RefeWng to the " Hesse-Darmsiadt scandal," Truth ■ o&ya : — "lt seems to me that the scandal lies m the Btreuuoup efforts of the Queen to bring a divoroe between a lawfully married couplewhoee seperation within a. few hours of their union was entirely the result of her proceedings. The course taken m tlnß affair by • our jjobd Qu^en '.has been equivocal m the highest degree, but it is a melancholy fact that Koval personages of all ages and countries have alwayi bean' among the most unscrupulous arid, the most vindictive of .vraankind, which is doubtless to be attributed to the atmosphere of pimping and servility m ,whi6h they exist." iruth thinks 'th|it the Grand Duke" hag behaved threughont like a weak-simpleton, und has certaiuly_ been worked upon m a most reprehensible fashion by his ' governing ' relatives m England and Berlin. . ; -. ■>.■.-',
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 15, 16 December 1884, Page 2
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