Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-12-24
PRINCESS ABANDONS COURT
Louise of saxOny RenOunoes Prospect Of the
Queenship,
UGLY CHARGES AGAINST PRINCE
On the other Hand Her Flight f. said
to Have Been. PrecipitRted Be
cause of Scandal of
Her own.

and Grown Prince Frederick know where
the Crown Princess Louise has sought
refuge, but they have decided to accept the
estrangement nf the princess and her hus-
band as irreparable.
They have made the cabinet privy to the
circumstances Of the princess flight. as
they see them, and a decree Of divorce is
talked OF as a necessary sequence to the
princess resolution to leave the court for
ever.
This determination the princess an
nounced to her husband early in November,
after one of their frequent violent scenes.
She also confded her intention to separate
herself utterly from the court and all its
''wretchedness" to two or three of her inti-
mate friends, and discussed with them the
impossibility of her longer enduring the
artificial etiquette OF the court and the
forced companionship of a man who was
loathsome to her."
Queenship Has No Charms.
The princess wrote to her mother at the
end of November that 1t was her purpose
to leave the crown prince and give up the
prospect of the queenship, which, instead
Of being attractive, the princess frequently
said, was detestable to her
She formally told members OF her en-
tourage that she was going to visit her
parents at Salzburg. The letter Of the
princess to her mother brought the arch
duchess Immediately to Dresden. She i'm
plored her daughter to reconsider her de-
termination and make the best of an un-
pleasant situation for the sake Of her chill
dren and see as little Of the crown prince
as possible.
The princess replied, according to one Of
her confdants, that she would see nothing
of that beast" that the tutelage Of her
children was largely taken out OF her hands
and that she could not bear to see them
spoiled by "the hypocrisies OF the court"
What she complained Of in the prince was
his intemperance, his infdelities and, as
her partisans affirm, his cruelty OF disposl-
tion. They affirm that he has had for years
a liaison with an actress named Baste, and
It is credibly reported that at a review of
troops at Grimma. a couple Of years ago,
the prince fell from his horse, intoxicated,
in front of his regiment.
However true these incidents may be, the
court and all Dresden knew that a charm
separated the affections OF the crown
princess from the crown prince.
Though he seemingly had general admira-
tion for his wife the prince did his share
of quarreling and often tried to impress his
will upon her, but he always hoped that
she would in the end humble herself.
Possibly Man in the Case. d,
VIENNA. Dec. 2s.--The flight of the
crown princess of saxony is the absorbing
topic OF the day here. All kinds of SEN
sational reports are in circulation.
When she left salzburg, accompanied by
her brother Archduke Leopold Ferdinand.
the princess went to Munich, where her
French tutor awaited her. Her brother
was also Joined there by a Viennese woman
and the two couples proceeded to Brussels
and then to Geneva.
1t appears that when the crown prince
returned recently to Dresden, after his
hunting accident in the Tyrol, he disc0v-
cred that a secret correspondence existed
between the princess and the French tutor,
whose former relations with her had
created a scandal. resulting in the tutors
expulsion from Saxony.
Besides disclosing the couples relations,
the letters revealed another scandal I'M
mediately afterward the princess left her
home and went to salzburg. The fact
that she took a trunk filled with jewelry
and other valuables indicates that she was
prepared for an emergency.
1t is reported that Archduke Leopold Fer
dinand has written to Emperor Francis
Joseph renouncing his rank and dignitaries
as a member Of the imperial house, and
saying he will become private subject.
The archduke intends to take the name
of Leopold Woelfing. He has returned all
his orders and decorations, including that
of the Golden Fleece, and has resigned his
commission in the Austrian army. II is ex-
pected he will marry his Viennese compan-
ion as his relatives prevented him from
taking this step morganatically several
months ago.
The archduke was at one time secretly
betrothed to Donna Elvira, the second
daughter of Don Carlos, who eloped with
Fflippo Folochi in 1896 and is now re-
ported to be anxious to marry him. He is
regarded as weak mentally He professed
to be an extreme radical and almost an
! arehical in his views.
| The whole Of the arehduke's career is red
olent with scandal, dating from the time
! when he started to accompany the neir to
! the throne on a tour Of the world. He only
\ got so far as Colombo. where he was obliged
| to leave the ship on account Of his scan
| dalous behavior The archduke has since
/ been mixed up in a number OF affairs and
was confined for some months in an asylum.
QuRrreIs with Her Parents.
| Inc princess dAllluut ItCthNlyt Until sue
had actually gone. appears TO have been
! that Of disdainful indifference and disbelief
that she really intended to carry out her
! threats.
1 The crown princess days at Salzberg were
spent in controversy with her father and
mother, who did not excuse her for a mo-
ment in her mad desire to leave her posi-
tion and family. Her brother took his sis
teT's part. The circumstances OF her flight
are still obscure. ana no further reliable
news is available. The only fact that seems
clear is that the king and crown prince
know where she is and are in communica.
tion with her.
Dresden is absorbed by the sensation
The theory that the crown princess is suf.
fering from mental alteration is now only
feebly propagated by the Saxon court. and
II is intimated that an Illicit love affair II
the cause OF the princess departure.
The Dresdener Nachrichten, one OF tbs
principal newspapers. and having eonseTy-
Rtive leanings, after saying Il could almost
be sorry for the princess, with deposition
Incompatible with that Of the prince, anC
disliking the etiquette u this court, sug
gests that TO find the reason for her de
parture one must hnd the man"
The man in the case who is associated
In gossip with the princess is a handsome
| FrenehmRn, who was tutor to the princess