The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-14
ROYAL PRINCESS DISGRACE.
Guilty Of an Intrigue with One OF
Her Fnsher's Grccms.

Her rnsher's Grocms.
S.. Louis Giobe-Dsmocrat
There have been rumors for the past
week IN court ard club circles in London
with regard 70 a terrible scandal at one OF
the minor German courts, which today
has at length been alluded TO In a very
guarded fashion IN the society press. The
scandal concerns q princess OF royal rank.
closely related 20 the regning family here,
namely. Princess Marie ~ Mecklenhurg-
Streiifz eldest daughter OF the heir appar-
ent OF the grand duchy and grandc'lild
OF that blind reignIng Duke OF Meckien-
burr-Strelitx who Is so familiar figure
10 every American tourist who has visited
Horr1hurg during the season. The blind
grand dukes wife that * 20 say the
grandmother az the girl whose name IS
.r1plicafaf in The scandal Is Princess Au-
gtas,a OF Great Britain. sister Of the Duke
Of Cambridge and OF the Duchess Of Teck,
VINO died last week. and A first cousin,
therefore OF Queen Victoria. being. IKE
the latter, a granddaughter OF King
George III.
The young princess. who IS about %
years OF aga and exuherant IN health ana
snlri.s Is alleged 20 have 50 FAR forgotten
whas vas due her roya, rank as 70 lower
herseI. 20 an intrigue with one OF her IA
theirs groouns. with the result that she -
destined 10 become q mother in the early
part Of next <pr!ag n not before. Il -
added tia. she Insists on marrying TIA
groom, not only 20 legitlmatiza At any
rate sn she eyes o. the church. an uniaw-
ful and Immoral condition Of ara,rs. bu.
likewise because she in too passionatatv
attached % the man 10 wed anyone else
o. ell the rolgnlng families % Europe
there is rot one that - more proud OF its
true blood ana iilustrious ancestry than
the house of Necklsnhur~ which clafrns
title which IL borne 70 th's dav bv IRE
Grand Dukes ~ Neekleuh0rw-s,hw
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES r may there
fore he imagined how terribly all It's
members take 10 heart .a,s taint which
haS beer placed on IT,. escutrheon ~
ore who has always heen regarded Until
now "a the fairvst % its daughters
Vet the case Ia 10. altogether without
precedent. for six years ago sfen:tesliv
sha same thing happened IN tha. branch
90 she prinrefv and formerly sovereign
house Of Heh~nlahe which g RIOS. nearly
related 20 Queen Victoria The only ar
ference was that ths swain instead q 30
ing q groom Was game kes Ss- hr for
ester. He bore the name % Cart Mailer
and the princess. whose affections ne man
arei 20 win. WAS Fltxahe:h. eldest aaugh-
ter 90 the late Duke % Rs.'so-, who. IN
70 .Ae tire q Ais death. was president O.
shs prsESSaan house 81 lords Thera .eo
.ha princess Insisted upoa marrying hsr
Mexican lover. within few weeks Only q.
becoming a mother y speaks wall e-r
TIRE rvcoSn.tlo, o. IRE PAR: az tNe crown
for tne civic rights enfsvsf hy rssfrers ~
Germany 81 spite % al that - szia 20 ira
contrary that no sttsFryt should have bAs-
male IN either case rs tNs authorities >.
modest IRE low-t~o-r levers Fer hA-a 3,
rrgIsrgs tNe BETRAYAL q princess 81 re
rstwrfrr hogss IS xt1l regards. IN re ewes
~ ire l2w ~ crs ~ ,as worst k4sss -
fetorsv. ard - vanished severely ss s.,.h
Moreover urtl e,3 Eruue~c- wfrsa-.
came 20 re tsrors $50 rulers =. Prussia
were in ne habit % 8ls-0sf~w % srw eh-
sections he characters without frysa ~
legal proceedings be shipping th4-s rsgias}v-
e- - Russia ard ther>e n cAa-r. OF ~.
Nuerev4te authorities "a S{aspres
C1yfy .wa years ago eha .--n@-4af Ats.~~s
cal con- mission - s. Petersburg r,f,N
Tsshei efFictsi Gccs.rs ents showing ,ha. -
tween sns years go snss fsa cwwr g -
German cSsixsrs were .hsgs ssrse--est - s.
h~rsa 80 TIE request ara exrrrse - "a
PyasstAr cy@wn ard art CO certain g-s~.
snan princes. To-Day ruyz1 Parents who
CD themselves L sGea . cr.sa psSsScs.