The German papers are really growing too patriotic. They actually
consider that for a foreign lady to dislike Germany is good ground for her divorce ! The North German Gazette, followed by many others, supports King Milan's demand for a divorce, avowedly because Queen, Natalie showed herself in many imprudent ways hostile to Germany and Austria. It seems to be admitted that the Queen placed herself at the head of a Russian party in Servia, opposed her husband's pro-Austrian policy to the utmost, and even laboured for his deposition ; but that conduct, however blamable, is a reason for an impeachment, or for banishment by a special law, not for claiming a divorce. Treason is, of course, treason; and if treason is alleged, Queen Natalie is only a subject ; but difference of opinion on politics, however radical, does not amount even to the technical " incompati- bility," for which the Servian law grants divorce. King Milan's foreign policy is probably the best one for his people, and certainly the wise one for himself ; but that is no reason why a grave injustice done in furtherance of it should be approved by foreigners.
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