The Irish standard., 1891-05-16
A ROYAL BEGGAR.

was about 70 be asked to appropriate
sufficient money to pay the princes
debts. but when the cabinet considered
the matter seriously they found that to
do such thing would be very impracti-
cable. Thus the poor ~ prince was
forced to wait while longer. But 1t
seems that Il creditors grew weary of
waiting. and. to save the court of St.
James tho scandal consequent on expos
ure, the queen was forced to come to the
rescue of her profigate son. Here is
what the cable says: ''It is now almost
an open secret that Queen Victoria has
been compelled to come down with some
e30O, 900 or e400, 000 IN order to save her
heir apparent from actual prosecution
for debt. The Prince of Wales is forced
to exc out scanty subsistence upon q
trifle over $500. 600 per year or e11O, 900.
of which parliament allows him e4O, 600.
His revenue from the duchy Of Corn
wall is about $4,000 more, while his
military Offices and other emoluments
make up the balance. But the prince is
heavy gambler and an unlucky one.
His attempt to keep racing stable costs
him many Thousand pounds, and his
efforts to pick winners on the track many
thousands more, while the percentage in
favor of the bank at baccarat refused to
succumb at his hands, as well as at those
of less exalted players. For the last two
years it has been whispered that some of
the princes creditors were becoming i'm
patient and that scandal would ensue if
they were not paid. Large sums we're
advanced to the royal beggar, FIRST by
Col. North, the nitrate king, and then by
Baron Hirsch, the Austrian railroad
magnate. both of whom were repaid by
being permitted certain amaunt of the
princes valuable society for brief perl
DDS. But the prince kept on betting and
playing baccarat, and the money did no:
last long. Nor we're his gambling losses
confined to England, for his debts are
matter of record at the Cercle Royale and
the Cercle des Mirlitons in Paris. Now
it came to pass earlv IN March that Ba-
ror Hirsch went to Monte Carlo and en-
gagged the handsomest and most magnif-
cent villa he could find to entertain the
Prince of Wales, the royal gentleman
having promised to be the millionaire's
guest for q week or two. The baron
spared no expense in making prepara-
tions, and he invited lot of illustrlous1
personages to meet the prince. The
prince did not come, because his mother
would not let him, his familiarity with
Hirsch having caused much consterna-
ton in royal circles on the continent,
since the baron, being Jew, is pro-
scribed at the court of his own country.
It is Hirsch' s anger over this slight that
has brought about the threatened calam
ity. He has made most urgent demand
of the prince for his money. Since an
appeal to parliament for assistance would
be hopeless, the queen is compelled to
sign her august name to 8 large check
avert q scandal. This IS very wise CON
duct on the part Of the old lady. if she
desires 10 have her son, succeed to the
throne Of England The Sir William
Gordon Cumming affair has demonstrate
ca to the British people, with its occa-
s1onal. though severe, apasms of virtue,
that the prince il g Be bitual gambler.
and 4 the matter we're 70 be agitated il
the house IS commons. u connection
with the measure for the paYmens of thai
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