The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-26

by La NIARQUISE DE FONTENOY. /,
4 ANOTHER name vanishes from
IN the Almanach de Gotha, through |
"a the deprival of Prosper of Aren-
a., pers OF his ducal and princely
title, of his historic name, Of his rights
and prerogatives as n member OF one
OF the mediatized. or formerly petty
sovereign, houses of Europe, and
through his transformation into an
ordinary bourgeois or the name OF
Prosper Blanden. lie is the only
brother of the head of the family.
VINO fortunately, however has two
sturdy boys to inherit his vast posses.
sions In Germany and In Belgium. and
his many dignities. which include, be-
sides the dukedom Of Arenbere, the
dukedoms OF the Aerschot. OF Croy ana
Of Meppen. the principally of Reck-
etc.
But while losing his rights as n
does not acquire those of an ordinary
German citizen. In fact his status Is
something very much akin to that of a
convict on ticket leave: for after
martial to death, by another to fifteen
years penal servitude, by u third to
twenty ycars' imprisonment. and pro-
nounced irresponsible by Il fourth and
the insane. he has now been dlscharR-
ed as cured.
The German government will not
hear, however, of his being turned
In Germany-for he has been allowed
his freedom only on the condition that
ne renounces his nam" his titles and
his rights as u prince of the Arenberg
family: that he leaves Germany for
ever. and that he takes up his perma-
nent residence on large ranch which
has been purchased for him In very
Remote portion of the Argentine Re-
N
care of guardian appointed by his
family and by the German courts, who
VIII control his monetary supplies. and
who Is qualified by the German courts
as well as by the ducal house Of Aren-
berg, to cause the ex-prince 10 be put
back under restraint as criminal lu-
matte and confined as such In Argentina
or conveyed back TO some sanatorium
in Germany, in the event of his at
tempting TO leave the ranch or OF his
misconduct or INSTRUMENTATION,
1t remains TO be seen wheeler the
Argentine authorities, which have re-
Gently been inaugurating laws analo-
gous to those of the United States for
the exclusion of undesirable aliens
Will allow the entry Of man who
has been three times convicted as a
murderer, and who was ultimately pro-
nounced TO be homicidai maniac.
1t is difficult to conceive anything
more shocking than the murder which
the ex-Prince Prosper Arenberg has to
his record. Always q species of ne'er-'
do-well, he had been sent out to the
colonies on account of the numerous
scrapes in which he had become In
volved At home, and was placed in COM
mand of district of German South
west Africa. on arriving there he as
ISOLATED himself with half-caste pet
niately fell in love with the latter's
very corhely half-caste wife, and on
her resisting his advances, seems to
have maltreated her. and when the
l.. So.
ed the latter on the charge of having
attempted his life.
First of all. after having bound Cain.
he tortured him in a manner that VIII
ed his intention OF conveying him for
| trial TO Windhoek. the capital of the
colony Scarcely mad the party started
| for their destination than the prince
and on the man taking advantage of
the permission to quit the procession
| the prince ordered one of the guards
to shoot him for attempting to ESCAPE.
| The soldier shot Cain in ttr leg. The
lprince thereupon cursed the soldier,
| drew his own revolver and shot the
PROSTATE man in the head. The shot
did not prove fatal, and then the prince
his bayonet through Gains back at q
point which he Indicated AS Cain still
showed signs of life. the prince seized
the ramrod from the gun of one Of
I
wound in the dying mans head into
| the brain, In order to hasten the end.
| This Is not. mere fanciful tale, ; "
| was brought out at four different
and was discussed in all
tits horrible details in the ReichstaE.
lit was witnessed by some subordinate
white German soldiers, who. when they
| attempted to interfere, were threaten
| ed with being shot for mutiny by the
| prince
The only excuse that could be found
for the prince was that he had always
been more or less mentally unbalanced:
Southwest Africa. dissipation, drink,
i and the absence of all those restraints
imposed by law and civilization at
home, had COMPLETED the wreck Of his
he found pleasure In capturing cats
and dogs, and in cutting off their feet
and tails and binding them; while II
/ he was transferred from the. division
1 viously held commission to the CO.
1 lonlal forces. 1t was because he had
been repeatedly punished for drunken
ness and for the maltreatment OF the
4 This. then, is the precious individual
thirty-five Years of age, to whom the
!. Argentine Republic is eXpected to Of
fer a permanent home. and If it admits
ence difficulty in closing the doors e
A any other undesirable aliens. no mat
A ter how evil their record.
4 The Arenbergs represent branch o1
4 the house of De Ligne, and althoug!
constituting the younger line, is fan
4 and away the most important, since
the senior line. who are known as
4 Princes of Ligne, are not mediatized
4 and are merely Bel Eas /, MOBILES no This
4 one Of them by birth, not merely
4 Princes and Princesses, but Dukes AM
i Duchesses OF Arenberg, this being, 81
far rs il am aware, the only mediatlzcc
house where all the hans msh 1,anv have
NM mpr J dn cal title dates from the begin
ninssS ST the Seventeenth century, whel
Ill VAS roonferrnd by tho Emperor Ct
4 Germany, .nebehalf of the Holy Ro
Among their titles is that Of Cour
de la Marck and their aneestdrs IN
S clude that Robert de la Marck who's
name is familiar to all the readers q
novels Of Sir Walter sG4t an tn
4 the sons Of the then Duke OF Aren
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