Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-28


From thu Philadelphia Times.
The marital troubles between King Milan and
his wife. Queen Natalie, and the Complications
arising therefrom, threaten TO involve several
European nations in q rather unpleasant dispute.
Owing to the fact that the queen promptly ned TO
German territory, Prince Bismarck nnds himself
already involved and there Ia possibility that the
car VIII be drawn In also. Austria, too. BY
virtue OF her geographical interests and po-
sition, may have TO take Q hand In the game
which, 1t Is easy to pee, Ia merely piece OF 20
ntca strategy, having for its object the strength
ening OF the various lines. Thus the love anairs
OF an unhappily mated couple are made to figure
again in manner calculated to disturb ultimately
the peace OF Europe, the queens notice that she
having been followed by an order TO her household
70 resist py force any such action by the German
The sadness OF the present situation Is not les
sened oy the Iact that the marriage was purely
" he en1 m cary n part o. lS While on yt 70
sixteen years old daughter OF the Russian colonel
keczko. The match was good one for the girl,
riage, which was celebrated In October 1875 In
August OF the following year son was born TO the
great denght OF tne Seryians. who became enthu-
most from the moment she entered Bel
grade. At the beginning OF 1877 the
Shameless infidelities were the talk OF Belgrade
and Vienna He Haunted his mistresses In the
presence OF his wife, and commenced a course Of
disSpat1onS which have continued almost without
1ntermiSsiOn ever since. 1t soon became evident
that the prince was fast losing whatever hold be
ever eve mac on Inc anections OF his People t can
against her husband but It is pleaded her that
deprived OF the affections OF her worthless hus-
band, she became absorbed IN her son and thought
OF nothing but his welfare.
In 1882 the prince became king of Servfs, and
from that moment he began to cherish dreams OF
q n nrfn Of
ly. He did his best 70 place temptation In tue way
OF bis wifes honor and to goad her into some overt
pretext for divorce, but he ssnaiiy failed. In
1885 the king thought TO purchase cheap glory BY
making war on little Bulgaria, but Prince Alexan-
his army, as disgraced and humilisted q monarch
as the world has ever seen. He then proposed 10
sharp-witted Us her husband Is SLOW and
has not accepted her lot Without ssA' some me
violent ebulliJionS Of temper One illustration Of
her keenness is told by one who heard It. Before
cepJion after Easter mass when 1t Is customary
for the queen to kiss the ladies forming the court
circle Her majesty omitted to kiss the wife Of one
or the foreign Minister'S and when the king called
her attention TO the omission she bowed grace
1ully and said 80 that every one could hear: 81
leave that agreeable duty to your majesty" The
keenness OF the words OF course lay in the fact that
the king had been more attentive to the wife OF
the minister than TO the Wife or the king.
Queen Natalie has no objection now TO judicial
separation but she Will not consent to divorce,
and II The King acts legally he cannot obtain one,
because according TO the law OF Servla DEGREES OF d.
vorce can only be pronounced by ecclesiastical au-
thorities. When divorce has been petitioned for,
the two contending parties must In the first place
be confronted with one another, In order that an
effort may be made TO bring about u reconc1lia-
ton. Should these efforts prove ruthless the pc
utioner alleges the grounds Of accusation, GO
which the respondent replies. Many attempts
were made to patch up truce between the couple
after the queen left Servia by her own free VIII,
but really on compusion; but the king had be-
| come gradually estranged from Russian influence
and year ago he formally became an ooedient
vaSSal or the Austrian empire. His Russian vile
is devoted to the czar TO wnom IL is expected, she
Will make the f1ual appeal.