New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-15

Emperor Francis Joseph has tust conferred the
ttc q count upon that Young Baron Seefried who
ia 1893, made a runaway marriage with his grand
daughter. Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria The lat
ter is the eldest child % the Emperor's daughter
Archduchess Gisela, married 20 Prince Leopold OF
Bavaria; and when the young princess, at the age
Of nineteen, found that her parents and her ma
terIal grandfather. the Prince Regent OF Bavaria
would not hear OF her marrying the almost penni-
less lieutenant OF Bayarian infantry whose nc
quaintance she had made at court balls and 20
whom she had given her heart. she ran away with
him, got married at Genoa, and. after a brief
honeymoon IN Italy. turned her steps not TO Ba-
varia- where the baron would have been arrested
by the military authorities for absentinC himself
without leave, and Iy the criminal authorities for
clipping with the princess Of re,gnlug house but
TO Vienna On her arrival there she took n cab
drove TO the palace and threw herself al the feet
OF the Emperor, OF whom as HIS eldest grandchild
she had always been a particular favorite
What passed between them Of CO use, can only
be surmised. But she went away very happy and
on the following day the young baron was received
by the Emperor. first alone and then with the
princess. The Emperor promised item 20 look
after their welfare. lie began by securing the
transfer OF the baron from the Bavarian 10 the
Austrian army. granting him commission as cap
tain in infantry regiment stationed at Troppau.
There the young couple spent several years quiet
" and unobtrusvelv the princess making no pre-
tensions TO royalty. but ooEtentng herself with the
life Of the wife OF a subaltern officer IN an infantry
regiment
So pleased was the Emperor with them that no
has overwhelmed them with all sorts OF tokens
az his good will. lie has presented them with
large estate and chstcau Znain1. the revenues
OF which place them Ga afiuent circumstances lie
has repeatedly invited the baron 10 take part in
his shooting expeditions. treating him as kins-
man; has relieved him OF regmental duty by pao-
ing him on the reserve list Of the Austrian army
with the rank OF major OF cavalry, and either visits
the young couple or causes them 20 visit him when
staying at his various shooting lodges-that Is 10
say. when away from the etiquette OF court
Now he has converted the baron into an Aus
TRAN count He is in constant epstolary and tele-
graphic communication with the young people. and
while he has succeeded IN reconciiing their parents
20 the union the Archduchess Gisela spending each
year several weeks with the Count and Countess
Seefried, he has not been able to induce the oio
Prince Regent OF Bavaria 20 relent The count
stiu remains barred from Bavarian SOIL and So
too does his wife: and were they to make any at
tempts 20 cross the Bavarian frontier they would
matters stand now either be arrested or 10 say
the very least. expelled.
The E-nperor's kindness and the resentment a
the Bavarian Prince Regent win be sun more fully
appreciated when IL is explained that Count see
fried has al along been and remains 70 this day
Lutheran. although the family statutes O. ths
reigning houses OF Bavaria and OF Hapsocrs suP.-
late IN the most stringent fashion that theie sn4ii
be no internarrisgs with people who 90 not oe-
long the Roman Catholic Church
or All the narnes that figured prominently IN the