Evening star., 1923-07-16
Prince of Wales to Seek Rest
On Ranch i'm Canadian Northwest

their kindness in Insisting upon pre-
senting him with choice animals and .
birds for his Canadian ranch, he has
been obliged to establish a hard and
fast rule OF refusing all such gifts
and wishes it to be widely known
For many of the we'll ~intent1oned
donors have been so convinced THAT
their gifts of this nature would be
acceptable that they sentthem along
to Alberta, sometimes from the other.
end OF the world without taking the
trouble to inquire beforehand wheth-s
er room could be found for them. In
fact; the ranch was being fairly over
whelmed with them and was assum-
ing the character and aspect OF a
menagerie rather than ranch. until
arrangements were made by the.
prince with the railroads and with
the ports of entry to refrain froms
forwarding to his place in Alberta
any live stock until definite instruc-
tons had been received is to whether
Manager Carlyle and his associates
were we e,I3r prepsred 7 are to receive and house
x
The princes ownership in his Az
herta ranch and his manifest interest
and enthusiasm about the undertake
Ing have naturally served TO enhance
his popularity in the Dominion and
likewise the loyalty of the Canadian
people TO their reigning house. For
II shows that he has a personal stake
in Canada and an abounding belief
in her immense future.
Perhaps il is mere coincidence
that while the prince is on his ranch
IN Alberta the premier of the Domin- :
Ion ana other of its leading states
men VIII be assembling in London in
the fall for the purpose of taking part
0Y.aYs fol
to assemble there from all corners OF
the globe subject to the British flag.
The disposition OF the present gov.
eFnment in Canada is4to extort an in
creasing control Of the affairs OF the
dominion without imperial interfer-.
ence, counsel, advice or even coop
Grafton with the imperial government
IL is quite on the cards that the factl
| that the Prince of Wales is seeking
/ rest, relaxation and relief from all
his strain and worries in his Alberta
home may serve to moderate the
| views and the projects of the present
Ottawa administration in seeking TO
loosen the bonds that link Canada to:
her motherland.
**
Since writing on Friday last about
Viscount Glerawly, who is earning
his living under the name of pat
Annesley" on the stage out at Hollyf
wood as super in the current pro-
duction of George Cohans play
Little Johnny Jones'" and discussing
in that connection the Countess Of
Annesley, who is so well known in
America where she completed last
spring nine months visit. the news
has been received from England of
the death in a nursing home in Lon
don. Immediately upon her arrival
from Canada, of Maud, Countess of
Annss,ey 11is ley. ) dnasmuch as there were
ladies entitled to style themselves
Countess of Annesley, it may be as
well to explain that the one who
has just died WAS the wife of the !;
present earl, that is to say the mothers
of young Viscount Glerawly, the
actor, and not Priscilla. Countess of
Annesley, widow of the fifth earl
ica. Iu nor p y yet Evelyn. "0So Countess M s of
Annesley, widow of the sixth earl.
So that nothing. therefore, is likely
to interfere with the impending pub
Priscilla. Countess Of Annesiey. its
America, during her prolonged visit
to this country.
The only member of the former
reigning house of Prussia who seems
to be making headway since the over.
throw of the monarchy at Berlin Is
Prince Sigismund, the twenty seven
year-old son of the ex-kaiser's only
brother, the sailor Prince Henry,
Prince Sigismund, who served
throughout the greater part of the:
war as a lieutenant in the imperial
navy, determined to embark on a
commercial career, and to strike out
for himself. SO shortly after his
] marriage in 1919 to Princess Char
lotte of Saxe-Altenburg, daughter of
the former sovereign duke of that
name, he entered the=Seinploy of the
colonial firm of ISchlubach. Sapper &,
Co, great coffee importing house Of
Hamburg, and started for South
America. where ne has done so well
for the concern that they have placed
him in charge of all their interests
in Guatemala, where his wife and his
little girl. the three-y year-old Princess
Barbe, have now Joined him. ThS
Hohenzollerns have always been a
very pushing family. and Prince Sig
ismund, whose mother is a sister of
the murdered czarina and the sim-s
ilarly martyred Grand Duchess Ser
gius. has applied these pushful char
acteristics of his house to his coffee
business with signal success.