THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND), SUNDAY HORNING, AbCttJST 9. 103
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STRIKING DIFFER- V
ENCES in the BABY
DAYS OF HEIRS TO i
THRONES
TT WAS a Mhcttc paragraph that came
in the nJfu dispatches from of. te
tcrsburgVtfc other day, telling how
the little czarekd,, heir to the crown of all
the Russias, is W&stantly guarded by sol
diers while pta$?ifr the gardens of his
terrified father1 sWucr home.
And, at the)san?time, far across Eu
rope, under the Aunty skies of Spain, an
other royal younmetfis pottering about in
solitary play, hisUaltial home surrounded
by regiments. When he goes out to ride
troops of cavalrjylatter along about the
carriage.
How diferet.Uy has the lot of young
' fires of revenge for years of tyranny, iron tula
and countless official murders. , '
So, whether he be at Peterhof, which his
parents hare seemed to prefer, of late, to the
great, gloom Winter Falaoa, in St Peters
burg, as a place of residence during the colder
months, or at Tsarskoe Selo, where much of the
pleas an ter season is spent, the boy, whose boy
hood has been so unlike that of other boys,
passes his youthful days.
All about the great gardens, where ha
plays, stand soldiers, grim, silent, with loaded
weapons and fixed bayonets. In the palace cor
ridors are other hundreds of armed men, stand
ing . like statues, seeing' everything, hearing
everything, but giving no signs ct life, except
when the child approaches one of them. Then
the man presents arms in silent, reverential
salute.
1 Carefully shielded at all times, too. since)
his birth, has been the young Prince of Pied
mont, heir to the throne of Italy, now nearly,
4 years old. lie has the advantage, however,'
of being held in greater favor by the majority
of, his future subjects than the unfortunate
czarevitch.
As in Madrid and St Petersburg, troops
rO ever watchful of the safety of the royal
family. During most of the year they do not
live in the royal palace at the Quirinalbut in
the small palace at the bottom of the garden,
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Prince Olaf, heir to the throne of Norway,
been cast! No guards in military trap
pings dog his heels. He is the idol of his
people, securely sheltered by their love. Any
one of them would lay down life to shield
merry little Olaf from harm.
WUEX, some months ago, the king and
quwn of Spain visited England, the
most amazing measures were taken
to protect the royal baby, the Prince
f the Asturias, from harm.
It was stated and afterward virtually
acknowledged that on that part of the journey
which lay through his own future dominions
a spurious "prince" was substituted for the
original, so fearful were his royil prenU of
an attempt upon his life.
.v T."! fully recovered from
the tment of tfe'sfttempt on the life of
herself and the king at the time of Ueir .
nage, when bomb, thrown at the royal eon
eyanee, narrowly missed it intended nMion
-fL ;-A wnnber of persons w re
aiJea and injored.
Another terrible shock was the tragie death
et Kirg Carlos and the crown prince of Porru
raL AfVr erent the guards were doubled
about the pake in lTa4rii, and" a swara of
detectives assisted in guai Jng the members of
the family, snd especially heir to the throne.
No longer was the baby taken out for his
daily airing in the gardens around the palace.
His playground was transferred to the roof, 100
feet above the street, while troops could be seen
on guard in every direction.
But it was the visit to England that fur
nished the comedy flash in the melancholy
drama. The royal parents had been warned by
the police that an anarchist outrage would
probably be attempted while on the journey
from Madrid to the frontier.
Accordingly so the story goes an in
genious plan was adopted to save the Prince of
the Asturias from possible harm. It was neocs
sary that the child be taken along, and, appar
ently, be was to go with his royal parents.
But when th journey began another chCd
was substituted the baby of a faithful re
tainer in the palace. It ..as about the same age
as the prince and, to some extent, resembled
him, st least from a little distance.
On the journey to the French frontier the
bogus baby was shown frequently to persons st
the stations- along the route, but upon reach
ing the border line was quietly returned to its
mother in Ifadrid.
That nicht another party set cut quietly.
almost secretly, from the frpaoUh palace. It Asturias.
ocJwded another ladynn-waiting, a fcsby and a jj, ,tm not 'noticed on the trip. No troops
IPf Pnrrce of Ptermant
Crvm.Prmre of fay
narse. This baby was the real Trince of tha
lined the way; no one paid the party the slight
Jest attention. There was no special train wait
ing for them at the station only a special car
attached to the regular train, such as might
have been commanded by any woman of wealth.
The journey out of Spain was made quickly and
safely, and soon the youthful pride of Castile
was reposing happily in his anxious mother's
arms.
When his imperial father sailed down the
gulf of Finland, not long since, to meet the
English king, the poor little czarevitch, who
was taken along, enjoyed his first extensive
outing for many a day. His pleasure in the
trip was almost pathetic.
Clad in his little uniform that of the
proud regiment of which he is bonorsry col
onel the boy on whose young shoulders rest
the hopes of the Romanoff dynasty romped
merrily up and down, and the care-worn; haunt
ed expression paased temporarily from the
father's f see,. as he watched.
Few boys have ever been born to greater
responsibilities and, doubtless, to greater
troubles. Thousands of troops stand always
between him snd the tens or hundreds of thou
sanda -no one knows their number of impls
eabla countrymen, "in-whose hearts burn tha
built by one of the Popes and set apart by the
grandfather of the present king for the use of
princes visiting Rome.
Even at this early age the boy's training
has much of the Spartan rigor about it harly
in the morning he is taken from bed, given his
bath and eats his simple breakfast. Like his
royal father, he will be subject to a semi-military
education, and is in preparation for it
In striking contrast to the lives of these
royal youngsters, who are constantly, guarded
by regiments, are those of others who are
shielded from harm by their people's love.
A conspicuous example of the latter
happy fate is little Olaf, crown prince of Nor
way, now about four and a half years old. He
is almost as popular in England as in Norway,
and his visits to London are made occasions of
striking demonstrations of esteem by the peo
ple of that city.
His daily drives are much like those of
any child of the better classes; squadrons of
cavalry do not clank along beside his carriage.
Attired in his sailor suit, attended by his nurse
and accompanied by his favorite terrier, he
presents a charming picture. All the people
stop to greet him, and he always returns their
salute in the military way, bringing his hand
to his cap.
In the royal park Prince Olaf- is often
seen with his little wheelbarrow, helping the
gardeners cart away leaves or weeds, or build
ing sand forts and planting the Norwegian flag
on top of them.
Stories of Olafs exploits and sayings
greatly delight his countrymen. Recently a
very bald guest at the royal summer home sp
peared with his scalp covered with scrstches,
which be had sustained in a mimic fight on the
floor with Olaf a comb, which the little fel
low had tried to make as realistic as possible.
Too young yet for extensive indulgence in
outdoor life is tbe little grandson of the
kaiser, who will sit, some day, on Germany's
imperial throne. Already, however, he is se
curely intrenched in the affections of his ad
miring people.
The boy who will be, if he lives, King Ed
ward VIII of England the eldest son of the
Prince of Wale is a no the? who knows noth
ing of guarding troops. Just now h is at
tending a naval school, where he is treated ex
actly like the other students, and where he ap
plies himself sssiduoualy to, the task of acquir
ing knowledge.