Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

r MPARCIAL, Montevideo. King
Gustav of Sweden has published
statement in which he utters on
i cially his refusal to authorize the
marriage Of his grandson, Prince
Lennardt, with Senorita Vissvandt
The text OF this communication Is as
follows:
THE constitution stipulates that a
prince OF the royal house may not en-
ter into matrimony unless the King
has knowledge of the intention of such
marriage and has given his consent to
It, Without complying with the con-
ditions Of this seasonable deposition.
Prince Lennardt has decided to marry
without the prior consent of the King.
After long and painful reflection, the
King has decided that II will not be
possible for him to give Endorsement to
the contemplated union, regardless of
the fact that his assent was not So
licited"
Prince Lennardt, on the other hand,
declares that he will marry Senorita
Vissvandt regardless Of the royal dis
favor, and everything else. He doesn't
care whether he loses the right of sue
cession to the throne. It Is believed
the wedding will be celebrated in some
foreign country and that the prince
will come TO be simply Senior Lennardt
Williamson.
English Community
Has Ne DRINKS In Nine Years.
Huntingdonshire Post-Residents in
Rutland believe that their little county
is freer OF crime than any other in the
country.
There were no prisoners for trial at
the assizes nor were there any at the
recent Ouarter sessions.
During the last year no resident has
been proceeded against for drunken
ness. a record standing to the county's
credit for the past eight or nine years.
$50
Shaw Unable to
Cope With Spanish Drama.
A B c, Madrid.-Because Bernard
Shaw has no popularity or vogue in
Spain, he is inclined to blame his
tranSlators! Such literary veteran
should not be so easily conquered!
Strange that q man, perhaps the most
valiant and original playwright of our
times should be willing to admit in
feriority to contemporary Spanish
drama! What, forsooth. has frightened
him? Was It the chatteTing criticisms
OF comrades heard in his Andalusian
court yard? Was IL because he thought
he could not grasp the Spanish tenn
permanent that he let himself be super
seeded by productions without inspira-
ton; by threadbare puppets, with no
life or novelty in their characterize
tions; by plays without plots climaxes
or problems? Has Bernard Shaw been
vanquished by compositions such as
these? Such a thing scarcely seems
possible to be--unleSs the primeval lure
and lethargy Of the Pyrenees preoccu-
pied him so that during rehearsals of
his Spanish adaptations he almost
slept. That Bernard Shaw feels him.
self unable to cope with Spanish
drama. or to make his plays acceptable
to Spanish understandings, is evident.
OF his own defects, he says:
MY hands are tied in tn. matter of
translations. DR.. Julio Bronta Is my
authorized translator for the Spanish
language, and he Is probably already at
work on st. Joan. ! cannot say that !
have found the Spanish theater very
accessible so far. One play of mine,
"Pygmalion, has been produced by
, Martinez de Sierra, and that Is all, In
Spanish, except for South American
| productions In which, owing to the alb
sence Of international copyright. have
no interest. have long since given up
Spain as hopeless. It's modern authors
are post-Shaw. Spain, in fact. has
jumped over me and lift me far behind
and the trouble and expense I had to
Turn, then, to the rising sun and dc
not bother any longer, We spaniards
about superannuated person like
J G. B. S.P'
/ Sic transit ars, ct litterae!