The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-02
England Annoyed Mt American Fleets
Bit514iS7 Visit Ia Austria.

| tlpodes II no ships are. sent. a cruiser
is1uadron would IN no way fill the bill,
beside the American battleship fleet
and convey to the people OF Australia
the idea that England's naval power
Il waning. and that Y is being sup
BY the United States.
Then, again. If the English govern
lnent sends out twenty battleships to
the Anttpodes. at an enormous expense
mates approved by Parliament. and
there Will be at once an cutlery that
either the British possessions IN the
Mediterranean or the mother country
protection, an easy prey to any CONT.
mental foe. which cares to make raid.
From this 1t will be seen that King
Edward and his government are in
never have arisen had II not been for
the projected visit of Uncle Sans ar.
NADIA to Australasian waters.
Prince Humbert, OF Italy. iialf-bro..
tier OF the Duke of the Abruzzi. and
with a large contribution the fund or.
ganizcd by the Federated Associations
of the Catholic Youth of Italy for tho
presentation of a superb gold.and jew
of the fiftieth anniversary Of his ordi-
nation rs priest, In September. 1t may
be recalled that Leo MIL, on the occa-
sion of his golden jubilee, refused the
offerings Of the house of Savoy.
But his successor is showing himself
timated his satisfaction that young
Prince Humbert should have headed the
list Of the Associations of the Catholic
Youth of Italy, and has given II to be
pie about accepting any analogous
tribute of regard and respect from
other members OF the reigning family
of the peninsula on the occasion Of his
golden jubilee.
Prince Humbert, who bears the title
Of Count OF Saleni is very religiously
inclined. which Is due to the fact that
he has been brought up almost entirely,
not by his somewhat frivolous and
worldly mother Letitia Bonaparte,
Dowager Duchess OF Aosta. but by, his
grandmother, the sanity Princess Clo-
thtlde Bonaparte. who ever since tho
fall of the French Empire in 1870 has
made her home at the Castle of Mon
tor of the late King Humbert and OF
Queen Pia. of Portugal. and when
little over fifteen years OF age was sac
riliccd by her father, the late King
Cavour. to politics. being compelled to
contract loveless marriage with
Prince Jerome Bonaparte, who. some
thirty years her senior. was one of
tnc most lffellSlouS sclonS OF royalty
In all Christendom. besides being known
from one end of Europe to the other
for his protligacies.
Clothilde was forced by her hus-
bands conduct to separate from hin,
after 1870. But. although he did not
love her. he entertained for her the
most profound respect. was fond of
comparing her with the Empress Eu-
genie. all to the disadvantage of tho
latter: was nursed by her through his
last illness. and died with his head
leaning on her shoulder at a hotel in
Rome. Letitia Bonabarte, as well ns
Victor, Napoleon. the Bonapartist pre-
tender. and Louis Bonaparte. general
Let1tla Bonaparte was at one time
engaged to her cousin. the present
Duke of Aosta, who was passionately
bilious, she Tilted him, almost on the
eve Of the day appointed for the we'd
ding, in order to marry his father. her
uncle Amadeus: who. OF course. was
nearer to the throne Of Italy than his
been King OF Spain for several years
returning to Turin after abdicating
his Spanish crown. and who. was
dispensatIon in order to wed his niece,
only survived his second marriage
about eighteen months, leaving his
widow with an infant son, who re-
ceived the name of Humbert.
Whereas the Duke of the Abruzzi, the
Duke of Aosta and the Count of Turin
|are exceedingly rich, through their
mother, who was one OF the greatest
heiresses of her day. their half-brother.
young Prince Humbert, has little; II
Iany money, and Is entirely dependent
on whatever allowance his cousin. the
King. may choose to give him. His
mother. Letitia. the gayest Of the mer-
Try widows OF Old World royalty, has
Inc money at ALL being dependent upon
IL, ci1. 1ixt oil w
King has in his power to dock at any
time when she refuses to comply with
This behests, or to conform her be-
havior to his notions of propr1ety. Dur
ling the reign OF her brother-in-law and
uncle, the late King Humbert, she was
constantly in financial difficulties, hav-
ling inherited none Of the thrift of her
great-grandmother and namesake,
Madame Mere, the mother of the first
Emperor Napoleon; but on the con-
pronounced in that thrifty old lady's
children. TWAS sthls.pecunlary depend
|ency upon King Humbert. as we'll as
her monetary troubles, which led her
to entertain N offer Of marriage from
Roland Bonaparte.
But King Humbert would not hear
OF the matter and absolutely vetoed
the projected matrimonial alliance.
both by reason of the tanned source Of
Rolands vast twealth, namely. the part
|3OWnership OF the public gambling ta-
bles at Monte Carlo, and also because (
his questionable status and plebeian
origin. his mother having been the
daughter OF a plumber, while he him-
|}self was born out OF wedlock, his faith
err Prince Peter, figuring In the pages
of the Almanach de- Gotha as a
bachelor. and dying as such, when
Roland hnd already attained manhood.
AS a. further illustration Of the In
creased cordlality OF the2relatlons be-
tween the Vatican and the italian gov
eminent. II may mention that the new
bishop OF Aosta presented the other
day at the, Vatican seven Of the, de-
puties representing Piedmontese cons
stituencles In the national legislature
/ to Plus X. who received them with
1.-The utmost graciousness and cordial-
ity. and urged them to@use their in
4 lfluence@ with the administration to obs
| taln as quickly as possible the royal
lexequatur for the Bishop OF Aosta
so that he might commence without
delay to draw the stipend and the
Srevenues OF the seat to which he has
|just been named.
4 The Pope's receiving members of5the
italian Parliament as such, and invok-
ling theiraintercession with the govern
n.