The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05
Belgium seething With Anarchy.
Which is Ready TO Blaze.
KING EDWARDS EYES BAD.
hwas Feared That Operation Would
Be Necessary-Duke of Orleans Un-
noticed on His Visit to England.
erchduke j ohann's Romance
BY Paul Lambeth,
Special Gable Dispatch to The Times.
Copyright, 1922

LONDON, Oct All those who nave
faith that King Leopold. OF Belgium VIII
carry out his plan ofzyisiting the United
States either soon or at any hfhe are
not well informed OF conditions IN
that country during the last ten years
and especially since the deafh OF the
Queen. IN.
Majesty has no intention Of the kind and
that the United States Will be none the
worse. but probably good deal better
for the absence of this dngly reprobate.
1t is a good many years since King
Leopold set himself TO work to break the
heart or his wife. the beautiful and NEST
accomplished .Archduchess Marie I7enriet-
te of the Imperial house OF Austro- Hun
gary. and it is generally understood that
II did not take him long to accomplish
tho work.
Probably it could not worry Leopold
20 run over TO New York even at TINS
sad moment buS his ministers would
probably object in tie circumstances.
Belgium is seething with Anarchism and
Socialism, the people are kept in political
subt,1gation by a clerical and alisto-
cratic minority and there may at any
moment be a recrudesence of the despe-
rate rioting, almost resembling civil "aF,
which occurred in the mining districts
: only a few Years ago. Therefore. tte gov
eminent prefers Leopold to be within fea-
sonab reach in case OF accidents.
King Edwards Eye.
king Edward is having trouble with
his eyes. and It has only just been al
lowed TO transpire that while at Cowes
Professor Pagenstecher. the famous Ger
man oculist secretly visited him ABOARD
The rnyal Yacht it is understood That
there had been some fear of an opera
ton for cataract being necessary.
This however. was not found 10 pc
necessary the professors diagnosis pc
ing unexpectedly Favorable King edward
bas wo,,, glasses for some time past
while writing and reading. Ills VISION pc
ing astigInatic.
Professor Pagenstecner received a fee
of $500 for his "trip from Wiesbaden to
Cowes He is used to big lees ana de-
lights to gather them from kings, princes,
peers aud millionaires. but on the e.h ,
hand no poor man ever appealed TO MIN
in vain, and thousands of humble tolk
in Europe revere his name.
~ Orleans Unnoticed.
The Duke of Orleans, the prince who
dnres to aspire TO the throne of France.
visited England last week. lie came on
business to look after some family prop
erty hero, and received not a single lnvl-
tation either from royalty or aristocracy.5
"A couple of Years ago this young man.
whose father and grandfather before
him experienced the most generous hos
piiafity from the British Court when
they were. kicked out of France, who was
himself born near London and repeated
IL received favors at the hands OF the
aged Queen Victoria. grossly insuited
his banefa actress by writing for publica-
ZION a letter addressed to the carcatu-
rist. wiletta Of Paris, applaudtng his
,.a.xy a Hon,
For that he was denied adn1ittance TO
this county although 1T is said he num-
bly apologized. Recently he asked King
Edward TO let him come here and. the
permission was granted readily enough.
But the King will have no personal
dealings with him.
Gave Dukedom for Love.
Just twelve years ago leading menu
Der of the Imperial house of Austria,
IN, Archduke Johann. having fallen IN
,oy, with a plebian woman OF low de-
gree. and railing to obtain the consent
o> the Emperor to his marriage with her,
aelIbcra telyi renowned his princely posi-
ton and disappeared from human Ken
Ii was subsequently aScertained tEat IN
the name of Johann Orth. ne mad taken
to seataring as means of living, having
always been great amateur aci.o iiieii
and skilled mariner
i W
Norwegian bark and lastly as captain
~ IN Austrian fllll-rigged ship. the
santa MaEherita. The latter was wreck
Oh h,,r il was never ascertalned beSono
doubt whether or no the archduRe per
ished in The disaster, and from tllne "
limo run1ors have obtained currency OF
his having been seen alive and Well.
FIRST in one country and then IN an
other.
The other day it was reported that the
aacnduhe was seen and recognized some
months ago lily some Serbian settlers IN
south America, and almost simultan-
oo,sly a Dalmatian named Paidhurich,
an officer in the Austrian mercantile
marine, made an affidavit setting forth
that he met the arcilduke living hap
piiy and, of course, in an assumed name
and humble circumstances, in South
Sea Island.
The Imperial family have always as
sumea that Johann went down with his
ship in the winter of 1901. and 1t has al
ways been understood that special
commission sent TO South America at
the time by the Emperor Francis joseph
confirmed on the spot the fact OF his
death. But the evidence then collected
was never made public and nine men
out of ten acquainted with the cilcum-
stances stall hold The opinion that Ills
Imperial liighmess is alive and the faith
er OF a family.
NO Tears for Stratton.
Several newspapers here have called ui-
on the British people to drop n few sym
pathetic tears for the lamented STRAIT
ton, just deceased on your side. known
To fame as the discoverer in 1891 of the
Independence gold nine Cripple Creek.
~ sho.3
mantle career from humble origin to
riches" The response TO this call has
not been extensive, for MIR. Stlatton is
best known here as the man who took
$4,000 900 worth OF good British gold to
America and left nothing behind save
sense of having been prettily fooled
II is the old familiar story. Stratton
watered his mining stock freely and then
thought IT over in the goodness Of his
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