Show KOYA L ES alie nate kinds families jAi ion s if any two of the leading stales of europe were to go to war with each other it would bo virtuously a war of relatives for the reigning families of the continent and of england arc so thoroughly match that the fight would bo all in the family though unfortunately jt could not bo kept there for instance the emperor of austria ia married to n daughter of the duke maximillian of bavaria chilone wh ilone of his brothers ia married to i a daughter of the former king of naples and a cousin is the wife f the king of besida these there are twenty six other grand dukes and duchesses who are married into almost every court in europe the royal family of denmark ia also widely connected the heir apparent to the throne being married to the daughter of tho king of sweden and norway princess alexandra is the wife of the prince of wales the third is king of greece and has marrilda mar rieda russian grand duchess the fourth is now the empress bf russia and tho fifth is married to tho english duke of cumberland tho german imperial family is large but not widely married the heir to the throne is married to princess victoria of england and most of the rest aro married into german noble the royal family of england is extensively married the princess victoria is to bo empress of germany as stated the prince of wales lias a princess for a wife prince alfred tho duke of edinburgh is married to the daughter of the czar princess helena 13 married to prince christian of denmark and prince arthur to princess louise of sia there arc besides quinea number of princesses and princes who have marrie dand have been given in marriage among the royal families of germany the of the imperial family of russia have been generally found in germany though as already stated tho empress is a dane sister of the princess of wales and the duke edinburgh has taken a russian princess to wife it will thus be seen that no matter what wars and combinations of wars break out relatives will be found fighting against each other just as vigorously as if they were total strangers it is said that one of the most ful influences for peace hero lately both in russia and in england have been tho two danish ladies one of whom shares the throne of russia tho other being the wife of the prince of wales tho story is dreuy but nothing more it is not at all likely that when the two nations are ready for war they will forbear because their royal families chance to be related the influence of relatives has often been strong enough to bring on a war but seldom has it been able to secure peace sf louis globe democrat |