The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06
THE FATE Of THE DAUPH|N.
REVIVAL OF THE STORY THAT HE
MADE HIS ESCAPE.
His Eldest SON Takes Up HIS Resi-
dence I'm PariS-rbe Condition OF
the Testimony That the Boy in the

Considerable curiosity has been aroused
In Franc. and elsewhere in Europe by the
fact thai tbs uncle of the two so-called
Naan1srE HcarDons has taken up his PEI
raaneuk residence at Paris, where during
the last xseek be has solemnly abJured
the Protestant faith aud has been admit
ted 20 tae Roman Catholic church BY 10
less a p~-senage than the cardinaI-arcn-
bishop Of the metropolis. who performed
the cererponies az Notre Dame, where so
many Of the kings and emperors Of France
E7ys been crowned. The convert Is the
head OF his family-that is TO say of the
Naunaorff Bourbons-bears on his visit
ing cards the name Prince de Bourbon
and ngares the registers of the cathe-
dTai Of No1re Dame as Louis Charles
AGelDert Philippe de Bourbon" He ha.
the true Bourbon profile and seems 10 be-
iieFe with King Henry ". who abjured
Professionalism in order TO become king OF
France that Paris vaut bien une messe''
paris Is well worth a massl.
The attitude of the cardinai-archbishop
is not without significance. While he mas
never been very friendly toward the re-
public. he has held himself severely aloof
from the OTieanist and Bonapartist par
ties. ana has eadeavored 10 fulfll the
pope's wishes in so FAR as 70 prevent the
clergy from offering any assistance TO the
two monarchical rropagandas in question.
His attitude must be taken in connection
with the assurances given and never yet
denied 10 the effect that al the vatican. as
well "a at 81. Petersburg, absolute proof
exists Of the fact that the claims of the
Naundorffs to be descended from the I'M
fortunate GaGphirI. son of King Louis
XVI. aud Queen Marie Antoinette are
authentic. Owing 70 this fact the house
of Orleans has always been eold-should-
cred at the vaucan, as We'll as at the
court Of Russia
II may be remembered that considerable
doubt has always existed with regard 10
The fate OF the unfortunate son OF that
king and queen Of France who were gull
lofined al the close OF the last century. 1t
Is alleged that he had succnmbed 10 the
brutality of the coosser. Simon. who had
been appoipteq as his tailers But there
is much evidence 10 show that il MAS the
body of another boy that WAS Inferred In
his stead. and that he himself escaped.
OF course. neither of his fathers youn-
ger brothcrs--fhe count Of Provence. who
afierward relgned as Louis XVIII. and
the Count Artois, who ruled as Charles
A.-would have anything 10 do with him,
since he stood in the way OF their Access
sion to the throne in the event OF its res
toration. Moreover they had been among
the hiiterest enemies Of their Austrian
siSter-in-iaw. Queen Marie Antonette. So
they Indirectly provided for the lads
maintenance on the understanding that
he should be kept in the background. and
when he grew up they denied his identity
ana denounced him as a fraud.
Yet his uncle Louis NIIII., never dare1
TO be crowned. and when the benediction
Of the pope was asked at the time Of he
conservation OF the memorial chapel
erected az Paris over what were under
stood TO be the remains OF Louls XVI.
Queen Marie Antosnette and her son,
the dauphin. only consented TO permit the
blessing 20 the chapel on the condition
that The name of the dauphin be removed.