New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-21
THE, DUKES MISTAKES.
THE UNPOPULAR PRETENDER'
A FOOLISH Dt.KE-THE SUNDAY REST AsSociA
TION-PARIS PANEMENTS-pEAIh
OF MADAME DUMAS.
Paris. April II.

/ 49,, ,. - ,boee reenectablc and loyal adherents
of = cause that has been hopeless ever since me
day when honest old Marshal MacMsh'h u'-
clined to avail himself Of his power as PRESIDENT
- tho Ronublic to bring about monarchc@l
restoration In behalf Of that King Henry v p"'-
ter Known IS the Count of Chambord IN whose
favor bis grandfather. King Charles Y. had abdI-
cs ted in 1890 one cannot help feeling soriF that
e. should end in such a manner. Great things
rad teen hoped from the young Duke OF oT'inS'
end II was confidently expected that imbued
with al the courage the spirit and the energy II
vo, IN. he would begin his career as a rretcndor
bv some brilliant feat. by some great political
stroke which would serve to revive the waning
enthusiasm and fortunes Of the rarity is
first manifesto however a bitter disap-
,ointrent 10 all save the Partisan talprs,
since it merely contain ID the announcelo-nt'
CT ehod in very grandioquent language, that me
Duke had been impelled by his patriotic love OF
France to decide upon having all his clothes
made thonceforh on the banks Of the Seine IN
| stead of by the London tailors. whom he had
| ratronzed until then. People scarcely kne"
! vha, to make OF this manif ,sto whether ID treat
IL seriously or as a joke. all the more as royal
ism is no, sufficiently fashionable in France at the
/ present time 10 enable the Duke To assume ~
! any way the r6, Of an arbter Of fashion. -
! about the matter the Casimir-Pericr resignation
| took rlace and 50 firmly convinced was every
/ bojv here that the Duke would avail himself
/ of rh. oppor.unity t. make some bold coup
that The most elaborate precautions wee adopted
! bv the Government to assure his arrest me mo-
mont he should set foot IN French sou. iie
/ dd not however. venture further tnan Dover
/ whore ne spent the entire day teephoning To
his friends across tn" Channel. ana II MAS MI.
/ Snow IN. manager II the sleeping car c'mpa ~
/ win. WIS arrested a. Amicns in his stead ana i"-
I ;lirci until he able - prov" that Il vas
( merely case II physical resemblance 10 fhIllp2e
! Of orleans. French people admire pluck above
.y. r..hing else. and the TACT that ihis descend
! ant II Henry " should have preferred 10 TINS
quality that Of discretion served to destroy my
/ Illusions which they might SUN hl'o Ie'''''''
concerning him.
/ And now TO zap matters. he has created a per
! foot storm # indignation. mingled with riiicul'
! L, IN. -tlluge manner which he has adopted 10
/ anuounc. Z, some OF the French MOBILES w,h whom
! me- happens % be- personally acquainted the i'm
p.nling marriage Of his sister. Instead Cd; adopt
inr the ordinary ninetcenth-century formula, such
! as or. might look for from Il Prime" VINO pridrs
himself on being So extremely up-to-date as the
Duke. ~ orleans. ~ has chosen - adopt the OLD
I fashioned and stiltcd phraseol1gy that was u.s.
~ the French Cour, In the days II Loli' Nil ana
/ Louis NV. IL begins his letters To tne Dukes ~
Mon cousin" refers 30 his sister As "!ier Royal
u.cbr.es." and cou.lulcs by implorlng The Al
mighty {, take Mon Cousin into Ills holy keep
INK This would bee all ycry VOL ii he had adj
dressed al of his adhereu's in that way Eut I'M
,rtuu,sofy me- has restricted the us" ~ this par
t.ular form of polite l,ttcr-writing O. ~ $50 Dukes
a, ,,.r. 81 her created prior 20 the Great Reyolu-
tim Or b, King Louis NVllI and Charles after
fho Restoration He apparently declines - ac-
! ...rd IN. IT'LL. ~ Cousin e. the Dukes who were
/ created by his grandfather. King LOUIS
I philippe. and by the first and third Napoleon
/ 1.,.s. h,. addresses merely a. Mon Cher Duo.
and I ann SORRY ID say that ne does not commend
tt.,,. q, divine protection taking the ground. APP
| uarcntly that the Napoieonlc Dukes ana those
created los his grandfather cannot. strictly spe;rk-
Ing bc regarded as peers II the King. whereas the
others ar" entitled 90 regard themselves as such.
| Thor. is a relatively small number of French
! Dukes who have been thus honored as cousins
by m. Young Prc;ender. and they are precisely
th.s. VINO are noted for their nisgarlliness with
REGARD {, the Royaist cause-a niggardliness
which both the Count Of Paris and the Count Of
Charnbord were wont 20 discuss In a very sarcas-
III. manner All the other Dukes. ana in fact
| ro,rly every member ~ the Royalist camp. titled
| and untitled are vexrl and annoyed at tn" idea
| that those who have done - little for the party
! should h. addressed as "Cousin.' whereas they,
! who have borne the financial brunt ana burden 81
the fray should Zoe treated with Infinitely less CON
| sidcration. In France dissatisfaction generally
| takes the form OF satire. rdicule and what the
| re,pl,. describe, as ''bague" and. unwilling To
| show their irritation At the slight 10 which they
believe that they have been subjected. the vast
| majority II the Royalists are at present engaged
| I'm poking wit OF the most merciless ana cruel
| character at In, cpstolary efforts Of their Pre-
,erd,r Scarcely a good word is heard Of him In
either clubroom or salon here. and there is n
doubt tina, just now he is infinitely less popular
and certainly less respected. among the Monarch
lists than was his father during any period OF MS
career.
Fault has also been found with the way in
which he has invested his sister, Princess
Helena with the predicate of Royal Ilighness.'
Inasmuch as the Duke of Orleans now poses as
;he chief of the house Of France and ms the rep
rescntatve of the Legitimst monarchy, he
should have remembered that from Lcg!timist
pont of view neither he nor his brother nor
younger sisters has any right to the title OF
"royal Iighness" Louis Philippe did not even
possess It, save by patent granted to him for
! life only by King Charles y. and when the
Count of Paris went with his uncles 10 frohS-
d1rf To make submission ana do homage 10 the
Count Of Chambord. early In the seventies.
+, / Henry was very particular about denying
them the ROYAL status. There are. in fact. only
. three members OF the Orleans family who have
any right to the title at the present moment.
namely the Duke of Oreans's sister Marie
Amelle who is married Ia the King OF Portugal;
his cousin. Princess Marie Of Charities, married
, 10 Prince Waldemar of Denmark, and his
mother, the Countess of Paris, who ranks a
: Spanish Infanta and as royal Princess Of the
70 IciEnng house OF Spain.
Very remarkable is the progress which has
l been made by the so-caled Sunday Rest AS
sociaton which. founded about four years ago
now possesses "A membership of several thou