New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
When Belgians hooted and Pelted Baroness Vaughan
They Acted i'm Strict Accordance with Precedent

Gceryrisht 1895 ~ tie srsnr~ood Company
That Caroline LscroiA. who owes her
atie of Baroness Vaughan 10 the Prince
- Monaco. should have been booted and
relted win stones by the popu,aoe 81
srusseis before Erecting her escape 20
france after the death % King Leopold
IN accordance with rrecedent. For
ne nation Is usually hostile 20 those who
aave been parties 10 the scandals affect
ma 40 good name Of it, rulers. II is
soubflul whether this eN-barfnald OF the
-ailroae bunet az Ds5on viii be per
saitted &C return 20 Belgium. since. being
- l'rtach birth. Il Is within the power
~ tho police 20 expel her ~ an unde-
Eirsele alien. BY means q a decree or the
Minister az the Interior without any
,orn of Sudicial process. Moreover, she
"a obiect OF such intense eNecraticn 70
ne people % Brussels, who see IN her
ne chief cause OF The extraordinary
boycott 10 which their city has been sub
ected Cor nearly q decade BY the reign
ng houses Of Europe. 20 the detriment
= trade and industry, that they would be
almost oapahle OF lynching her were she
- stte,npt 20 brszen the matter out BY
showing herself there in public.
Indeed. like the other Delilahs Of the
Amounted OF the Lord. she VIII hence
forth be condemned 20 exile from a
country where for q time she reigned.
sfter 8 fashion as uncroWned queen.
For n Is Impossible % deny that her in
auence over King Leopold. so autocratic
sno rnssterful in his dealings with every
me else. was very great. The best illus
ration thereof Is 20 be found IN The fact
hat he should not only have cuarrelled
IN her account with his relatives his
ministers and his people, but should
actually have gone 10 the length OF de-
Ipoiling the reigning house and the ma
non 81 a fortune estimated az more than
$50. coo. 900 in order 10 enrich this wholly
,neducsted woman. who was born in
7orrers lodge. and one Of whose sisters.
a. any rate. is = professional member Of
he half-worl6. the other sister being a
respectable fruit dealer in the Central
Markets. in Paris.
When Alexander II % Russia was
murdered IN such an strocious fashion
by the Nihilists, nearly thirty years ago.
one OF the very FIRST things that his sue
cessor ala was 20 Danish from Russia
Princess Catherine Dolgorouka, who had
been created Princess Eourieftska IN her
own right, only Two months previously.
on the occasion OF her purely ecclesissti-
raj that is 70 SAY morgsnsric. marriage
eth the LiberaLOr Gar. Alexander III
rad been deeply devoted 20 his father.
c-ss inexpressibly shocked by his fright
ful death. and mourned him sincerely.
But ne could no; forget that this woman
nad brought shame on his father and
had been 3 source % ineXpressible sor-
row 20 ms mother.
Catherine Dolgorouks was one q the
maids Of honor OF the late Empress
Marie when she managed 10 caprivate
the admiration OF Alexander II For her
he he neglected kis consoTt. EN- FILTERED
her existence. and ended b. living openly
with Catherine Dolgoroulla. who bore
aim three Children. al OF them born
curing the lifetime % the Empress. The
latter succumbed % s decline, largely
sue 20 sorrow and humiliation. and with
N q Few weeks after her death a. Nice.
Her husband, who had not even taken the
trouble 70 come 10 her when she lay
swing, contracted an ecclesiastical mar
-isge with his sEltana. by whom he vas
b. infatuated that he would have actual
ly p ised her 10 the rank OF Empress had
O. not been for the protests Of the mem
Dsrs q his family and o. his most trust
"a sdvisers anc oldest counsellors-
when Alexander II learned that she
rad cut on al her magnificent hair and