The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-06
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BY LA MAR9UIsE DE EoNTEN9Y.,
Theatre. in London. and which
King George md Queen Mary
have already been to see. Is play
which must have been Inspired by the
extraordinary matrimonial affairs Of
Baron Victor Won Liebnnbcrg.
In The Count OF Luxembourg" a
she must have title before the Gear
will consent. Therefore the bankrupt
bohemian Count OF Luxembourg Is Of
without seeing her. and to being d..
vorced from her within three months.
In real life, the actress IN question
great favoriie with the people OF
Berlin. and with whom Prince Joachim
Albert OF Prussia was SO infatuated
ihl he %,shsd sr marry her S1. his
STA. Regent OF Brunswick, who was
aware OF the infatuation. and who
entertained holy horror for every
deav.ored to prevent this by htipulat-
Ing in his will that II his son Joachim
married an actress. or any woman not
of noble rank. he should forfeit his
share in his enormous estate. The
prince therefore arranged that Marie
Snlzer should leave the stage and
marry in LONDON a penniless Austrian
Won Liebenberg. The baron was to
quit her on the wedding day and TO
Immediately secure a divorce. or rather
To allow himself to he divorced on The
ground OF desertion. leaving Marie
Sulzer with his name and the hona
flde title OF baroness. In this way
Prince Joachim Albert expected TO
eyade the provisions Of his fathers
will.
The marriage OF Baron Victor Won
place in London. and they left one an
other within nm hour after the we'd
ding ceremony; as arranged
BIT tofore the divorce proceedings
interfered. as head OF the reigning
house Of Prussia. Taking advantage
of the fact that Marie Sulzer had for
feited her German nationality, and had
become an austrian subject by her
marriage to the Austrian BARON Won
lAebenbers, he caused her to be ex-
alen and sf@ ssni rsn se goses,r
| Albert off to Germany's African colo
nls rne on n %llItar S,d duty Y 49,, !
the permission Of the Emperor. his
name was removed from the ranks Of
the German army and he was forbid
residence on German territory or to
make use of his prerogatives as n Ger
man p, ince of the blood. while foreign
and legat lions abroad were notified to
DECLINE to recognize him as suoh.
moreover, the administration OF his
fathers entire fortune was vested in
= the hands Of HIS youngest brother,
Prince Frederick william, who last
yean married Princess Agatha OF Ho-
h nsndpte,. at Potadam;; and both Prince
Prince Frederick Henry (also dis
graced on account o. becoming lin
VOWED In unsavory scandals and or
aered TO live abroad, under an incog-
nito nancy are dependent upon a rela-
lively small allowance from their
fathers estates, accorded to them by
| their brother. 7T.''" N
Memories OF the Trent affair which
brought Great Britain and the United
States to the very brink of war some
MY years ago. are recalled to mind
Trianon Palace, at Versailles, for Baron
Erlanger married, In 1854. Miss slideli.
one or the two daughters OF that Sen
was sent by Jefferson Davis to cham
plon the cause of the Confed eracySin
| France. His removal from tho British
liner Trent, on which he was making
James Murray Mason. OF VirsInia.
bound for England on Rimiia r ir,is2
| sion to his own. was effected on tho
high seas by CAPTAIN Wilkes com
San Jacinto who seized Slidel, and
Mason. AS we'll rs their secretaries. and
carried them of on his cruiser to Bos.
ton; though fs,ad,, not before his face had
= may be remembered that after 4
bitter CONTROVERSY witd, England, IN
%heh war T f. the ae yse sa,s
Eonal MODIFICATION OF the peremptory
I dispatches of her government. Captain
| wilkes. was held ct Washingto r to
: have acted in defiance OF tho dictates