The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
A letter to SANITY.
La Marquise de Foneenoy

7 IF was very graceful act OF Presi-
cent fallieres. TO present 10 King
i refer OF Scrvia. on the occasion OF
MS recent visit to Paris, the very
first of the medals struck nj the nat
ional mint. and which are being award
ed to all those who served with honor
under the French flag In the Franco
German War of 1870. For the King.
as q young man. took a very active
part in that conflict. being "a good
deal of Frenchman. at the carly
age Of eight he left Servia 10 be-
come the inmate Of school at Geneva
In 1855 his family was cSilcd from
SerVia. and Peter, who was only four
teen years old at the time. quilted
Geneva for Paris. where he completed
mis- studies at the College ST. Burbe.
In 1862. at the age of eighteen, he
was admitted TO the Military Academy
OF st. Cyr. which Is the French count
erpart of the United States Military
from thence In 1864, he then took a
course at the Stan College at Metz.
subsequently retiring from the French
army with the honorary grade OF cap
tain.
In spite OF this commission, he at
once. when the war with Germany
broke out In the summer of 1870 en-
listed as q volunteer in the ranks OF
the Firth Battalion of the Foreign
Legion at Tours. and took part in the
hshtinS against the Bavarians who
During the course of this campaign
he was captured by the Germans. His
escape was costly. daring and roman
tic. II was daring. because he swan
the River Loire in food 1t was ex-
pensive, hecause he had strewn the
route to the river with gold pieces TO
Bavarien scntries and soldiers engag-
cd In his pursuit were so eager to
gather up that they had no time
eaten the Fugitive II was romantic.
er, In whose farmhouse he was de-
tanned as a prisoner had helped him 10
get out of the building.
Resuming his place in the firing
line, Peter. who was known among his
comrades. commissioned and non com
missioned. by the name of Kara.
that is to say, an abbreviation Of
himself at the battle OF villersexei. that
ne was made a chavalier OF the Legion
OF Honor on the battlefield, and pro-
to which he was really entitled. as q
graduate of st. Cyr and OF the STAFF
College at Metz.
sa Since Peter Pc has s,s become King Of
Gordon of the Legion of Honor from
the republic. But he still wears, in
conjunction herewith. when in uni-
form. the plain cross of chevaIier OF
tho Legion of Honor, which he won on
the battlefield OF Vlllersexel: a cross
which will from henceforth have be-
side it the medal pinned on his breast
as one OF the veterans of the War of
1870. when he arrived In Paris to pay
his first state visit as ruler OF Ser
via. the other day.
!. Relatively few people are aware
that the War OF 1870 was not the
only ono In which Peter karageorge-
witch took part. Hc likewise fought
in the Turko Russian War Of 1877,
part of the time under the flag Of
bis father-in-law, King Nicholas of
Montenegro. and partly, too, as an of
hcer OF the Russian army.
Alfonso XIII. has threatened his
aunt, the Infanta Eulalie, directly, by
telegraph. and also through his am
bassador in Paris, where she lives, with
divers pains and penalties, for defy
ing him. in persisting in placing upon
the market on Monday last her extra
ordinary book. entitled eau FIJI de la
Vie without having previously COM
received his approval.
Without entering into the question
as to the merits of the book, 1t may
be just as we'll to revic whore brtehy
the punishments, which 1t is within
his power to infiict upon the prin-
cess In the first place, he can de-
prive her of her rank and her pre-
negatives as an infante, that is to
say, as a princess of the reienins
house OF Spain. If he were to cause