Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-09
HER WEDDING is
ILLEGALIN RUSSIA
Powerful Influence Brought to Bear
Against Beautiful Princess Anton
Radziwill.
DOROTHY DEACON, AMERICAN GIRL
Becomes Bride of Russian Prince in
London.
NOW ON HONEYMOON IN FRANCE
Should Have Called a Priest, Says the
Government.
RECALLS CASE OF CIR. DUKE PAUL
Mnrries in Paris and Has Ever since
Been An Exile from Russia-
Grandmother of Prince Causes
the Trouble.
DIV ON HONEYMOON IN FRANCE
Should Have Called a Priest, Says the
Government.
RECALLS CASE OF CIR. DUKE PAUL
BY GEORGE ERASER

BY GEORGE FRASER.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. S-(Special to
The Bee)--It may be that Princess Anton
Radziwill, who was the beautiful Amer
lean Dorothy Deacon, may never be able
to act as mistress Of the ancestral castle
of the Radzlwils at Nicswiez in the prov
nce OF Minsk
While the young couple are enjoying
their honeymoon in France and on the
Riviera score OF powerful influences
have been brought to bear against the
recognition OF Prince Radzlwill's marriage,
and the courts OF two nations, Russia
and Germany, have been appealed to that
the hopes Of this beautiful American girl
may be dashed and her pride trailed in the
dust
One thing is definitely settled: Prince
Anton RadzlwilTs marriage to the lovely
American girl in London is not recognized
In Russia, for, according to the imperial
laws, the marriage Of a Russian must be
performed by a Russian priest, whether
the wedding takes place within or without
Russian territory. II a Russian subject
marries abroad without the legal sanction
OF a Russian clergyman, then he must
remarry in Russia. Otherwise he is not
married at all. If no Russian clergyman
will cross the frontier and perform the
ceremony, Dorothy Deacon will never be
Princess Anton Radziwill in Russia. And
no Russian priest is likely to be brave
enough to face the displeasure of the court
by performing an undesirable ceremony.
Case of n Grand Duke.
The case is not without precedent The
Grand Duke Paul, uncle of the present
car, married the divorced wife of a
Russian colonel while in Paris. He knew
the car was opposed to the match, but
took a chance. His honeymoon sover
Grand Duke Paul started for his palace
In St. Petersburg. At Eitkuhhen, a sta
ton on the frontier OF Russia and Ger
many an official entered their private car
and asked the newly-made grand duchess
for her passport.
she is my wife" interposed the grand
duke. angrily.
Your highness," suggested the Eend-
arme, pointedly, in such case you must
present your marriage certificate, signed
by a Russian clergyman"
The grand duke read the writing on the
wall done by an imperial hand, and turned
to his wife, saying
Il presume we are considered undesira.
BILE subjects for Russia. Let us turn our
backs upon 1t forever"
They have never crossed the Russian
border.
Grandmother Back of II.
Such greeting would the young bride
OF Prince Radziwill receive If she at
tempted to enter Russia. The elderly
relative who is leading this attack is the
grandmother of Prince Anton Radziwill
born Princess de Castellane, who makes
her homo n Paris. prom the very ree4n-
ming Of the romance she fought It des-
perately and warned her young relative
solemnly that the marriage would not be
recognized in Russia. But, like the czar's
relative, Prince Anton yielded to the call
OF love and took a chance. Immediately
his grandmother set the wheels OF court
power in motion
The status OF the Radziwim family in
Russia is peculiar. Prince Anton Is him
self man without any country. His
father mis- serene highness, Prince George
hadAWin. was German officer, and
served as an officer in the imperial
guards but he is now living in Russia
at Nieswiez castle. Anton was born in
Berlin in 1885, and is. accordingly, a Ger
man subject, yet, according to the German
naturalization law, both members of the
family are expatriated.
story of the Father.
old was a noted gambler, and his mar
riege to Maria Branicka was opposed by
the kaiser. Despite his being in disfavor
with the kaiser, he managed TO retain his
post in the army, until his gambling pro-
pensiues brought him into conflict with
German court etiquette, and he was ex-
PEELED from the army and from Potsdan1
and Berlin. This scandal involved many
tavorites Of the kaiser who declared the
Redziwills insane and banished them. In
1906 Prince George, while in St Peters
burg quarreled in a fashionable restaurant
with Grand Duke Vladimir. The duel was
prevented by the car, who immediately
expelled Prince George from his capital
and ordered the medical council TO de-
clare the prince and his wife insane Thus
Tor many years the pair have lived In
the care OF trustees at their country
estates. Prince George is also MAKING
strenuous efforts TO be adjudged sane once
more in which case the trustees will re-
hnquish the management Of his estate.
and he will disinhert his son.
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