New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
TOPICS IN PARIS.
sOVEREIGNs WITHOUT SUBJECTS

The old saying according to WIN" Wv ,
Of crowned heads to their heges carr! u." "
their train has once more received dn '''s
,,or IN the case Of poor old Marshal Canrobert,
who two days before his demise, received d o"s
and as (, now appears. farewell call. from the
Emnress Eugenie who has been spending ""
davs here on her way to her villa on the RIVERA
where sho proposes to spend the remainder OF tne
winter Canrobert had always remained deVot-
edlv attached TO the fallen dynasty, ana the III
ter,iaw between himself and the deposed SOW
ereian Is said TO have been extremely patheuc.
Ennress Eugene looks broken than ever
and appears to walk with good deal OF uiih-
Guilty. She is attended by the ever-faithfui NINE
lie Breton sister Of General BourbakI ana U!
her husbands private secretary. the eA-fre'eo'
OF Police Pietri. who probably KNOWS more apo".
the secret history Of the second empire ana oi
the pcrsonages who played roles during tha' p'''l
liant epoch than any ether man, living OF ue"u
on Sunday evening the Empress was preseh' "'
the weekly reception given by her cousin i''"-
cess Mathilde. where the Benedett.s' the ""e"
skis the Bassanos and a number OF others vi
the Bonap partist party had an opportunity Va
paving their respects to their torIner ''i''''e''
,rh. relations between the two imperial ladies are
now Of the most cordial and affectionate nature
and TO observe the almost touching de'erence
~ Il
oxrr,nrcss one woUld hardly TANK tlat
sb. was once her bitterest enemy. that she mo'eu
heaven and earth to prevent her marriage 10 the
rmneror and lhIt for years afterWard her sd
Ion was the headquarters OF the most pit'er ioes
~ "the Spaniard'--thc name contefnptuous'y dP-
nIied 10 Eugene just in the same manner 'hat
tho enbriouet Of Austrian had been given 10
ouoen Marie Anto!nettc seventy years pre-
viousy.
Tho count Of CAserta. who has just arrived
hero and who. since the death OF ms nan
brother has assumed the somewhat empty tt''s
-, ,,i,c NJ Nenles md OF Jerusalem. is especially
remarkable for his intense deafness. an aiil!c-
,lon extremely common among modern royalty
and which lends somewhat RIDICULOUS siehlh-
cance to the phrase. possessing the ear o' 'he
sovereign" Although King AFonso-ror tha'
!, tho s,yle which no has adoptci-treas h!s
new.aedged dignity with tho greatest amount o'
ssr,,usness and has organized n household on
an absolutely regal scale. yet there Is not much
call for worry and anxiety on the part Of KING
TIunbert For pretendcr who II So nara ot
hearing that his acnuaintancHs and friends are
,orcei either 10 shout into his ear. or els" COM
n,,,,isste with him by means of a Writing pad,
IL r,i a very dangerous consp,rator. He Us
sbo,, "a, man with closely cropped gray mus
,ache and rather pretcn,ious way Of CARRYING
/ ,t,,saI, His lire has been spen; In or" long
struggle against impecun!osity, that ailm"nt 50
necunar to the house 81 Bourbon. and he has dls-
tinctly given the digntarics of his newly iormea
household to understand that Their appoint
ments are like those OF the officials of the grand
dural court II Hcsse. purely honorary. that - u
saw they are expected to DO Their Work Tor INC
glory of the thing and without any idea o' pay.
Although the only service that thls new hh8
,if,ns, bos eyer sotn has been at the siege of
| Gaefa where he did not precisely Distinguish
himself 20, ne affects very military attitude
and s,yle Of conversation. his utterances being
brusque AMI jerky. reminding one OF the STA
cato u some musical composition he IL blessed
with an enormous family. having In all sixteen
children the two eldest ~ whom are serving IN
the spanish army. and nave Just been decorated
,or e,Ilan,rv displayed in the recent operations
against the MoOrs Al Mcla. Queen Chfl'tha
il very Kind t. them. and not only has promised
to see 10 their rapid Advancement but hkewise'
taking into consideration the poverty Of their
father. furnishes them n handsome allowance III
addition 10 their pay.
King Alfonso shares with several other Euro
moan uonarchs the mcdiacval title OF King of
Jerusalem and In the letter recently addressed
by the little King of Spain tD the boy sultan oi
Morocco ne begins Alfonso XIII. by the grace
~ God and by the Constitution. King OF spain
Aragon. and CASTLE. ana King OF Jerusalem.
Emperor Francs Joseph OF Austria always sty.cs
himself King ~ Jerusalem. and go. too ala the
kings OF Franc IN the cd bourbon daN'' prior
to tho advcn; of the Orleans dynasty In 1880.
Iuasmri.h as the Duke Of orleans claims To repre-
gent the doctrines. not Of his great atgrandiather'
the bourgeois King Louis Philippe. but those 81
The Iegtimist monarchy. OF which King Cnnr"s
was the last occupant Of the French throne
II Is probable that he. too. includes claim To thr
tiiuIar distinction oi King ~ Jerusalem among
his other prctens.ons.
FINALLY there is a so-disInt Prince de Lus!g-
nan who lives here and who confcrs decorations
and orders OF chvairy upon foolish and cTedu'ous
people under the style and TIE OF King OF J'-
,usalc,n According to hi, own assertions. he Is
descended from the I.usgnans who were cru
sader Kings ~ Jerusalem but there are some
who declare that his real name Is Khoren Nar
and that he l. the of poor Catholic stone
mason Of Venice, where he WAS educated by pun
lie charity at the monastery OF ST. Lazarus lie
was formerly priest II. the Russian church. but
has long since abandoned his ecclesiastical call
| ing and taken up his residence here. where ne
| has succeeded In finding rich wife Neither his
! ttle OF King OF Jerusalem nor that OF Prince of
Iusignan is recognized bl any court In Europe.
1 nor are his decorations and orders Of chvalry
! permitted To be worn In public In fact they are
not worth the parchment on which the patents
are inscribed. He has an elder brother who. re-
aiming IN the church. rose 10 the rank Of bish-
on and was hna.ly appointed through the in
| 0uence Of tho Russian Embassy at CONSTANT
NOBLE. Metropolitan Of the Armenian Church in
Turkey He incurred first the suspicion and then
! the anlmosity Of the Sultan who. rightly or
wrongly regarded HIM as ncrmnacd in nearly
all the plots and conspiracies against himself.
! His violen; death at Constantinople remains To
this day shrouded in mystery. BY some II Is
ascrbed to murder, b, others to suicide. But
| any how. It occurred just at the moment when
q conspiracy was discovered BY the Sultan that