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THE PRINCESS TELLS HER STORY. rel
"Daily Chronicle," Dec. 31.) .'
The Crown Princess of Saxony indig- da
nantly denies the many statements at- Do
tributed to her. She informed the r'e- m
presentative of the "New York Herald"
(Paris edition) that she had neither
seen nor spoken to any newspaper re
presentattive except Herr Richter, of
the "Allgemeine Zeitung," of Chemnitz.
She then made the following statement
in answer to.questions:
The Princess said, "M. Giron is the
only man I have ever met whom I felt be
I could love, whom I must love. It
was a question of mutual love and affi- d'
nity which made my life impossible iII
without him." tb
"It was not a 'coup de tete,' mad
ame?" the correspondent asked.
"Not in the least. I had plenty of
time to think it over. I have known
M. Giron a year, and was a great deal
with him last summer. I would not
alter anything. I amn pertectly, happy
-and content."
"What do you say, Princess, to the
charges of recklessly breaking up your
household?" ce
To this catne the somewhat pathetic C
story of the usual Court "mariage do ge
convenance." "As you mnow," said T
the Princess, "we ladies of Royal fami- v,
lies are married, so to speak, without q
our consent. It is true I was 21 at the Is
time of my marriage. My father was p
quite set upon it. .I was told how n
grand it would be to become a Queen, h
and I unwillingly yielded.
"My husband and myself were of ex
actly opposite dispositiona-he a rough C
and gruff military officer, with no time
for or thought of sentiment. The Court
was intensely Catholic."
"But you are Catholic, of course?"
"Yes," replied her Imperial High
ness. "but I am exceedingly broad
minded. It was dull, -dull and hard, t
the life in that Court."
"And yourself, Princess?" i
"Ah," she replied, smiling, "I am an c
Austrian, which is quite a different
thing. YOu may imagine what it was.
I was not even allowed to have an oyl
nion. I loved my children, but could
not bring them up as I wished. Be
tween my husband and myself there
was no bond of sympathy. He was a
typical, rough officer; I myself was full
of ideals, often wondering how dan
gerous it would be if some loan I could
love were to appear. How miserable
that Court life was"--and the Princess
shuddered at the thought-"I tried so c
hard to bear it!"
THE PRINOESS IN TEARS.
"Yes, for the sake of my darling chil
dren, ,whom 1 adore, for the sake of
the Saxon people, whom I love deeply,
as they love me. Yes, when the time
came,' when I found M. Giron and loved
him and felt I could bear the 'situation
no longer, I fully realised how ter
rible it would be, the King wifeless,
my children"-here the Princess's eyes
filled with tears - '"without their
mamoma; my pehople so shocked.
"And I weighed also all the wicked
things which would be said of me, as
are being said now, in the press. But
all that could not alter my resolution.
The ills of my lifi at that Court were
too great to bear."
"And now?" I asked.
"Now," she replied, "I am waiting de
velopments, waiting to see what .will
come from Dresden. But such things
must needs be arranged slowly."
"You, of course, are prepared for di
vorce, Princess?"
"Naturally. *But my husband is a
devout Catholic. He will, I fear, never;
consent. He 'will never marry again.
I am naturally very much put out by
the false position in which I am liv
ing with Mf. Giron, but it is not inten
tional on either of our parts. Each
would like to regularise our situation
by marriage the moment .the technicali
ties of the law admit."
THE ELOPEMENT PREMEDITATED.
"Would you tell me, Princess, was
your elopement premeditated?"
"It was," she replied, "rather brought
about by a combination of circumstan
a cos which made any other course im
n possible."
n "Is it true that your brother, the
Archduke Leopold, recently thrashed
your husband so violently that he 'was
reported as having had an accident?
This was recently published."
dhe hPrincess laughed heartily at this,
and replied, "Oh, yes, I tea& that re
port with many others. MIy brother
and husband are on excellent terms.
'iLle latter was out shooting and fell;
the rest is absurd. I would like also
to say that the report that I wrote a
rs letter containing coarse remarks about
1e my husband on leaving Samony is to
tally untrue. Peolile in our rank of
life do not do such things. I am
far too refined in my sentiments to
think of acting so commonly."
THE FLIGHT.
i- Same notes from Uf. Giron's 'diary
to give particulars of the Sight of the
'il Princess thus:
n December 13.-In the inight of the
Io 11th she left Salzburg with the ,Arch
ss duke Leopold Ferdinand, who entered
if her abode half an hour after midnight.
as She takes away with her a little'linen
in and some jewellery in a portmanteau.
w Two Arabs are harnessed to a brolu
i4 ghiam. ' The moon Is shining splen'
15 didly, and it is very cold. At Bercheff.
to shelm the station is closed. They stay
3- In the third class waiting room. A~t
d last she goes',~n by Bruck and Zu
s- rich.
(December 14.--I arrived at Zurich 24
t hours later than was expected. She
had spent the night in a condition of
is despair. We are leaving for Geneva.
r- December 21.-We have been to the
a- theatre, and have made some pur
id chases.
s December 23.-aI have bought her a
is Christmas tree.
il Asked what they meant to do, I.
id Giron replied
is "To marry. Once united, we shall
so go and live in Franec-doubtless in
in Paris, as the Prm-ess is very fond oh
1, Parih---and there I shall workl. The
a? Princess has very simple tastes."
Wnhen will the weddling come off? Did
he Ikncow the date?
"ALh, no," MI. Giron answered. "We
g are here for a good time longer, and
i. t seems that this is the only town
a wheire we cannot be arrested. We hope
c' that the Court will decide 'n applying
Sfor the annulment of the marriage. As
Sfor the Princess, she is alwar, .thinking
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