WILL THEY GET THE WIVES?

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 331, 19 October 1908, Page 3

WILL THEY GET THE WIVES?

-It'is safe to prophesy that very soon the English publishers will be turning out quantities'of sensational novels dealing with the troublein. the 'little kingdoms- of Eastern Europe, where tho hero will be a fine young Englishman, and the heroine an exquisitely beautiful princess. Here is a variation of the story already-begun as quoted by an-English paper; of August. r -' According to newspaper-reports from Belgrade King Peter is planning the marriage of his two-sons twitli the daughters of American millionaires.. 'The "Wiener Allegemeine Zeitung," which : ' is. frequently, well informed as- to Balkan affairs,-publishes a detailed stopy, which is' . said to-'have been-obtained from-an-indis-putably reliable Russian source, that tho Czar is taking a .keen interest in the plan, arid has provided King Peter: with a high Russian officer who will go to America to search out , likely .heiresses. . This officer, Tscherep Spiridonovic, has just been specially promoted: and decorated to;make a greater impression on' American society: The Czar is;reported to have authorised him to promise the prospective brides tho. Czar's presence at tho wedding ceremony; also that ho ■Trill be godfather to'th'e first male child. ■ It is further stated that Mr. Knowles, the American Minister at the Servian Court, has been instructed to make a report upon tho characters of .the young Princes. As a-matter of fact, Mr. Knowles did recently give an interview to an American correspondent praising the Crown Prince, and prophesying a brilliant career for him.' This interview occasional much surprise when it first appeared. .Whatever'foundation there may be for the story, it'appears to bo tolerably certain that King Peter will, have-no easy job to find wives for his sons. His personal relations with the Russian Imperial Family are quite-friendly, but there are so few Grand Duchesses matrimonially available .that even were' any willing ' to take their chances, of life in Ser'via no other. European reigriing house is likely to want" to marry their daughters to Servian Princes, while a union with smaller royalties would be unproductive of any great material benefits to the Karageorgevic dynasty.''