The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-07
WINDSOR CASTLE TO
AGAIN BE. POPULAR
BY ia MARau1sE DE FoNrESoY.

BY LA MARauIsE De; FoNTENoY.
wv 7INDSOR CASTLE is certain to-
N play a much more important
w role In the new. reign than 1T
ala In those of Edward VII.
and Queen Victoria. both of whom dis
liked the place as n residence, the late
King infinitely preferring Sandring-
nam, while his mother was much more
at at, home Mt Balmoral and Osborne.
which, were her favoritc residences
Indeed. the people at Windsor COM
platned~bitterly of the extent to which
the prosperity of their town was af-
restricting his stays at Windsor to
about four weeks each year. George
", however. and especially his con-
sort, are extremely fond of the grand
tnresdue abode of any sovereign In
Europe. and have already given 1t 10
be understood that they will divide
their time between. Windsor and Buck
preference to Windsor, They will also.
make much more use of Balmoral than
did tho late King. who was content
win brief stay there of not more
Queen Aexandra's sojourn was usually
restricted TO ten days per annum.
The King delights in the excellent
salmon fishins and the shooting which
try afford, and Will spend his holidays
there rather than abroad Indeed. the
transfer of the seat of government
10 some place in the south OF Europe.
Ike Biarrtz. for two months in the
spring. and for six weeks a, Marien-
bad In the fall, VIII from hcnceforth
be thing of the past, and the villegia-
tura of the new King and Queen VIII
Since Prince Francis Joseph of Bra
ganza is credited with the Intention
of retrieving his fortune by means OF
a 4 lea, al,
ess, similar TO the one contracted b. his
elder brother. Prince Miguel of Bra
ganza, lase year with Miss Anita Stew
art. of New York, II may he worth
while to draw attention in these let
tcrs to the evidence Just given CON
corning his affairs in the criminal suit
| now In progress at Berlin. connected
with bills of acceptance bearing his
perfectly authentic signature. Ii is
| only fair to the prince TO say right
| here that he does not figure as q defen-
| dant in Nc case, and that the bills
Y winch he signed Were obtained from
/ him by fraud. and used by the prison
ers in the preparation of their swim
Being under "curateT--,hat is 10 say,
| IN the position of a minor or of a luna
tic-al of whose affairs are vested in
| the hands of an official guardian or
| ter. certain Dr. Gustav Lowry. OF
Neunkirchen. near Vienna DR.. Lowy
| declared, In the name of the prince
| that the latter was absolutely and en-
| tirely without fortune, possessed no
property of his own. and was entirely
| dependent upon n purely voluntary al
| lowance from his father. He added
| that the castle of Seebenstein. in Lower
| Austria, which is supposed to be the
| princes home, does not belong to him;
! that he has no right to Portuguese
| citizenship. but can claim that OF Aus
! tria; and that he had been deprived hv
NJ n la
affairs, and placed in position in
| finitely worse than that OF an undis-
| charged bankrupt in England by his
| relatives when they subjected him to
| legal curatel; for curatel debars him
| from the exercise of any civic rights.
and disqualifies him from transacting
| any business on his own account. In
fact. his testimony in a court of law
| carries little or no weight. since. he Is
| judicially irresponsible.
To this may be added that Prince
scandal In which he became involved
| in London in 1902, and which led to his
arrest and his detention in custody for
several days, has forfeited the cons
| mission of lieutenant which he. up till
| that time. held in the seventh Regi-
| lpeht of Austrian Hussars--a regiment
| of which the German Kaiser is hon.
orary colonel--and was debarred from
form of the corps. In one word. his
connection with the Austrian army was
| then and there severed, largely at the
| instance of Archduke Francis Ferdi-
| nand, who was in London for the cor
! onation of King Edward when the
| princes arrest took place, and who
| was so disguised that ne refused to
4 lift a finger to help him, and also for
babe the Austrian embassy TO move
I in the matter.
Count Gustav Sizzo Norris, who has
4 just been appointed consul-general OF
| Austria Hungary in London, Is brother
| of that Count Edward SiZzo Norris who
(, committed suicide three years ago IN
! London. on the eve of his proposed
| departure for the United States. Ed
1 ward SiZzo Norris was well-known In
| this country, where ne was engaged,
| amongst other things, in the promo
| ton of a company for the purpose OF
| furnishing 1.-THE principal cities on this
| side Of the Atlantic with the famous
| medicinal waters of Marienbad. lie
! was especially familiar figure IN
New York both in Wall Street and
1 at the leading restaurants, while IN the
| clubs he attracted attention by MS
| inordinate craze for gambling.
1t was this, indeed, that was his
bane, and although his mother was a =
/ great helress. namely, a member OF
that Jewish family OF Heine-Geldetlrn, I,
which owns the Vienna "Frcmdenblatt.
and to which the poet Heine belonged;
! vet he had not only run through al OF
his own money, but had also pretty
I. we'll exhausted the generosity OF ms
relatives, who helped him time and
| again. His financial troubles, together