The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-12
Hints of . Worse Scandal

NEW YORK, June S.-A cable dis
patch from London says:
| ITO what extent is one or more of
The fairer sex back of the royal scandal
that has resulted in the Gordon Cum
ming libel suit now on trial? This is a
question which is being pretty largely
discussed by the frequenters of the
aristocratic clubs. although they talk
of the matter under their breath. 1t is
said that there is story that has not
developed, nor is it likely to. There
may be secret history, the bare allu-
sion to which on the part of Solicitor
General Clark, when the heir appar-
ent to the English throne was on the
witness stand. might have sounded the
social, political and professional death
knell of that eminent counsel. There
may be a story that were it un-
covered to the light of day would
almost rival the celebrated and
not yet forgotten Mordaunt case when,
secure in the knowledge that the un-
fortunate woman it was claimed had
been the victim was to be incarcerated
for the rest of her life within the for
bidding walls of an asylum for the in
sane. the future king of England went
into the witness box and, to use a
phrase which has become historical,
'perjured himself like an English gen.
tleman' to shield himself in some de-
gree from an outburst of righteous in
dignation on the part of an outraged
public opinion.
solicitor General Clarke, HAD he
been inclined to emulate the example
of the late DIR. Keneally, who bearded
the lord chief Justice in his den, and
was debarred therefor, might have
asked the prince of Wales some inter
esting questions which would have
thrown additional light on the case and
ct the same time have added salacious
aspect to this scandal. He might have
been asked the names of the two ladies
whose names he scratched from the list
Of invited guests when ne accepted Mr..
Wilson's invitation to take up his abode
at Tranby Croft during that now famous
Doncaster week. He might have been
asked whether he inserted in the list a
name not previously thought of by Mr..
Wilson, viz, that of Lady Brooke.
Pursuing the subject further the So
licitor general might have asked wheth-
er 1t was not notorious fact that the
titled lady in question had been his
avowed favOrite' for many years, and
whether such favoritism' had not been
carried to such lengths as to create
more or less scandal. even among the
royal intimates, who are supposed to be
Loyalty blind to everything that goes on
in which their liege lord is concerned.
Giving another turn to the lance, Mr.
Clarke might have inquired whether it
was true that the princess of Wales was
so outraged by the attentions of her
husband to Lady Brooks that she had
time AMI time again refused to
participate in public and private as
semblages where she was likely to
meet the woman in question. Not only
this, but that she had made it rule to
socially Ostracise all her friends who al
lowed the Brooke woman to cross their
threshold
''Presuming that this question had
been admitted and answered Mr.. Clarke
might finally have inquired how it hap
pened, Notwithstanding the pledges of
secrecy that were made regarding the
swindling and cheating, the prince had
violated his own confidence by placing
Lady Brooke in possession of the facts,
and likewise what string theWilsonshad
tied to him the moment he and Lady
Brooke became guests under their roof
that he should have chosen to take the
part OF the former as against a gal
liant officer and a man who, as he
admitted himself in the witness stand,
had been on terms OF closest intimacy
with him and a frequent visitor at his
palace for more than a decade. If
these questions could have been put
and answered in court just as they are
being put and answered 10 the clubs
among people who ought to know where
Of they 81 eak they might have afforded
material Tor an interesting paper to the
late Charles Bradlaugh's celebrated
pamphlet upon George, Prince of
Wales: Past Events and Recent Coin
cidents.'"