The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-05
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Princess Of Royal Blood Who Sold
I'd. Candies In Neutrality-suspicious.
Of China.

fact that for over year n princess
Of royal blood lived In Washington
unknown and neglected and ut times
actually suffering for tho necessities !!
of life. The story OF tho struggle Of
the Princess and her husband, a
Venetian nohleman, has come TO life
from the fact that the Princess is now
a chorus girl In a well known comic
opera company, and the few frionds
sho made In Washington are now
telling her sad story. II appears that
about December, 1908. the Princess
Delva Marie Won Doruberg, daughter
Of King Leopold, Of Belgium, arrived
In this city with her husband. Count
Philip Louis Prealeau, a Venetian no.
bleman. Tho couple Travelled under
the assumed name Of "Alton" aud
took lodgings in room at the home
of Police Sergeant James Hartley.
The Count, us q result Of his mar.
rlago with tho Princess. because she
had been on the stage, had boon dis
Inherited BY his family, and Ills
bride, rather than give up her hus.
band. refused to return to the court
at Brussels. and they came to Amer,
! len to sock their fortunes. 1t was
u hard struggle, but they kept their
| I rn,,I,I1r, n ,tbo,ncaiune ,,,Itt Uno1iv
driven to desperation, the Princess
accepted position in q candy shop
and sold bonbons to the Washington
people during tho Christmas holidays.
| Tho Count got n place rs night clerk
at n hotel, but after ono nights work
found It too hard and resigned tho
next day. After the Christmas h0l.
days the Princess lost her place IN
the candy shop. and, having had eX,
perience on the stage, she applied to
the manager Of an opera company
then in the city, for n position. She
was engaged for the chorus. and left
with the company for the West, leav
Ing her husband behind, rs his sal
AIRY was too small 10 support then
both. Finally. few weeks ago, ;
letter came front Milwaukee from hi
wife telling him to come to tina
: place. He went Immediately. al,
found that through the efforts Of hi
wife position had been obtained 70
him in large manufacturing cstai
lishment, where he Is ut present Il
charge of the Office force. Tho Prlr
cess. however, Is still with tho oper
/, company,
Those persons In diplomatic circle
here who believe that II Japan win
: the present war with Russia her frs
step will be 10 form an alliance Offer
sive and defensive with China, an
(. that the two yellow nations will, |
the course Of few years, dictnt
policies In the East, find conflrmatio
OF their belief in the report which s.
: Robert Hart, the director general I
the customs service of China, hu
submitted to tho Chinese COVER
ment for reforming the revenues an
increasing the finances OF the kin
dom. His plan contempiates the or
alton Of powerful navy. to consi
Of no less than 20 steel battleshil
: 20 armored cruisers and 100 torpe,
boats, all to be built within 10 year
Tho army Is TO be thoroughly refori
ed and Is to be placed on a pea
= footing OF 100000 men and 1910 o!
GERS. Four new arsenals, In additit
to those already in existence, arc
} be erected. Four schools for instru'
L ing army cadets, like our West Poll
are TO be built in different porto
of the kingdom, and three mari
= schools. patterned after the Nay
= Academy at Annapolis, are to SUPP
the new navy with It's officers.
or this plan Is carried out It will be Sc
~ that China. with such magnliice
navy and with an army with pea
footing of 100000, which can cas-
be raised to a tcnfold strength In ca
of war will prove a powerful ally
the splendid navy and the apparen
- invincible army OF the Mikado.
Robert liart's plan provides for ra
Ing the present receipts from custo
Ito and internal taxes from $5G,S00,(
u year to $2Si,O0O.O00 year, and
n this he will appropriate. annually /
the army $35,500,0OO; for the! ma
81 100000; for his arsenas a
- schools, s7,1O0,OOQ, and after maxi
all allowances for civil administ
n ton. schools and expenditures OF I
court there would still remain L
sum OF S9S,OO0,Ooo each year for t
government TO make the nucleus
a great war fund.