New-York tribune., 1907-01-25

time when he first made her acquaintance had al
feady son OK fifteen. who figures on the Paris
register es the offspring ''de pere inconnu'' c'ps-
ternity unknownD On this lad Prince Pascal
thereupon attempted TO confer his name and his
title of prince by adoption. But the French law,
invoked by his relatives, prohibited this and there
upon the young fellow with the connivance of his
mother and Of Prince Pascal, circumveuted his
family By proceeding 70 Italy where he caused
himself 20 be naturalzed at Naples under the
name OF Henri de Bourbon and TO be enrolled as
EIch on the roster Of the italian army. Subse-
ouently the young man. the strength OF his
newly acquired Italian nationality, and furnished
with an Italian passport, returned TO Paris and
figured on the boulevards there as Henri de Bour-
bon-that is TO say, by the same name es that by
|hlch that gallant old soldier. the Due d'Aumale
VINO conquered the greater part of Algeria and
gave the Chateau OF Chantilly 10 the nation was
enrolled In the ranks Of the French army Vain
efforts We're made by tho Due dAuuale who was
Sun alive at that time. and by other members Of
inc rouse or Bourbon, TO secure an injunction
AFom the French courts 10 prevent this negitimate
son Of ballet girl and with no known father from
calling himself Henri de Bourbon
Since the death OF Prince Pascal in December
-sVi' the young fellow has not only assumed the
ute OF Count de Bari but also that OF Prince Henri
&c Bourbon, and his mode OF life is a source of so
much scandal that the members Of tho Bourbon
family are once more appealing to the French
courts 70 divest him Of HIS borrowed plumes so
that when he becomes involved in some unsavory
scraDe II may not bs ascribed TO a dynasty which
has figured largely in the history of Europe and
which still occupies the throne Spain after hav-
ing filled those OF Naples France and Parma.
The late Prince Pascal held in such horror
by his relatives that the funeral King Francis
or Naples, in Austria. twelve years ago. the royal
widow and the princes OF his family drove him
from the house OF mourning and invoked the aid
OF the police to force him TO leave the place.
the ground that he not a At individual to min
gle with the royal and imperial personages who
had assembled for the funeral and that his pres
ence beside his brothers corpse would constitute
great indignity 10 cause II turn in its
coffin. Subsequently he challenged several of his
relatives 10 duels for the afront which he declared
had been placed upon him. But his cartels
declined the ground that Of honor
could be called upon TO give satisfaction to per-
son OF his reputation. He had repeatedly been in
dlcted for sWndling and only the consideration OF
his relatives and their moneyed intervention IN his
behalf saved him from Teapng the full penalty OF
his swindles He figured in the Almanach de
Gotha as married morganatlcally 10 Blanche Mar
connay'; but n French law morEanat1c marriages
unknown, and the woman, having married him
bo:h ecclesiastically and ctvilly. became thereby
his fun fsdged wife, an6 entitled as such by
French law 10 share his name and whatever hon.
ors he possessed She has all along called herself
Princess Pascal de Bourbon" and has never lost
an opportunity OF publicly boasting that by her
marriage she had become the Eister-n-law of the
and the daughter-in OF Austrian arch
duchess, namely. the HGpsburg consort OF King
MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoT.