The herald., 1896-05-10
PRINCE HENRY IS POPULAR
Which Leads His Cousin to Make Dire
Threats
Attempted Injury May Result In Making the
Pretender to the Throne the
Actual President

PARIS May 9-The Matin says a
rupture of the amcable relations be-
tween the duke of Orleans and his cou-
sin, Prince Henry of Orleans, is immi-
nent, and the duke will publish mani
festo cutting off Prince Henry from the
| Orleans family and deprivng him of
the privileges of a prince of the blood.
1t has been an open secret for some
time past that the Orleans family was
dispieased at the growing popularity
/ in France of Prince Henry, the elder son
of the duke of Chartres, and cousin of
the duke of orleans, pretender to the
French throne
Prince Henry recently returned from
an exploring trip in China and Thibet
The discovery of the sources of the Me
kong river by the prince and his COM
, panions brought the young traveller be-
fore the public On March last Prince
/ Henry was decorated with the cross of
the Legion of Honor, in accepting
which he made a speech acknowledging
| the existence of the republic. He was
| also presented with the gold medal of
F., the French Geographical society, and
his utterances upon that occasion were
| much commented upon and gave rise
! to a rumor that he might be a possible
| candidate for the presidency of the
! French republic.
| Later, in "a speech made at a dinner
given in his honor by Count Albert de
Dion. who was one of the late Gen,
Boulanger's war1nest supporters, Prince
Henry of Orleans said:
! Il have endeavored to remember two
councils given by my grandfather in his
| admirable will: Be passionate SER
wants of the revolution and manage to
! get forgiven for being princes | think
I have obtained that pardon. In be-
slowing on me the cross which my
! father received from Gambetta the gov
eminent of the republic has given me,
! if not complete absoluton-for we are
still deprived of the rights of citizens
I at least a partial one. You have kindly
| honored the presentation to me of this
! decoration which | highly value. In re-
: ceiving me, you have said to your
{ selves that there was one Frenchman
Z more among you. and you have claSped
/ the hand of a fellow countryman who
/ has done. his best go deserve we'll of the
, fatherland."
! Prince Henrys father earned con-
| siderable popularity by serving in the
I French army under Gen. Chanzey, in
/ 1870, against the Prussians, assuming
! the name of Robert LIE Fort. in order
| to evade the law of banshment. He
I was decorated with the cross of the
| Legion of Honor under that name by
J Gambetta.
! The prince is about "a years of age
/ and is a formidable factor in French
/ politics at present. If the duke of Or
| leans should die without issue the duke
| of Chartres, father of Prince Henry of
| Orleans, would become heir to the
! throne.
/ Besides the duke of Orleans, who Wis
! tied the United States with his father.
! the late Count of Paris, is an unpopu-
| lar. heavy Witted young man. whose
! ridiculous proclamations and still more
( stupid utterances have earned the con-
{ tempt of some of the most ardent roy
alists.
Under these circumstances it is more
than probable that if the duke of Or
! leans really publishes a manifesto cut
ting off Prince Henry from the Orleans
family and depriving him of the privi-
| leges of a prince of the blood. he will
boom his cousin up to such degree of
| popularity that, instead of in any way
| harmning him. Prince Henry will be
prominent candidate for the presi-
dency Of the republic in succession to
NJ. Faure. especially as the Bonapartists
at the suggestion of Prince Roland
Bonaparte, the friend and admirer of
| Prince Henry of Orleans, are under
| stood to be willing to agree to support
| the latter's candidacy.