Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

strange to say one of these is the pope,
for on the formation of the company years
ago Leo XIII was one of the first and
largest of the outside shareholders. The
majority of the shares are held by the
Blanc family, the leading member OF which
is the Princess Marie Bonaparte, whose
father was Prince Roland Bonaparte. and
mother the daughter of M. Blanc, the
founder of Monte Carlo. She is the wealth.
lest princess in the world, and Is about
to be married to royal prince who needs
money. whether 1t be drenched with the
blood of suicides and murderers or sopping
with the tears of tens of thousands of heart
broken women and children.
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The Prince of Monaco has not a single
share But he derives his entire income
from the sum paid him by the gamblers
company for the lease of Monaco The
prince is of especial interest to Americans
because of his American wife. She was
Miss Alice Heine of New Orleans. When
she married the prince she was a widow
the Dowager Duchess of Rcheleu The
prince is a ''divorced' man. He first mar
ried Lady Mary, daughter of the Duke of
Hamilton and Brandon, and son and
heir was born. But eleven years after the
marriage the pair were unhappy that
the pope was appealed to. The Catholic
Church, of course, does not recognize d.
vorces, but the pope issued special pro-
nouncement declaring this eleven-year-old
Lady Mary's mother overpersuaded her to
marry"
The prince in return for the gambling
concession has been getting an annual
income of a quarter of million dollars and
all the expenses of running the state of Mo-
naco, including the maintenance of the
army and royal palace. He recently grant
ed further contract to the Monaco Sea-
bathing Company" or to give the gambling
concern its full title, La Societe Anonyme
des Bains de Mer ct Cerce des Etrangers
a Monaco" This concession now extends
till 1917 and the annual income of the
prince has been raised 100000. Every ten
years 1t will be raised an additional $4,000
In six years time the casino will also have
to pay him a lump sum down of S3,OO0OO0.
AS many people point out in the press.
! It will be very hard indeed to stop the gam
bling in virtue of the above cohesion and
contract 1t is stated on behalf of the
Prince of Monaco that he is by no means
in favor of the Casino, that he abhors
the gambling and the consequent scandal
in his state, and that could he do SO he
would at once stop 1t. But in the old
| original contract 1t agreed that the
| concession should be extended to 1947. and
| the prince is not rich enough to break
| this contract and pay the indemnity which
| the law would quickly assess.
The latest proposal comes from Hall
Came who studied the gambling hell to
| get local color for his book and play, that
| an international subscription list should be
| started in order to reimburse the Prince
| of Monaco He thinks the powers should
| combine and put down the gambling and
| compound the interest of the prince. Mr..
| Hall Game calls Monte Carlo 1.-The thieves
] kitchen of Europe" "a blot on the civil
| ization of Europe"
All the high-class papers of Britain are
demanding the suppression of Monte Carlo.
| The Times, the Pail Mall William Wal
| dorf Astor's paper; the Express, the Leader,
| the News, are but few of the big London
| G5ilies. In the Times is the request that
| President Roosevelt take the initiative. The
statement in the Times says the American
| plutocrats are as prominent at the tables as
] the aristocracy of Europe"