The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-28

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/ daughter the crownprlncess has al
Eeady attained her !ega! majority. and
: VII on her fathers death become
r ri!iS. grand duchess in her own
/ Prince Alphonse de Bourbon. son OF
the lnfanta Eulal!e. is lying very ,,an-
serously III with enter!c fever in tho
military hospital at Mellla; and his
campaigning against the Moors cut
snort, he Will, IL he survives, be in
va4!ded home. as soon as he is able
| to travel.
L may be recalled that when the
military operations at Melina became
serious, in the summer OF 1909, Prince
Aiphonse received orders from King
Alfonso who Is his first cousin, TO pro
Seed to the front. The young monarch
knew that the prince was deeply at
tached TO Princess Beatrice OF Great
J britain and Saxe-Coburg: was aware,
TOO that there were obstacles In the
way OF marriage. owing to the fact
mat the princess who is a Protestant
| refused 10 become a convert TO Roman
| Catholicism. and hoped that II the
| prince distinguished himself In the
war against the Moors at MelNla, It
might DE possible to overcome the OBJ
jections to the marriage.
On receiving his orders, the prince,
instead Of joining the regiment to
w ra n ne S,. had been assigned. and sail
France. and from thence TO Coburg.
where ne married. without the consent
OK King Alfonso, and without the
sanction OF his father. Princess Beat
rice. both leaving Immediately after
wards for the Bavarian Highlands.
where the honeymoon was spent
Naturally there was much indigna-
tion. not only at the court of Madrid
but also in Official and military circles
IN spain 1t was not alone that al
though n Spanish officer and a Spanish
prince of the blood he had married
without the consent of the crown and
government. Protestant princess; but
what was infinitely worse. that he had
rendered himself virtually guilty of
the military crime of desert!on. when
at the seat of war. Despite the close
relationship between the King and the
prince, and the equally close ties OF
blood between Queen Ena and the
closest friends. the Infanta Eulalies
son was deprived Of his commission in
the Spanish army, of his Spanish or
ders and dignitics. and was banished
from the country.
Ever since then mutual relatives
have been endeavoring to effect a re-
Cancellation between the prince and the
King. and to secure from the latter the
lier relations were restored at the
time of the birth of son to the young
couple at Coburg last year: and last
summer. during the visit to England
the Cowes yacht races. the prince was
restored to the Spanish army, with the
rank of lieutenant of the First Regi-
ment OF the Guard, received back his
Order Of the Golden Fleece, and was
permitted to join the troops now OPP
Grating against the Moorish rebels
around Melilla.
Within fortnight of his arrival
there, he was laid low by enteric few
er brought on. as in so many other
cases. by the drinking OF contaminated
his Baptism of fire." and has repaired.
from a military point of view, the
grave offenses which he committed in
1909: and II ne RECEIVERS there is no
doubt that this will be taken into ac-
count. and that both ne. and his wifo
will be welcomed to the court OF Spain.
The prince talks English perfectly,
and Is an adept in Football scull!ng,
and all sorts OF other English sports,
having been brought up at the great
college Of Beaumont. at Old Windsor.
which is the Roman Catholic counter
part, in England. of Eton and of Har-
row.
Copyright, 1911. by tho Brentwood
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