Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-24
1T is IRREPARABLE.
Grown Princess of Saxony Will
Not Return Home.
Has Absolutely No Use for Brutal and
Cruel Husband.
She Is Now in Geneva With Brother
and Friends.

Dresden. SaXony Dee. 23.-king
George and the Crown Prince Freder-
lex know where the Crown Princess
Louise has sought refuge. but they
have decided to accept the estrange-
ment of the princess and her husband
as irreparable. They have made the
cabinet privy to the circumstances of
the princess flight. as they vieV Them
and a decree of divorce is talked of as
a necessary sequence to the princess
resolution to leave the court forever.
This determination was announced
to her husband. early in November.
after one of their frequent violent
scenes. She confided her intention TO
separate herself utterly from the court
and "all its wretchedness" and dis
cussed with them the impossibility of
her longer enduring the artificial eti-
quette of the court and the forced
companiorShip of Il man who was
loathsome to her The princess wrote
to her mother ut the end of November
that ii was her purpose 10 leave the
crown prince and give up the prospect
of the Queenship. which. instead of be-
ing attractive the princess frequently
frequently said. was detestible to her.
She formally told members of her
entoura ge that she was going to visit
her parents at SalZburg. The letter
of the princess to her mother brought
the archduchcss Immediately to Ores
den. She implored her daughter to
reconsider her determination and make
the best of an unpleasant situation
for the sake of her children and to see
as little of the crown prince us pos
sible. The princess replied, according
to one of her conlidants. that she would
see nothing of that beast" that the
tutelaee of her children was largely
taken out of her hands and that she
could not bear to see them spoiled by
he "hypocrisies Of the court"
What she complained of in the prince
was his intemperance, his infidelities,
and, as her partisans affirm. his cruelty
of disposition. They affirm that he
has had for years il liason with an ac-
tress. named Basic and it is credibly
reported that at Il review of troops al
Grimma, It 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 chasm
separated the affections of the crown
princess from the crown prince.
Though he seemingly had genuine
admira ton for his wife the prince did
his share Of quarrelling and often
tried to impose his will upon her. but
he always hoped that she would in the
end humble herself. His attitude re-
Gently. until she actually went, appears
to have been that of dsdainful indif-
ference and disbelief that she really in
tended to carry out her threats.
The crown princess days at SalZ-
burg We're spent in controversy with
her father and mother who did not eX-
cuse her for 4 moment in her mad de-
sire to leave her position and family.
Her brother. Archduke Leopold Ferd-
Inland. took his sisters part.
The circumstances of the princess
flight are still obscure here and no fur
Their reliable news is available. The
only fact that seems clear is that the
king and crown prince know where she
is and are in communication with her
but il is learned that she is absolutely
int,