New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-29
TO GUST CROWN PRINCE
Ruler of Monaco Seeks to Bar
His Son from the Throne.

..r-asrs sentiments OF undisguised hostility
,o~nrd him. snd At the recent festivities at
Mamie carlo IN connection with the inau-
duration OF the fine new oceanographic mu-
se,yr, 20 which most Of TIRE governments
- Europe sent special ENJOYS the Kaiser
heug represented by Grand Admiral vop
Koster and France by her Minister Of For
sien Affairs, NJ P.nchon. the Crown Prince
vas as conspicuous by his absence as the
Anaerican-born consort Of the reigning
,-,uce. Princess Alice. who came into the
world AZ New Orleans as the daughter Of
he Franco-Arnerican Jewish banker,
Nschael Heine and whose first husband
AS the late Due de Richelieu. is however
sudicislly separated from the ruler Of No
-sco. 80 that nobody expected her. But the
shSence Of the hosts only son. born OF his
marriage with Lady Mary Douglas Hamil-
err now Countess Tassfle Festeucs. Great
a. good deal OF comment srd curiosity,
which latter has now been in a measure al
lsv-ed BY the discovery Of the attempt on
the part Of Prince Albert 20 proclaim the
prke of Urach as heir 10 his throne.
crown Prince Louis OF Monaco received
his military training in France. and served
fo- time IN the Spahis. in Tunis and Al
eeria and since his retirement from the
French army. IN which he was deservediy
populsr with lis fellow officers and the
rren under hts command has lived very
quietly and unobtrusively in Paris. being
never seen with his father whom ne has
- no tine accompanied. either on has
Yachting expeditions or on his visits TO
foreign courts. In fact there is no crown
prirce ~ any European THRONE about whom
less n known than Prince Louis OF Monaco.
He stands in the peculiar position Of being
me legitimate offspring OF marriage de-
cla-ed 10 be non-existent. HIS mother. Lady
Mary Douglas Hamilton. sister Of the late
Duke OF Hamilton. managed TO secure from
ne Vatican q decree annullinE her mar
rage 70 Prince Albert Of Monaco. on the
ground that she had been forced into il
agsinst her VIII by her mother. a princess
OF the reigning house q Baden, and by
he- kinsnan Napoleon III. who gave away
the bride ar the wedding in 1853. al ST.
Cloud But the decree. which was after
ward confirmed by the civil courts Of
Monaco expressly stipulated that the only
Child ~ this marriage should he regarded
as legitimate. When LADY Mary left her
husband she carried on he little boy with
her 70 italy. where an attempt was made
hy the italian police. acting IN the name
q the Prince Of Monaco. 20 take the child
from her by force Al Florence. but vas
frustrated by the Grand Duchess Helen Of
Russia
When crown Prince Louis reached his
teens he vas turned over 70 MS father and
educated in France But they have never
t'een friendly with each other. and in the
spring Of 1905 an open rupture took place.
and the Crown Prince emerged for mo-
nnent into the ImeHght through the pub
ucati0n by his father in the various news
papers ~ notice that he %-ould not he
responsible III any way for the pecuniary
obligations contracted by his son. Almost
simultaneously the crown Prince was sued
b. Mile. BoUver for the custody Of her
daughter and ms. II then developed that
the Crown Prince some eight years pre-
iogsly had married woman OF humble
birth. Aware that the match would excite
the d-sapproval OF his father. me continued
r' make his home In the apartments as.
signed for his use iu his fathers Partisan
rlansion. on the Avenue du Trocadero.
easing In another part 81 Paris a fat for
his VIE and the little girl she had borne
him
Lefr much 20 herself. the woman first OF
81 surrounded herself with her relatives
and former friends. and eventually de-
veioped such characteristics as to lead 70
q complete severance Of all save financial
relations between herself and the Crown
Prince. Realizing that the child in spite
NJ the secrecy OF his MARRIAGE. had q claim
% be considered as his legitimate daugh-
rer and as P princess of the blood. en-
titled in case Of his death without male
issue. TO eventual succession 70 the throne
Of Monaco, the Crown Prince determined
70 remove her from the care Of her mother
and from the latter's pernicious surround
ings and 10 have her brought up in a
manner betting her station in life As
he 0aN Il 4
the Crown Prince carried his daughter OF
one day IN a carriage and has since de-
clined 20 surrender her. The mother Of the
sir who al her husbands request had re-
talned her paternsl patronymic Of Bouvet
began proceedings against the Crown
Prince. but found il impossible 10 accom-
p.is1 anything owing 70 the fact that the
Crown Prince, being a member Of one Of
the reigning houses OF Europe. was as such
entitled 20 xtra-territJrial privileges when
abroad. precisely in the same way as for
eign ambassadors and was therefore ex-
empt from the jurisdiction OF all French
courts, no matter whether civil or Grim
ina
Prince Albert 81 Monaco. when he dis
covered his sons marriage, which he had
regarded until then as a feminine entangle-
nlent Of q mere temporary character. was
take proceedings TO have II annulled and
70 repudiate not only ne woman but also
the little girl. This the Crown Prince re-
fused 20 90. He expressed his readiness TO
secure civil separation from his wife. but
not divorce. being Roman Catholic and
having been married according 10 Roman
catholic rites. and he absolutely declined
20 disoVn the child. claiming that she was
not m0rganatic. but fully legitimate. and
Wherefore entitled 20 all the rank and status
q princess % Monaco.
Tho Crown Prince argued, moreover. that
as foreign prince Of the blood ne was not
required 10 comply with the French law
which demands that "a man should obtain
ne consent % his parents before contract
ing matrimonial alliance. He likewise
declared that there was nothing in the fam
H. statutes Of his house-MCnaco had no
constitution a. the rirne-which renderes
invalid marriages contracted by memhe rs
Of ne dynasty without the consent Of tire
sovereign. and he ridiculed the pretension
thst snv matrimonial alliance u a prince
- ths sovereign house Of Matignon-Grinl-
al with a woman Of non-roval rank must
necessarily be OF a morgsnatic character
and thar his daughter must therefore be
regarded as % mongnatic birth. For he
pointed out that his fathers FIRST Wife-tnat
d ruv- rr-rrbrr a.