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Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures"
Special Cable to The journal. 80 HRS
Berlin, April 21.--Love Of luxurious
travel-private cars, palatial yachts,
'high-power motor cars, princely hotel
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES made it neces-
grand duchy of Mecklenburg-S chwerin
to declare Duke Frederick Paul and his
wife. the Duchess Marie, public bank
rupts and appoint a conservator for
the future handling of their money
matters I'LL III :. 49, =. -. -. II =.
Announcement of this fact, while not
a surprise in German aristocratic cir
flying propensities have long been com
mon gossip, has caused painful i'm
preston in imperial and TO val circles,
for nothing is 50 well calculated TO
| diminish the prestige of aiesty'
and the monarehial ideas as such short
ccmings upon the part of blue bloods
to whom loyal subjects of the kaiser
| awe. go ,,. -. - .'' : -.
These royal spendthrifts-uncle and
aunt Of the German crown prince and
crown princess, the future kaiser and
,kaiserin; of Germany-have been sort
of black sheep in. the Teuton monarch
ial list, owing to the scandal their mar
riage provoked in 1881: ... AZ,
When he decided to marry the Ouch
ess Marie, who was then a princess of
the Austrian house of Windisch- G raetz,
| it. Became necessary for the dake sto
renoHnce Lutheranism and become a
Catholic He did so, but thereby not
! only rfeiteds his ightt to the success
SIGN of ek1enbHrg Sehwari1l throne,
bit was put Soitt: Of the Prassian army
by command Of old Emperor William I,
who was an unbending religious as we'll
! as military martinez. T.. -.
| .:.- Becomes a Spendthrift.
His court and military career thus
checked, Duke Frederick Paul chose to
travel, but. his allowance Of $4,000 a
year proved penurious in the extreme,
| for he and his wife developed million-
aire tastes for which that stipend
proved utterly inadequate. Frequent
trips to Monte Carlo, Paris, st. Peters
burg, Vienna and London, in which big
suites of servants always participated
cut gaping holes in the couple 8 income,
which, even: frequent borrowings from
tfelIow royalties and private Bankers
were not ablo to make good
Things came to such a pass early
this wear that@@the reigning grand duke
of sMecklenburg Schwerin,. the spend
thrift couples nephew, found it neces
sary to call a halt and the controller OF
| the SCHWcFlu -IOydi was oii1
cia1ly named to manage the dukes fu
ture cspendings.;s His debts amounted te
81 ,125, GOO ". ! 2sy.s &,
/ In taking the drastic step Of de
Epriving his uncle of the control of his
own property the grand duke, is act
ing within his Il gifts: s.Sls RE S :;
To Lead Simple Life Now. IS.
German; sovereigns, by their famil,
$ statutes, have extraord binary power
5 over their relatives Not only cal
! they regulate; their expenditures, bu
they can divorce them without re
course to the tiresome machinery Of tn,
}, law! The stern and virtuous nephew
is thirty years younger than his scape
/ grace uncle Duke Frederick Paul i
"a years old and the duchess SO: Thei
., unmarried daughter Of %, the Duches
: Marie Antoinette, was Germany's can
:, didate for the hand and heart Of Kin
. Alfonso aof. Spain. An unmarried so
, Of OF is d lieutenant in the army.
! The German Crown Princess Cecilie
!, of course, is a b1oodsnieee of the roya
> bankrupts.,. her later father being Duk
! Frederick PauI's brother The duke
: said to have made strenuous efforts t
= avoid the CONSERVATION scandal, but hi
. highly placed kinsmen and. kinswome
. declared his credit with them exhauste
!. and they: decided matters must go to ea
+ tremes. i-, q. So. ~ ~ >