The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-14
A CHEEKY COUNTESS.

| Her Newspaper Enterprise in Rome. | Great annoyance prevails at the vatican in connection with the launch Ing ot newspaper which bears the tltle of Le Petit Moniteur de Rome, ana have been requested by prelate hlSh Ill authority among the papal en- tourage to draw attention to the fact Tn America that the sheet in question has nothing whatever to do with the former Moniteur de Rome, which, like wise published in French, was one of the pet Journalistic ventures of the Holy Father, and recognized organ of the Holy See. It is all the more ne- cessary to explain, inasmuch as confu- sion is liable to arise through people who are unaware of the demise of the Moniteur de Rome assuming that the utterances of the Petit De Moniteur de Rome are inspired by the Pontiff. Far from this being the case, the new { Moniteur is certain to assail the Vati- can, and to distort and pervert the ut l terances and wishes of Leo XIII. in every manner possible.
 The editress and proprietress of the paper has recently emerged from pris- on, and is under the ban of excommu- nication. Her history is an extraordi- nary one. She bears the name and ti- tie of the Countess Caroline Saint Ar daud, although she has never laid any claim to relationship with the celebra- ted French master of the same name. On the contrary her lineage is far more aristocratic. She is the natural daughter of the last reigning duke of 1 Modena, and one of the ladies of his court. The duke in question was an Austrian archduke, member of the imperial house of Hapsburg and a brother-in-law of the late Count de Chambord, the royalist pretender to the French throne, who used to be known among French legitimists by the name of King Henry V.
 The Countess St. Arnaud formerly held quite prominent position in soci- ety here. especially in that known as the black society-that is, in pontifical circles-an she was frequently to be met in the salons of Princess Massimo, who, as half-sister of the Count de l Chanbord, considered herself as a kind of aunt to the countess Unfor- tunately, her extravaganza involved her in all kinds of difficulties, from which, after the Princess Massimo had closed her doors and her purse against her, she sought to escape by question: able means. Making her way to France, she became involved in what is known as the scandal of Loigny. It was caused by the foundation of a con- l vent cOT11nncp6 of oGupy,ti ti1yo crazed with religion couple of un- scrupulous priests who had been sus- pended from their ecclesiastical prero- gatives for misconduct, and a lawyer. They insisted that the most extraordi- nary miracles took place within the walls of this convent: that it was the scene of constant Supernatural visita- tions, and in spite of the decree of the Bishop of Chartres, the head of the diocese, against it, people fiocked from far and wide in pilgrimages to the spot. Finally matters came to such a pass that the Pope gave orders for the communication of the principal per- sons concerned in the undertaking, and especially of the Countess of St. Arnaud
 
 closed by the French police. The countess thereupon returned to this city, and declared that the decree of communication against herself was of no account whatever, since it had not been issued by the real and au- thentic pontiff. but merely by bogus Pope. She insisted that the real Leo XIII was imprisoned in subterranean vaults of the Vatican, owing to his lib- eral opinions and his conciliatory sem timents toward the Italian govern ment his place on the throne being taken by prelate who closely resem- bles him, and who she asserted worked in obedience to the orders and in con- sonance with the ideas of the Jesuit el- ement
 Finding that lot of people here be- lieved this outrageous story, and sec ing in their credulity means of earn ing money easily, she started collect ing funds on every side to be used in effecting the liberation of the captive Pope. She succeeded so well that in conjunction with her confederates, a oi-distant Duke of Bustello, who claimed to be member of the Hondu- ras diplomatic service, but who subse- quently turned out to be an ex-convict, she brought out an elaborate pam phlet, describing the sad fate of Leo XIII, and declaring that he had as fel- low prisoner in the Vatican dungeons no other than the missing Archduke John of Austria, like the pontiff vic tim of the Jesuits. Finally, the eyes of some of her dupes were opened, and courageously facing the inevitable rid icule of their role, they undertook to give evidence against her in court with the result that both she and her pseudo duke were sentenced to two years imprisonment for swindling About six months ago she completed her term, and seems prior to her con- viction to have managed to put away enough money to enable her to start her new journalistic venture, namely the Petit de Moniteur de Rome 1 against which, as stated above, the Vatican desires the people of America to be particularly warned-Letter to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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