The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-16
.BONAPART ISTs'
CAUSE STRONGER
Marriage of Prince Victor e
Princess Clementine Helps
Pretender.
PRINCESS is VERY WEALTHY
Prince Cannot Be Expelled From
Belgium for Directing Ills
Campaign for Throne.
DY IA MAnauIsE DE EONT ZEN y;

DY LA MAR0uIsE DE FONTENoY:o
4, LTEIOuGtI King Albert has Of
~ fered no objection TO the mar
~ raGc of his cousin, princess
Napoleon, yet his consent has not
been necessary. according to the terms
Of Belgian law. At the time OF me
revision of the Constitution or BEL,
sian. In 1888 clause was lntroa i'ie,,i
providing that any prince OF the blood
marrying without the consent OF tIe
King in council--that Is to say, the
,, King and his government--iorteit eu
thereby his rights OF succession W
the throne. But no mention was made
of princesses Of the reigning mouse;
and If Princess Clementine has waited
for her fathers death in order 10 wed
! the Bonapartc pretender. IL Is no.
| because she was under any obligation
| to secure his consent In order to rem
| der the union valid. but merely be-
cause she did not wish to add TO me
number OF the bitter family squabbies
disgracing the court of Brussels, by
marrying in defiance of Leopold
| Wishes. Now that he is dead ana
! gone, she is at liberty to follow the
dictates of her heart
The marriage Will have the effect
of altering ,heSlesal status OF Frinee
ent he is merely a foreigner. VINO az
any moment can be expelled from the
country by order OF the minister OIL
the interior, or OF the chiet OF poi,re,
4 without judicial process, as an I'M
desirable alien. A'his Is a contingency
10 which he has been all along eS-
posed, in the event Of his availins
himself OF the hospitality accolued a, te
territory conspiraoics and attacks
upon the French government indeed
one of the main reasons why ne nas
!. remained so very inactive as pre-
4 tender, and has abstained from any
| .tt 20 1,tin about the overthrow
of the republic in France, mas peer
the desire to avoid the danger OF cN'
pulsion from the Kingdom Ms sool
as lie weds Princess Clementine, n.
can no longer be expelled for the Law
in the minister of the interior th'
right to eSpel any foreigner as "a, al
undesirable alien, expressly aeSld't :.
any foreigner who, being married u
) Belgian woman, has been reslden
! OF the kingdom for more than ilv
years, and makes his home there.
Ceremony in brussels.
The wedding will tase place a q
Brussels. from the palace OF IN
o been much attached to her niece. ahe
5 in fact, was more q mother TO ne
o than the late Queen Henriette. frihc
5 Victor Napoleon will be attended
his brother, Louis, general on IN
retired list OF the Russian army. an
E by his first cousin. the Duke of III
!, Abru2zi who will also act at the we
y ding as the personal representatiV
: Of King Victor Emmanuel; for IT mus
be recalled that the mother of bot
Victor and Louis, the sanity Princes
. Clothilde Bonaparte. Is a sister OF !.
:. late King Humbert, and OF the ia'
:. Duke OF Aosta.
: There is no doubt that the marriae
= Of Prince Victor Napoleon will G
- FAR to restore his prestige as pre-
tender. and TO strengthen the boni
partist cause in France. For not on
Is since Princess Clementinc has inhe
IS tied very large share OF hcr father
= great fortune, but 1t will also appe
ID to all those French people, me ,.., nui
Or indeed of the population OF franc
r who demand responsibility and co
rectness In the private life of tho
who aspire to authority over thcs
~ In years gone by Prince Bonaparte
OF handed establishment. in the shape
b. an actress and her children, who lily,
'g practically. under his roof or rath
ns in an annex of his mansion on Il
a mated some years before he sought q
hand and won the heart of Prince
Clementine. and ever since then h
life has been entirely beyond reproac
I passed unscathed through so maj
cruel trials as Princess Clementinc, I
tanning popular sympathy both
L home and abroad, constitutes a qua
antee that his future existence W
be all that his friends and adherer
;e- could possibly desire.
,ty 1t is pity that the same cam
ire be said OF his younger brother, Prir
RI Louis. For the latter seems to ha
in succeeded to the former aberratio
INT of his older brother, and his mode
sht life in recent years, especially
ne. faux inenage, in the person OF "
uld man of singularly Objectionable an
at cedents, has cost him all the good "
ate which he formerly enjoyed even
ON Russia, where people are quite
zen reverse of strait-laced. tIe has I
ere feted the high favor and the IN
' 10 macy which he at one time EMO.
Nv ~ at the court of ST. Petersburg, VIII
VS. 10. he was treated by orders of the pr
- ent Gear as member of the i'm
- rial family; in the Muscovite capi
and on the banks of the Seine he
set down as having become socia
altogether impossible, and he Is
Giic source of great distress to his mott
W. Princess Clothilde.
aw
bly,. Intempcrnncc In Russia.