New-York tribune., 1912-01-02
UNDER THE PAPAL BAN
rorily of Founder of Christian
Brothers Anglers Pope.
,.s, 1912 by the Brentwood Company

- and of Marika k2ruses, uausA'oi W
orductor on the Greek railroad line run
,s~ from Athe1is to Larissa, has now re-
nuns 10 final termination in divorce
.,,,oed nv the French courts, on the
pV,, and in favor of the woman. Sne
tho custody Of the boy together WIN
n,al allowance for his maintenance
education, also alimony TO the extent
:. ,s mo a year to herself; but she loses
-. .x-husband's name and title ana -
.d IN resume her fathers pauonyrhc
of Karuses.
~ small son. on the other hand, re-
,ns q Count de La Sale and a fuil
sodge6 member Of that noble French mousse
=. ,rb,ch St Francis de La Sale (some-
- Known as ST. Francis de Salle). found
'. ~ the Order Of the Christian Brothers.
belonged !.
rhe son of Marika Karuses will also, II
=. ,;ves inherit. as eldest son Of his rather
r.,n,serf a first born), his paternal grand
s".h.-,s nsnal dukedom Of de La Sale de
p.cbenurre. which has been created dur
,re the last ten years, and Is therefore,
nrIte modern. The ex-Countess. that Is TO
ssv Marika Karuses. has, however, peen
accommodated by the Church OF Rome for
having, in defiance Of its commands ap-
nealed 10 the French courts for divorce. IL
is not merely because the latter is anathema
N the Church, but also because the eX-
Countess had been particularly kindly
treated by Plus X, and, in fact by all the
principal ecclesiastical authorities, and owen
them deep debt of gratitude.
IT may he recalled that she became ac-
ouainted with young Count Marc de La
salle when he was travelling with tutor
IN the Levant and visiting Athens. AS
soon as the tutor became aware that ac-
opaintance had developed into infatuauon'
ha rushed his charge off to Vienna, where
the Count gave him the slip, hastened pack
N Athens: and, after inducing the girl to
bscome a conver; TO the Roman Catholic
C,brrcb married her according to its rites,
fplhlling all the requirements OF the law
Of the land His father. the duke. i'm
mediately proceeded TO cut on all suppiies'
and when the count, after living TOT some
months in idleness at Athens. on the scanty
earnings of his father-tn-law, was adInoh-
ished by the latter not only by woro Oh
mouth but also by means OF physicai force'
10 get to work. he disappeared from Greece,
abandoning his wife on the eve OF mother-
hood and returned to his parents In France.
Jointly with his father, he then set 10
work 10 obtain from the Vatican the eccle-
siastical annulment Of his marriage. Learn
ing of this. his wife and the little boy who
had been meanwhile born to her. proceeded
10 Rome, where, thanks to the letters of
recommendation which she had received
from the Roman Catholic priest at Athens.
who had converted and married her, and
who had baptized the little boy, she man
aged to obtain eccess to Plus Y. He was
much moved by her story, interested him
self in her case and in that Of her baby,
and caused remonstrances to be made TO
the duke and TO the count, demanding that
they should make proper provision for the
mother and child, and that they should
abandon the proceedings for the ecclesi-
astical annulment Of the union. The duke
and his son turned deaf ear 70 these rep
resentations Of the Pope and not only per-
sisted In their proceedings for the annul-
:nent of the marriage by the Church-which.
needless to add, met complete failure-de-
clining at the same time TO grant any finan-
cial assistance to the woman and child, but
even went so far in their defiance Of the
Pontiff as to apply to the French divorce
courts for an invalidation Of the marriage.
The Pope thereupon dismissed the duke
from his Office of Chamberlain Of the Cape
and Sword at the Vatican and excommu-
nicated both him and his son for having
recourse to the French divorce courts after
the ecclesiastical tribunals had decided
against them, and, indeed, for seeking dis
solution of the marriage by means OF di-
vorce, which is abhorrent In the eyes Of
. the Church and contrary to It's doctrines.
The French divorce cowts decided eigh-
teen months ago in favor OF the woman and
against the duke and the count, condemn
ing the duke to pay the heavy costs and
the petitioners jointly to pay liberal alimony
to the abandoned mother and child, the all
mony being charged from the time when
the woman had been deserted Instead of
being content with this, the woman there
upon brought a suit in the French courts
Of law for divorce, on the ground of aban-
donment, winning her case with the result
above described, but incurring the dis
pleasure OF the Church, and its bar for
having had recourse 10 the divorce court.
Queen Maud issailed.
King Haakon and Queen Maud Of Nor
way, notwithstanding the democratic sim
plicity of their life at Christania and their
ulSpeuSdllOn OF nearly ali Oh IuOSc lidp
pings of royalty and those forms of
obeisance to which they have each of them
been accustomed since their birth. OCCASION
ally incur the i'll will of their subjects. who
are extremely touchy. and by no means the
easiest people in the world TO get along
with. Just at present the King and Queen
are coming in for no end Of abuse not
only from the shopkeepers Of Christiania
. but even from the most important organs
Of the press for doing their Christmas shop
ping in England rather than in Norway.
Haakon has a large private fortune OF
his own through his parents. his mother,
the Queen Of Denmark, being one Of the
richest sovereigns Of Europe, while Queen
Maud receives a handsome civil list from
the British treasury as a daughter Of the
late King Edward. In fact, their Nor
wegian civil list OF $4,000 out of which
they have to pay the salaries of all sorts OF
court offlcials. constitutes only small pro-
portion Of the income at their disposal
p Each Christmas they distribute very
large number of gifts among the people In
Norway with whom they are brought into
official or social contact. and ministers
OF state. court dignitaries and persona
friends and acquaintances are all rennem'
bered most generously In this fashion.
The King and Queen have found by ex'
perience that thew can secure DrpsentS OF