The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
WHEN KINGS
GO INTO COURT

serve their regulations. George V, trri-
tated by the recurrent tale of his boyish
love and marriage with the daughter OF
Admiral Seymour in Malta, has succeed
ed in establishing his innocence in court,
but rumor, or scandal, If you please, has
so firmly in-rooted the romance that 1t
will follow him in history. When Marie
Antoinettes friends, the King first of all,
forced Cardinal de Rohan TO defend him
self before Parliament in the calamitous
episode of the diamond necklace. the
story was made clear that Marie Antoin-
ette was spotless, but the world chose to
hold that where there was so much
smoke there must have been a small
flame somewhere. In the end the tale
ruined the Queen
Even had George " when a younger
son and not likely ever to be called to
the throne, married the daughter of an
admiral it was no more than many of
his ancestors had done. George " was
married with all due formality to Mrs.
titzherbert, but when the time came de-
nied the union, though the authentic tes-
timony was in the hands of trustworthy
witnesses. Nor is il unusual for royal
persons to marry after their hearts de-
sire and then marry according to the ex-
actions Of the state, to make good the
rights Of heredity in the dynasty.
In other days the history of the mar
riage of the present heir to the Austrian
thone, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would
have been kept under the rose" and
when he Unexpectedly became heir aP
parent he would have been supplied with
an official bride In Continental Europe
the "mOrganatic' plan relieves royal per-
sonages of all complexities in the way of
marrying whom and when they desire.
II is almost impossible to get at the aC-
tual facts Of royal ''vivacities" during
the life of a monarch
The libel against King George Of Eng
land was contained in a journal pub
lished in November and December called
the Liberator, which was devoted to the
spread of republican ideas. This prose-
cution was brought because the man had
chosen to circulate an attack upon the
King in respect of the marriage which
he contracted with the Queen in July,
1893. He had asserted that that was a
sham marriage, that it was a bigamous
marriage, that it was an ofTense against
the church for the reason that, accord
ing to defendants statement. the King in
1890, while in Malta, had married the
daughter of an admiral, his majesty not
being at the time the heir to the throne.
the Duke of Clarence not having died
until 1892
Editor MyIius. the defendant. have not
been published in this couptry in detail
l publish them verbatim as a ft contri-
button TO the Sign of the times as
against the divine right theory. This
is the official court record:
During the year 1890. in the Island Of
Malta, the man who is now the King of
England was united in lawful and holy
wedlock with the daughter OF Sir Michael
Culme-Seymour. an admiral of the Brit
ish navy or this marriage offspring were
born. At the time of that marriage the
Duke Of Clarence. eldest brother Of the
present King. was heir to the throne
Subsequently the Duke of Clarence died.
leaving the present King heir to the
throne
It is now that we are offered the spec
taCle of the immortality of monarchy in
all its sickening. beastly monstrosity In
order 10 obtain a woman OF royal blood
for his pretended wife George Frederick
foully abandoned his true wife. the
daughter of Sir Michael Culme-Seymour.
Of the British navy. and entered into a
sham and shameful marriage with a
daughter Of the Duke Of Teck in 1895.
THE said George Frederick. not having
obtained any divorce from his first wife.
who by the common law Of England and
by the law of the Christian church re-
manned. and II she lives remains his
true wife. committed the crime of big
amy. and he committed II with the aid
and completely Of the prelates OF the
Anglican Church
THAT is a sickeninE and disgusting
crime which has been committed by the
English Church-it has married one man
to two women. Our very Christian King
and defender Of the faith has a plural
ity OF wives, just like any Mohammedan
sultan, and they are sanctified by the
English Church.
The daughter of Sir Michael Culme-
Seymour. If she still lives. by the un-
changeable law of the Christian church,
as we'll as by the ancient common law OF
England is the rightful Queen of Eng
land, and her children are the only right
full heirs to the English throne.
''I have always understood that the
King is above the law and can do no
wrong. He may commit murder. rape,
arson. or any other crime, yet the law
cannot try him. The only way he can
be dealt with in this country is by revo-
luton. No one can properly speak of the
King acting legally or Illegally. We only
speak of him acting constitutionally or
otherwise. 1t seems to me. therefore,
that the so-caIled British constitution is
to blame which allows and tolerates
bgamist King to reign over an empire.
The law is not made for the King. but
supposedly by the King for his subjects
and slaves
THE Daily News of London informs
US that the King plans to visit India with
his wife Would the newspaper kindly
tell US which wife,
The readers of the F1aneur letters are
fully posted as to the trial and vindica-
ton of the King by the admiral and his
daughter herself from the accounts fur
nished in the news columns. Further
comment would be as unnecessary as 1t
is uncalled for. FLANEUR-
Copyright, 1911. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndiate)