St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-08
The Duke of Orleans Violates
the Law Banishing Royal
PretenderS.
He Visits Paris and Plans a
Grand Coup a la Ma
poleon.
Nabbed by Government OFF,
GERS, He Is Detained in
the Coneiergerie.
Gen. Salamanca, Captain Gen.
epal OF Cuba, Dies Of
Pneumonia.

PARIS. Feb. by prompt action the
government to-day nipped in the bud
what was apparently intended to be a
royalist coup d'etat. modelled after
Louis NapoIeon's mad descent upon
Boulogne; and the only conseq uence is
that the Duke of Orleans, eldest son of
the Count of Paris. is tonight in Gus
tody. The duke arrived in Paris to-
day. bearing letter written and signed
by the Comte de Paris, announcing to
the faithful and all others the counts
abdication. He also had with him a
manifesto addressed to the people of
France. NOminally, and according to
the theory of the prete.ders, once king
always king, therefore the Count of
Paris abdicateS the throne he never pos
Sessed. He consequently abdicated his
claims as pretender; and, in virtue of
this abdicati0n, all his claims, rights
and titles descend to his eldest son, the
young gentleman now in the hands of
the MISUNDERSTANDING Louis Robert,
Due d'Orleans. This gentleman is,
therefore. not merely one of the many
vagrant princes, but the actual
PRETENDER TO THE THRONE
in virtue of his claims as the heir of
the old Bourbon line. His coming into
the country III violation of the law ban
ishing all the heaas and direct heirs of
reigning families is rash escapade if
it stands alone. The fact that he was
equipped with an appeal to the nation
shows his intention, and may make the
eScapade serious for him. If it
should be developed that this
movement is made in virtue
of an understanding with the
partisans of the monarchy in France,
it may be more than mere violation
of the law of expulsion. There are
some ready to believe that the move
ment is made in concert with the more
determined opponents of The republic,
as the duke repaired Immediately to
the house of the Duo de Luynes, the
present head of family that has always
adhered with un"ompromiSing herOism
to the old monarchy. In that house the
young gentleman was king of France III
theory-the descendant of Henry w.,
and not merely the descendant of Louis
Philippe. On the day before. Feb. 6,
the Duke of Orleans attained the age of
twenty-One, for he was born on Feb. 6,
1869. The abdicatlon of his father, the
manifesto and the movement were all
apparently planned with regard to that
date, and in order to electrify France
with the demonstration that the fort
uneS OF the monarchy were now i'll new
hands; the crown now belonged on the
head of .preux chevalier who would
dare something for it, and not fold his
hands in quiet corner like another
Chambord. But the government
WAS NOT CAUGHT MAPPING.
1t was promptly informed of the
presence of the duke in Paris and of
his whereabouts. 1t has not yet been
developed how much more may be
known to the p lice. But the facts on
the surface were sufficient. The duke
was in France in violation of the law
made purposely for excluding his
father and himself as enimies of the
republic. The law had been remitted
only in favor of the Due d'Aumaie.
Therefore the Due dOrleans was at
de Luynes. He was taken to the pre-
lecture of police, where his identity
was made beyond all doubt, and where
the process verbal of his violation of the
law of Punishment was drawn up. He
was then detained at the ConcIergerie,
famous as place of detention
for royalty in distress. In the
afternoon he was arraigned before
the military authorities at the central
bureau. In response to the inquiry as
to the objects and purposes of his visit
to France, he said that, having attained
his majority, he had come to France to
place himself at the disposal of the mill
itary authorities. This dash of audac-
ity is regarded as very happy
stroke, and is sure to make friends for
him; for a gallant French boy who
wants to take his chance for conscrip-
ton is somewhat unusual and cap
tivating figure to appear in the daily
news. But this did not touch the sensi-
bilities of the nard hearted authorities,
and NJ. Constans. the minister of the in
terror, ordered that the duke be held in
custody. Further disposition of the
case will, of course, depend upon
whether it is discovered that there was
any plot for
a GENERAL RoYALIST MOVEMENT
behind this incident. Everybody in
Paris remembers that the royaIists OF
France were at given moment ready
to rise, but that Henry Y. obstinately
would not face the peril of placing him
self at their head. People are now ask
ing themselves the question, whether
the young prince has now come into the
land of his fathers in response to SIM
liar invitation, This is the only phase
in which the case has a serious
face. Aside from this, it seems only a
mad boyish prank. Nobody just now is
likely to be very fierce about the pranks
of boy who is related TO all the royal
families in Europe, and whose grand
mother was of the house of Mecklen-
burg-Schwerln.