The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-09-22

tinguished inventor one day t.
lunch when one OF his imperial
cousins was present. For this he
I received a crushing rebuke from the
Emporer.
He wished to offer himself as a
candidate for the vacant throne of
} Bulgaria. in order that he might put
into operation some of his ideas in
that wild country. The Emporer
forbade his candidature. The throne
was taken by my brother-in-law,
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-CoburS,
now Car of Bulgaria.
John was keenly interested in his
work as an army officer. He found
that the majority of the Austrian
artillery officers were incapable of
handling modern guns of long
range. He published this and 9TH
er facts in a pamphlet. For this
he was rebuked by his uncle, the
Archduke Albert, commander-in-
chief of the army, who told him
previously that his statements were
all wrong. This John retorted:
! You are an old FOSSIL"
For this outrageous speech to
field marshal in his uniform John
! was removed from the army by the
Emperor, although allowed TO re-
tain his rank and titles. He scorned
to do this
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those who proposed to intercede for
him with the Emperor.
IF there is no room here for q
prince with ideas, l will find room
for a plain man somewhere in the
world"
John finally renounced all his
titles and succession TO the throne
and became a plain subject under
the name of John Ortiz
He purchased and fitted out an
old steamship, which he called the
Santa Margharetha, and sailed in
her from London in the spring of
hands while going round Cape Horn
In the autumn of the year But
know that John had previously
landed in the Argentine Republic
and is now living upon a ranch in
a faraway part of the vast land.
He does not wish to be found.
His departure seemed like the
going out of the sun from our sep
lob
duct to me quickly became more
brutal in the absence of John,
whom he feared. He abandoned
himself to drink. His depraved
propensities revealed themselves in
all their nakedness. Many a time
in wild rage he tore my clothes
from me and inflicted cruel injur-
les on me. When l first attempt
ed to escape from his brutalities
he brought me back and left me
helpless and fainting tied to a bed.
At last, goarded to madness, l ran
away from him with the assistance
of young officer who was devoted
to ME. The world knows the sad
story of my experiences after that.
And yet Prince Philip of Sake
Coburg was considered an ornament
TO the court of Vienna, while l am
now excluded from it.
Courts are merciless to princesses
who break the royal code of eti-
quette, but kind to princes who
beat their wives and break every
commandment but the eleventh
not to get found out.
Another episode that seemed "a
flow from John orth's rebellious
teachings soon came to stir the
stagnant miasmatic pond Of court
life. His neice, the Archduchess
Louise, had been tied in marriage
to a drunken boor, Frederick Au-
gustus of Saxony, now the king OF
2 that country. She was a bright
volatile, sensitive creature, and
such companionship was death tc
: her.
= In 1902 she ran away with heI
= children's tutor, Andre Giron, q
3 dapper little Bulgarian, not because
u she loved him, but because he was
the only gentle, civilized human be
ing she was allowed to see. The
: princes she met were equal mix
lures of vice and stupidity. She
has since married an Italian singer
e Enrico Toselli.
Her brother, the Archduke Leop
II old Salvador. of very similar TEN
permanent to herself, was also chat
D ing against the conventions of roy