The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-10
QUEEN MARIE EXPECTED
TO VISIT UNITED STATES
May Postpone Coronation Exercises to
Accept Some Of Her Many
Pressing invitations.

Many little romances and royal love
affairs which rumor had woven around |
the eligible young king of Jugoslavia
were halted rather abruptly early this
he would wed Princess Marie, second
daughter OF King Ferdinand and
Queen Marie of Rumania.
Both King Alexander and Princess
Marie had been reported engaged to
scions of various royal houses from
time to time, but the first intimation
that they were interested in each
other came less than year ago,
Despite the fact that he was known
to be rather proud, studious young
man, the courts of Europe had buzzed
with stories linking his name with
various favorites of the Partisan night
life. These were ignored at Bucha-
rest, where the prince had told every
one his ambitions. He was anxious to
tighten the bonds between Jugoslavla
and Rumania in order to insure
peace to the Balkans, and he knew
his marriage 20 Marie was the most
decisive step he could take in this
direction.
Yet the royal heads of Europe kept
wagging. They knew the ruler of
Jugoslavia was only 30. and they
knew, too, that he had displayed his
fickleness once or twice before. They
forgot the devotion he showered upon
Titania, eldest daughter OF Car
Nicholas, who was lost to him through
the Red executioners, and remember
ed only the suddeness with which
he seemed to forget her and fall un-
der the charm of Princess Sophie,
daughter Of Prince Emanuel, duke
Of Vendome and Alencon, member
OF the Bourbon Orleans family.
The Jugoslav legation in Paris is
sued denial OF the rumors that he
was engaged TO Princess Sophie, but
It failed to still the gossip Mean
while, the prince had seen much OF
Marie while he was conyalescing in
Paris from an attack of appendicitis.
Almost his first act upon leaving the
French capital was to visit the Ru
manlan royal chateau of Sinai, where
he spent the Christmas holidays last
year with the princess. This, and
various encouraging statements from
the Bucharest court. paved the way
for a formal announcement
The princess. in the meantime, had
not been neglected by the matchmak-
ers She was considered the pretti-
est young girl OF royal blood in Eu-
rope, which won her the affectionate
title Of "Mignon" in court circles
Long before she was mentioned in
: connection with Alexander, she had
been reported engaged to the prince
; of Wales. She was known to be well
, liked at Windsor palace, where she
was a constant visitor while attend
ing school in England. When this
match failed to develop fast enough
for the gossips. they transferred her
= affections to King Boris of Bulgaria,
] only to find themselves thwarted by
A., official denials from the royal house.
holds of both Rumania and Bulgaria
Her marriage marks the first we'd
ding in Europe since the war in which
> the bride and groom were hoth of
reignng families
Plans for the wedding have attrac.
ed considerable attention to the Ru
. manian rulers, as well as reviving
reports that Queen Marie intends to
visit the United States-a trip she
has planned several times since the
armstice. In view of the fact that
she faces her own coronation cere
mony. tentatively set for some time
y in the fall IL is thought likely that
she may come to the United States
j. after the wedding and postpone the
s coronation II necessary
|. She issued a statement recently tC
$ the effect that many pressing invita-
tions have been received from Won
= ems clubs and civic societies in the
G United States and that she found 4
> difficult to resist them.
II King Alexander was born in 1883
= AS youth he was frail and sicky
y buh his career began to give more
promise after several years of hare
campaigning at the head of Serbia
5 army. His education was complete,
> at Petrograd and his first real mill
= tary training was obtained in the Bal
- kan war OF 1912
" Throughout the World war he wa
= devoted to the allied cause II wa
: Alexander who ordered the mobiliza
= tion of Serbia's army and PERSONAL,
" led IL into battle He was severel,
wounded in the fighting around Be
grade before his troops were force,
TO evaouats the city, and barely es
capped capture at Nish where he Sc
n up capital for brief period befor
:. the Austrians entered.
a Several attempts were made to as
- sassinate him during his regency, an
y after he became king. The latest O
;, these occurred in June, 1921, and r,
u suited in the death of one person an
b the wounding Of six others. Som
Q $4,000 persons were arrested as re
}. suit of the plot