New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-25
NETTERNICH'S RUIN.
Concern About Famous JohdnniS-
berg Vineuards Which He Oscns.

r,-;,oo Nret.srrich has come to financial erlel.
The great Metternich palace in the koIlnNes -
Vienna IS let, and the estates IN Eo''e.i' - -
Germany and in Hungary have been placed -
DECREE Of the courts under the control OF uus'e''
for the benefit OF his family and OF ms CT 81,
No little comment created aoro"o - -
when King Edward while at Marlenoao g, -
from driving ont usual 10 the y.
lean Of Koenigswaert. where IN previous -
had always been entertained al shoo.ihs pa. :,
r,aoizad in his honor. In Vienna. ho"e'eI' -
VS. wei known that tho prince was II '""' ~
80, engaged IN an exceedingly pittel wei
only with HIS creditors, but also VIZ - ~
- hsye objected not without reason. 10 'he eN-
travagance at cafos "i'0 ~
min upon their house ,,,,.
The prince question. II must Oe mo
,,nderxtood is not The diplomat celenrateu az
Austrian Ambassador at Paris during the reign ol
@4e,oor III and who contributed so much TO the
.ara of Empress Eugene from the IuiIeTles'
when the latter invaded by the moo Allel 'Ne
fall of tie empire This Prince Kichard -He''e
Mich died without leaving any SON Inc pieSe,i'
yrince Paul by name. is his only surviving "i'ti4
er and married Countess Melanle Hlch!' ne
&c : soldier ny profession though retired from tne
army and behaved rather badly TO his "ldo"ed
sfster-in-laH. the famous Princess PaulFe MeI'e'
rich at the time OF his brothers deaih fIHicess
Pauline is SO universally popular both IN Austt.d
I'D abroad that his treatment of her, especially III
,onnectjon with the family belongings, excited
much resentment at the time. so that he IS hndihg
very little sympathy in his misforfunes
least of all is there any sympathy felt Tor MN
- The court Of Vienna whore mis- toleTatioh OF tne
sf-ts+ion Of his daughter, Princess 'Titne,' win
me Duke of Orleans. which caused the dnchcSs 50
much distress and led TO widespread runlofs u '
demand for the annulment of his marriage III oiusl
n we'd the princess. gave so nUch ohehc" 10
,be Emperor that last winter neither the Pt'hCe'
nor the princess nor their daughter was invited ~
env Of the court ceremonies at Vienna
The prince like his elder brother. the Amoassa-
dor is a son OF the great Chancellor t'eII'Ci
who contributed so much 10 the bowman Oh INC
rt NAPOLEON in the early part Of the last century
and who personhed absolutsm throughout Colu-
mental Europe until his retirement, brought ABOUT
IN the revolutionary movement OF ls4S
To people in this country the news OF Prince
PAM Me:ternch's bankr uptcy and his being piaceu
under aratel' will be of interest Ia SO lar as ne
a.. the owner Of some of the most celebrated VINE
,-arss OF Europe namely. those Of JohannispeTg
which produce that nectar known as Johannlsoets
,sin4 The Vineyards have been in eXiste'ce sl'o0
nos when they were planted the slopes OF the
FohaDnisberg bordering the lower Rhine, oy AIcu-
1tsbon Ruthard Of Mayence. They remained IN
ecclesiastical possession for four hundred years
The, the. passed into the hands OF the Princess
Of Nassau-Orange. -,
The first Napoleon gave the Johannsoefs win
the castle and the vineyards 20 his faYoTte' Mar
shall Kellernan. Duke of Valmy. and after lhe
fall Of Napoleon. Emperor francis "a
with the consent Of the allies, presented me c"9''-
and estate 10 his chancellor, the great FFlnce
~,a..o-riob on the condition that q tenth of the
vine produced each year should be turhe" oNe
:, ,t,e j77,neyial cellars III Vienna. The vineyards
do mot extend over more than about three 'io"-
.ard acres and this being the case OF co'i y
INCH ~ the wine sold Johannisoerg canho'
possibly be authentic.