The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-27
ny la MAnou1sE DE FoNrENoY.

1TALY's present controversy with ,
Portugal on the subject of queen
Pas annuity, serves to call at
tention to the fact once more, that
mere changes of government DO not
in any way affect national obligations:
II one dynasty takes the place OF
another. or if q republic supersedes
monarchy, or vice versa, the treaties
and pledges made in behalf of the
State remain Just as binding as before:
Thus, when the present eN-Queen OF
Naples. as Duchess Marie OF Bavaria.
was married in 1853, by proxy to the
then Duke OF Calabria, a treaty was
negotiated between the Kingdoms OF
Naples and OF Bavaria, whereby the
| former bound itself to pay certain
amount per year to the duchess, as
consort of the heir apparent. still
larger annuity TO her as Queen OF Naples,
and a yet larger annual allowance to
her as widow of the King. As long as
| her. husband remained alive. and there
was possibility of his restoration to
! the throne of Naples, She made no
move to enforce her rights But when
he died, some fifteen or sixteen years
| ago, she caused her pccuniary claims
upon the Italian treasury 10 be pre-
| sented through the German embassy
at Rome-the Italian kingdom, by
absorbing that of Naples. having be-
| come thereby invested with It's treaty
| obligations. On the strength, mere
fore, of this treaty. concluded pc
tween Bavaria and the kingdom OF
| Naples more than fifty years age, the
| Italian treasury still pays to the ex-
| Queen OF Naples to-day a very hand
some annual allowance. and she vas
| moreover enabled at the time OF her
| husbands death 10 collect hVe years
81 arrears, the remainder being barred
| by statutory limitations
/ Just In the same way viii the re-
publican government at Lisbon be
compelled to pay, as long as Queen FRA
! lives. the full amount of the annuity
which the Portuguese governmens
! bound itself by treaty with Italy 10
allow to her In the event of widow
I hood, at the time of her marriage
in 1852, by proxy, to King Louis, grand
father of Dom Manuel
/ Had Napoleon Ill married for.
/ eign princess of the blood, instead Of
a Spanish grandesse the union would
have formed the subject of a treaty
between France and the nation TO
and the present republic would nave
4 been compelled. by virtue OF Una
i treaty, to pay to the Emperor's wido"
the annuity stipulated IN the docunieh men
ever, not being of royal birth, ana
her marriage not having formed the
\ subject of any International treaty,
had TO claims on me taehs ,p aleasui ~ ~
the Russian Colonel Keschke. on tho
!. national exchequer of Seryia.
How scrupulous. nations 4. are ~ ap % ~
this m Mhem Na psIe s"0 Vas
VIII Viii and ID. of Charles x, in spite
their eSecratlon Of eyerytihing g f ion
caused the National Treasury %, OF
France to continue to pay the aannul-
ties which Napoleon had awarded GO
his most successful generals 70 70 ms ms
leading statesmen and even 10 ms
feminine favorites, and when ns.u
been inscribed on the Grand Liyre' OF
National Ledger, Of france. IN n !.
stances where the annuities constr
tuted the endowment of titles, mo !, nc
where heritable in the male line, the
! French treasury continued In, i,,n 70 pay ,r
them under King Louis Phll ,I !, n Y,
the reign of Napoleon. III, and unit
Quite recently, under the third repub'
lie, although the recipients were u
Q most cases publicly ayoWea t auve daa.
only about three or four years ngt
that tho. French government, at !, !
considerable expense, coinl,,u' 81 rice,
G entirely satisfactory TO their racipi
Q ents.
!. Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria an.
her morganatic husband, who ate 1,,s
t being raised by her grandfather I'm
. peror Francis Joseph, from Baron a. :
Count Seefrled, has recently peen -
t further elevated, to the rank Of Aus Aus,
(, trian prince, We're subjected TO mos
! gruesome experience the other day
: Entering the library Of their Chateau
i Rozsahegy, or Rosenberg. IN Hungary gary
! one morning after de1elner, (, en ne;
9 found on the desk the decapilate'
head of young girl. Tho princes
tainted, and her husband. after con
yeying her to another room and sum
a moning assistance Immediately starte
. an investiga ton to which magisteria
2 officials from the neiEhboring town
S were invited. .,,.
The most diligent inquiries faile
= TO reveal how the head could ,posslpi
Il have been brought unnoticed into tn
chateau, and above all into the library
which Is the favorite snuggerry OF th
princess, her husband and her chi
n on tho following day. however. th
!, mystery was explained, A poor peas
y ant girl, heart broken over so SON 6 aaa,
W rel with her sweetheart, ilad aes 's
i, mined to take her lite, and had ac
\! III. dn,xn tth her .uec