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Show LOVE WINS KAISER'S SON German nobility, society and officialdom, offi-cialdom, are astonished at Uie announcement an-nouncement that Prince Oscar of Prus-Pii Prus-Pii fifth son of Kaiser Wilhelm, is to ma'rrv Countess Ina Marie, daughter of Count Bassewitz of Mecklenburg. It Is the first instance on record where a man of t-:ie reigning branch of th Hohenzollerns has been mor-emV.icallv mor-emV.icallv engaged to wed. , While the youim countess is a woman of rank" she is not of royal blood. It is assumed that the emperor, who consented to the engagement, confer f higher rank in the nobil-.tv nobil-.tv on the voung countess. The em-.v-nr's consent is said to have been rrrntr-.l owini; to the lack of an avail-nb'e avail-nb'e German princess and to his aver-si.)n aver-si.)n to a foreign marriage for his son. The cotir.iess met the prince while ,h was a !ady In waiting to Empress lugusta Victoria. By flaOy announcing his intention I, marrv the girl of his choice, regard- . . ' F':-: ! f less of rioheuzollern precedent and family tradition, rrince uscar won ma toatai.t a'iiriration of the German public |