Faked Popularity.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7543, 16 May 1903, Page 7

Faked Popularity.

The Saxon Government has made King George of Saxony rediculous by issuing a strange order in connection with his return home on May o. All officials of all branches of the public service, the staffs of the Ministers and of the Post Ofi fice and State Railways, and so forth, have received sercet instructions to appear in the streets not in uniform, but in plain clothes; and give the filing a welcome home. They arc further instructed to tako their wives and children with them. The Ministerial order adds that tho wives and children must wear white or gaily coloured dresses. The recipients of these instructions have been ordered to write to their superiors stating that they understand what is required of them, and that they will do it. The Saxon Government's action has provoked a chorus of criticism. The Conservative Neueste Nachrichten remarks that the fact that the Saxon Government has taken these measures shows to what a remarkable extent the Saxon people side with Princess Louise against the King. A Zalzburg despatch states that J the Crown Prince of Saxony will visit Princess Loiuse. A reconciliation is probable, after which they will remarry and resume their wedded life, ignoring the past. Tho Saxon's people's partisanship for Princess Louise encourages tho Crown Prince to follow this course.