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Show SALT' LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MOTJXIXf n i'ily U Crown Prince, After Promising to Give Up the Throne and Stick to His Humble Wife , Repudiates His Word, Throws Over His Jom the Rumanian --Bride---and Behaves Like a King But Not a , Gzntleman Old Crown Prince 'oi The Haa Abandoned Who Rumania, His Wife Becaute fie Wanted the Throne. 27-Ye- ar PARIS. April 10. world wg thrilled a few montba to learn that the Crown Prince. of Rumania had irrevocably de-elded to give up bla throne for love to , give up verjthlng for the sake of bis young, humbly ,bom bride. She is not even allowed to see her Here at last, men Said,' was a prince When she attempted to visit him to who wag. true to the profoundeet sent!-ment- a make a lasf despairing appeal to his love of humanity, aa well aa to the and sense of honor, she was met at the highest traditions of romance. Here was door of the royal palace In Bucharest by a prince cast In the heroic mold of ancient a sentry with a rifle and driven away. story, one who was very different from the Her birth was too low to permit ber to degenerate princes with whom recent ex- - enter the august presence of her husband! perlence has made us familiar; one who In the course of his world tour the Prince was something more than a common man. will spend about six months in Japan. A But now the world hag suffered another there, it is thought, will prove very stay Crown Prince Carol has disillusionment. The soothing t6 hia troubled spirit yielded to the offers of a throne, of wealth geishas and the other little charmers of and honors, and has abandoned and his humbly born wife and her baby. Japan will doubtless help to divert the The world has learned once again what sorely tried Prince. happens to a poor girl when she marries The Crown Prince's romance datea from a prince or a king, wh-- n she acrepts his the time when the German armies were word. She is, discarded, .discredited and facing all their enemies and everybody points the finger of shame at successfully were almost crushing out of existence litman her. deceived who instead of the her which was the last European The Prince said: 1 love you and I will tle Rumania, to Join the Entente Allies, Those marry you. I will be true to you in spite jjfower were days when most of the Rumanians of all the laws and conventions and auwere fleeing panie-sriekefor their liv.s, thorities." t when princes were in almost as much dani A ad now he breaks his solemn word. ger as ordinary people, and when differA king cannot even be a gentleman. An ences In rank were for once nearly obfor a man, shopkeeper, European ordinary literated. been would have compelled by instance, The world knows how the Germans oflaw and public opinion to keep his enRumania a peace that dismembered fered case a or .a of king gagement, but in the bow the King and Parliathe kings heir everybody encourages him to mentcountry; felt obliged to accept these terms break bis word. to save the nation from complete destruc-- Statesmen and Parliament solemnly assure him It is his duty to abandon his write tlon, and how the Queen fought against offer' him honors and rewards for this peace till the last moment, and even . and denounced her husband for bis acceptance breaking his wprd, while they, throw all of it. . the blame upon the girl. While these dramatic and terrible events Even the Queen, the mother of the op the Crown Prince was enCrown Prince, who should be the first to were going in an affair of n entirely different gaged abanson to protect womanhood, tells her don bis wife and declares that the girl akind. He had fallen deeply in love with very charming and remarkable young was a designing adventuress because she woman. trusted td the word of the Queen's son! This was Mademoiselle Zizl Lambrino, All the dignitaries of Europe combine to whose Christian name has generally been say that this young man of twenty-seveInto the more familiar French should, not keep his solemn promise and translated Jeanne She was of good family, that he should get rid of the pretty toy, word not a peasant's daughter, as some correthe wife of whom he has grown tired. The Crown Prince has gone away on a spondents have stated. Her people were, battleship for a long cruise and world tour however, not wealthy and of no special in order to help him forget the severe emo- Importance socially and politically. Altional strain through which he has passed. though not remarkably beautiful the young Has anything been done to lighten the woman is very attractive and has a most burden of the young wife? No; she has lovable personality. The Crown Prince made her acquaintbeen left alone to bear her sorrow and her before the war through her brother. shame, to he pointed out as the girl who ancewas a frequent visitor at her house on He - was abandoned a prince. by The Prince has taken this young girl the Avenue Domnitza Anastasia, Buchaand used, the best moments of her life for rest. Their meeting, it Is believed, 'rehis own enjoyment Having accepted sulted In lovg at first sight on the Princes from her ell that she nad to give, be has part At this time H Jaad beea planned cast her aside, a thing of no account Soon by his family that he should marry the be will marry a princess, chosen "for rea- Czars oldest daughter, the Grand Duchess sons of state." as the woman best suited Olga, who has since perished, but he had to bolster him up on bis tottering throne. no affection for her and rarely saw her. The war necessarily caused a separation His true wife will end her life in obscurity, between the Prince and Mile. Lambrino poverty and perhaps misery. .The battleship on which Prince Carol He served as a colonel in the army and appears to have borne himself with credit has begun his tour of the world is a British vessel, Rumania having no such ships although he accomplished nothing reof her own. His departure is evidence markable in a military way. Even when the war was at its hottest that he desires to put thousands of miles between himself and his charming bride, the young Prince succeeded in paying for whom he was once willing to give up several visits to his sweetheart by aerothe world. She is- - now officially styled plane, He proved himself a most accomher own family plished lover and told all the old stories Madame Lambrino, name, and is. not allowed to pse the with a fervor which the most accomPrince's name. plished actor could not have surpassed. He accepts fully tb'act of the Rumanian Although the young woman understood Parliament and court, which declared his the dangers that were likely to follow