New-York tribune., 1908-02-15
NOT REAL PRINCES.
Pseudo Members of SERBIAN Royalty
Nosr Here.
1905. br The Brentwood Company,

--. ere no real Servian princes in this country.
', GEMS necessary explain this IN view OF the
-.-x eos-disant princes OF that country who just
:, ,-esent seem TO be making their stamping
~-c.n6 in Brooklyn. New York. Jersey City and
.s, tr fIohokefi. For the most part their means
-. =, a par with their assumed ttles-that is 10
- more than doubtful-and considerable por-
80, o< what funds they possess must go in station
~ For the letter paper. the seals and even the
-y.,one. which they things OF Joy and
s..,tv end have before as write an envel-
=, =, which IS printed Bureau de Correspondence
- Son AItesse Royale Prince Stephan de Scribe
,.sp,-eau of Correspondence OF His Royal Highness
.-.ac. stephan OF Serva'D. The seal Of the letter
=. sn keeping with the inscription For Ii Is
.so-ned with 2 big letter &C. surTnounted by
- crown presumably calculated to cause her
l5,c experts tear their hair This particular
.r-i,ca Of serva' writes from Jersey City. and In
le-,er published in The New-York Tribune the
a.te- ssv. and signed Prince Stephan Dusanjich,
,-ofesses 10 give ms Views upon AAe OO-'A "a
affairs In Russia
~ there are no bona fde Princes OF Servia
,,-stde the members OF the house now regning at
1,.,r-ade namely the two sons of King Peter,
~-,r-n Prince George. who is twenty-one; MS
~, b-c-he- Alexander, who will be twenty next
r-p-ss-rnas- then the only brother or the ming
A-sone BY name. who ae-ved IN the Russian army
.n-ourhout the war with Japan, and his only child
17e,,l now fourteen years Of 7ge These are the
- o,.s who figure in the Alrnanach de Gotha of
-ba current year ar Princes Of Servia The only
o.ber masculine members OF the House OF Kara
rsorgeovftch. that IS TO say, descendants IN 'he
male line from George Petrovitch karageorgeo-
,s-cb the village swineherd who founded the
s-ss-v AT the beginning of the nineteenth century,
s-e his great-grandsons. Alexis and Bozidar Kara
eo-geoytfch that is 70 say, cousins OF KING Peter
Esu- they are not princes. The King has oenleo
,hs,, the right 10 style themselves such, and in
o-sa- 10 clearly demonstrate that he VIII not
recognize them as princes Of his house caused
each Of them be described as MI Kara
rao-geovitch in the mention made in the of1lclaL
gazette OF Belgrade Of their having been received
a. audience by him. They in receipt OF small
ernuities from his privy purse. which they sup
-l.aent az Paris by writing for the press, by oe-
signing menu cards painting fans, etc. ana nave
m -ao-e than one occasion endeayorec 10 secure
TIE hands and incidentally the fortunes OF American
heresses Alexis. indeed. having come 70 this
country in pursuit Of the daughter of one Of the
e~ea+ meat packing magnates OF Chicago, who de-
oItned 10 have anything more TO do with him when
he discovered that he had no right 10 the title OF
prince
The seryian constitution abolished all prfncely
and nohlIiary titles save those assigned by the
King 70 the immediate members OF his family the
constitution OF Rumania and that OF Greece being
Identical IN this respect Moreover, as IN these TWO
last named countries, the laws Of SeTvia forbid
and punish the Of titles and the Prime Minister
Of Runania although the chief OF the illustrious
and historic house OF Cantacuzene, is content to
s-yle himself Mr. Cantacuzene leaving the an
Gent pTincely honors OF the family TO be borne by
.rs Russian branch represented by the son-in-law
q General Frederick D. Grant
The only ether Se-vian dynasty is that OF obreno-
witch which extinct IN the male line through
-he murder OF King Alexander four years ago
There gre some descendants in the female hne
notably Colonel Constantinovitch. son OF Princess
Anna Obrenovitch, who assassinated with
her uncle, Prince Michael, ruler Of Servia, in
-4S and whose younger brother was the father OF
King Milan. But Princess Annals is content 10
call himself --CoIoneI' Constantinovitch and has
never made Of the title OF prince. although
treated and recognized as his dearest and closest
relative by King Milan The colonel, who had at
ore time been slitor for the hand OF Queen Nata
lie has married his daughter TO Prince Mrko, the
second son Of the Prince OF Montenegro, who
n view CT the chiIdessness OF his elder brothers
marriage Is destined succeed 70 rhe throne OF the
Black Mountains
Il err 5evoting space TO explaining all this
& Is because I have received number of letters
OF these articles inquiring about these
soi-dsaut Se-vian princes over here, asking for in
formation the nature Of their preJensions- II
Is well therefore. that their precise status should
be made clearly known. the more so as some Of
them seem 10 have even managed to secure acnlis-
sion 70 important clubs in New York and elsewhere
n the belief that they were bona fde royal princes
Q. se1ia-