How the German Authorities behaved to the Dowager Empress of Russia
The Dowager Empress of Russia, Marie Feodorovna, mother of the Emperor of Russia and sister of Queen Alexandra of England, was travelling through Germany on the day after the declaration of war. She had just left England and was going back to Russia.
On the order of the German authorities—
(1) Her Majesty was stopped at Berlin, where she was forbidden to continue her journey to Petrograd to meet her family.
(2) She was given the choice of going to Copenhagen or of returning to London.
The Dowager Empress had to obey. She went to Copenhagen and thence continued her journey.