New-York tribune., 1900-01-14

he spends his exile his only brother Prince
Louis, q cavalry general in the service Of Rus
sla and at present free to come and go as he
may see fit IN France, would at once, as chief
of the house Of Bonaparte become subject to
The Parliamentary act of exile Of 1888 and be
banished thenceforth from French territory
In the same way the young Duke Of Montpen-
sler, now at school in France, in which country
he spends at least ten months Of the year viii
q the death without issue Of his elder brother
the Duke Of Orleans. become ipso facto and at
once an exile from his native land, and viii re-
r-z1n so until his death CT until this act of the
legislature IS repealed.
The French Government however il may be
pointed out, offers no objection whatsoever TO
The other members Of dynasties that have
formerly reigned in France residing on French
SOL Thus. ex-Empress Eugene owns a beauti-
ful villa the French Riviera. where she
spends the greater part Of the spring The
mother and the brother OF the Duke of Orleans
make their home in the Chateau Of Randan,
a lille the Duke Of Chartres, younger brother Of
the late Count OF Paris who died in exile, re
mains all the year round at St Firmin, his
BEAUTIFUL country seat, situated on the northern
line a. about hours distance by rail from
Paris The only drawback to which the Duke
Of Chartres and the other members Of his fam
lys as well as Prince Louis BOnaparte, are sub
Jected is that they are as members Of former
y sovereign French dynasty debarred from
Serving in the French Army or from holding
any commission therein, by act of the National
Legislature
THE GOVERNMENT EMBARRASSED.
This may help people to understand the diff
hculty in which the French Government found
itself when the Duke Of Orleans. violating the
legislative decree Of exile. returned TO France
made his appearance at Paris, and demanded
Ire night OF serving like every other French
citizen in the French Army The Government
contented itself with sentencing him TO mere de-
ts1tion IN q provincial prison for period of six
months Had he, however, been a man banished
~ virtue Of a Judicial decision and for infrac-
ton OF one OF the laws Of the penal code ne
would have received far different treatment and
me Government would have had no hesitation
whatsoever as TO what 70 do in the matter
r y any person judiciaIy banished who returns
70 France in defiance Of the sentence pronounced
upon him by the courts renders himself liable
10 imprisonment with hard labor for the unex-
Pired term Of his Punishment Both Deroulede
and Buffet are condemned to ten years exile
Il they venture 10 Set foot on French territory
before the expiration Of that time they viii at
once be consigned 10 the penitentiary. treated
as ordinary convicts and compelled to perform
i@-o labor Tor the remainder Of their term Of
banishment-
The latter when inflicted by court Of jus
rce, can In no case exceed ten years the mini
mum sentence OF 5aulshment being five wears
whereas tn exile Of Prince Victor Bonaparte
and of the Duke of Orleans VIII last until their
1eath. unless the National Legislature repeals
is act Of twelve years ago
EXILEs AND OUTLAWS.
The two Princes remain French citizens. who.
Tor particular political purpose. are compelled
u live abroad, but who are in no sense Of the
word beyond the pale Of the law. Otherwise
-a=y would not be received as royal personages
al the various courts Of Europe. the T1,ke Of
-. leans would not have been created q knight
oi NE order of the Golden Fleece by the En-
p-Tor ot Austria. nor would Prince Victor have
received the Order of the Annunclation from
KING HumDert. DerOulede, Buffet and Tur-