The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-27

NJ rams 10 the interest which he affects
in scientific pursuits.
And it is with equal contempt that
the scientific prctensions of the reign
ing prince of Monaco are regarded by
all the leading French savants, many
of whom have acquired by conversation
with the prince the conviction that he
does not know anything whatsoever
about the questions treated in the elab-
oratc reports presented to the various
scientific societies of Europe In his
maine. He is fond of inviting slvants
to make use of his yacht for purposes of
exploration. and then of approprating
their discoveries us his own. Anotablc
case of this kind furnished the theme
of Il vast amount of discussion i'm the
French scientific papers during the past
summer With regard to the assertion
SO frequently made that he no longer
derives any pecuniary benefit from the
gaming tables, it Is merely necessary to
refer to the annual report of the Socicte
dies Jcux of Monte Carlo, which shows
that for the year 1881 he received rs his
share OF the profits Il net sum of 10, OOO,-
coo francs. In addition to this the firm.
in accordance with the terms of its con-
tract, paid to him his civil list of $780,
O"'' oAiN Ntii cNl lllC CnUlrC expenses
both of his household and of his row
ernmcnt. careful pcrusal of the con-
tract between the prince, as ruler of
Monaco. and the firm of Monte Carlo
will show conclusivcly that he has the
power and the right to terminate the
lease at any time. He should therefore
bear the full moral responsibility Of all
the lniqTities practiced at Monte Carlo.
l1n
owed Duchcssc dc Richclicu, daughter
OF the Partisan Hebrew banker IIcine.
did not bear the very best Of rcputa-
tions previous to her marriage She
has been the heroine Of several scnsn.
tional scandals, and is known not onlv
to have lived with the prince of Mona
co, but also to have borne him two chill
dren previous to her being united to
him in the legal bonds of matrimony.
Her character, indeed was so no.
torious that the princes father,
the late Charles Ill, of Monaco, would
not hear of the match, which he pro-
noanccd as in every way unworthy
even for his son, and it was not until
several weeks after his death that the
wedding ut length took place. AL.
though the prince possesses II long
string OF titles and is received with the
honors due to IL crowned head at Ger
tain of the courts OF Europe. vet the
blood that runs in his veins is of a very
pie6clan character, us his grand
mother, Marie Louise Gilbert. was
the daughter of Il small shopllce2er at
Paris, while his grandfather was an
actor ut the Ambiru ,heutcr in the
French metropolis. Ills existence as a
rcigning sovereign tends TO bring roy
atty INTO contempt and ridiculc, while
his lite rs an individual is of a charac.
tcr almost as ignoblc as that of Prince
Constantine Radziwill, whose vices are
OF the most Understandable character.
The prince of Monaco's career has been
one long succession Of shameful scan
dals, which have been kept out of the
press mainly through the efforts of his
paymasters, the Monte Carlo firm, who
consider it to their interests to endeavor
by all means in their power to maintain
the remnants of his reputation and OF
his prestige as much as possible unim-
paired. Few people are aware of the
fact that when, by his shameful immor.
aities, practiccd even under his very
roof, he drove his first wife, Lady Mary
hamilton, to seek refuge abroad with
her child, he attempted to subject her
to the same treatment suffered bv
Queen Nathalie. of Scrvia, few years
ago at Wiesbaden. That is to saw,
commissary of the Italian police accom-.
panied by several constablcs in uni.
form. called at the hotel at Milan
where she was staying and demanded
in the name of the Italian government
that the princess should surrender to
them her son; threatening to use
force unless she did so. Just as
they were in the very moment OF
putting their mcnaccs into execution
the door suddenly opened and
Grand Duchess Katherine of Russia.
VINO had been attracted to the spot bv
the noise, darted into the room, seized
the little prince in her arms and re-
treated with him to her own apart,
mcnt, daring the commissary of police
10 modest her in any way Aware of
inc rank OF the grand duchess and also
OF the trouble certain to ensuc if sc
near Il relative of the ear were to meet
with any official discourtesy in Italy,
the police Withdrew, and on the follow.
ing day the grand duchess, accompa-
med by the princess of Monaco and the
little prince, crossed the frontier into
Switzerland without any further at
tempt being made to seize the child.
The latter remained with his mother
until her marriage was finally annulled
by the pope, since which time lie has
spent part of each year with his father
and part with his mother who is now
the wife OF the Hungarian noagnate,
Count Tassiio Fcstccics.
from this it will be seen that the
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