The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
BARONESS GOES
FROM BELGIUM
WIFE OF KING LEOPOLD is Or
DERED TO LEAVE BY Gov
EMINENT AND OBEYS.
BELGIANS INCENSED BECAUSE
SOME PEOPLE PERSIST IN
CALLING HER QUEEN.

Vaughn, whom Leopold made his
queen in fact, if not in name, quietly
left Belgium today. her reign ended,
her power collapsed, accepting the
hint Of the government that if she
did not depart voluntarily she would
be expelled from the country
The baroness packed up those mag
nificent furnishings of her chateau,
which were the personal gifts of King
Leopold, and forwarded them across
the frontier. She took train for
France.
To the Belgians this good looking
young woman with brown hair and
cleaning black eyes was always a
great mystery. but they accepted her
as they have the other whims of the
determined and self-willed king. They
have thought for years of her resi-
dence beside the kings, of the famous
floral bridge linking the two domains
They have discussed with unconcern
her absolute domination over the
kings private life.
Now, with the king dead they have
been driven to deep resentment that
as the kings body was borne through
the streets and was lying in state at
the palace, her photograph was exhib
tied and sod in Brussels thorough
fares and her name shouted out by
hawkers as Caroline, the queen"
Despite dispatches from Italy and
other countries asserting that King
Leopold and Baroness Vaughn had
been married according to the rites
of the church, the kings personal
friends persist in their disbelief OF
this, while they characterize the stO-
ries of a civil union as pure nonsense.
Believe Leopold Had Conscience.
They say that Leopold, whatever
his faults in private life, would never
destroy the official dignity of the king
dom.
The semi official Twentieth Gen.
fury points out that the Belgian code
stipulates that the rights of success
sion to the throne pass to direct de-
scendants of legitimate birth. If
there was a civil marriage in Italy
it might create potential rights, but,
it is argued the absence of all rec
ords, all publication of such a cere-
mony, and especially the fact that
Leopold never proclaimed Baroness
vaughn HIS leSllllldlc Vile, tAISClueiliy
dispose of the question.
Prince Albert's pan to re-unite the
exiled and separated family was full
filled today AS Baroness Vaughn
passed out forever from Belgian life,
Princess Louise triumphantly entered
the city and was officially greeted at
the station and acclaimed by the peo-
pie She was conducted with royal
honors to the chateau Belvedere,
which henceforth will be her official
home Again today a vast crowd
viewed the body of the late king.
Many people who came in from the
provinces were incensed that the
gates were closed at o'clock, and
tried to force an entrance In the
panic people were trampled upon,
garments were tern and women faint
ed. Many were injured. Finally the
palace was re-opened and the WISH
tors were allowed to file past the ca
talfaQue.
Arrangements for the funeral and
the swearing in of the new sover-
eign are proceeding rapidly. An army
of workmen has taken possession of
the catneufdl, WHICH Is uelhS uloPo
and the chamber of deputies is being
re-arranged for the ceremonies on
Thursday, when Albert will trium-
phant'y enter Brussels on horseback.
Delegations are arriving from the Eu-
ropean courts. The United States
will be represented by Henry Lane
Wilson, minister to Belgium, and u
Grant Smith, the new secretary, who
will arrive here tomorrow.