The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-01
A ROYAL scANDAL.
Probably Divorce Proceedings vii
Be Instituted
TIE ESTRANGEMENT NOT SETTLE
European High Flyers Not Exj
From the Same Troubles That
flict Common Folks.

Dresden, Saxcny, BY Cable.-kf
George and the Crown Prince Fredef9
lex know where the Crown Princess
Louise has sought refuge, but they
have decided to accept the esEraIge-
ment Of the Princess and her husband
as irreparable. They have made. the
cabinet privy to the circumstances Of
the Princess fight, as they see them,
and decree Of divorce is talked of as
necessary sequence to the Princess
decision to leave the court forever. This
determination the Princess announced
to her husband early in November, af-
ter one OF their frequent violent scenes.
She also corided her intention to
separate herself utterly from the
court and "all its wretchedness" to two
or three of her intimate friends and
discussed with them the impossibility
Of her longer enduring the artificial ct
iquette Of the court and the forced
compantonship of man who was
loathsome to her."
The Princess wrote to her mother at
the end OF November that it was her
purpose to leave the Crown Prince and
give up the prospect Of the queAnship,
which, instead of being attractive, the
Princess frequently said, was detesta-~
BILE to her. She formally told members
of her entourage tLat she was going to
visit her parents at Salzburg. The let
ter Of the Princess to her mother
brought the Archduchess Immediately
to Dresden. She implored her daughter
to reconsider her determination and
make the best Of an unpleasant situa-
ton for the sake of her children, and
ses as little Of the Crown Prince as per-
mtssible. The Princess replied, accord
ing to one Of her confldants, that she
would see nothing of that BEAST"
that tuteiage Of her children was
largely taken out of her hands and that
she could not bear to see them petted
by "the hypocricies Of the court"
What she complained Of in the Prince
was his intemperaace, his infldelities
and as her partisans affirm, his cruelty
Of disposition. They affirm that he has
had for years liason with an actress
named Baste, and 1t Is creditably re-
ported that at review Of troops at
Grimma, couple Of years ago, the
Prince fell from his horse, intoxicated,
in front of his regiment. However, true
these inci6entS may be, the court and
all Dresden knew that a chasm sepa-
rated the affections of the Crown Prin-
cess from the Crown Prince. Though
he seemingly had genuine admiration
for his wife, the Prince did his share
of quarreling and often tried to i'm
pose his will upon her, but he always
hoped that she would in the end hum
BILE herself. His attitude recently, until
she had actually gone, appears to have
been that of disdainful indifference and
disbelief that she really intended TO
carry out her threats.
The Crown Princess days at Salz-
bury were spent in controversy with
her father and mother who did not ex--
cuse her for moment in her mad de-
sire to leave her position and family.
Her brother, Archduke Leopold Ferdi-
nand took her part. The circumstances
of the Princess fight are still obscure
here and no further reliable news Is
available. The only fact that seems
clear Is that the Crown Prince knew
where she is and was in communica-
tion with her but it is learned that she
is absolutely intractable.
Dresden is absorbed by the sensa-
ton. The theory that the Crown
Princess is suffering from mental aber-
ration is now only feebly propagated
by the Saxon court and the Crown
Princes adherents intimate that an IL
licit love affair is the cause Of the Prin-
cess' desertion.