Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-18
WALES MAY BE CALLED AGAIN



The Merry, Babbling Broole--The
Prince Apologies by Proxy.
LONDON, June ia rumor which can
not be confirmed is current tonight that
Lord Brooke has filed q petition for |
divorce from his wife, naming the Prince |
of Wales as correspondent. The intimacy
between the Prince of Wales and the
Brookes has long been a matter Of com
mon knowledge, but it has always been
regarded as a platonic attachment.
Lord and Lady Brooke have two chill
dren Lord Brooke is a man of scholarly
attachments, A few years ago he gave an
entertainment at his London residence at
were present. The princess was so pleased
with Lady Brooke that she invited her to
Marlborough House. Lady Brooke ac-
cepted the invitation and after her first
visit became favorite with the princess,
whom She frequently afterwards visited.
During these calls on his wife Lady
Brooke often met the prince, and it is re-
ported a friendship so strong sprung up
between them that the princess eventually
denied herself to Lady Brooke. When Mr..
Arthur Wilson invited the prince to
Tranby Croft where the now famous game
of baccarat was PLAYED in which Sir Will
| liam Gordon Cumming was accused of
| cheating, he submitted to the heir-appar-
| emit as Is the custom, list of the persons
| the prince would meet. The prince took
pencil, scratched off two names md sub
stituted two others, one of which was
| Lady Brooke's.
The gossip concerning the secret of the
/ gaming affair at Tranby Croft is that the
| Prince Of Wales told Lady Brooke OF the
affair and that she, having dislike for sir
| William Gordon-Cumming, let the secret
out in order to iniurc him.
Hon Edward Stanhope, secretary OF
state for war, replying to-day in the house
of commons to question put ny Mr: VII
liam Summers Gladstone liberal, IN re-
gard to the scandal, said that Sir William
| Notwithstanding was the chief person
who had broken faith because he did not
report the case to his commanding officer.
If an offense was committed by any, other
person it could only have consisted in ad-
| yising and pressing him to take different
course than laid down by the army regtl-
lations. of the three officers concerned
Gen Owen Williams was q retired otlcer
of the army, and was, therefore, not sub
iect to the regulations, but the other two,
Field Marshal the Prince of Wales and
Lieut.. Berkeley Levett, undoubtedly were.
The regulations had never been specially,
brought to the notice of the Prince Of
Wales, but when they We're brought to his
| notice and looking back at all the clrcum-
stances of the case, the Prince of Wales
saw the error of Judgment which he had
committed i'll not requiring Sir William
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the matter to his commanding officer. Mr..
Stanhone added In this view of the case
concur but | should like TO express my
own personal opinion that had any one
else suddenly heard that one of his friends,
who bad greatly distinguished himself IN
the service, had been accused as sir VIII
liam Gordpn-Gnnmng was accused, he
certainly would have hesitated before at
once adopting u course which would I'M
mediately and irretrievably blight his
whole future career.
Lieutenant Berkeley Levett, on the
other hand, continued Mr.. Stanhope had
written a letter to his commanding officer
expressing deep regret that he had not
acted in accordance with the army regula-
tons
Consequently said the Secretary Of War
in conclusion, it was not proposed to take
any further action in the matter.
Interest in the baccarat questions at
tracted to the house of commons to-day
the largest afternoon in attendance OF the
present session. The Speakers strangers
and ladies' galleries were packed. Tbs
{ house. hushel and intensely exrectant
! listened eagerly 10 Mr.. Stanhopes state
, ment which had evidently been carefully
prepared. The announcement that Gen
, Williams was already on the retired lls
surprised the group of radicals eager to at
tack him. and the Prince of Wales volun
tary admission of an error of judgmen
on his part astonished and gratitied thu
whole house and was received with Sigh
cheering from the opposition benches anc
: repeated congratulatory shouts Of Hear
heart from the conservatives. The ute
! absence of an official statement at defenc
I rendered the reply acceptable to every
side and has taken the pith ont OF TN
Z radical intention to continue their aglta
e ton. Several extremists, at a subsequent
g private conference, tried to arrange for
( motion declaring that the Prince Of Vale
ought to be censured for indiscretion. Tn
) hulk of the opposition, however, ar
4 averse to any further action and wan
! the matter to rest where Mr. Stanhope LEI
: it.
0 The Primitive Methodist Conference, il
session at Northampton, has passed
resolution censuring the Prince of Vale
for his connection with baccarat tn
n scandal