The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-11
pf Ia MAnaUIsE die FoNrENoY.


A MERlCA is 10 be congratulated
~ on the assurance given last
"A Saturda y by Prince victor
Thurn -and-Taxis, and by the
American woman with whom he went
through marriage ceremony, on No
ve'nber !. at Uniontown. Pa, that nell
Their ne nor she will ever return To
tile United states: a pledge which they
gave on sailing for Europe Just week
ago.
For the prince is a singuiarly black
sheep OF one OF the most illustrious
and historic houses of Europe. He
was forced to leave the Austrian army,
In which he held Il commission In the
Ninth Hussar regiment, under the most
discredita5le circumstances. which In
volvcd hts withdrawal from all the
clubs to which ne belonged at Vienna
and I Pesth while the customary per
mission was Indignantly denied to him
OF being permitted TO retain the right
to wear his uniform. or having his
name hgure on the reserve list OF Of
ticers OF this crack corps l may add
that when Prince Leopold OF Saxe-Co-
burg. one OF his former fellow officers
OF the Ninth Hussars. was visiting
and found that Victor OF Thurn-and-
TaNis was going about here, he took
particular trouble to warn people
against him. as being man unit Tor
intercourse with honorable people.
Whether the lady whom he has just
married at Uniontown. Pa. is in reali-
~ MS wife Will not be definitely es-
tablished until the pretens!ons Of at
least two other claimants to that
doubtful honor. both Of them now in
Europe, have been set at rest by the
law courts. Even in that case she
would never be recognized as Prin-
cess of Thurn-and-TaXis in the princes
native land of Austria Hungary. OF
which ne is citizen, or in Bavaria.
Taxis primarily belongs, from both of
which he is barred. by reason of his
former misb chavior. For, In the first
place. the Princes of Thurn and
Ta%is can only contract legal marri-
ages by the consent of the agnates OF
their family, and this. by the statutes
of the family. cannot be given. except
ance is of royal at least noble
blood. In fact. each of the Princes
of Thurn and -Taxis who have married
to renounce their membership OF the
family. and all their prerogatives In
connection herewith. receiving by
way OF consolation either a barony. or
merely the right TO prefix the nobliiary
predicate of Won to their new name.
The consent of the aGnates OF the
Thurn- and TaXis family would never
be given TO Victors marriage to the
woman with whom he went through
ceremony of marriage at Uniontown.
Pa. for the reason that she is not
bic origin, but also a divorcee Her
first husband was the head of the his
toric Irish house OF Fitzgerald. OF
Waterford, and a granddaughter OF that
Edward Fitzgerald who is known on
this side of the Atlantic as the trans
lator of Omar Khayyam. the Persian
poet. The home of Gerald Fitzgerald
is known as The Island" Waterford:
and on IL he spent near half million
Of dollars in improvements. in the hope
of reconciling his American wife to
life in Ireland. But she would not
even consent to occupy his beautiful
country seats in England, amongst
others, Boulge Hall. in Suffolk, prefer
ring a flat in London. in the expecta-
ton of being able to mingle in that
society that she was entitled to, not
by her birth or by lher breeding. but
solely and entirely by her marriage.
Naturally. under the circumstances,
the marriage proved a failure. and
proceedings for it's dissolution ensued,
which. owing to the fact that Fitzgcr-
aid was an Irishman, and not an Eng
lishman, necessitated tho passage of
q private act Of Parliament For there