Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-27

helieNu ~ Tue tiett liVtt the Sio""
Princess OF SaXony is in Geneva with
Professor Glron, IL French teacher of
languages. are confirmed. He Is Ge-
scribed as - years of age and of Il ''strii-
ing personality, with large, bright eyes
All the theatres in Dresden are closed.
The court of the fugitive princess has
been dissoived.
When the crown princess left Salz-
burg, accompanied by her brother, Arch
duke Leopold Ferdinand, the princess
went to Munich, where the French tutor
awaited her. Her brother was also
joined there by beautiful Nicnncse
woman and the two couples proceeded to
Brussels and thence to Geneva.
ltuppears that " hen the crown prince
returned recently to Dresden after his
covered secret correspondence e1-
changed between the princess ana the
French tutor. whose former relations
with her created Il scandal resulting In
the tutors expulsion from Saxony.
Besides disclosing the couples relations
the letters revealed another scandal.
Immediately afterwards the princess
left her home and went to Salzburg.
King George and Crown Prince Fred
erick have decided TO accept the
estrngement Of the crown princess and
her husband as irreparable. They have
made the cabinet privy 10 the circnn'-
stances of the princess flight, as tncy
view them, and decree of divorce is
talked of as Il 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 contded her intention to separate
herself utterly from the court and "all
its wretchcdness" to two or three of her
them the inpossibility of her longer en-
during the artificial etiquette of the
court ana the forced cOmpaniOGship
Of man who was loathsOmc to her"
What she complained OF In the prince
was his intcmperancc, his lntideliticS
and, as her partlsans attirm, his cruelty
of disposition.
The crown princess days ut SalzhurS
were spent in controversy with lcr
father and mother who did not excuse
her for Il moment in her mad desire to
leave her position and family. Her
brother, Arcltluke Leopold Ferdinand,
took his sisters part
The circumstances of the princess
flight are still obscure here and no fur.
ther reliable news is available. The
only fact that seems clear is that the
king and crown prince are in commune
cation with her. but it is learned that
she is absolutely intractable.
Tie crown princess had lively
Vienncse manner. She was indie
pendent and high-spirited, and was in
clned to ridicule the Observances Of the
little Saxon court, which takes itself
most seriously.
The whole of Archdukc Leopold
Ferlinand'S career is redOlent with
scandal, dating from the time when he
started to accompany the heir to the
throne on Il tour of the world. He only
got as far as Colombo. where he was
obliged to leave the ship on account of
his scandalous behavior
The archdukc intends to take the
name of Leopold Woclfing. Beside
formally renouncing his rank AMI
dignities as a member of the imperial
house. the arclduke has returned n II his
\.
his cOmmi sion in the Austrian army.
1t is eXpec; that he will marry his
Niennese companion. His relatives pre-
vented him from taking this step NOR
ganically several months ago. The
archdukc was ut one time secretly be.
trothed to Donna Elvira, the second
daughter of Don Carlos, who elcprd
with Count Filippo Folchi in 1896. He
is regarded as weak mentally. lie
processes extreme radical and almost
anarchStc views
1t is reported here that the crown
princes recent accident. 0stensibly the
breaking of one of his legs while hunt
ing in the Bavaran mountains. near
Salzburg, was an invention. the fact
being that he had fight with his
brother-in-lnw. Archduke Leopold
Ferdinand. and the crown prince was so
badly handled that he had TO take to
his bed and return to Dresden so soon
as lie was able.
The Saxon ministers say the affair Is
definitely closed so far AZ the Dresden
cOurt is concerned 'rLr lpttprS IF Iir
crown princess have been seized. SHE
is expected TO give birth to child in
May.