The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
KING GEORGE OF SAXONY DEAD.
FATHER.IN-LAW OF THE ELOP-
ING PRINCESS PASSES AWAY.
Scandal Hurried His Death-Princess
/ Louise Eloped with the French Tutor
Of Her Chlldren-The Kings Efforts
to Effect q Reconciliation Failed.

Special Gable Dsspafehes to THE SUN.
DRESDEN, OCT. 15.-George. King Of
saxony. died at Pillnitz at 2;2s o'clock this
morning.
LONDON, Oct. 15.-The death OF King
George Of Saxony is generally considered
to have been accelerated by the agitation
and sorrow caused by the scandal In con-
nection with his daushter-in-law, the
Princess Louise who, 1t will he remem-
bered. was divorced by a special court al
Dresden in 1903 after clipping with a young
French tutor, Andre Giron, whom she had
met in Paris Prior to this the King had
been angered by his daughter in law g
undigniied escapades, which for some
time were considered to be an innocent,
u foolish, means Of finding relief from the
ennui of court life at Dresden.
1t cannot be disputed that the Crown
Prince, now King Frederick Augustus Ill,
is a man OF coarse habits and was a bad
husband, but many assert that he still
loves his divorced wife and for a long time
tried to effect a reconciliation with her.
The old King tried hard to persuade the
Crown Prince to marry again after he had
secured divorce. but he steadfastly re-
fssed and now Berlin dispatches state
that the recall of the divorced Princess
to the court to fill the position OF Queen is
not regarded as beyon the range Of pos
sibities. This, however, must be con-
sidered wholly improbable.
The Saxon royal family of Victim boasts
OF being the oldest sovereign family in
Europe. older by more than three centuries
than the Hohenzollerns, older than the
Hapsburgs and older than the Wittels-
bachs of Bavaria. To place on this throne
woman who, however badly she was
treated by the late King and her husband +,
was undoubtedly divorced for good reason
would be too great a shock to the pride Of
the royal house.
Yet 1t cannot be denied that the late
Kings attitude to her lost him his once
great popularity; for. although he declared
In an open letter to the people at the time
OF the divorce. This painful affair arose
solely out Of the ungovernable passion of q
woman who long had been secretly fallen. "
me sympathy Of the people remained on
the woman's side, and Of late his subjects
nah ignored the Kings existence. 1t may
oerecalled that when|he returned to Dresden
curing the present year after q visit to Ber-
I'm demonstration was organized inS his
honor and public officials were ordered
represent in the streets with their fami-
uee and cheer as he drove past. But the
secret leaked out. and as result the entire
unoihcal population remained away.
Ming Frederick's younger brother. Maxi
n'nan' renounced all rights to the throne
ana became a Roman Catholic priest. He
was Tor two years in q Roman Catholic
ohurch In Whitechapel and is now theo-
logical professor at Friburg.
george Of Saxony was an old man when
ne came to the throne, being 10 years
eid when he succeeded his brother, King
Albert, on June 20, 1909. A short time after
ms accession he nearly suocumbed to pneu-
snoniA add never fully recovered.
george was born ct Pillnitz on Aug. Q,