Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-08 | Page 8 | Tatjana to Marry Solely for Love

GRAND DUCHESS TAT- JANA, who defies court usage and determines to conduct her own love affairs. I TJTJil TO MARRY SDLELYFOR LOVE Will Not Wed for Political Reasons, and Snubs Many Royal Suitors. Special Cable to Tho Tribune. ST, PETERSBURG. March 7. Grand Duchess Tatjana, the second daughter of the czar, Insists that sho will marry for love and not for political reasons, Tatjana Tat-jana Is now In her seventeenth year and strikingly beautiful. Several times It has been reported that various princes of ISuropenn royal houses have coucht the hand of the grand duchess in vain. The latest suitor was Prlnco Alexander of Servla. but ho has now left St. Petersburg Peters-burg disheartened, as It Is Bald the Grand duchess scarcely noticed his presence at tho -palace. It Is now rumored that a son of King Charles of .Rumania la contemplating con-templating a visit to tho Russian court, with the Idea of contracting a Russian-Rumanian Russian-Rumanian alliance, which Is not displeasing dis-pleasing to the czar. How Tatjann. will recelvo him o a question, nnd If ho falls to appeHl to her he will not be long in finding it out, as she la very outspoken and castH dlplomncy to tho winds when porsouul fnr.llngs arc concerned.