New-York tribune., 1907-08-16
FERDINAND SPURNED.
pvTrcess Beatrice Declines to Wed
RuIeasia, s RuIer.

,s,c.ss Beatrice Of Great Britain and OF Sake
-lsnrs Youngest daughter OF King Edwards dead
s,o- brother. has recently received an offer
:, marriage from Prince Ferdinand of Bulga-
y on5 has not only somewhat Indignantly rejected
= a.. has taken the trouble TO let the world know
-. disparity OF age and '-other considerations
z-ss The idea of such an alliance not
- .sistastefll but impossible Seldom indeed has
- ,sis.-1issai of royal suitor been widely
,-.ssea and the reason for this is to be found
=. ,sa belief entertained by the princess and her
,.,ss that the persistent stories in the foreign
- "a she effect that she was about TO wed Fer
t,.,a owed their origin TO his inspiration
r,a orincess who has spent the In Lon
-, .. the court Of her uncle. King Edward. is
- and s,xsv the best looking and most clever of
90 % is-ers of the handsome Crown Princess of
pTma,lia Like the latter, she is n good deal
-, "a coouetrv. IS possessed of foreign rather
-, English elegance and chic. and has very
80 wit though of . rather caustic order Her
,,e has frequently been mentioned in connec-
80 with rnarTiegeable princes, among them the
c-oua Prince OF Portugal the Crown Prince of
'-.-,nany King Alfonso of Spain. and the Count of
,s, hut thus far she remains fascinating
sTinstsT.
Terk.ns of Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria. who Is
49, senior by a quarter of a century, IL Is not
,,.a correct 10 describe him as accommodated
;. snese modern times Pores no longer formally
rs nubliciy excomElunicate soveregns and
s,eee as in clfcn days. But Prince Ferdinand
tss by lis action in transferring his eldest boy.
p-Ince Boris. from the Roman Catholic the
orthodox Greek Rite placed himself beyond the
-s,s Of the Church In fact he has ipso facto
x-,h,ec.ed himself TO most OF the ecclesiastical
,efne and penalties Of accommodation by being
srrivei OF participation in any OF the sacranents
This situation is bound continue until Boris at
,sins his majority which will not be for several
-ea-s 10 come. In that time Ferdinand remains
-<ucnsibie for his sons conversion. When the
lad ernerges from his minority and decides for
,rseis whether he will continue 20 adhere 10
fhe Orthodox Greek Rite, into which he pitch
.cksd as q txo-yeer-old child BY his father or
vii revert 10 the Roman Catholic Church, into
which he was baptized at his birth. Prince Fer
snsnds responsibility In the eyes Of the Roman
Cs.h5lic Church VIII cease and until then
fsz there be any question Of his reconciliation
Herewith, and his resdriss;on 60 the sacraulents.
LORD DE LA wARR STRIKES IT RICH
LORD de la Wars discovery Of extremely rich
icdes Of fine iron ore. and also COAL his ezten-
.rs Sussex estates will have the result Of trans
forming this already well-to-do earl into
i-eusly rich Active mining operations
r.6er way. and the determination OF the extensive
SRA OF the coal field and of the exceptionally good
quality OF the ore bids fair profoundly TO affect
the economic situation IN the South OF England.
vel 10 relieve popular anxiety the score OF
Ire national coal and iron supply.
Il is fortunate for the country that the discovery
should have been made upon the property OF Lord
De Ia War. for he is. of all the members Of the
te-rase the bountifuIIy endowed with
business abilities, with initiative, resoureefuness
and capacity for promoting and engineering COM
-ae-cial and industrial enterprises that is American
rather than British Owing 10 the somewhat
sirsltened circumstances Of his father and the
fscf that he was only younger son, he was COM
PEELED start out 20 earn his own living and 10
oGt fortune and a career for himself at
tine when most men Of his age at the uni
veIsiir. Indeed, he engaged out in the Antip
e6es in managing the operations Of the Australian
pearl fishing feet ot the great London dealer in
precious stones streeter. in whose employ he
Ehel he received news that his elder brother had
been drowned while yachting off the coast Of the
North Of Ireland only three months after his mar
mage. Bnd that e. Gilbert Sackvflle had therefore
become heir the esrldorn. He returned al
onee 10 England and greatly augered bis father
sad shocked his widowed sister-i-law by his undue
haste n assuming his dead brothers courtesy title
of fisoount CSntelupe before fl was known whether
ne widowed viscountess would give birth TO heir
or not In fact Il only Just before his fathers
Geath that he became reconciled to him.
year after becoming Lord Canfelupe he married
Lord Brassey's daughter Muriel. who figures
frequently and pleasantly in the popular book
entitled Voyage OF the Sunbeam" written by her
mother, the late Lady Brassey. This union was
brought TO close five years ago by the d.
Vorce which his wife obtained against him But
while il lasted her own wealth and the financial
prestige of being the son-in-law Of the enormously
Neaithy Lord Brassey enabled him 20 launch out
N al scrts OF undertakings. most of which have
p-ospe-ed especially Bexhili-on-Sea formerly
rere village but now. thanks TO his enterprise, one
OF the most fourshing seaside resorts on the south
coast OF England. the entire town being situated
On his property He has also been managing direc-
tor and financial hacker Of Ginnetts circus chair
man and director of railroads, mining and indus
trial concerns. Mayor OF Bexhill. master Of the
Bexhin Hounds. chief OF fire brigade and war cor
respondent OF The London Globe during the Boer
campaign, before the end of which ne abandoned
so2rnalism for captaincy in Bethune's corps or
irregular cavalry. returning 20 England with a
severe wound received in action and several
medals
The one foolish thing which he did In a business
way his association with the promoter Hooley.
snd it cannot be denied that Lord de Ia War; did
not show uT very creditably in that extraordinary
Individuals bankruptcy proceedings. In fact, the
cari vas severely scored from the bench BY the
presiding judge for having only lent his name
10 several os the wildcat undertakings Of Hooley.
hst likewise for having furnished him with GER
tain OF social backing, especially in connec-
don with the mans endeayors TO secure election 10
certain London clubs
PUNCHED BY HIS FUTURE KIH
Three years ago Lord de Ia War; contracted q
second marriage. the present countess being
daughter OF Colonel Lennox Tredcroft. of Glen
anc-uH. near Gildford- He is OF the boyhood
friends and pharmacies OF the present Prince Of
Wales. The latter and his elder brother were as
boys frequent guests at Knowle Park the beautf-
iGl keutisa country Seyenoaks, then
oTnea by the late Lord Sackyiile, who was a par
tculsr farorite Of Queen Victoria, and. indeed, OF
al the reigning family. There the two royal lads