Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-07

Earl de Grey and RipCn IS the Grand
Master Of the English 81 Jls, and
Earl R0den, WHO was a prlgy Cum
ciilOr, was Grand Master of the
Oraugemen. They wanted Cd a5dgc5
me. They are working iu the interests
OF the present Queen.
Had the Ku-KIuZ anything TO do
with it257
" Well, now, I don't think they
had; but then you know all tl1=s So
/ cret societies are banded together bv
some secret tie"
Did you ever look for rnv r-lsae-
ton against these maehiua.l0r-
" On. yes, i have appealed 10 the
United STATES authorities r-uaa af -.
but they were anxious to keep me .z
their own purposes; you see there was
the Alabama claims % be settled
Having me here % raise Up against
Victoria ~ q candidate for Cle throne
To- whose banner all the clans world
flock, they could bring a strong pres
sure to bear on the English govern
meut 70 influence them. You sel
The writer Of course admitted LLlE
he cav how the whole ching was
worked.
"Did you ever Gee the representa-
uVes OF any Of the European powers
They probably had q deep interest In
this matter, too"
"Ye, when B0disCo was here years
ago, i saw him. and be told me t1 20
Russia, and that they would 1--WE me
the best advice there. But Won see
/ kew Russia was a tight place and Z
did not ike 10 20 to e.. Then the
Prince de JOinVile knew ali zlgl-
Curious thing, but it is q fact, when
he came here In the BelpC0I zats I'm
1914, and stopped at the Aston House.
the very first man who entered ais
room was one OF the c-Jus8iraaor. He
is living still"
"What is his uameP'
swell, 7 can't teuEOu that. aut Tu
tell you why he is h4es5ad iu f. Ills
wife is the next in succession.
"Then he JIG your brOtner-Iu-laW
"Ye"
"Well, what did the Prince DE Join
vile ssy2''
son, he took notes Of il and z
fed himself that twas So. He pre-
tended to come here % search fIr Eg-
eneZer Williams, but his real re- -l
was to discover vas Ereailv % Stuart
for, you see, if I was, then tEa French
had a great hold on the English
"Well, are you able to- prove tina.
you are really the son Of Charles Ei-
| Ward?'5
The claimant for royal ho1o-s
! bowed profoundly.
was it generally known lh7s the
nan who married your mother was
his Royal Highue-s Prince g1s-=
Edward. What name did he Eaaa
ally bear3"
"WeI, he was called Archibald
Oracle, and / am usually called WIZ
liam R. Oracle. There were q rew
in the secret. There was Robert Len
uOX, Robert Wilson and Henry Ef--
gers, and I rather think mother -
pected it too. There were "a number
[ of people who knew it WEI. but l1z-
kept the secret. They knew il In
Rome, too. PHI tell YOU e. strange
thing. Cardinal York. you know.
was the last Of the S-g4rls. ~ thew
said, but when be was dying Do 1907
be made a viii In which be made
strange Revelations, bur thee were
not to be published $50 long s e.--
ernments objected He knew right
well that his brother was living and
had descendants
SIS there any proof of his Royal
Highness marriage with your
mOther?D
Yes, I have seen the certificate,
and 1 believe 1t can be found
But suppose it caun0t2 They are
very particular on these matters u
the English House Of Lords, are thev
nOt?7
" Well, wei, there may De bother
about it, but don't you see i- WON'T
be hard to prove a Scotch marriag
But it is the English crown you
are aspiring to, and you must Prove
An English title"
BY no means. You see 81 was the
English crown which fell To- the Scot
u5h kings not the Scottish throne
which fell 20 the English. liz 7 prove
my right to the Scottish throne. why.
I viii also be King OF England
"Well, did his Royal Highnes
your father, bring any relics of his
former greatness with hiu2 Had he
any insignia, garters- OF strawberry
leaves-even one on his left breast. IS
ali true princes in disguise take care
to have9"
There were some seals and writ
Ing5 OF importance, and there was a
tine old sword, with heavy silver
mounting; not a claymOrs, but a
rapier."
you evidently have an admirable
case; q what do you expect the
Joint High Commission to d89-
WeI1 1 guess it is competent for
Parliament, the Joint High Commi=
sion and Congress to decide on NV
claims and restore me to my rights.
want the United States to pro egt me
and shield me-
Did you ever see Mr.. Hamilton
Fish, the Kaiser Wilhelm, or Ben
Butler on the ~subiecl2''
No; never sent more than one
communication to Secretary Fish. bit
Senator Sumner knows an arru- fr
and General Banks told me once 51at
8 he had no doubt at an about it, Ii
makes the British ministry quake.
tell you. Why, up to the other dav
they were atraidtO let the QuesnO1au
Parliament"
seeing that yuu have such q good
,ase, did you never try to compromise
he matter with the Archbishop of
Canterbury or with any Of the prime
ministers? They must have known
All about it."
"Why, Of course they do. There
was that man ThOrntOu-when be-
on here with the little bow. Ar
.hur, he knew all about &C.. I once
wrote to Mr.. Disraeli-dO YOU know
hat Nh. Disraeli is q mighty smart
nan, and a literary man, tOO-lfer-
ng to give up my claim for, say, five
" SIX or seven or eight millions st4r-
and giving him eight weeks To
1T In. Well, shortly afterwarE
le made q speech in Parliament. in
which he said Eight weeks was
short time Nobody there
new what he meant, but Ibid. And
10 you know in about a month he
the government and went 90 pu1-
-sh that Lothian, a mighty nice
COX about the JesUits and secret so-
Wasn't that curious2r1
"DO you abandon all h0pe8 of return
lg to the thrOne2" Mr. Oracle here
diplomatic, and pulled his
card. Because if you do get back
here are several good things 90 be gr-
"a LOrd Ldeutenancy Of Ireland, gov
rnOrships of colonies and dominiOns.
Oracle admitted that there were,
ut declined to make any distribution
{ them until he grasped the sgeptIe
f England, now held by the descend
nts of Sophia, the Electress of H8uO-
er, and had his descent from the
tuarts Of Scotland, the SObieskis of
GLAND and the Pierces of New
hampshire admitted by all the world.