The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19

thus 1t l. not enough that France should
see what look like She must know what
| can DO. will not 60 back 70 FranoS
until have done something 70 got myself
talked about by his will the Prince
constituted Prince Victor Napoleon. the
eldest zon of Prince Jerome. the head
of the house The Prince had been hailed
by the majority u the Bonapartists
as Napoleon " Il became oG impor-
tancr therefore 20 know precisely what
title Prince Victor. the Bonapartist pre-
tender % the present day. ought % hear
In view q the mutahility Of mundane
and French Affairs Il h worth while 10
state the two opinions held on that point
In 1891 the question was thrashed out
and the conclusion arrived at that a.
neither the Prince Imperial nor Prince
Jerome had ever been proclaimed Em-
peror Prince Victor's proper title would
bs Napoleon w. bat Prince Meter
Mich. the experienced diplomatist argued
otherwise IA his Memoirs Napoleon 10
h. says. abdicatsd in favor % his son.
Napoleon II who diving without direct
descendants. a. did also Napoleon III
lIos-ph. the former King Il SPAIN. left
LOUIS King u Holland. % become Napo-
leon ". making Napoleon " 10 called.
in reality Napoleon ' Thus the Prince
Imperial was Napoleon VI. Prince
Jerome would have besn numbered
VII. and should Prince Victor ever
reach the throne he would be- Napo-
leon VIII When Bismarck was told %
Napoleon III : death he IL credited with
having exclaimed HE has killed a son
who - alive and r.burisd an uncle Who
Ia dead In a sense. says Mr. Legge,
this Vas true. for the Emperor's death
had destroyed all but the fAintest hops
Of the Prince Imperial ever reigning long
before he fell under the Zulus' assegais.
There are some nice letters from the
Prince imperial and the Empress Eugene
10 various peopls. a full description u
Farnborough Hill. even the number and
dimensions q the rooms being given: a
chapter devoted 70 fate there for the
King and Queen ~ spain in November.
1907. another describing the imperial
mausoleum AZ the Abbey Of - Michael. |
the daily routine u the monks aud the |
like NJ CASTOR Calmettes triumphant |
vindication q the Empress. published /.
in 1891. is reproduced. and Mr.. lsegge I
declares from personal kn0wledge that
the Empress desired psacs and never
said tas IL everywhere stated in 1870 /
This s my war; An article written by |
the Emperor shortly after his marriage
for tho purpose o. portraying the new
Empress in her tr7I- Colors' and winning !
the French nation IL given in full. and |
many statements are furnished about
the Empress EuReniss millions and .
the Emporors fortune Her twenty
seasons az Cap Martin and her villa
Cyrnos her successful lawsuit against
the French Government 10 recover yalu-
able property lthe Government behaving /.
IN a very patty manner in some instanc-sl |
and the Great Year, IpGs-iSlO. In /.
the wears referred 70 tho oCtogenariAn /,
Empress. wh0 il sfill cheerful and healthy, |
visited the Emperor Francis Joseph az
lschl. Norway Tin her YACHT. Ceylon !
Madrid and ireland These journeys
and the fact that IN, accorded an inter .
view Un February last 90 an Italian
Journalist Who published Il in the Paris /
Mdnr the first interview. 20 Mr. Legges
knowlotge, since an anonymous one .
published ia 1879 appear % constitute /,
tho greatness
In CONCLUSION Mr.. LegRe issues a warn !
ing against a literary conspiracy said /
70 exist among CERTAIN foreign and Amer
loan publishers 90 launch forged me |
moirs- Il the Empress after her death |
The Empress caused the publication in .
the London Times January ~. 1910. q a
denial that she had written or vas writ /
ing any memoirs and proclamation that .
anything u that sort will he RpOcryphal /.
An appendix h devoted TO the family /.
~ Bona pa rte up % the year 1910