The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-14
ISSUES MANIFESTO
AGAINST IMPOSTOR

duke. haa little II anything left OF tho
fortune which no inherited from his
father and mother. while tho blg dowry
which the duchess received from her
father old Guzman Blanco. so long
president and dictator of Venezuela
and the money which no left to nor at
p. Death. have also to Il great extent
Disappeared
TINS condition OF affairs is duo not
only tv the cNtravNgancc OF both the
duke and duchess. but also to his un
iptt1nate conviction that me is "a shrewd
ANA sharp man OF business. whieh has
sHcresstul enterprises of a. nnancial and
industrial character. The duke rs Il
dapper we'll preserved little man IN
spite Of the rapid pace OK his life be-
fore he married Carlotta Guzman
Bisnco, but has none OF the Imposing
presence and manner of his father. the
nrst duke, VINO managed always. mo-
matter how awkward tho predicamcnt
tho Grand SeiEneur.
After an the present duke deserves
much Indulgence. For his boyhOod.
after his fathers death. was far from
nnppy. and his Russian mother. one OF
the most selfish women In existence.
mad so little maternal feeling. that at
one moment She had actually secured
the commitment OF her two sons to the
great French retormntory OF Mettray,
AS incorriglbies. whore they would
nave mad to associate with young Grim
mails. and was only prevented at the
last moment from putting her project
into execution. by the intervention OF
relatives and friends.
II may DE doubted whether there Is
ln the Dragon regiment witch young
Auslste Dc Alorny has just Joined. any
a more extraordinary lineage than him
self Through his mother h. is "a
grandson OF old Guzman Blanco. the
Venezuelan Dictator and through his
RUSSIAN grandmother he Is. according
20 common report IN Russia, a great
grandson OF Car Nicholas l.
! ue Atst DucuesSe de Morny was by
oirth Princess sophie Troubetzkey.
!ier iHother' Catherine Pushidn, daugh-
Ter u lsussia's most famous poet, was
lnnaFpily married to Prince Serclus
Irouoetzkey. The princess very
pretty woman. VAS the object Of sucn
undlsguised admiration on the part OF
Elchoias l.. that when her little girl
sophie, was oOrn. her paternity was
4SeriDed TO the Car, report to which
color was lent later on. when on So
phle marriage TO the late Due do
MoFny she received q dowry OF a mil
lion ruhles from Emperor Alexander H.
supposedly her half brother Sercius
iroubetzkey at any rate was convinced
~ me truth OF the story, and nc deter
mined 70 oide his time ana TO get
rllated 70 humiliate him
Sot long aiterw ards Nicholas became
in'.tuated BY the beauty OF a Nine
i~tNinla JadimirowSka who had orly.
peen married about a coupla Of vearl
ana VINO on her arrival in St Peters
ours han at once by reason Of tho
Weaith and rank of hor elderly hus-
"siNu. and her own clevcrn.ss and fae
c.nation. taken up very CONSTITUTIONS
pace IN the Great World of tho RUS
s"n metropolis. Tho Emperor caused
. 70 DC intimated to the lovely Law
ma mat she had attracted his atten-
ZION, 10 his amazement and dIsarifst
'aVinla declined in q very catogoricai
inu naughty manner the advances of
ner sovereign.
Accepting his defeat. he said no,bf,r
attr!puting the lady's attitude 10 VIZ
ue' which he regarded as so rara a..
10 be worthy Of respect, and t. af
leHtlon for her husband. But his ala
seF AneW no bounds when some weeks
ater Serge Troubetzkey. VINO had
learned of the matter succeedoa 4, g.,
nuelnS Lavinia TO elope with him
ms was more than Nicholas could
Dear tie had the fugitive couplc az
$500 Iust az the moment whom they
were ABOUT TO cross the frontier inn
Austria. and brought back be tho roli.,,
| 70 -. Petrrsburg where b. ais erdors
the lady was restored to hcr hushand
whilo Selgius Troubetzkey. deprived of
ms military rank and princely title.
disappeared IN the direction OF Siberia
and was never heard of again no ap,-
o! the members Of his family
The late Due dc Morny. as oniclallv
and publicly stated in the Almanaoh de
S,,otha, was a natural son of queen
nortense Buonapartc. daughter of
Empress josephine and OF her Cham :
oerlaine. Count Charles de Flauhault.
In fact there was no concealment about
me matter, since Napoleon III. -ecoe
nized the duke as his half brother.
while the latter had his escutchaon
adorned with a hortensia, in order 10
indicate that lie was the offspring Of
Queen Hortenso
As for the Comic de Flauhault his
Of Louis Ky. while the real farhs ,''S =,
the Comte de Flauhault was nor bJs
mothers husband. but the then Ahbs'
btslleyrand afterwards Prince of that
IN ana so famous as statesman
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