ROUMANIAN SCANDAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 January 1926, Page 5

ROUMANIAN SCANDAL.

ALLEGED PLOT. PRINCE CAROL’S RENUNCIATION. Proas Association—Electric Teleeraph- Conjrip' i> U CHAR ES T, Mo ml-av. It is authoritatively .stated that Prince Carol has intimated -to the King that he wishes to divorce Helen and change his civil -status, assuming the name of Scar la t- Manastireau, -after his estate called Manastori.es, inherited frem the late King. The Daily Mail’s Bucharest correspondent says. Carol has undertaken not to return to Ronma.nia -for ten years. While the newspapers a.ssei-t that the renunciation is directly due to the antagonism of Brat i a no, the report . Ms gaining currency in Austro-Hungary that the Prince, having the support ;of many Roumanian officers-,. headed an army plot to overthrow . the. Government, arrangijig to remirinhn.broad l'himself until- -the psychological moment, planned for 'to-morrow. V ' ; The Government discovered the plot and arrested' the eoaspiratorS—Aus. and N.Z. 'Cable Assn. ’; V ~: ■ RENUNCIATION RATIFIED. VIENNA, Monday. The None Freip Presse states that after frequent altercations the King permitted Charles to go on a holiday, conditional tlia-t he returned in twenty days. Thereupon -he sent him to Queen Alexandra's funeral. His behaviour in London -caused anxiety, especially in leaving London prematurely and enjoying himself ostentatiously in Paris. The Queen wrote imploring him to return, and Charles- answered with the letter of renunciation from Venice. The Roumanian National Assembly, by 234 votes to 3, ratified Carol’s renunciation of his succession rights, and recognised Prince Michael as heir. Prince Carol also waived parental authority over Michael.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.