The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

duke Otto. whilo tho bride folioweo
Immediately afterwards. walking be-
tween IN Der mother. the widowed Ouch
Madrid; the latter arrayed Tor tnc oc.
caslon in his uniform OF Russian cav.
airy, In which he still holds the rank
OF lieutenant colonel Of the Grodno
iiussars of the Guard, on the reserve
Don Jaime and tho old Emperor were
tne oniy Two royal p~crsonages present
Iravery on a~et tbo bestowed TO.
Joseph having won his Order Of Maris
arnhSSG as a barely eighteen-yenr-oid
where he an re enc battle OF Santa Lucia
iirc.' while Don Jaime got his RUSSIA
cross of st. George for oo-nspicwous
%SaiIantry In the two wars OF Russia
In Manchurla.
Duchess of H%ohenbers' moro ~ IN
nUnsoF tho OF Ar9hduke Frane.s Ferdi.
me aosence from the wedding ma
Of tnose particular members OF tbs
bhn ns,a family who are PARTICIPANT
A~rchduohes s'' Fr sSSm * A re ana
attentions bestowed upon the Dncbe
~ i~1ohenberg. and above all tho ane..
BRIDE HId ihSs u,i for hSr by the young
stated In these letters to the ennci
mat h played an important roia IN
tbors about the match. and tina,
recording 10 which tho maria o. go
stituted a defeat for her. and tSa, ssbs
way. ": Possio4c
something occurs TO recall 10 tne ,ns'
ne mind the fact that Empress g.
!ottS or Mexico IL still In the land -,
OF ling; ana that. aeventy-iwo years
o. y bouchout, near Brussels. bcreft Of
ner reason. without a single moment Or
lncidity. ever since III. dramatic scene
:. .he vatican. In tho private apart
became insane. 49, ""'" S"o
her name Is once more in the limo.
nsad, u is because tho question has
N INC legal proceedings Instituted n
tNc Belgian courts by the creditors al
rIincess Louise OF Belgium. divorced
p nI9 or pfince Philip of coburg. The
Empress is a Belgian citizen a. ia
oniy sister OF tho late King Leopoid
an, that she relinqu!shed the Austrian
~d'loha!it which she had acquired bv
niasriaGe. when she became Empress
OF Mexico. and also that she forfeited
ner aleHlcai citizenship when her hus-
band was dethroncd In Mexico. and
slofcoEef' they argue that since she
mas been under restraint in Relpiurn
W. since INC death Of her husband.
mat Is TO say, for forty-four ycarE
she has established a legal donIciIe
IN belgium. so that tho estate whtch
shc VIII leave at hcr death must 20 To
heT next of kin In Belgium, namely.
10 hcr nephcws and nleces. the latter
including Princess Louise OF Belgium.
fhe estate Is a very large one, csti-
mated as in the ~neighborhood of TWEEN
~ or thirty millions OF dollars.
Naturally. the Mexicans, having got
RID OF the Empress by driving her out
or their country. aud Of her ushan
By, putting him 10 death, have no
voice in the matter. But the Empress,
according TO Belgian and Austrian law
in TACT. according to the law OF ali
civilized nations. forfeited her Bel
gian nationality, and became an Aus
trian, when she married Emperor
Francis Joseph's younger brother,
Archdukc Macmillan. she still is car
RED In the AlInanach dc Gotha az the
widow of an Austrian archduke.
As Emperor Francis Joseph took
a dramatically opposite view. and
argued that his sister-in-law. Enprcss
Charlotte, was al Austrian, and that
ms. such her estate should be adminir-
tered 6y the i?npGT4ai "l:5i:tc 81 "A rs
tria, much bad blood was caused be-
tween the courts OF Brussels and OF
Vienna. The issue Is now about TO he
passed upon by the Belgian tribunals.
those of Austria Will submit
to the decision, is quite another mat
ter.
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