The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-08
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CONCERNING Count Lonyuy.

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Concerning Count Lonyuy.
xi,C;K2!owN PRINCESS sTEPHA,.
Count 1I1enler Lonyay has been
On. into tho llmeiight ii connection
with the Primes Enlenburg affair which
~ now engaging the attention OF the
German courts. For III a public inter- :
view last week at Berlin, and printed
by most Of the German and foreign
on the extraordinary intimacy which
united Prince Eulenburg. the French
Is o. ! N 1885 at Munich EHlenburg
first seeretary 20; y t liz Russian lega-
ton. y He was then gverging on forty,
and on the point Of being promoted
70 the rank OF Minister Pentpoten-.
ttary at Munich.
81 Sna rT. 9nyay Te nus ssa
about twenty. Years Of age, and the
extraordinarily close character yof their
lnucll older than themselves, aroused
commen I'll at the time. md Is now re-
called by Macmillan Harden In such a
manner as to leave Lonyay under me
to clear his name. For the misconl-
duct of Eulenburg, in connection with
which he Is now being tried IN Berlin i
he was secretary OF legation at MI
st9 say ysers
many and aSroaa to the name Of n.
vice. In relation TO his Munich inti-
macy with Eulenburg, the construction
mndsr By p last thar al say
closely associated with both OF llom
r.
SO peculiar has been the attitude Of
the reigning houses Of Europe towaras
a%s ta so nae lis sFldiss e ask ss
self whether an impression did not
Aimputation. as that contained IN the
hanging over him. Certain II Is that
he has been subjected to degree Of
ostracism by the members Of the Old
World dynastles which is well-nigf un.
princesses OF the blood marrying mere
noblemen. AS n general rule, these
morganatic. consorts, though excluded
from the royal honors and prerogatlyes
nevertheless treated as kinsfolk, with
Kindness, affection and regard, by their
royal relatives. In illustration thereof
/ need merely recall the instance OF
band of Princess Frederick, OF Han,
over, Brunswick and Great Britain. and
who Is a welcome guest at the court
of st. James and at that Of ,.. Ma snnS
of the German army, married to prin-
cess Henrietta. Of schleswlg- Holstein,
the aunt Of the present German En-
press and Emperor. Both of the latter
t,...Y ~ EgY11qrScl near and
dear kinsman.
But Lonyay, whose title OF count
dates only from 1895. has been rig
orously boycotted since his marriage
by all his wife's royal relatives, and
has even been deprived of the preroga-
tives which he formerly enjoyed at the
various courts of the Old World as a
retired member OF the Austrian diplo-
matte service as titular chamber
lain Of the Emperor Francis Joseph.
House Of Lords. His step.daughter.
the former Archduchess Elizabeth. now
Princess Otto Windischgra has de-
clined to hold any intercourse with
sents to meetings with her mother, II
is on the distinct understanding. that
Stephanie leaves her husband at home.
members Of the Imperial House Of
Austria. of the English reigning FAM
lily or upon any OF her royal relatives
and former friends, she has to leave
Lonyay behind her. Sometimes he
waits outside in the carriage. and
distinct understanding that he remains
out Of sight.
Nor is he ever included in the invi-
tations addressed to her by royalty
Invitations that are now few and far
between.
There are 10 two men Of the world
who are better Informed about people
and who take more pains to keep them
Edward and King Leopold. King Ed
ward. although Stephanie was n favor
lite guest at Sandringham and at MARI
borough House during her WidoWh.o who'd!
as we'll as at Osborne and at Windsor,
while Queen Victoria was still alive,
has been dropped entirely by him since
her remarriage, and he has refused 70
have anything to 40 Win nsr n4I
given it to be understood that his bit
ter hostility to his daughters mar
riage was not SO much due to the 1act
that It was morganatio aliancs ae
the man whom she had selected Tor her
second husband.
Certain It is that the treatment atn,s' s,t to
1 Meted By reyalty since hs marriage
has been OF the most humilinting,a ana "a
unusual character and It isEdificult to
understand how either he .or his wire
Should Lonyay now consider It nee
essary to follow the example, Of others l,er
assailed by Harden and to bring proe
fceedingsJ against him for the purpose s4,
tute another notable chapter to .th a.
qng list Of aeanfBais In yh hea
been SO prolific. especially in recent
years.
ord yIll,ers, whose engagement to
Lady Cynthia Needham. the only dau 1 q
ter OF the Earl and Countess or ,I,a,,
morey. has Just been announced. nniy
be regarded as n fayorite Of fortune;
for his racing stable has been most most
successful during the last two or three IS,
Years. maintaining in the most brill
liant fashion the fame achieved d ~ s,r ms
ancestors. the fourth. fifth and SINH Inv.
Earls OF Jersey, on the English tMti
While about two winters ago he man man
aged to win a sum Of $250,oo0 at Monte
Carlo, at the tables. and what IS more,
to bring the entire amount paoK y, "
England with him intact, mI e 70 u!mo