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Show MONARCH AND HEIR AT WAR. Prince Albert, Belgium's Crown Prince, Is Leopold's Dearest Political Po-litical Enemy. London. No band played, no royal salute wna flrcd, no kingly mosBago wan sent when Albert of Uelglura. heir presumptive ' to tho Holglan throne, started lant spring on his long voyage through tho Congo, Tho band will play loudly when ho roturna, but thoro will bo dlficord in Ha sound. King Leopold allowed bis nephow to start without a friendly message for the most sufllctcnt of reasons. , lie had no friendly nicBengo to send falmr Prlnce Albert or Melglum. The king known that this Journey through tho Congo bodes no good to him. Ills consent to It was nBkcd only bh a matter of form, Prlnco Albert, Al-bert, rich by Inhortnnco from hla father, endowed with a rovenuo by tho llelglnn parliament, owes llttlo to, and knowH ho will got' nothing from tho king, When ho roturns from tho Congo Con-go ho will throw off nil proionno of submitting to leading strings, follow a policy of his own, nnd, Inovltably, will find himself at tho head of a party hostile to tho king. Thoro may ho no open scnndnl. Tho prince, uurrounded by the ntmoBphoro of tho Gorman courts, will brenlc no rulo of etlquotto. In public ho will bo , deferential to his Bovorelgn. King Leopold, moat acuta ot mon, will be, In public, na loving to hla nephew na . over. Uut war thoro will bo, with or without ucaudal. i , |