New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-25
DUKE MAY RETURN
Orleans No Longer ExiIed if
Naundorff BourbonS Recognized

ICuuv-frhf 1910 hv the Brentwood AoflIAn1-N
Frances government and her Senate are
IN a ouandarg. They are called upon to
determine whether or not the claims OF the
so-caIed Naun6orn Bourbons 70 be the
lineal descendants q Louis XVII. that is 70
say. the only son and heir Of Louis XVI and
Queen Marie Antoinette. are well founded
The NaundorT Bourbons are In business in
Paris. in a small way as wine merchAnts.
and I periodically receive circulars from
them. recommending certain brands Of wine
which the- desire me 10 purchase
In their petition presented 70 the Senate,
they explicitly renounce al monarchical
pretensions. profess the most complete 10y
atty and allegiance 70 the government OF
the republic. and emphasize the fact that All
they are asking for is French citizenship,
by right OF descent. and the establishment
f ~ their claim by Inheritance 20 the name
/ Of Bourbon. Al present they are aliens
regarded as Dutch citizens. and subjected 70
all the disadvantage OF foreigners. which,
when engaged in business in France, are
very embarrassing and constitute a severe
handicap to commercial enterprise
Now. the majority OF the Senate and
likewise the government Of the republic
would very much like 20 return favorable
answer 10 the petition 81 the Naundorfr
BoUrbons. since Il would serve 70 seriously
discredit the rnonarchicaI pretensions II
the Duke Of Orleans. az any rate IN the
eyes OF the French public. which does not
appreciate the fact that even If the Naun-
dorfr legend were true. the bourgeois mar
riages contracted by the soi-disant Dauphin.
by his son and HIS grandsons. would deprive
his descendants or any royal status IN the
eyes Of the courts OF Europe.
But II the Senate admits the claims u
the NaUndorT Bourbons Il ipse facto &C
knowledges the right OF the head OF the firm
OF Dutch wine dealers in Paris 70 be tho
senior Of the French Bourbons and in that
event. despite his professions OF loyalty and
allegiance u the republic. and norwi.h-
standing his explicit abandonment Of all
monarchical pretensions. ne becomes an exile
from French TERRITORY and an outlaw. IN
der the Jaw OF the land. which explicitly
states that "the senior representative Of
any family that has exercised sovereignty
over France is barred from French terri
tory. and excluded from all the rights Of
French citizenship"
II that case the Duke Of Orleans. hsv-
I ing ased To be the senior representative
OF the French Bourbons. would be permit
ted 20 return 70 France TO take up his resi-
dence there and 70 resume his rights as
French citizen. His Punishment would
cease. The law dealing with the outlawry
OF the senior representative OF the for
merry reiEning houses would no longer ap-
/ ply 70 him. and the republic. without any
I legal means OF expening him save after a
4 trial by the Senate on a charge Of high
/ treason. would be compelled 10 tolerate in
/ Paris. and. in fact. everywhere in France,
\ the. presence OF the acknowledged leader Of
/ the r0ya,ist party. A possibility which il
/ does not contemplate with equanimirv de-
/ spite all its professions OF contempt and
r1dicuIe for the dukes pretensions 20 the
/ throne Of France.
+ Z nav 10 well % add that while there
. is abundant evidence ~ an apparently con
+ elusive nature in favor % the claims % the
Dutch vine dealing Nsundorf Bourbons IN
+ Paris including the recognition by the
Dutch authorities Of Naundorff 20 be the
missing Daurhin. the most serious flaw is
/ thar furnished by NaundorT himself in al
f autograph story of his escape from the
F temple prison In Paris. and OF his ad-
. ventures. including stay In The United
States. and extending ove- a period from
r-a5. when he claims 20 have left the
4 Temple prison. until 1924. when he drew
! uu the report az Brdnderburg. signing II as
follows
7
that IN subscribing hereto my sign manual
that this biography contains nothing but
The pure and incon-rover-ible truth. and
that r guarantee and swear 70 everything
that have here related.
LOUIS CHARLES,
/ ..Fo--7e- 1auphin Of France and Duke OF
Normandy. or Louis XVII"
Vow. Of all fantastic, blood curdling,
Ridiculous. nlelodramatic and improbable
. stories that have ever been set down IN
writing this so-called Brandenburg report
4 Is assuredlv the most wildly eXtravagant-
II teens with the blowing up of houses,
. with people being put TO sleep by means
of drugs. with shooting. poigniardinBs'
. scu--linC OF ships. etc, with careful
4 avoidance Of defnssz any precise date and
J locality which would ADMIT Of investiEa-
4 ton for the sake Of securing confederation.
. TIA Dutch Bouroous have carefully kept
J This PrandeubUrE report in the background,
/ realizing how damaging a. would be 70 their
case Il has been produced not by them
selves. but apparently by their foes, ana
! has been obtained. unless an much mis-
taken. from the Prussian government
/ archives. which. az any rate, has had II
on file IN legalized copy. If not IN the
original. since IL was officially sworn 70 by
I Naundorf a. B-andenhurg IN ls2A
Z was on the strength OF this report
/ shat The National Society OF History OF
+ France. composed OF the most erudite au-
rborities on history iu the country. con-
semned the rretensi0ns Of the Naundorf
Pou~bons ln "a decision recently rendered.
yrfcb was 20 the effect that the entire
Nsundorf legend was without any his
-r-fcaI basis. That the Dauphiu did escape
from the Temple prison is pretty wei IS
.abIiehed. But II anything were needed 70
destroy the rretensions Of Naundorff the
7-oreritor OF tae Dutch Bourbons. 70 be
The missing Dauph.u it would be this ex-
--aor5fnarv B-andenbu-E report 81 his. Of
fine very existence Of which few have
known until now.