The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-08


tsouaH ass~rshg ' tor their readiness 20 com
bsne With socialists Eor the parpose Of p
setting cabinets. h1s for the l7ss sessa
years be has net been poBsr n French
politics. lie published several eooks. tns
beat known being history Oh ias A1e.<
can civil var, whirh was Translated ih.o
English In 1SsS With the DHxs q
and was shown great attention.
though no Official action eoald %
taken without consulting the Ersncn re-
public. which looked upon him IS
an enemy. During his visit ne
contributed several war articles 20
the NORTH AneTicaa RsssSN- ne
Count OF Paris vas very wealthy.
and for msny ysars-untn recently. II
fact-hs spent much money IN suppors OF
. Bourbon organization Newspapers
were printed In the royaliss interest," ana
candidates for the national assembly were
put forward whenever there was cnsnce
Of success But when the pope recog
nixec the republic the count gave up. and
Eoyasisrn 10 dead in France The Coont OF
Paris had none Of the traits that MAKE
Taen popular. he was SOW and respect
able. German in appearances aud dispose
ton. His mother was German protest.
ant. III he had been permitted TO follow
bis tastes be would have been anything
rather than q political pretendsr- de
would have priced far more highly seat
in the French academy than seat on the
French throne. OF an economical dispo-
sitlon--a trait conspicuous IN all the
branches Of his famiiy-he deplored the
expense involved oy his position as pre-
tender and the necessity of maintaing not
only . horde of hangers-on. but also OF
Substituting what is known as the royallst
press IN France. Moreover, he feit
himself hsmpered by the recollsction OF
very remarkable letter which he wrote on
the 18th OF January. 1871, addressed 10
certain n. Elsingere, in which he pro-
fessed himself TO De an ardent republican
The letter contains among other things
the following sentences: As for me, l
am Infinitely more republican than any OF
my relatives or friends; for have none OF
their reprgnance for a republican form
OF government. l am ready TO serve my
country in the way that the latter wishes
and shall aiways Loyalty recognize as the
only legal government of France that one
which my fellow-countrymen have elected
10 reign over them" The count further
acknowledged his allegiance to the repub-
he by accepting position as colonel OF
the reserve forces in 1872, and was only de-
prived thereof and exiIed when he was
found 10 be plotting for the overthrow OF
the republic and to be flooding the coun-
tsy with political manifestoes hostile 10
the government ana bearing AZ their mead
his portrait. arrayed in the uniform of q
republican colonel. and bearing the title:
king Philippe VII. OF France" The
Count of Paris was direct descendant OF
the infamous Lucretia Borgia- He, how
ever, inherited neither her beauty nor her
immortality. as he was the very impersoni-
fication of ail domestic virtues, differing
therein entirely from his graceless son.
the Duke of Orleans. The dukes in
Emile d Alencon are of too recent date to
warrant more than passing reference, and
the shameful way in which he Tilted his
charming cousin, the daughter Of the
Duke of Chartres, has done him no end Of
harm in France