Arizona republican., 1898-11-07
FOREIGN NOTES
 AND COMMENT

5,
 fessing to give the only true and au-
 thcntic verison of the death of CrowI
 Prince Rudolph of Austria, there i.
 not one, not even the suppressed book
 Of Baroness VetZera, mother Of the in
 amorata Of the ill-fated crown prince
 that contains so much truth, and which
 will go so far to dispell the dark cloud
 of mystery enshrOuding the tragedy oi
 MGyerling as that which Frau Bruchs
 wife of the eX-barytcne of the roya!
 opera at Munich, threatens to place Up-
 on the market unless the emperor o1
 Austria furnishes her at once with a
 far larger sum of money than the Sl00,-
 00C which he has offered to her for the
 destruction and republication Of the
 work.
 For Mime. Bruchs is no other than that niece of the emperor and empress
 of Austria who was brought up as their child until the day when she mar ried Count George Larisch, and who rewarded them fer all their kindness and for their generosity by playing a
 most ignoble role in connection with the intrigue between the crown prince and baroness Marie Vetzera
 Indeed, there is documentary evil dence to show that she connived at and promoted the intrigue in question for the sake of the money which she ex- torted as reward for her services ill the matter from the crown prince. Ex- fled from Austria after the discovery of her shameful conduct sine next re- warded her husband, who had con ducted himself in the most chivalroUs manner toward her, by compromising herself with the opsra singer Bruchs Iii tn f1T divorce in which the singer figured as a correspondent She married the sing CT as soon as the decree was granted against her.
 Her father is Prince Louis of Ba- varia, the eldest brother Of the late empress of Austria and of the ex queen of Naples, while her mother, now dead, was an actress of the name of Henrietta Mendel. Her present hus- band being barred from all German stages by reason of his marriage, she is now compelled to resort to black mail for living.
 M. de Rover, who is recognized as one of the leading authorities on ques- tiOns of heraldry and gene1logy in France, draws fantastic picture of the millions of American dollars which ind their way each year into France by means Of marriage between American heiresses and Galic nobles. ~ In one year alone-it was not the year of the Gould-Castellane wedding he demonstrates how 100000 ,00J francs, that is to say, $20, 0,000 900, found their way in this manner into French pockets.
 If M. de Rover is, however, to be be- lieved, it is doubtful whether the A al moneys worth. For he asserts that al- though there are about 50,000 French ;! families, who make use, either of t. ties, CT of the nobiliary particle of de" there are less than half of that number whose claims to any nObiliary prefix are g. nuine.
 Nor docs NJ. de Rover step here. How many of the families with authentic | nobiliary prefxes, he asks, have re- mained really noble in the sense Of de- | scent? Each mesalliance introduces in to the ncbie family 50 per cent Of pie | beian blood, and when, in q number i Of following generations, there has been a sequence Of unions of this kind, how much of the blue blood is there left at last?
 There is no punishment in France fer the assumption of titles or of ar mortal bearings, providing they do not belong to any one else, and even Pres ident Faure himself has caused a pure ly imaginary coat of arms to be paint ed on the panels of all his carriages.
 American women, therefore, marry ing. French nobles, would do well to make sure that they get the bona fde article before parting with their mon ey, or risking their future happiness.
 Lord Salisbury owed a deep debt Of gratitude to Sir Arthur Forwood, the li Liverpool magnate, whose death has just taken place. Fer it was Sir Ar thur who prevented the formation of ( an anti-Salisbury faction in Lanca- shire, and especially at Liverpool, { which would have been exceedingly | awkward for the premier. The danger : of this was due to the bitter hostility which existed between Lord Salisbury, and the late Lord Derby, who had mar ( ried the premier's young stepmother, who had been the cause Of s his estrangement from his father, and of his being turned out Of the house I to seek his daily bread by means Of ] journalism. Even during the lifetime of the pre- ] mier's father the name of his Stepmoth- ] CT was associated by Dame Runner in { an offensive manner with that of tn9 | late Lord Derby, and when, within short time aft=r the death CT the old ] marquis of Salisbury. the latter's wld- l ow married Lord Derby, the present l ;5remier's anger knew no bounds.
 Now, Knowsley Hall being in the ( neighborhood of Liverpool the Stanley i influence in that city is ve1y strong, , and the late Lord Derby was only pre- ' vented using it against Lord Salisbury ' i,y Sir Arthur ForWood, who received i as T reward; for his services in the ( matter a Earonetcy and a membership I of the privy council. One of Sir Ar | thur Forwc od's sons, by the by, makes his home in the United States ard IS s rne rricd n an American girl. q