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and princess TO live together again. bui
90 agree TO an amicablc separation
aud q satisfactory agreement regard
ing property. The lawyers agreed 10
take the matter under consideration
and asked for an lntcrmission for the
purpose. The princes lawyer said tho
prince asked for an absolute divorce In
order TO secure a complete separation
Of the couple.
During the recess the lawyers agreed
20 an arrangement ON the following
basis: The prince 10 continue the pay
menf 10 the princess OF n yearly al
iowance OF $4,000 and also 10 pay 10
her lump sum OF $4,000. provided
she abandon all further claims against
the prince. and that after the divorce
she adopt the name and title OF Louise.
princess OF Belgium.
After these terms were laid before
the court another recess was taken I'm
order that the princess might be tele
graphed for her consent 10 the ar
rangcmcnt.
Her attorney II DR.. visontai. prom
incnt member OF the Hungarian parlia.
ment. He says:
"If my client has committed any In.
discretions she was driven 20 such acts
BY the corrupt atmosphere of the Aus
trian court. intend In the trial 10 re-
veal the ruthlessly immoral influences
directed against her when she went to
Vienna as a young wife. | intend TO
call the king Of England, the Austrian
emperor and many other royalties and
grand dukes as witnesses"
The Princess Louise was one Of the
most beautiful girls In the relgnlng
houses Of Europe when at the age of
seventeen she was married to Prince
Philip, grandson Of Louis Philippe.
Almost from her wedding day she was
forced to witness shameless conduct
on the part of her husband, and she
beseeched her mother to persuade King
Leopold to allow her to obtain a d.
vorce.
Louise had been sad and pious, but
soon she became the gayest woman in
Europe. She appeared publicly in re-
markable toilets. She sought the COM
partnership of her husbands ifebauched
associates, whom she had once abhor-
red. She drew to herself Prince Phil
ip's adjutant and friend, Count Malta
chich, and In wild moment the two
eloped.
The princess and the count defled
threats and warnings from Emperor
Francis Joseph and Leopold. Finally
the count was seized, charged with for
gerry and thrown into Jail. The prin.
cess was placed In sanitarium, Philip
declaring her insane and obtaining q
verdict from physicians to that effect.
Prince Philip challenged Count Mat
tachich, and the two met in riding
academy in Vienna in 1893. They ex-
changed four pistol shots, without eff
feet, and then took swords. The prince
was wounded in the first sally. The al
legation Of forgery against the count
was baseless, and he was finally vlndi-
Gated and freed, but the princess was !
kept in strict confinement.
Count Mattachich never gave up his
purpose Of securing the release Of the
princess, and the opportunity came in
August of last year. She was then
confined in private madhouse at Bad
Elster, in Saxony.
With the aid of devoted woman
friend, Fraulein Won Dabauer, Louise's
lady of honor in happier days, who re-
manned loyal to her throughout Count
Mattachich effected the release of the
princess. They fled from Austria. The
sanity Of the princess was established
Then Philip at last determined upon a
divorce. and the princess filed a coun-
ter suit.