2 DECEMBER 1893, Page 17

The Times published on Tuesday an almost official announce- ment

of the betrothal of the Cesarewitch to the Princess Henne of Orleans ; but it was denied next day by the Comte de Paris himself. The story was primei facie most improbable, as a Bourbon Princess would scarcely renounce Catholicism and join the Greek Church ; but one wonders, if the state- ment had been true, what would have been its effect in France. Would the Republicans have broken off their alliance with Russia, as sure to intrigue for the restoration of Monarchy, or would they have professed to be compli- mented by the Romanoffs preferring even a dethroned French Princess to all the German Houses ?