from having such.a highly placed suitor, , marriage nun and void, and will take any other steps necessary to make his divorce bis passion and devotion were too strong unquestionable. He was properly married tor her and she yielded to the temptation according to the rites of the Greek Ortho of listening to his pleadings. While the peace negotiations were going dot Church, which recognizes no divorce and bo which he belongs. The Greek on the Crown Prince found himself in Church, however, is said to be comparaJassy, a town in the northeastern corner for variof the country which had been chosen as tively lax in granting-annulmentous reasons, and thla will make it possible the capital after the German Invasion. It to secure a religious as well as a civil happened, also, that Mile. Lambrino had nullification of his first marriage. Noth-- , been sent to a town about ten miles from lng. in fict. will be left undone to destroy Jassy, as this was the region farthest reall the rights of the poor young wife, to moved from the horrors of war. take from ber all social standing and self At last the Prince was practically nee from military duties and at liberty to respect rE bus-ban- d. - n everything else in the world for love. Nothing but an immediate marriage would satisfy him, and he pc- model the girl to accept lib plan. i'iie pleaded that the authorities would surely separate them, Not all the kings in Europe can take you from me when w'e are once married, he bravely assured her. "You will loss your throne If you marry me," she urged. That means nothing to me, replied the young bro. I will gladly give up the throne for you.,. Somewhere in this wide world we'two can be bappy. We will go away from Rumania if necessary perhaps to America. I will work for you and we wll1 make a happy , litte home. She trusted him and he pressed her to his heart. Knowing that the King and Queen would never consent to their marriage the Prince persuaded his sweetheart to run away with him In an auto to Odessa, which was then in Russian territory; There they were duly married on August 27, 1918. at the Pokrowsky Cathedral, according to the rites of the Greek Church, which is the State church of Rumania. The marriage was made public, and on the Princes return to Rumania the King weeks sentenced him arrest for leaving his regiment without leave. o1: ecJtement men'loa! n ' s tsix Tre-Jean- Lambrino, the Poor Rumanian Girl Who After Much Pleading Consented to Becorrie ' R? the Wife of the Crown Prince on Ilia manians thought that the Promise That He Would Never Prince was a fine fellow Desert Her. pursue his love affair without interruption. Doubtless his escape from the dreadful scenes of war made the companionship of his beloved seem all the more delightful to him. Fbe, too, like most girls, was disposed to look with more than usual tenderness uuon a man who had passed through the ordeal of fire. The Prince was now in a heroic mood. IVlth bis arm about his sweethearts waist he was willing to give up the crown and (C 1920 latemfttional Feature Inc who had shown true manhood, but many, tpd thev included the dignitaries of the land, said thev could not accept an obscure girl as queen. The Prime Minister argued that the succession to the throne should he Immediately transferred to the next brother. Prince Nicholas, because it was impossible to accept as king one who Lad contracted a secret mesalliance. King Ferdinand wau inclined to accede to this view, but Queen Marie persisted in her efforts to Grt Qugen Marie of Rumania, Who Urged Her Son to Leave HU Wife and Put the Blame on the Girl. separate Carol from his bride, because he was her favorite son and because she believed he was better fitted to be king than any of her other children. This masterful woman employed every effort to separate him from his bride, at one time using tear1 ful appeals ahd at another time threatening him. But the young man was then enjoying thearly Idyllic months of the honeymoon r and he would not listen to appeals or tempting offers. At the Kings Instigation the Rumanian Parliament Issued a decree declaring the marriage null and void, although it was unquestionably valid in a religions and moral sense. Last Summer the Rumanian Minister of War and an American officer named Colonel Boyle, who enjoyed the Queen's confidence, endeavored to persuade the young man to leave hia wife, --but without result. The pair were then living happily in a charming little cottage. Then the Queen herself made a tremendous effort. She implored her eon not to throw away the crown which she had saved for him by her sacrifices. Ebe warned him that in future years, when he found that he hid lost a throne and all that it Implied on account of bis little wife, he would hats her. "Mother," rpplled the Prince, still in a berolo mood, "I would do anything for you but break my word to the woman I love. v After that the Crown Prince was sternly required to sign a formal renunciation. bothfor himself and his heirs, of his right ef"sueceislon to the throne. This was dated August L 1919. Powerful and subtle influences emanat ing from the King and Queen continued to be employed to separate the young Prince from his wife, and we now know that they were producing their effect A month after the Princes renunciation of his rights a little boy was born to the couple,. a pledge of their romantic devotion, a child that has since been b&fref from the throne because his father loved h!s mother. Strange to Say, the Prince did not ap pear to be happy after this event. It was announced that he had attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself, although it was evident that he had not injured him: self seriously. The truth was that the effort's to part him from his wife were succeeding. He had enjoyed love's young dream, and now that was over and he was beginning to think of the burden of supporting her and all that he had lost for ber sake. Recently his mother took him' aw ay on a visit to England. She is English by blith, a daughter of the late Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victorias second son, and of the Russian Grand Duchess Marie. There it was planned that the young man should he relieved of the pretty toy of whom he had grown tired his wife. It was arranged that be should go away eg his long cruise. ' His renunciation of the throne baa not yet beea put into effect and his brother has not been formallv named to take his place. It is understood that If Prince Carol behaves himself as A prince is expected to do. that If he to de-e- rt bts wife, 11 his royal rights wlil be restored to him. con-t.nii- r t Britain Bights BssurrM. i 4 A t ,h |