The New York herald., 1922-03-13

BARON EXILED HERE
TO FORGET PRINCESS
Won Plettenberg on Return to
Germany Married Wife
Now Suing Him.
PRINCE MAY ASK DIVORCE
He Will Be Third Of Ex-
Kaiser's Sons to Air Scan
da1 in Court.
PRINCE MAY ASK DIVORCE

Special Cable to THE NBw York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, By THE New YORK HEaALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. March IL.
Baron Won Plettenberg. whose wife is
now suing him for divorce, naming
Princess Eitel Friedrich. wife of the sec
ond son of the former Kaiser and before
her marriage Princess Sophie Charlotte
Of Oldenburg. as correspondent, was once
banished from Germany and visited
America through an official effort to
cause him to forget his love for the
Princess. The Baron was informed sud
denly in a manner not unknown in Prus-
sian court circles that he had made a
request for a vacation and that the re-
quest had been granted. This came az
a surprise to him, but America loomed
up as a pleasant prospect in its way
and the young Baron decided to spend
his enforced vacation there.
1t was after his return from this trip
to America that he married. He gave
up the Princess, Il is true. and. accord
ing to the Princess's own testimony at
the trial in the Potsdam court, her rela-
uonship with the Baron became Platonic
after his marriage.
Yet ii also was brought out that a
few days after the ceremony he received
q summons to call on the Princess at
Bellevue Palace in Berlin. The Baron
went there in motor car. taking his
bride with him. II will be back In a
minute" he told his bride as he jumped
out of the motor car and ran up the
steps of the palace. He did not return.
however, until four hours later, accord
ing to the testimony of the Baroness.
Prince Likely to Sue.
f- IL
Prince Eitel Friedrich himself will sue
for divorce. 1t is said that pressure to
this end Is beins brought to bear on him
by ex-monarcllist circles for the Kaisers
second son is the administrator of the
family estates, in Germany and is ex-
officio leader of the royaiist movement.
IL he sues it will be the third divorce
scandal in which the ex-Kaisers sons
have figured. Prince Joachim's wife left
him Tor u Prus5ian manufacturer and
the Prince committed suicide. The wife
OF Prince August Wilhelm also left her
husband for man who is not a mem
Der of the Prussian nobility.
The court has postponed the Pletten-
berg case in order to call new witnesses.
as it has not yet been proved that the
romance between the Baron and the
Princess continued after his marriage.
The Princess was married to the ex-
kaiseis son February ~. 1906. Hardly
u line Of the divorce case has been
published in Berlin newspapers.
Princess Admits Love.
Princess Eitel Friedrich on the stand
unblushingly admitted her love for the
Baron, who had been adjutant TO her
father the Grand Duke Friedrich Au-
gust of Oldenburg. And Ii there had,
an al hat fnI
affection 1t would have been proved by
the candid letters the Princess had writ
ten 10 him, which were introduced by
the Baroness.
You know that I have nothing in
common with the man to whom / am
married" the Princess wrote in one
letter. only in appearance am his
wife. But you know also how much we
mean to each other and that we can
give boundlessly to each other"
The romance Of the Princess and the
young Baron was known to every one
at court. including the Princesss hus-
band. He was not greatly concerned
about 1t. and Baron Ple.tenberg came
and went as he pleased at the home OF
the Kaiser's son. 1T was commonly
understood that the Princess had mar
ricd the Kaiser's son only on the con-
dition that she would retain her free
dom.
1t was regarded as matter Of course
that Baron Plettenberg obtained a
transfer to the Imperial Guard regiment
Mt Potsdan. but when the scandal be-
came too pronounced that his banish-
rnent 10 America was tried. IT was
after the Barons return and marrit <
that he asked the Princess TO receive
his wife at court. A telephone official
who had listened in on the conversation
when the Baron made this request tes-
ufed that the Princess had cried out
u refuse to meet your wife. Further, I
command you to come Immediately to
me-"
II was on this occasion that he took
his bride along and left her waiting IN
the motor car.