THE ROYAL MARRIAGE MARKET

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 251, 16 February 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE MARKET

HOW 'iHE AVAII AFFECTS IT. Among the many tilings on whbli t'ie Croat War has set it» mark is what h.v: been called the Royal Marriage Market. At the pre ent time our o,n Royal Family has its rep:e ent ti. es on o.' near to the thrones of most E rofean States, Kin; George being cousin io the Emprce l <f Russia, t e Q een. of Spain and Rumania, t'ie King or Greece, the Crown Pi in o cf Denmark, tae Crown Pi in ess cf Sw eden, rs w«l as to t;ie Kaiser and several lesser G.'riiian royalties, while lis sister is Queen of Norway. Germany also is represented at nearly all t e Euio. oan Co uts—in fact, its twenty-t.vo St.tes have been a sort of happy h;n ing ground for those concerned in the choke ot jiaitne s for jcr n? princes anl pDnoisse; of ether nations.

It ii likely, howeier, that fo • some t me to come German alliances will n it :lnd favour among tie Allies or certain neutral Stats. As a consequence, the field of choice for the young sons an l daughters oi reigning houses "il lie considerably narrowed, end jossibiities and probabi it es in tho way of royal betrothals are dijou-sei with the greatess keenness. Chief among those con o lung .vl o'e future partners specula tin is most rife> and interest highest are, ol course, our own Prince of Wales anl Primes Mary, and tie charming daughters of tho Tsar, and there is no doubt thai thfl greatest enthusiasm would be n'oused in Russia if the aliance 1oB:itam and t' at co n r\ v.e.e cemented, by m rriage in tho near fut' iTQ. Romaneo has already wo en such l-onds between the two Royal Ho. sea, f.ir King Edward's h.rot'her, the It to Diko of Edinburgh, of his own ciesiro wooed and won a liussian Grand rhich-f.-s, and the present Tsar, who is Queen nq'he.v, manic lof his own free cfaoice a granddiaugliter of Queen Victoria, tiie leiutiful Prin ess Alix of "Hesse, whose EnJi-h mo: her, Princess Alice, brought up her childien i.r the v.ays and lo.e ol her own co mtry. . „ -d . Only recjitly Prince Ge r. e o. Jiatt' liherg, a cousin of King George, m rrird a daughter of the Grand Duke Mi hael o c Russia, and it is nr.t .t all improbable that further manages ma> bo arranged between th© young peaplc ot the two Courts. Nov that we in En:land ar Q I inning to i ndrrst nd and appreciate our R ssian A lies better, such alliances would win favour here, especially in vie,v of the great nied for mutaal underst.mdini and cooeeration in the tirr.e to come. 'Prete tant. Cour:s to which George and Queen Maiy might loo.c for mat.s for their child en are those cf D nmark anT Sweden —Norway and Holland having none of s itable age. Reli ious difficulties .ie in t c waj o Italian alliances. RUSSIAN PROSPECTS.

Ti.ero arc 3 as.ir nts for the hands of Russii's four attractive Gi.an.l Duchesses, among them, iu is whuperei the w.th'.'ul Crown Prince of D nm'trk, as well as the older future Sovereigns of llumania, Grerte, and Serbia. Tho Balkan Stites are very opger for alliances with the GreatPower that helped them in the past to throw off the Turkish yoke. •Presently there will arise the important question as to whom the yo ing Tsaritch m st marry, the liandso i.e and bright hut delicate boy on whom Kussia, as well as Lis parents, sets s.ich great store. Being the only boy he will p o'ahly marry early, so that the sjcto tho great Russian Ei.pire may be issued in the ("inch line if possible, hence, the choice cf his future bride is even no.v a matter of Euro, - <\tn interest and dis?;;sswn.

Tho littlo daughter of 'ln C'io n Prime of Sweden and his EnJish wile li:is been mentioned in this conn© tion, also her to.sin. whose parents are Prince Charles of Swe.ien and Pr;n ess legeborg of Denmark, and there are many Uttle Geek Prirctscs, thi'clr.n ot the Greek KTng and his two brothers who are of ian : t and r.'iLion which .would mako any cne of them, a suitabb bride fur the heir of all the Russias, jditial : elat'ona pe: n.it in, r . Tiio- e •will doubtless he great acti i y am- ua, the diplomatic representatives of tlies? countries during tho next few ve rs. At the saun time the love marriage of tho X ar and Tsirina has e' en so rom ntic-

{.•;}y happy that, rs t'le Tsar hr.s aire d .- s; id, the royal parents, like oar own Ivinj and Qtuon, d. sir.' as iar as may he to let their childrtn choose for themtaking care to bring them iito j asso-iation with sueh o her y.n n.4 I eo; I t aa wo Id 1 e ac c. tile. KERDiNAND OF Rl MANIA Tii. 1 fi.t re mania 04 < f t'ie six child en ot tho King and 4 een of HumanII aio s ihje.ts of }.re t inter st at tho jwesont time, in view ol ilutt iountiy s important position anions t'ie Bal an States. Both before an 1 d .ring t!:o groat war Greece, Bulgaria, and Scrbli )a\o urred t'.eir t oughts to Ru ani; ti allian es, and the the© C o vu •' incej ha. o . '1 been meinioiie! as ;osi' la suitors for Pnn ess E'isa' cth. 'I ueiv arc also strong onds o' sympathy l:etwe?n Ru-sia and v Rm nil, ; nd ir would not be sur, r sing if C'rown Prin© Ca 01, who v. ill rl o "ma 3iy iier a people <f the same r: ee and C.invh as the R ssi.ins t!i liisel-.cs, 111 in; 3 home on' of tho Tsa 's daugliters. She would be especially acceptn'le, l e a set leuitUul and |Opular Qiwen .Marie of Rouinania. by but'i .in Kn lis'i prin ess, In- Russian Moot! ir. lier veii a. Serbia, who? ■ C own Pi in e A ex n<'er, rs alrea.'v nfrntion.'d. gieatly desir. s to win a R ssi n wife, ' : s a'rcaly hi n! to t'© Ts'f's fa mil •• by the m irna.e of King Peter's d.aughte', :ho Princes-: Helen •, to Prince Jo n, of t e Grand 1-ukn Constantino. It w m during his visit to Russia, 'or the i h'lst-<-n n j; of bis sis er's first- 0:11 son. in 11:1 t, that P in e Ah x n dor t i (1 to %• :ii t'o fa hi r of ore of tie T- r'a daughter, bit tailed. ,it ; n" 'at fo." 0 tim • loin', bis ; 1 'in, • nass ming a;>|©iran e and m nno s nt 'ein;/ < a <• hied t> win t oil- o t f 1 roman i'i. n y. thk catholic cor\Ti;i^. ()' Ronrn Cathode fount is. whose icyal el ild en tho e \\oul I I.' no le'igioes diffv ulties fo no-ot'ifo, t' i ro lie It'llv, Spain. : n ' H.>l • : i" in In .oiisi'e', nobler Italv n r Reb.'i.mi l-e in ; li' o'v to favour Her ;■ no A-s----t ia.ii al'i"n es mm-, thou h Kin r ,\l • .n V if' aud i■ other w re 1 n_Hi «' derm n I irtb. Tie R a i'-b ibiMret. ;»■ vet "re to ' ' v n ' If)" defini'" e uisiderat oil o'' tie "r f' t i'o. 1 ut a'r adv f c s ■(!' os ion I a-• 1 <" n m do t 1 a th ' Ci'mvii Pi iuee o"*Rel i m "uiv <p k 'i v. : te auioie'- t ! oin in t' o to il's I i eo i Tie r« 'n oi a voi n r E -ro on - er- ,. j 11 n hose I* i f- i * <' in 'i r : ii ok", ma'll' , ' 1 e- if oat ltd • ' nor 1 : ' r st, ill', I o a i" ■ of ' e 1 r nk ml a "Te fot tee. t, als ) in a on t 1 or "re t irdo '(n<lon o os i it 'ud '■ r - '* sal s i far. to irak < I oi o of :• li' f >n

Tiiis is tlio pie ty anl clever Grand Duchess Mario Adelaide of independent find ne it-ral L x nibarg.. She Is 22 >ea 3(11 now, t :e yo ngest of European mlcrs, and the despair of dipiomati • mat. li-m.ikers and t e numerous s ityrs who ha e I een att a ted hv her personal ty, rank, or wealth, or ail. The Kaiser, it is said, would deirly lia\ o liked one < f his son- tj s' a e her throne anl bring t'.e Duchy untie Hol enzo'li-rn infl ence, but the Archduchess Marie <s Raman Cat olic, oi.d has Co lared t'at she will irarry no man of any oth;r creed. So Kai or Wilheliii supposed the (a use of a Bav- ; rian Printo is being tie next lest, hut again in vain. At present all Gerrea.is are o. to. fa our, it se in-', at Iho litile Co.it, and thj attitude of the \o n.4 and \ery p'ueky Grand Due' .ess is one of prou I disdain, in «on - scquen.o of the Kaiser';) offer of consirlera le rd a .ta.es to hers. If if she v.o LI al o v I is armi st:> violate t ie neutaiity o Lux muurg ly pns through on tluir way to Belgium (whose Qucn s her cousin) and Fran e. THE THKONE OF HOLLAND. The of the 'ittle Prmeis; Juliana of Holland w-l lie of no less, in sonio respects cf £i\ater, into, est semo ycai'6 heme, an 1 in t is case als> Unman di. loiacy is nler., determining ii 1 oyi'Io to se.fTre Iter hand lor a son of tnelTown Pain e and so bring Ho land i.nd.r German Hifl on e. It wil 11.0 of the utmost interest to rv in wl at directions the currents o? R yal al iin es set themsel c» aann; the" various E :ro_ en Spates. S c'i alliances, o. co rs.', have not and never again will have, the t.emendo .s i olitiial impoit nco with which they were inve ted in past (entities, 'or S ate* and territorie. are no !o ger handed about as the dowry of royal brides, regardless of nationality or j.eo ra; hi ..i po it'on. But the efiev sof the ex tre.r.ely intricate family conr.e.ti ns existing between European Courts can le traced iLnrly in much of the diplomacy of tho present time, and marriage lies 1 etween reigning 1 ous s are nit likely to be witl:o t imporlane? and signitican e in the ia.moclinte future, wl ate.or may I o tlie case in a iemote day t > come.