ROYAL. DIVORCE SUIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 288, 2 December 1905, Page 13

ROYAL. DIVORCE SUIT.

.BELGIAN. :PRINCESS AND (HER LOVER.- • ' The suit of Prince Philip of Cobflrf .for n separatJpn from his .wife, Prineese Louise, a danphter of King Leopold, and r or the adjustment of their property and interests, 'has been before .the Civil Court at Gotha. Neither pf the parties was present, bu,t they »vere represented l>y .counsel. The Court adjourned for au hour -In order to permit oounsel to try to fome to a settlement. <Vhen the Conrt resumed it was announced tbnt counsel had agreed on -an arrangement, and h,a<l .telegraphed to the Princess In Paris for fi'er consent :tp : |t. The terms of the proposed aKreement are staged to be ,as f oilo.yr,i — 1. Prince Philip pays Princess r.oniee au allowance -of ; e6op marks {(£3of}) Hβ Defore. • -.'-■' 2. Prince Philip fnrther ; pays -120.001 marks (£6000) Into the hands lot the ,'Frrln■cpsb' lawyer, M. Visontai. • , 3. No further claims are to be made by the :Princess. ,4. After the ..decree of ;tlie Court ;iae been pronounced the Princess shall rer snme her : former name and -tise of Louise Princess of Belginm. The decree is to be pronounced -by the Court ivithoiTt the guilt of either Party b.eln£ established. THE PRINCE'S AW.BGATIONS. According rto .the "London Mail'V corre-. spondent, the Prince's counsel, in his de ascription of the grounds of complaint apalnst the PFlncess, aafd that Princess Lonlse had met Lieutenant Matachieh at v^ : icnna. -where he had attracted -her 'attention :by ttpllawlng her carriage on a black liofse. Mataohlch and the Princess flfterwnrd? ,went together c tp ijlqe, .where tjUy '}efl a life of extraordinary extravasance. :Pin-' ally they fled from theh-.creditors, ainpng. whom were numbered .servants nud showkeepers. As a result the private property of .the Princess was golji oy auction. At. the .sale :a >vast quantity of U»e :Parincesa*. wearing apparel was put under the hammer, and these jirtlcles, which bore the monogram of the Prinee«e, ,were bought up by the agents of Prince Philip as ifitibpt .Cojijieei ti^at: Priaeew LooUe pomeaed of