The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13
By La MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoy.

Y.
DARONESs MARIE VETzERA. who
X died with Crownprince Rudolf,
IL At Meyerling, on January 80 1858.
iett no Child born OF her infatua
ZION for the only son of the Emperor
and Empress of Austria. This is a
matter Of such common and positive
knowledge to everybody OF any stand
Ing in Viennese society, and in the
austrian official world. that II is d!fl-
cult to understand how any woman
can nave been accepted on this side of
the water as the natural daughter OF
inc Inflated crownprlnce and of Bar
oness Marie Vetzera.
Yet there is a person who, styling
herself Alma Vetzera married three
years ago George Osborne Hayne. who
Is now seeking to divorce her IN tho
courts OF the state OF New York. nam
Ing as correspondent Justin %. Nc
Dougaid. son OF wealthy Cobalt mine
owner, making his home at Montreal
I've young fellows father, objectinC to
MS sons infatuation. which he re-
sarded as crazy, had him committed to
Shnatorium. near Montreal, conducted
py Belgian priests, and when Mrs
Notzera Hayne had tho incredible i'm
pucence to bring habeas corpus pro-
cteulhSS IN the Canadian courts 10 sc-
II oe she liberation OF the young fell
low. her application was defeated on
several GROUNDS. ono OF which was tho
laGt that the lad was still a minor.
- would be interesting to learn
as Alma "vetzera" in the ai,idayits
which She presented to the Canadian
courts, In applying for the writ OF
"aoeas corpus, and whether she made
uA| mention OF her alleged parentage
since III that case she would render
herselt liable To u criminal prosecu-
t recorI iGF perjury; l would likewise
VINO is seeking TO divorce her in the
state OF New York, to make quite surn
tnat she really owned the naino under
"hlch she married him. and that the
parentage which she gave in the certI-
acate and In the marriage license was
correct, since II this were not so. the
union would. believe, be invalidated
only Crownprince Rudolf. but also
Baroness Vetzera's father very well
indeed, and that l was thorouEhly nc
iuainted with all his family sorrows
Al length the boycott to which King
ieIeF mas been subjected by the for
blood stained throne OF Servla seems
20 De drawing to q close. For En-
pefor Hicholas has given his consent
20 me oetrothal of a scion OF the
Teisnins house OF Russia. TO King
Peters only daughter, Princess Helen,
OF Servia, who was brought I'D to a
great extent at ST. Petersburg by her
mothers sisters, the Grand Duchesses
Stana and Militia OF Russia.
BY thus securing the honor of n
matrimonial alliance with the SOW
ereign house OF Russia for his daugh-
ter. Princess Helen. King Peter has
virtually assured the future existence
OF his dynasty in Servia and there will
De less danger from now on of his
overthrow and of his being compelled
10 resume the thorny path of q penni-
less exile. In fact his throne viii be-
come IN this way placed just as much
unaer the protection OF the Gear as
that OF King Nicholas Of Montenegro,
VINO. had II not been for Russians back,
ing. would long ere this have been
absorbed by Austria. on account OF the
trouble which it has constantly been
thirty years. Princess Helen is TWEEN
seven years OF age, and since her
iather became King OF Servia, has
divided her time between Belgrade.
ana italy. where she made her home
Tor several months each year. with
ner aunt. Queen Helen OF Italy. In
oeed. 1t is at the royal italian Castle
Oh Racconigi. In Piedmont. that the
princess's official betrothal has taken
place.
Princess Helen's dance is Prince
John Constantinovitch, eldest son OF
the Grand Duke Constantine Constan-
tinovitch who has been frequently Do
scribed in these letters Is the poet Of
the house of Ron anoff as the transla-
tor of most of Shakospeage's works in
TO Russian, and as president OF the I'M
Perlal Academy OF Sciences Of Russia
of mis- bride-to-be. and is a stalwart
young subaltern OF the regiment of
Chevalier Gardes de IImperatrice at ST
petersburg. AS he represents the fourth