The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-03

claiming all dynastic rights. insists
that the very name of Napoleon stands
Tor the sovereignty Of the nation, civic
equality, liberty OF conscience. and the
pleDiScite.' that is TO say. popular vote
and universal suffrage. For Prince
napoleon some two years ago ca me
out in the most hat-footed way against
the proposal 10 introduce the income
tax into France, as a hateful and in
tolerable invasion of the privacy OF tho
citizen, and as introducing q form OF
arcny would have ever dared 10 commit
itself. IN fact. Prince Napoleon.
(whose wife Princess Clementine OF
Belgium is about 10 became a nlotherJ
STANDS In the eyes OF the French peo-
pie as declared adversary OF the in
come tax project OF the new French
premier.
Should Princess clementine give
birth, as It is anticipated. to a boy, tho
event Will prove OF considerable in
terest on both sides OF rhe Atlantic
For u Will preserve the imperial line
of Bonaparte from extinction. Wera
brother Prince Louis Napoleon. Othe
latter OF whom is unmarriedD TO die,
without Issue, the sole remaining repre-
sentatives OF the BonaparN family
would be Charles Bonaparte, of Balti-
more, Attorney General in the Roose-
velt Garnet ana his nephew Jerome
Bonaparte. OF Washington, respectively
the grandson and great-grandson OF tina
Jerome, by his rrst and American vie,
Miss Elizabeth Patterson. OF Baiti-
more.
King Georges visit to ireland ths
week. renders timely an allusion to
the fact that he is genealogicaly and
rGisputably the direct descendant and
Kings of ancient ireland. The history
of ireland goes back TO Conarie Nor, or
Sonalry the Great. who 600 years be-
fore Christ. ruled as High King over
the clans Of the Gaels OF ireland, at
Tara From this Conairy the Great.
the heroic ancestor OF the Hy-Niels. 10
Sing Connor MacNessa. who 900 years
later was the contemporary OF the
ius: from Conner MacNessa to Counor
Nal of the Hostages. who reigned in
the generation before ST: Patrick came
TO Malcolm Cean Nor, who married tho
Anglo Saxon Princess Margaret. sis
ter of King Edgar Athelng OF Eng
land, from King Malcolm to the heroic
then through the Stuarts, to the house
OF Hanover. and that OF Coburg, to
George ", the descent Is as direct and
as incontrovertiole as any descent in
ancient or modern history.
OF course there are other people,
some of them great Irish mobiles, and
others mere commoners. besides hun.
dreds OF persons in the United States,
az N.-H sIoh ueSCtHl from tue ancient
Kings of Ireland But all have Quilted
the royal caste. which King George is
alone to retain.
All those who wish 10 have further
particulars OF this Irish ancestry of
works OF the late Sir Bernard Burke,
Ulster King at Arms. to other Irish
senealogists, and last, but not least.
TO that trusted associate of Parnell
and former Nationalist member Of
Pariia ment. Frank Hugh O'Donnel.
founder of the National Democratic
League: and recognized authority
on Irish history.
This Irish ancestry of George V. in
vests his dynasty with an antiquity
superior to that OF any other reigning
house of Europe. Indeed, it is neces-
sary to seek the records of sush de-
scendants of the gods as the Mikado
of Japan for a genealogy to rival the
well-nigh -millenniai ancestry or
GeorGe w., heir Of Victim. heir "a
Guelph. heir of Stuart. heir of Brut t
heir OF Plantagenet. and neir :.
Conairy the Great.
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