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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20875, 15 November 1929, Page 9

ACCENTUATED BY GRIEF

PRINCESS VICTORIA’S DEATH. NO RELATIVES PRESENT. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) BERLIN, November 13. Princess Victoria died a bankrupt and within a week of the serving of divorce papers on Zoubkoff, who is held largely responsible for her tragic end. Death was due to pneumonia, but was accentuated by grief. There were no relatives present, merely a few personal attendants. She became more or less unconscious yesterday morning, and did not rally. Her last words were spoken in the English language, which she always used whenever possible. The end, which came after hours of suffering, was peaceful. The Grand Duchess of Hesse, the second sister, who called for the first time on Sunday, remained the whole of Monday, when a reconciliation, after the separation caused by the unfortunate marriage, took place. The ex-Kaiser also relented and made frequent telephonic inquiries. The doctors stated that the ex-Kaiser would have visited her, but for political obstacles. REDUCED TO DIRE STRAITS. OUTCOME OF MARRIAGE. LONDON, November 13. (Received Nov. 14, at 10 p.m.) It is learned that the tragic Princess was reduced to dire straits before her death as the direct outcome of her marriage. A London woman who recently visited the Princess at Bonn states that Victoria up to the last still loved Zoubkoff, and though she was heavily in debt she insisted on sending him. money to Luxembourg. She held the cx-Kaiser responsible for Zoubkoff’s expulsion from Germany. The London woman added: “ A month or two ago the Princess was so beset by creditors that she wrote begging me to approach influential people in Lon- f don on her behalf, and she even suggested that I should write to the King and the Prince of Wales.” The proceeds from the recent sale of her jewels and heirlooms were sufficient to liquidate only half of her debts. A report from Bonn states that the Princess will be buried at Cronberg Castle beside her mother, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. ZOUBKOFF ARRESTED. ENTERING GERMANY WITHOUT PERMIT. BERLIN, November 14. (Received Nov. 15, qt 1.45 a.m.) M. Zoubkotf was arrested for entering Germany without a permit. i The ex-Kaiser’s sister. Princess*Victoria, caused a sensation some two or three years ago by marrying a Russian named Alexander Zoubkoff, despite the lady’s family doing all that was possible to prevent the marriage. In March last year M. Zoubkoff was expelled from Germany as an undesirable alien. On November 3 of this year he entered Germany without a permit and was served with divorce papers on behalf of the Princess, whose ground of petition was that her husband deserted her and failed to support her, and that he had been engaged in an intrigue with a barmaid, The hearing of the case was fixed for November 22. A few weeks ago the pro perty of the Princess was sold by auction at the Palace at Bonn in order to raise money to pay off her debts, which amounted to £37,000,