THE RUMANIAN SENSATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19218, 6 January 1926, Page 9

THE RUMANIAN SENSATION.

PEINCE SEEKS A DIVORCE AN ALLEGED ARMY PLOT. j CHARLES HEADS CONSPIRATORS I ; DISCOVERY AND ARRESTS. | I By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 8.30 p.m.) A. end N.Z.-Sun-Times. LONDON, .Tan, 4. Tho Bucharest correspondent of the Times says that it is authoritatively j stated that Prince Charles of Rumania j has intimated to the King that ho wishes j ! to divorce tho Princess Selene and to j j change to a civil status, assuming the j • name " Scarlat Manastrieanu," alter his ! estate, called " Manastires," which he ! inherited from tho late King, j The Bucharest correspondent of the J Daily Mail says that Prince Charles has 1 undertaken not to return to Rumania for ten years. The newspapers assert that | his renunciation of his rights was directly | due to the antagonism of the Primo ; Minister, M. Bratiano. j The report is gaining currency in Aus- | tria and Germany that Prince Charles. ! having the support of many Rumanian officers, headed an army plot to over--1 throw the Government, and arranged to | remain abroad himself until the psvcho- ! logical moment, %vhich was planned ior to-morrow. The Government discovered the plot and arrested the conspirators.

The Neue Frei Presse, published m j | Vienna, states after frequent altercations j the King permitted Prince Charles to go j on a holiday on condition that he returned within 20 days. He thereupon sent him j to attend tho late Queen Alexandra's . funeral. Prince Charles' behaviour in London, especially his premature departure from England, caused much anxiety. He went to Paris, where lie was enjoying himself i ostentatiously. The Queen wrote to the j Princo imploring him to return. Princo ■ Charles answered with a letter in which | ho renounced his rights. — I THE RENUNCIATION. PARLIAMENTARY SANCTION. ONLY THREE DISSENTIENTS. (Received 10.30 p.m. l | Heater. BUCHAREST. Jan. 5. i Prince Charles' renunciation oi his right i to the succession of the Rumanian ihrone, i has been ratified by the National Assem- , bly by 234 votes to 3. j The Assembly has recognised Prmco ! Michael, the four-year-old son of Prince j Charles, as the heir. A provisional | Regency Act was passed creating a coun- | cil, composed of Prince Nicolas, son of j the King, the Patriarch of the Orthodox i Church, and tho first president of the I Court of Cassation. ' Prince Charles has also waived his ! parental authority over Princo Michael.