Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-23
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ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 23.-The
marriage regulations governing the
members of the imperial family have
been changed in an important parttc'
ular by a recent imperial decree
Hitherto the statute concerning the
imperial family incorporated in the
fundamental laws prohibited members
of that family from marrying any but
persons belonging to ruling or SOW
eign house. The only escape from
this rule was in having a recourse
to a morganatic marriage, involving a
permanent enstrangement from the
imperial court.
The emperor has now lowered the
bars for the more remote issue OF
emperors. Granddukes and grand
duchesses only are henceforth prohib'
tied from marrying outside reigning
houses. AS the gfandducal title ap'
pertains only to grandsons or grand
daughters of emperors, in the male
line, and to daughters only, in the
female line, and not beyond, princes
of the imperial blood, as the more re-
mote issue is called, gain liberty OF
marriage.
It is thought that the immediate
occasion which led to this change was
the case of Princess Tatiana Constan-
! tinovna, daughter of Grandduke Con-
! stantinovich, and sister of Prince
John, who recently married Princess
Helena of Servia.
| Princess Tatiana fell in love with an
officer of the Hussars, Prince Bagra'
-Mukhransky, an intimate friend
of her brother. Prince Bagration, who
is son of a lieutenant general, and
bears family name distinguished in
Russian military annals, is highly
| thought of at court, and the persist
ence of the young princess was sue
! cessful in overcoming the statutory
! obstacle to the romance. The two
were married on September 6.
A form of polygamy frequent and
! officially tolerated in Russia has been
read out of existence by a recent
senate Interpretation regarding the
status of converts to the state church
from among dissident sect, the Old
believers, numbering millions of ad-
! herents.
The senate rules that Old-believers,
who are legally married according to
the regulations of their sect, may not
| contract a new marriage, upon en-
bracing orthodoxy, until their first
union is legally dissolved. Under these
circumstances, declares the senate,
marrying a new wife, before the old
| one has been divorced, will be re-
garded as polygamy, and so prose-
cuted, under the law.
The practice hitherto has been to
allow new marriage, under the cir
cumstances, and consider the old mar
riage non-valid for orthodox converts,
though Old-believer marriages, as
such, were sanctioned by the law OF
1874. The effect of the practice was
to encourage the ,Old-balievers to join
the state church. with this particular
end in view. In those cases, the old
marriage was considered void, and all
marital and paternal obligations an
nulled. Orthodox missionaries made
use of this temptation. The fragrant
| injustice to thousands of dissident
wives, leading in many cases to hard
ships and to suicide, at last forced
the authorities to action.
BERLIN Sept 23.-The Morocco
issue has greatly strengthened the
hands of the socialists since the gov
eminent is not thought to have COW
cred itself with glory in the negotia-
tons, and the main object of the re-
cent demonstration at the suburg OF
Treptow was to keep public attention
concentrated on this.
Two hundred thousand socialists OF
Berlin marched out to Hreptow, COW
ering from five to eight miles, accord
ing to the section Of Berlin in which
they live, and stood for several hours
under a broiling sun to show their
opposition to any warlike settlement
of the Moroccan negotiations. Four
hundred and fifty heat prostrations re-
quiring medical attendance were re-
ported.
! The question at issue was scarcely
vital one, as a peaceful issue OF the
! negotiations was generally ant1ci-
pated but the order of the day was
implicitly obeyed by the socialist
| army and the thousands of workmen
cheerfully gave up their weekly holi-
day and endured the great discomfort
| to show their loyalty to their party
and its leaders. Speakers stands were
erected at a dozen points, and from
these a resolution of protest was pro-
posed and, as is always the case at
socialist demonstrations, unanimously
adopted.
This absolute discipline and loyalty