New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11
FRENCH PRETENDERS.
PLON-PLON'S ARREST SCHEMES OF The
ORLEANIsTS AND LEGITIMISTS.

PARIS, January 10.
Prince Napoleon's arrest has CAUSED Paris to for
get Prince Krapotkine and his fellow-anarchists.
And Ii is also OF terrible embarrassment 10
the Government. In sending him to prison, Minis
tiers did not foresee the consequences OF their act OF
"energvn Plon-Plon is q general without either
staff or army. He has a few followers, most OF
whom are associated in the mind Of the country
with the plebsctum of 1870 and the declaration
of war Among them the names of Emile Olivier.
Adelbert PbillIs and Count Benedict occur to me.
The would-be Caesar is not only rude but gruff
in his manner He is and always has been stingv,
end was 40 long as his health allowed him de-
baucbs at a cheap rate. The sirens 10 whom he
VIGOROUSLY attached himself were Anna Deslins
and two pretty English horse breakers" "Skit-
ties and Cora Pearl In the early years OF the
empire-before his marrage-he revoved around
the celebrated Rachel and Mme Arnould Piessy.
Since the collapse of tho empire his Dulcinea
has been the Marquise de Cansy. Inc
town was scandalizod few years ago
at the revelations made by frst-class baby-iarmer
about two infants which were conhded 10 her oy
Prince Napoleon and then kidnapped by me Mar
ouise. should hasten to add that the baby farmer
in question was not an ange-maker, and that she
was promised n fee of $4,000 francs of which
also accused of potroouery But It IS not true that
his breast never faced the steel of a foe. lie one
fouqht due and he was engaged in the batil- OF
the Alma Marshal Canrnbert savsthat he would
have led a charge ms well as any other General and
that he would have gone creditably through the
Crimran campaign bad not HE half-brother MIR.
Patterson Bonaparte, in 1855 come to Europe to
intrigue against hun.
THE REALLY DANGEROUS PRETENDERS.
Why then, il may b. asked, should his arrest so
greatly embarrass the GOvernmeuti Simply be
cause 1t vii oblge them to proceed as well agllnst
the Orleans Princes who are danger to tho Re
public. They are very wealthy and wrrc rich be-
fore the Assembly of Versailles gave back TO them
the 40 900, 900 francs to hIch they were notmoraly
OFFICIALLY entitled The descendants oi Louis hllrpe
are also clannish ami very numerout Ihcy hold
together like bundle of sticks There is no her
o,sm or striking virtue OF any kind IN their lives.
But they have many bourgeois qualities, are good
husbands and wives, and are wrapped up IN th, IN
terests of their children.
THE DUO D'AUMALE.
The Due d'Aumale has been the least cor
rect in his private life of his fathers sons. lie
was on intimate terms, for some years
after lie came back to France, with Miles.
Crozette aud Leonide Leblanc. i saw him
on the day of the Due de Guise's death ring
ing at the last named actress door in the
Bou evard IIaussmann. Now the Due de Guise WAS
the last # CHI dren who had pr coded him to
the throne. He was carried away at a French
Lyceum by scarlatna. | had seen his funeral In
the morning In the evening was paying visit 10
Mr. Luxe Callaghan, the banker His partner. Nj
Langdae accompanied me home when had taken
nv leave As we passed the actresses house gen
teman was walking up the steps. His lame glit
l.. 4 a
ton 10 him. looked and saw that |
was in the presence of the Duo dAumale
VINO was lust then prominent champion OF moral
order. When he had gone into Leouides fiat the
banker threw up his hands and exclaimed, Poor
France ~ lie then said He comes TO SEQ her
this afternoon Just as he has done for nearly every
evening for the last three four months. because
he rides here in 1y which he dismis'es few doots
of he imagincs that nobody IL aware OF his
eoings on. The man is utterly hcaricss' OF course
the visits 10 Leonidc Leblanc, and the diamonds
lavished on Mile Croizette, do not render the
Due d'Aumalc. form dable pretcnder. The danger
lies elsewhere. He has serious military fol-
lowing Ever since ihe 2ith OF May. lie has dis
charged some important function in the army
Cbapzy almost toadicd to him. and at the autumn
manpuvers at Chalons last year treated him ~ II
he were Northumberland of the Kingdom He
service who appeared Oh the ground with him.
THE DUO DALrNcoN.
The Due d'Aencon is IN a cavalry regiment. His
wife sister OF the Empress of
Austria. is handsome. dashng, admired
by her husbands brother oficcr
and good hater of the Republic. She has never
act foot in the ElysGe SINCE tho MacMahons left it,
The Duc de Chartres is "A colonel another cavalry
regiment and because he is the grandson of king
and the brother of a PretcDder, Number One on tho
list OF candidates for generals epauletteS HIS wife
"A daughter of the Prince de Jonvle and grand
daughter OF the late Emperor OF Brazll-s famous
huntress He and she are very active IN
TRYING TO gain for the Orleanist cause the
sympathy Of military mon. They are now
in the neighborhood OF ROucn where they arc lnde-
fatigable in getting up paper hunts, garrison thea
trcals and other entertainments, at winch they and
some of their relations are the central hgurcs
THE CoNTE DE PARIS.
The Count de Paris Is the least intriguing OF the
Princes whom have named. lie is the colonel OF a
militia regiment. fond Of the country and OF study
and would he satisfied with his present lot IT he had
not a restless, ambitious, and reactonary party
behind him. They regard him as their property, and
arc always squirting him forward. His father-ln-!aw
il the Due do Montpcnsicr. The Countess de Paris
is more ambitious than her husband. She Is more
than double-distilled Bourbon, and az her son
grows up reproaches her husband with being too
supine When her children were In tho nursery
she as ex remedy bOnrgeose in her tastes and as
prations One Of her chdrcn-the Pr ncess Amelic
is now grown up. and for her sake and the sake of
the Due dOrleans. who Is in his thirteenth year,
the fond mother wishes ardcntly to be either
Queen of France or Qneen Of the
French. Tho Rothschilds encourage her
to aspire 10 the throne. To celebrate tho debut of
the Princess Amcle in society Baron Alphonse gave
three or four weeks ago magnifc ent fetc at his
chateau in the Department of the Seine ct Marue.