The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-28
SURRENDERS RIGHTS
OF ROYAL PERSONAGF.
BY LA MARauIsE DE roNrENo,

BY LA MARQUISE DE FONTENoY.
O. mneh mas been made by the
~ er Miss Anita Stewart of tho
illustrious ties OF relationship
which she had formed through her
marriage 10 Dom Miguel OF Braganza,
slight placed upon her by the neglect
TO invite either her husband or her
( self TO the wedding OF Princess Zita OF
Parma Bourbon TO the young Arch
gome one day the ruler OF the Dual
Empire Dom Miguel who is now con
nected with stockbroking hrm in
LONDON. is FIRST cousin OF the bride,
ana ooth the widowed Duchess Of Par
ma, that is TO say, the mother Of the
pride, and also the Archduchess Maria
herese OF Austria, are his aunts In
TACT the imperial wedding at Schwar-
z 5ts vas was the principal gathering of all
has taken place since ne became the
husband OF Miss Anita Stewart
Nhen' however. he led her to the al
tar In Scotland. he was obliged to
surrender all his rights and prerora-
tiVes as prince OF the blood. and as
royal parsonage. This cut him
adrift from his family and their re-
!afves' from social point of view
uement Of his liabilities in Austria
either by his mother-in-law or him
self since his marriage: settlement
which was not only looked for by his
relatives. hut even, so they assert. pro-
missed to them. haE still further EN-
Filtered them against his marriage
ana mas moreover rendered sotourns
by him In Austria and in Hungary al
'"~ether tmpracticable
The fact OF the matter is that his
debts in Austria have not been set
tied. and that HIS wife has not been
presented, either at the court OF
vienna. or to the large circle OF his
tInneria1 Il in ~
tria. Furthermore. at the heir pre-
sumptive's wedding last week. to
Princess Zita. their first cousin. they
were not hidden to the feast at which
the principal guest was the old EN-.
peror.
.Cannons Are. church bells ring mer-
rily and the streets and houses are
the Inhabitants don holiday attire, the
music OF military bands fills the air.
and troops line the streets when a
sovereign makes his first entry into
throne.
Pathetic by way OF contrast was the
secret and almost stealthy arrival of
Grand Duke William Of Luxemburg in
for the first time since his accession.
He succeeded to the crown in 1905,
hut was so III at the time that it was
impossible to move him from his Cas-
Tie Oh hohenDerB, In upper Bavaria.
There he remained, his departure for
Luxembourg being put off month by
month, and year by year, in the vain
hope that there might he an improve
ment In his condition.
This expectation has fbaen disaD-
pointed. There is no possibility of any
amelioration OF mis- state, which Is one
OF almost complete paralysis and i'm
becility rendered all the more pitiable
by his enormous girth and If he has
at length been moved to the Palace of
Colmar-Berg. on the outskirts of
Luxembourg, 1t Is because 1t is consid-
cred best, from a dynastic point of
view. that. when the end comes, he
should die in his domlnions. and among
his people, also because the inhabi-
tants of Luxembourg wish to have the
grand duchess. who is the regent. and
her daughter, the seventeen-year-o old
crownprincess. among them, and that
neither the grand duchess nor her
daughters wish to separate themselves