The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-06
l. ASCELLES FAMILY
ONE OF THE OLDEST

rid. Baron Ferdinand Stumlp, and OF
his american wife. Pauline daughter
OF the banker, Louis Hoffman, of New
I York
| The other Prince Hermann Hatzfeldt
is the eldest son OF the Duke of
Trachenberg. grand cup bearer to the
Prussian crown. the duches. having
been grand mistress OF the household
to the late Empress Frederick. This
Prince Hermann. whose younger
brother. Count Alexander. Is married
TO the daughter OF the Japanese ex-
| ambassador. Niscount Aoki. IL council
or and first secretary Of the German
embassy at Vienna, where no has Just
become engaged to the daughter Of
his chief. Elise Won Tschirschky. Won
Tschtrschky was formerly Secretary OF
State for Foreign Affairs at Berlin.
but making q failure OF the Job. was
sent TO Vienna as ambassador, where
his position has always been somewhat
awkward, owing TO the fact that his
wife is an Austrian. OF bourgeois birth,
who has only been able TO secure pre-
sentkuon at the court OF the land OF
her birth as foreign ambassadors.
her own mother and sisters being bar
red therefrom.
So much ridicule has been poked at
the recent Royalist attempt TO re-es-
ihOilsH tHc monarchy IN PORTUGAL. shat
il is only fair to ex-King Manuel and
to hiB sensible advisers in London,
such as. for instance. the Marquis do
Several. TO explain that they had
nothing whatsoever TO do with the
affair, and that they strongly disap-
proved of the enterprise. as ill-timed,
badly organized, and as calculated in
every way TO damage their cause. The
money for the arair certainly did not
come from King Manuel. nor from any
OF his kinsfolk. Neither was Il furnish.
ed by the widowed Mrs. James Henry
Smith. the American mother-in law
OF Don Miguel. OF Braganza. Duke OF
Vizcu. In fact. one OF the principal
causes OF the failure of the venture
was the absence OF money, and the
only parsonage OF any note identified
with the AFFAIR was Dom Miguerx
younger brother. Prince Francis JOS
eph, OF BraEanza. Now, II ever there
was man who was calculated to
damage cause BY associating himself
herewith. II is this particular prince,
who in July, 1892. was arrested in Lon
don, In the neighborhood of Stamford
Street. charged with particularly
unsavory otfense. and after appearing
in the prisoners dock at the South
wark Police Court. was committed for
trial at the Old Bailey. His kinsman,
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. next heir
10 the Austrian throne, and who was
in London at the time. for the purpose
of attending the coronation of King
Edward not only declined to life a
nnger In his behalf Indignantly re-
pudiating the endeaVors of the prince
TO secure immunity By declaring him
self attached to the archduke's coro-
nation mission). but also forbade the
Austro- Hungarian embassy to inter-
fere. and took steps Immediately on his
IN ha
princes connection with the Austrian
army, In which he until then held IA
commission as lieutenant OF the
Seventh Hussar Regiment. In one
word. The prince wRs turned out of tho
Austrian army and has become So
cial outcast. as far the great world
of Vienna is concerned. When placed
on trial at the Old Bailey. the prince
escaped conviction by reason of the
notorious infamy and consequent un-
reliability OF the persons mixed up
with him in the scandal as associates,
and as biackmailins accusers.
Last year Prince Francis Joseph Of
Braganza came into the public eye
through his association with tho in
national swindler known TO tho
European police as the bogus Wander
bilt," owing to his having passed him
self off every where as a member OF
the Vanderbilt family. At first the
prince was accused OF being a confcd-
crate. But subsequently it was dem
onstrated that he W more OF dupe.
and he escaped without any other
blame than that OF having been as
sociatcd with blacklegs and swndlers.
That prince with such record as
this should undertake to lead royalist
movement in Portugal was bound to
damage 1t from the outset. For. un-
happy as is Portugal under the Re-
publican regime, which promised SO
much and has accomplished so little,
subjecting the people to greater des-
potism and to more onerous taxation
than under any OF the former Kings
at Lisbon, the nation would be infinite
ly worse OFF under the rule of mon
arch so thoroughly dscredted and so
completely foolish as Prince Francis
Joseph of Braganaa.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company