The Washington herald., 1911-05-20
ILLEGAL TRAFFIC
IN DECORATIONS

The Paris authorities are busy inquir-
Ing into the new scandal in connection
with an attorney Of the court Of appeal
Maitre Gu:llaume Valensi. and NJ. Gle
menti. president of the National HUI
manitarian League. Both are charged
with illegal traffic in decorations. VAL
ensi belongs TO wealthy Corsican
family and is said to he a nephew CT
Gen. Valensi. who has an influential
position at the Court of the Bey of
Tunis. He has been concerned chiefly in
work connected with philanthropic So
cieties.
The police first heard of the matter
through a merchant in the Faubourg
Montnfartre. Valensi offered to procure
for this man the Academic palm, for
which he would have to charge, so he
sad. loo francs commission. That mer
chant was surprised at not seeing his
name in the latest promotion order. He
became suspicious and informed the au-
thorities. When Nalensi called at his
house with the diploma OF an official of
the academy he found there several po-
liCemen. who placed him under arrest.
In his pockets were found other diplomas
of the Tunesian Order of Nicham
magistrate Nalensi replied that the di-
ploma had been given him by Clement.
who in turn had received il from some
one related to a political of high rank.
Valensi is a leading man In the "Order
of the Golden Crescent of Morocco" This
order II was asserted, was formed to
give financial help to French soldiers in
Morocco. 1t was supposed to have its
head Offices in Fez. For sums varying
m fnrty
one could he made either simply a men,
Lcr. or an officer. or a commander Of the
order" and receive decorations accord
ing TO rank. A regulation was made
that members were to wear the decora-
ton only at private meetings The ribbon
vas red. like that of the Legion of Hon
or. with a scarcely p.rceptible green
sign on it. Many officers of the order"
had hieh-sounding titles; Valensi was
vice president
Some time in June last. as adherents
to the order were not growing very
rapidly in number. Valensi determined
on a great coup. He started branch OF
the order" in the North OF France. and
advertised for a certain day the visit TO
Lille of Kaid Said Garder. described as
representative Of the Sultan OF Mo-
rocco The ''kaid'' and another Moorish
official appeared. each wearing burn
lensi, IN a red fez.
They were received at the railway sta
tion by the local authorities and a num-
her OF Lille adherents of the "Order of
the Golden Crescent of Morocco" The
affair created great excitement in the
town. At Valensrs hotel the Moroccan
flag was flown from the balcony. Speech
es were made at banquet by the
"kaid'' in broken French. and his ex-
CellenCy'' Nalensi. and subsequently a
number of decorations were distributed.
II reports now current at Paris are to
be credited. the prince imperial. Eugene
Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte. who died
in South Africa in the early 'Ios Of the
last century, left son who is still living.
This is the first intimation of the exist
ence OF a direct male heir OF Napoleon
III. In the cirCumstantial tale of this
survivor the aged Empress Eugene fig
ures prominently as protector. II is hint
ed that, years ago. she assumed the
charge and support of the grandson on
condition that the mother renounce all
claims to preferment that may be raised
on his account.
That mothers claims have passed all
earthly adjudication. She died at Mar
seilles. And that event has brought about
the present disclosures. il is declared.
She was known in Marseilles as Mrs.
Rebecca Clark Jackson, an English wom-
an. 1t seems that the prince imperial be-
came enamored of her in her own coun-
try. When the British regiment to which
he attached himself ordered TO
Africa she accompanied him as far as
Marselles. She remained there, and
he met his death in Zululand.
According to a memoir among her ef-
fects she informed the Empress Eugenie
OF the birth OF the son, after the death
OF the prince imperial Her reason for
so doing was that in her straitened cir
cumstances she feared she could not rear
the child as she wished to, although able
to provide for her own modest needs.
The Empress thereupon took charge Of
the boy and the mother continued her
life in Marseilles. holding to her pact of
silence. Her acquaintances there con-