Show LOVE WINS KAISERS SON german nobility society and officialdom ci cla are astonished at tie announcement no that prince oscar of il fifth son or of kaiser wilhelm Wll helm la Is to marry countess inn marie daughter of count bassewitz of mecklenburg it la is the first instance on record where a man of the nie reigning branch of the has been mor fanatically engaged to wed ahil 0 the young countess la is a woman of rank she Is s not of royal blood it is assumed that tile the emperor abe lio consented to the engagement ill conter confer r bagher rank in the nobility ty on the young countess tile the eni em consent Is raid paid to have been vr anteI ran teil owing to the lack of an available german princess and to hla his aversion to a foreign marriage for his son the countess conn tesa met tile the prince while abe he was a lady in waiting to empress augusta victoria hy flatly announcing his intention to 10 marry the girl of his choice regardless of precedent and family tradition oscar won the instasi admiration of the german public |