THE KAISER'S BOYCOTT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 14

THE KAISER'S BOYCOTT.

REFUSES TO ASSOCIATE WITH A : MORGANATIC WIFE. Particulars of the personal feud between the Imperial Court of Germany and the Ducal Court of Saxe-Meiningen we're, made known, on the occasion of the recent, marriage of the reigning • Grand. Duke,-of Sase-W.einiar - to' a princess of. Saieileiningen. •■ ■ . The ilmperor,,did not attend the..wedding, aid bis/absence was due' to the fact that thei'Bardn&s' Heldbevg, -the;.second ' and morganatic-.wife'of\the reigning Duke; ; Georgo . II: -,of Saie-ileihingen,. was an actross, .Fraulein , Helen • Franz. ■ ■ Tho Emperor .boycotts -the Ducal Court, and objects to/, associate with • . the former 'stage:star/oa' an equal footing.. A curious feature of', the case .is that -his ' .own sister, :■ Princess' ; Charlotte;' who ■ married Prince : Bernard,, the heir to the Duke-, dom of.Sase-Mei'nihgen, meets' the Baxoness as her lather-in-law's wife.. <" Duke George; -who is now ; eighty-four years of*age,i-was unable to, secure - full recognition of-his morganatic wife's position at • the . recent wedding. Baroness Heldberg walked alone at tho end of • tho royal procession' to -the ; chapel, following many -younger 1 princes and. princesses,instead , of .. walking beside -her husband, who headed'the procession. - . The. Em'peror's 'boycott-of ; the ' ducal , court is resented there" to such, a-.degree that when, the newspapers announced that the Emperor! would-not attend the'we'd T ding an official' communication was issued to the Press ifrom .the-ducal .palace'that • the Emperoi- .hiid; not ..been invited. 1 Duke/George's"'friends recaU ; that. the Emperor'sv grandfather 1 took a' different view of: tlie;marriage.. After the-wed-ding 1573 officers in ■Meiningeh refused to' salute'the Duke's:,wife. ;'The 'Diike -coin:' plained, and'William:l; ordered the. offi-. cers to salute, :and sent the Croini -Prince Frederick to smooth, the matter over.