New-York tribune., 1903-01-16
Court Versions at Piennd and Dres-
den Contradict Romantic Vfe1cs.
Paris. December 50.

or less accurate narratives of this double bar
relied court scandal Tht views, feelings and in
tentions of the young ogitives have been set
forth and eagerly deveared by the impression
able feuilleton-read public, largely COM
posed OF tender hearfed sewing girls and ad-
venture loving CLERKS and employees The
following extracts from NJ. Andre Giron's
diary published in the Echo de Paris" has
been clinped with cissors and attached TO the
pincushions OF II ny a Partisan couturiere-
The diary is certinly amusing, and running
translation OF its most notable passages reads
as follows:
December 1s-Ir the night Of the nth she left
salzburg with tie & baf an Pon after mid
night She takes away with her little linen and
haTnessed hoHs asGei65 fo broaeha The moon IS shnng
splenatdy and anss y REV sfav IN the tbiTd Class
waiting room. At last she goes on by Bruck and
December FL arrived at Zurich twenty-four
hours later tlan was expeeted she had spent fne
foT sceher z-we have beer to the theatre and
haEe ecsn5hey nS 8 save bought her Christmas
.s,e5 Al rs..y meant TO do NJ. Giron replied:
orarx 7ce united, We shall go and live in
France~ 5ub sss in Paris; as the princess is very
cegs rese has yer simple tastes
vbsr VIII he wedding come off? Did he know
the dss.?
longer. and it seems that this Is the
only s ThFe agent we of the K Rg Of saxong in
46,s tof Arthur schWarz but he cannot do any any
asvs {hi5s e Of these days and that then he VIII
aTTs4 ,r IS sGf arranged The court asked the prin
s, return. but she would not, as she knew TOO TOO
E have have an ana excellent lawyer. Maitrs Lqehs
n the police are protecting ein US for we the h9pe ape
ar i Of the marriage AT the present TN momeht aneh
1k oseph came 70 see his sister ter five i've days Lays ago age
sn5 explained he mSpT bfT5 since na As for the
~ IS. she is always thinking Of her children
.his makes nice, romantic story, sea-
tlz enlivened by moonlight and Christmas
and the princess's jewels It seems
> however that the hard. matter OF TACT
~ sbouId be forthcoming. To-day the Vienna
,respondent Of the "Gaulois' has been en-
lied TO obtain what may be called the fond
sarents version of the episodes, and NJ Arthur
Never the proprietor Of the 'Gaulois" vouches
for the accuracy Of the new aspect OF these SAD
affairs.
Il appears that the Grand Duke ana Grano
Duchess OF Tuscany members Of the non-reign-
snr branch of the Hapsburgs. have been bit
Yer;v disappointed by their two elder children
who have totally different characters and tenn
peraments from their seven other children Inc
eldest child, the Archduke Leopold Ferdinanao'
born December q 1868. and his sister, Arch
duchess Louise, born September 2, 1870. were
two rebellious revolutionary infants from ther
earliest age. They both hated court enqueIle
and practically repudiated the religion OF thelr
rarents and became free thinkers. They regarded
family restrictions CALLING censorship ana
domestic tyranny. They used TO speak OF thelr
home as an .inouisitorial prison The brother
and sister made q solemn pact to stand by each
other in their common struggle for freeoon-
The Grand Duke Of Tuscany and his simple
hearted old fashioned Grand Duchess exhausted
all their efforts, and together with the faInllg
abbe Father KoIb, only hoped that II Arcn-
duchess Louise by marriage and the Arcnouhe
Leopold Ferdinand by his entrance upon the
sober realities Of military life would some day
mend their ways.
The Archduchess Louise, by her marriage with
the Crown Prince of Saxony, a serious minded
soldier without artistic or literary tastes, found
that she had merely exchanged one tyranny for
another. Instead of emancipation she found
that the rigid etiquette Of the Saxon court
was even more distasteful than the simple
bunadrunn life of the parental abode at
salzburg With the energy of her young
womanhood she declared a triple war-agalnst
the religion of her two families, against the
rrourietv and decorum becoming her rank anu
mos unfortunately Of all, against her duties
q
free thought. IL free religion and in free love
and called the King and the rest Of the royal
family of Saxony stupid OLD fools, vegetatins
like blind people and far behind the times" Al
the theatres balls ana dinners her mlsbehaNlor
was notorious. Her passion for sports became
almost a folly. and was used to, conceal many
an adventure Of clandestine gallantry On this
point It is affirmed that the young Belgian pro-
fessor, NJ Andre Giron, is merely the latest
episode in the most recent chapter OF noVei
where pages have been silently turned over
many preceding chapters
IS TO the Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, his
military career was one long struggle against
his chiefs and against the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph He was transferred TO the navy, but ne
was found 20 be 'ne'er do weel" and was al
ways in trouble The captain of his ship pro
,lo,noed him incapable dissolute and lazy"
He was put lack into the army. He served in
e dozen regiments. and his superiors were forced
70 make such reports of his conduct that ne
changed gs II zons with extraordinary rapidity'
for after s. ourn of week he invariably be-
came the 2 and scandal of the town Every
year he s summoned before the Emperor
who sever punished him. Recently. when
uuartered At Przemrysl, the Emperor heard that
he was living openly with his latest playmate
who wss everywhere spoken Of as "Archduchess
N'D9- T"hen adnonished by the Emperor 10
renol1a manner of life forbidden to all ON
GERS, Z Archduke Leopold Ferdinand repheo
10 RS ust and venerable sovereign ny a re-
oueft rerrnfssion to marry WiIhelmina
Ada g. The Emperor categorically refused,
and =. archduke's name was quietly ana ols-
creetly removed from the army list
Thus the brother and sister found themselves
II awkward predicaments at the same moment