Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-28
Situation IL Clear.

IL
Two days later Captain Toepliz GENTLE
man n-in-waiting to Archduke Leopold, was
sent in pursuit and finally found his master
and the crown princess at the Hotel
d'Anyleterre, Geneva. The situation clari-
fed to his understanding when Toepliz
also discovered there Giron and Miss
Adamovich.
1t is now known that the crown princess
was in communication with Giron from
the moment he was sent away from here,
and that he met her somewhere between
Sulzburg and Geneva. But even this knowl-
edge does not satisfactorily explain to the
good Dresdeners the fight of their much
loved crown princess. They insist now that
Giron has her under hypnotic spell.
The report that the pope is being ap-
preached to divorce the crown princess and
prince is not credited in Catholic circles
here. The only ground on which the vati-
can could sanction divorce would be that
the marriage was null, and this cannot be
alleged. Besides, the pope has so sternly
and successfully opposed the new Italian
divorce law that IT has been dropped 1t
is scarcely to be expected that the pontiff
will divorce a royal couple so conspicuous
at this time. 1t is authoritatively stated
that in communication made on her part
by the crown princess lawyer, NJ. Lachenal
of Geneva, she denies that Giron is with
her there and states that she is accompa-
MED only by Archduke Leopold. The
Worlds correspondent in Geneva thus
quotes NJ Lachenal:
Her highness will never return to Sax
ony or Germany, she fears lest she should
be shut up in an asylum, whereas she is
perfectly well mentally and physically.
am taking steps toward securing a divorce.
whether in Vienna, Dresden, Geneva or
Leipzig l decline to state"
VIII Not Enter Austria.
Another report, which comes from Vienna,
has 1t that the crown prince is even now
willing to be reconciled to his wife, and
wishes her to meet him at Merap, in the
Austrian Tyrol But no one believes she
will set foot on Austrian or German terri
tory lest she be thrown into madhouse, as
was Princess Louise of SAKE -Coburg, the
eldest daughter OF the king of the Belgians
There is no possible doubt that the court is
trying nightly to end the scandal in some
way and is being assisted by Emperor Fran
ces Joseph. Very tempting offers OF money
have already been made to the crown
princess to turn away Glron, put all are
convinced that these offers will be futile
not only because of her liking for the Bel
gian, but because of her ell-grounded fears
of the treatment she would suffer II she
should return to her husbands power.
The greatest odium is being heaped on
Giron because of a letter he wrote to his
relatives in Brussels, in which, 1t is alleged, |
he boasted that the crown princess fell in
love with him, and that as a man OF honor, !
he could not do otherwise than accompany
her into exile.
The princess has been variously described. |
Her description here is absolutely correct
the Worlds correspondent is perfectly ia
miliar with her appearance. The corre-
spondent was at her wedding in Vienna |
eleven years ago. Beautiful as she was, she |
did not then seem to be amiable. She |
looked disdainfully at her stout sister-in- |
law, Princess Matilda, and at good old |
Queen Caroline.
The crown prince is particularly fond of
country life. He Is a great horticultural |
and is especially proud Of his orchids. De- |
spite his piety, he is said to be given to |
excessive beer drinking. Morally he is by |
no means irreproachable, his frequent hunt |
ing expeditions into remote places being
suspected Of concealing pleasure seeking |
less innocent.