The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
German Prince Meets Dutch;
 Smile Conquers
Earning His Own Way Until Marriage Then Gets
 Big Income

i AMSTERDAM, Dec 5. = In two appearances, Prince Bernhard von Lippe Chesterfield whose marriage to the Crown Princess Juliana of Holland is expected to take place early next 'year, apparently has l allayed any Dutch political sus- picions of his German ties.
 After the appearances the Prince went to the movies to witness his own performances not once, but thrice. Princess Juliana went with him.
 ! It was a delicate task, that first appearance, and the Prince was aware of it.
 i Queen Wilhelmina, Ju Ii a n as mother, announced the engagement of the couple September 8. A cleav- age of impressions among the cau- tious Dutch was the first result. Nobody knew the Prince or had heard of him. He was, above all, a German. If he had Nazi links he would have been unpopular. Polit- ical leaders were alarmed.
 That same day the Dutch got their first glipmse of the future Prince -consort when he rolled up before the old palace in the Moor deinde, the simple Hague Street with it's simple shops, in his two- scatter.
 Wins Round One
 A tall long-iegged young man hopped from the car, kissed Queen Wilhelminas cheek and then her hand Then he flashed his best l smile at the gaping Dutch crowd.
 He was tailored simply, straight hanging trousers down to twin black shoes. He was bespectacled, { lblue-eyed, brown haired.
 A ripple of applause came from i, the stolid Dutch citizenry. The Prince had won round one.
 The next day the Prince, a good i linguist, made a radio broadcast 1 throughout Holland and the Dutch colonies. First the Queen spoke, I then Juliana, followed by the fair Dutc Il pronunciation of Prince Bernhard. His was simple crisp speech of sincerity in which he promised to study Holland life thor oughly and become good Dutch man.
 Loyal subjects had waited years to hear this. The future of the royal house is dependent upon Jul ianas marriage, and difficult ques- tions might arise if there were no successor to the throne of Orange Nassau. Starts at Bottom
 Today Prince "Benno,s as he is known to intimates, is busying him. self in the head office of the Dutch Trading Company here, learning from the ground up. The company has big trade interests, especially in the Dutch Indies.
 Upon his marriage to Juliana he will receive princely income 100000 guilders tabout $13O,000) a year
 Before he met the Princess he was working as a clerk in the Paris office of the German dye trust
 His mother, Princess Armgaard Kunigunde of Lippe Chesterfield, was radiant when she heard the news.
 Of Juliana, she said: With her womanly charm and her other qualities she will be the best pos sible daughter -in-law"
 Of her son: He wanted to earn his own living and that was an idea of which I very much ap- proved Princes must work now adays, you know"
 Even the former Kaiser looked up from his Doorn woodpile to beam his pleasure that a Prince of one of the oldest German dyn- asties was to affiliate with his own new fatherland. 1 The Princes family was found- ed in 1123 by another Prince Bern hard who established strong castle near Lippstadt. In 1150 Det- mold fell under is sway and Biest- erfeld in 1922.
 The dynasty abdicated at the time of the 1918 German revolu- tion.
 The Prince was born at Jena June 29, 1911. He has a degree in law and studied at the universities of Lausanne, Munich and Berlin.
 He speaks English, French and Spanish fluently, and is interested in outdoor sports.
 | His marriage to Juiiana prob ably will take place in January.