The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-08

has never been permitted either by the
late or the present Pope, TO cross its
threshold
There is abundant evidence 10 show
that the Dauphin escaped, and that sew
eral members OF the Royalist party were
concerned in his flight. After all sorts
Of adventures. eventually. when the star
of Napoleon was on the wane, he came
to Berlin with the view of putting for
ward his claims for recognition as a
member OF the house of Bourbon His
uncles, the Comte de Provence. afterward
Louis XVIII. and the Comte d'Artois.
subsequently, Charles X. were in receipt
of handsome allowances from the Prus-
sian. Russian. and English governments,
and the Dauphin hoped that he might be-
provided for in a similar way
King Loses His Identity.
The Prussian government was. how
ever. committed to the Comte de Prov
ence. and the chief of the Berlin police
forced the Dauphin to surrender 10 him
all the papers establishing his identity.
ana then furnished him with a passport
describing him as Naundorn. a cltA n
and native of Weimar, where, by the By.
no such person had ever been born or
known.
In spite of all his efforts 20 recover his;
papers. they remain at Berlin IN the
archives OF the royal house of Prussia
until to-day. Eventually, the Dauphin
made his way to Holland The Dutch
authorities, who are the most strict in
the world in all matters relating 10 the
assumption Of names and titles, not only
permitted him 20 figure on the marriage
and death registry Of Delft. as Loais OF
Bourbon. son of King Louis XVI and of
Queen Marie Antonette, but likewise al
lowed his sons and grandsons TO serve
under the royal name Of Bourbon in the
Dutch army
In spite of the large amount OF money
spent IN turn by Louis XVIII. Charles Y,
King Louis Philippe the late Comte de
Paris. and the present Duke % Orleans.
no one has ever succeeded i'm finding
out who the alleged Dauphin could pos
sibly have been. if not the son Of the
unhappy Queen Marie Antoinette.
Incidentally, it may be OF interest to
allude 70 the extraordinary fate which
overlook all those who espoused the
cause OF the Dauphln. or who expressed
their opinion as TO the authenticity of his
claims. Thus. the widow Of Simon. un-
der whose care the Dauphin had lived
in the Temple Prison in 1874. who could
have given valuable evidence as TO his
health. and who could have helped %
identify him. was seized Immediately aft
er the Bourbon restoration. by orders
Of Louis XVIII. and locked up as a luna
TIC in the asylum for the insane at
Bicetre, where she died fifteen years aft
erward, without ever having beer restor-
ed TO liberty
Ii is known that when Emperor Alex
ander OF Russia visited Empress Jose
phine. N MalmaisOH, after the entry Of
the allies into Paris, she spoke 10 him so
cOnvincingly about the escape OF the
Dauphin. and of his rights 20 the throne
in preference 10 those Of his uncle Louis
XVIII, that the autOcrat was deeply I'M
pressed, and thereafter became most dis
tant in his relations with the King.
Empress Was Poisoned.
Twenty-four hours afterward the En-
press was dead. and according to Sir
James WILEY the English physician Of
the Car. she succumbed 70 poison.
Poison likewise caused the death Of the
ABIDE Dubois. rector Of s. Marguerite.
who refused to comply with the demands
Of Louis XVIII TO the effect that he
would sign a declaration that the re-
mains Of the Dauphin hatl been inferred
there, while the Duo de Berr. the cliivaI-
r0us son Of King Charles Y. was assas-
sinated by Louvel at the opera. shortly
after a violent dispute with his uncle
Louis XVIII. in which be denounced the
lattcr's usurpatiOn OF the throne, and an
nounced himself as convinced Of the val
idity Of the claims of his cousin the
Dauphin Official dispatches of foreign
ambassadors at Paris TO their govern
ments, since printed. confirm this
Another mystery IN connection with
the princes and pTnccSses OF the House
of Orleans. and the solution Of wEt,h may
be found in the archives OF the Vatican,
is that which exists with regard to the
birth of King Louis Philippe. WHO. born
at Florence. is asserted on excellent au-
thority. vouched for by some Of the most
eminent genealogists of the old World.
20 be the offspring Of a local Tailor of the
name of Chiappani. and to have been
changed within a few hours after his
advent into the world with the baby
girl of the regicide Duke Of Orleans. who
had been born at Florence on the same
day The little girl grew up into a
beautiful woman, figured on the stage
as Maria Stella" and marrying Lord
Marlborough, became the great-grand-
mother Of the present Lord Newborough.
who is married TO Miss Grace Carr. Of
Louisville Ky.
Proofs Of the story that King Louis
Philippe was the son of the Florentine
jailer and changelng, are stated to
exist not only in the archives of the
Vatican. but also in those OF the i'm
perial family at St Petersburg. and II is
well known that throughout the eight
cen years reign of Louis Philippe. EN-
peror Nicholas 1 declined TO accredit an
ambassador at his court and always
referred 10 him contemptuously as the
jailer."
Tragedy of Prince Baldwin.
In the Vatican archives will likewise
be found in all it's details the true sterv
Of the tragedy of MeyerIing. Of the mys-
FERROUS death Of Prince Baldwin Of Bel
GUM, and also Of King Leopold's only
son. whom his mother, Queen Henrietta
as long as she lived. insisted had suc-
clrmbed to poison.
There, too, is to be found the clew To
the amazing abdication of the Czarx,itcb
Constantine Paulovitch OF his rights Ia
the Muscovite throne. in favor of his
younger brother Nicholas: an authentic
account of The assassination of PAM
and Of the fate Of Alexander I Of Rrssia
and Of King John Of Saxony. both popu-
larry believed to have survived their
alleged demise for many years.
The archives of the Vatican could set
at rest for all time the popular runors
mat We're current with regard TO the
birth OF the late King Emmanuel and
shed light on many Of the dark pages of
the history of the reigning dynasty of
Bavaria. And It Is in the Vatican ar
ehives that is preserved the original GER
tificate of marriage between George "
and Mrs Fitzherbert, who lived and
died Roman Catholic.
Mcconnell Discoveries in vitality