The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-28

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Tribune Nobody seems to know quite
what will become Of the fugitive daugh.
ter Of King Leopold Of Belgium, who
like the ex-crown prince Of saxony
bears the title OF duchess OF saxony, In
addition TO that OF Princess Philip OF
coburg. That she is an object for
sympathy rather than for coDdemna-
tlon. that her married life and even her
childhood have been full OF misery and
that her husband Is an object OF uni
yersal aversion. no one can deny. But
II is question whether she Is not des-
tined to still further unhappiness. and
perhaps. after all, II would have been
better II she had been left under the
care of DR.. Pierson. the head OF the
well known private asylum for the in
sane at Llndenhof, near Dresden. where
she enjoyed a comparative amount Of
liberty, being permitted to visit thea
ters. TO shop and to go for long drives,
as well as 10 indulge her tastes for
dress and for jewelry.
It must not be forgotten that only a
few months ago--it was In March last
IA commission OF the leading spe-
clalists for diseases Of the mind. COM
prising DR.. jolly Of Berlin, DR.. Mellis
OF Brussels. Professor Wagner Won
Jauregg OF Vienna and Rr. Weber, who
is at the head OF the great asylum OF
SonnsteIn In Saxony. after careful
and prolonged examination OF the prln-
cess, made report to the emperor OF
Austria declaring that the condition OF
morbid mental weakness found in her
royal highness Princess Louise OF Sake
coburg- Botha at the time when she
was placed under tutelage (restraino
unchanged and renders the ex-
alted patient Incapable OF managing
her own affairs. Hence, the continued
residence OF the princess In sana-
torlum Is. In view Of this condition OF
health, and In the interests OF the ex-
ated patient lmperatively necessary"
This report was made public In the
name OF Emperor Francis Joseph by
the grand marshal Of his court, General
Prince Rudolph LichtensteIn. with. the
object Of putting an end to the stories
that the princess had recovered her
sanity.
The princess is primarily ward of
Emperor Francis Joseph. who num-
Der OF years ago granted to that
branch OF the German house OF CO.
burg settled In Austria number OF the
same prerogatives and immunitles as
those enjoyed by the imperial family
on the understanding, OF course. that
It's members submitted to his suprema-
cy In NIL family matters and yielded to
him the same obedience as the princess
OF the Hapsburg dynasty. 1t was for
this reason that the Emperor took the
princess to task when she first began
to compromise herself with Mattach-
ich, and that, too, Is the reason why
he appointed the commission to take
evidence on the condition OF her mind
last spring, and caused the grand mar
shal OF the imperial household to make
public It's findings.
!. with regard to ex-Captain Mattach-
ich, who has now for the second time
eloped with her It is well to bear In
mind that In the first place he Is not
and that he has no right
to call himself Count Keglevitch." The
latter, an honored name OF the Croatian
arlstocracy. belongs to his stepfather'
who declined to permit him to use 1t
after he had dlsgraced II. He never. OF
course. had any right to use his step
fathers title of Count" Moreover In
the book which he published in April.
concerning his relations with Princess
Louise of coburg, he admits that he
negotiated the promissory notes, to
which he was aware that the princess
had affixed without authority the sig
nature OF her sister, the Crown Prime
ess Stephanie, and describes how he OBJ
talned. on the strength Of this paper,
which he knew to be forged, a couple
OF million francs from the Vienna
money lenders, Splitter and Reicher,
thus practically acknowledges that ne
was guilty of the offenses which led to
his dismissal from the Austrian army,
and to his sentence by court martial to
a term of six years penal servitude.
The ex-captain. who found himself
penniless on emerging from prison. and
who obtained very little money by the
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