to marry his son to orc Of the Grand Duchesses> The duty which he owes his country and his successors iInpels him to express this wish to your Ma Jesty through me, for he IS convinc- 1t If for any reason your Majesty should conclude that this cannot be, our King will continue to cherish his syI2 pathy for Russia and his loyalty to the S1av policy. and he would have the consciousness of having fulfilled his duty towards Serbia and Russia
 The Tar,'' so runs the report of M Pas3tEs1, replied, smiling, that he was not 2G all ill-disposed to the re- quest eS E;sa King, and it was quite a proper enc His principle, how ever, w&s sGs permit his children to decide Ua1tssss of the heart for them selves, and ne did not wish to infIu- ence thep tn their choice of future life partners He, too, considered that zt woald be unnecessary for any one tc know about the matter. He had noticed that when the Crown Prince fes. i been to dinner with the tav - zea Tsar he had often