New-York tribune., 1908-12-21
A ROYAL CAUSE CELEBRE

A. extraordinary lawsuit IS now engaging the
s--s--.-- - the Austrian tribunals IN which a
IS ---=--@E- II -s9l the Regent of Bavaria some
VIA reluctantly gave Eis consent 70 the marriage
C. his niece. Princess Elvi-a % Bavaria 10 Count
E-z--r Tv~r1a Eauni-z. and although the
T--r-a- are r1- a rued1actz75 COR formerly reign
.-z. House ~ Germany. and 90 not possess
therefore. -le preroEstave OF mating with royalty
=.o--- - equality. vet he permitted his niece
contract with the count Suil fe1ged marriage.
7t----- insisting upon rorEanartc union II he
allowed himself q be induced 70 give way in
RE matter. II was because OF the colossal wealth
-c --= --ble-ar II question who. principal heir
r7 -a= fortune o. Prince 6aUrirz. the Chancellor
- E----ess Maria Tberese Is one oS the greatest
LAID owners OF bavaria and especially f Austria
Prince Nzu15-z left male issue. but in prov-d-
z f- -n= Inheritance of his estates entsled them,
WIN --= provision that The owner for the time De
r- should always be able 50 show eight genera
---= RI ancestors or the fathers side and equal
------ ~ generations on the mothers side, entire
u zee from any bourgeois strain. These are the
--a@-a-ic1s exacJed IN the case q the Knights ot
che Sovereign Order of Malta and Of tne Ieutonlc
g-.=- ~ The chzrber-ains Of the Emperor of Aus
TIA cf rhz Ladies Of the Palace and OF the mem
aez - The feminine Order Of The Star cross at the
Cr--- cs Vienna
among those IN the line OF succession 10 the
g. Ealzi-z property which since the death OF
-1- --F Chancellor at he close Of the eighteenth
century,. has increased almost a hundredfold IN
-z.-a are the chiefs of The princely House Of
E--Eg Z seems that EoEre student oS geneaiogy
-zFr=-e5 during the course % MS researches 10
discover evidence 70 rle effect that the great
g-z-1-1o-aer Of Count Rudolph wrbna not
really a -oaIexon-an. bur was Of quite humble
----r and had merely assumed her maiden name
-le name Of the Hungarian village Il which she had
been 5a--. and tLar the documents which she I-r-
--sre5 20 the imperial court OF Vienna with regard
81. lz- ancestry al The time q her presentation
s--e- marriage iu accordance with the customary
-=1 --re-le1ls we're clever fOrge-1es- The student
t-.--l- TIE result y his researches 20 the notice
l- The Pa-@ys and On the strength OF the alleged
discoveries they have Instituted suit against Count
E--s 81 WT5nz- with tle object of compelling MN
10 surrender them the whole Of the haunltz
property. vel as his rights 20 the arTTorai bear
.1Es and name o ha-U-Iz. CT the ground that ne
Goes not fulfil rEe genealogical qualifications ex-
acted by the terms of The viii Of the old ChaHce4-
TIE issue OF the suit depencs altogether on the
cesc1 q the ancestry OF the mother OF the grand
-a--e- -- Count PuEolrn Wrbna Kauuitz-that is -
say o = lacy who lived and fourished during the
-ls-zg vzars OF the eighteenth century and during
the Ersc two decades u The nineteenth century, q
1e--oc when al Europe had been converted into a
rs- Battlefield By the great Napoleon. whose troops
swept over the length and breadth Of Austria,
leaving destruction ard devastation IN their train
The condition q the Austrian AMI Hungarian gov
e-u-le1rs lr those days was, thanks TO the con
Eia-r wars and fnyasions. o, most chaotic nature
saG R1.e there nav d. much cir-uulstartlal erl-
ce--e rzlv would lead o. the belief III the fraud
I-ctlsed BY The grez1-grandu1other q Princess FL
Yra.s a-s8arz- I should imagine il would be-
extremely difficult definitely establish Il in such
legally conclusive manner 70 compel the sur
render of The name and arms of Eauutz ana Of al
l.e EaIul-z property decision which would virru-
ally reduce the count 70 something akin 10 begEary
Ihe count was q r7idover when Ee married Pril-
cess E-vira. his first wife having been Countess
LA0riEszy who left him with a one-year-old child,
"-o has been brought Up by the princess as beg
oFn offspring. The princess las TWO sons and
1a-g1ler ef her ON i- her marriage with the
e2-Hr Who Is a rnaa u about torty-flve years ol
7~s I'D - very popular st Vienna and al A-EIGA-