New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17

American strain will figure TO n far greater
extent in the political and military life OF Eng
land than. to-day. For the next Duke OF MARI
borough. the next Duke of Manchester. posi-
bly, also the next Duke of Roxburghe. will be
connected with this country through their
spective mothers. while the next Ears of
Craven. TankerviIle and Essex. the next Lords
Vernon and Grantley. well the future
Lords Camperdown. Coventry and Cork. posi-
bly, also the future Lords Bagot, Revelstoke and
Leigh. will. thanks 10 the influence Of their
American mothers. impart certain amount Of
bracing Yankee atmosphere TO the upper cham
Der Of the Parliament OF the immense British
Empire.
Whereas the possession OF strain OF Ameri-
can blood appears TO Undue Euglishmen with a
cordial feeling toward the United states and is
therefore destined To contribute to the strength
Of the bonds Of friendship between the latter
and Great Britain quite the reverse has been
the case where Frenchmen have been concerned.
True. there have been some exceptions. hut in
the majority Of instances Franco-Amercan
parentage has resulted in prejudice against the
United States. The most notable examples Of
this REGULARITY have been the Princes and Prin-
cesses of Murat. So pronounced has been their
luminosity against everything connected with
this country that they have done all in their
power To conceal the nationality Of Princess
Caroline from whom they are all descended
endeavoring to convey the impression that the
excellent old lady native of Scotland and
a member Of the family Of Lord Lovat, instead
of having been Miss Fraser. OF Philadelphia.
who filed the position OF governess In the fam
ily Of ex-King Joseph Bonaporte at Bordentown,
" ]. These sentiments of i'll will toward the
United States were strongly developed In all her
children, and still more so In her grand
children. now living. For when the late Prince
Joachim Murat was about to marry Miss GWEN
dolyn Caldwell. of Washington. his children ana
his nephews and nieces induced him to bring
about a rupture of the match on the very eve OF
the date appointed for the wedding, not In con-
sequence of any objection to Miss Caldwell per-
sonally. but because they did not want MIN on
any account to marry an American.
Nor can | recall the names OF any other
French mobiles of Franco-Amertcan parentase
who have signazed themselves by any display
of marked sympathy for the native land and Tor
the fellow countrymen of their respective
mothers Thus there is the Marquis de Choiseul
Prasltn. son of the Duke of Choiseul Praslin
and of the duchess, who was Miss Elizabeth
Forbes. of New York. He is a man about thirty
years old but holds aloof from his mothers peo-
pie and while he has many American relatives.
has but few American friends. Then there Is tho
young Duke de Richelieu. who is likewise Duke
OF Fronsac. He is also about thirty years oio'
but has thus far displayed very little cordiality
toward the countryinen OF his mother, who was
a Miss Alice Hene, of New-Orleans. and who
has lately been judicially separated from her
second husband, the reigning Prince of Monaco.
The widowed Marquise de Mores. daughter OF
Louis Hoffman, the New-York banker, is how
ever bent upon bringing up her children to
friender sentiments toward this country, and
her eldest son, the Duke of Vallombrosa- Is re-
ceiving the finishing touches of his education at
Harvard. 1t may be hoped that the young gen.
Grafton of French mobiles now growing up who
have American blood in their veins will be i'm
bued with the same sympathy as that professed
by the young duke for the United States. 1t in
cludes the future Duke of Decazes. the next
Duke de Mouchy, the future Marquis de Bre-
teuil at least two young Counts de Castellane
besides the children of the American born
Countesses de Foras de Gabriac. de Ganay
Pourtales and d'Aunay. well of the Baron
esses de Charette, Erlanger, La Grange. LEIPZIG
and de Neufiize.
Several members of the Kaisers diplomatic
service well a few officers of his army.
have American mothers. Thus, Prince Lynar,
who is secretary of the Germany Embassy in
London, is son of Mrs. Amelia Parsons. OF
Columbus, Ohio, while the mother Of Count Her
man Hatzfeldt. who was formerly attached to
his fathers embassy In London, and who Is now
an officer in the German army. was Miss Helen
Moulton. of Albany, n. Y, whose own father
the most celebrated dancing master in New
York In the early part of the last century. Count
Herman hatfield had two sisters half Ameri-
can. like himself. They each married princes OF
the House of Hohenlohe. and while one Of them.
namely, Princess Macmillan Hohenlohe, died
couple or years ago, she left two boys. who.
when they grow up, will represent the American
element In the most influential and powerful OF
ell the non-reigning princely houses Of Europe.
In the case Of the sovereign family Of Lppe