The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-29
For First Time in Twenty Years
Mother and Daughter See
Each Other.

By Ia MARaNIsE DE FoNTENoY.
r. OR twenty Gears; In fact ever
II since, as child OF ten. Princess
I Dorothea Saxe-Coburs, now the
wife of Duke Ernest Guntcr OF
Schleswig- IIolstein. was torn while al
Nice. from the side Of her mother. Prln-
cess Louise of Belgium. owing to the
latter had Involved horsclf. and TO her
lagrant and public intimacy with OK
captain Mattacich. the daughter and
course with one another. Indeed. they
had never mot during all that time un-
I'll rather pathetic rcncontrc, which
and The two at PsTs
mas been mentioned in the prcsS
II occurred about ten Gays ago OF
the apartment, in the Avenue du Bots
de Boulogne. OF Princess Louise: and
Duke Ernest Gunter, who had called
upon his mother-in-law earlier In the
day, treating her with a considerable
amount of difference. returned earlier
In the afternoon to the Avenue du Bots
de Boulosne. and escorting his wife
through the salons, bowed her into her
mothers boudor where the testing
neiBhboring on sixty. and her daugh-
ter. woman of thirty-threc, who has
been married for sixteen years. oc
Cured. The two women remai ned for
three hours together alone, and both
were deeply moved by tha Interview.
The rapprochement between mother
anu NduSnler nuu curious prelude.
Some time ago Princess Louiss's sis
ter, eN-Crown Princess Stephanic In
stituted steps In, the Partisan courts,
that Is to say, , in the courts Of the
have her pronounced mentally incom-
petcnt to administer her affairs. and de-
manding that her own husband. Coun,
Elmer Lonjay. should be appointed
trustee and administrator of the prop
erty OF Louise. which Is already con
siderabfs. and which Is likely to be
future. when the COMPROMISE now
pending between the Belgian crown
and the thres daughters OF King Leo
pold. relating to his estate. arc COM
pletcd.
Stephanie is almost as extravagant as
Louise. is always In monetary diff
culties, owing to her efforts to MAIN
tain a royal state. to which she CEASED
any rate when she married the in
significant secretary of embassy. whose
title of count is of quite recent cr.a-
ton.
In order to put this thing through, il
was necessary for Stephanie to obtain
the consent of her nearest relatives.
Her project was turn,d down. with ex-
pressions of strongest disepproval. by
the court OF Vienna. and by that of
Berlin Louise's only son, Prince Leo
pold of Coburg, major OF Austrian fIus-
stay here few years ago the unsavory
record of Prince Victor Thurn and
,raNis. Indignantly declined to partici-
pate In any legal proceedings against
by his sister and brotner-in- law. Ouch
css Dorothea and Duke Ernest Gun
ther OF sckleswig- Holstein, the latter
the only brother of the German En-
press. The Countess of Flanders, who
is the aunt OF Princess Louise. and this
lattcr's son, King Albert, and his con-
sort Queen Elizabeth, strongly dis
countenanced stephanie's proposal
which was. however. enthusiastically
supported and championcd by Prince
VictoR Napoleon, and by his wife
Princess Clemcntine of belgium, pre-
sumably because Stcphanic held out
hopes that II Count Elmer Lonjay OBJ
tanned control of l,ouises fortune he
would invest a portion thereof III those
crazy attempts which ara now being
made. with Clementine's money, to
bring about a monarchist restoration
in France, in favor OF the Bonapartist
prctendcr.
Princess Louise. who has long been
trentad as an outcast by her relatives
and ignored by every court in Eu-
rope. was profoundly touched by the
! attitude of her two children. from
whom she had been parted Tor so many
tn. Kindness OF the King and Queen
OF the Bclgians. by the Due and Ouch
cssc dc Vcndome, of her cousin, Prin-
cess Charles OF liohenzollcrn. and above
all, of her aunt the widowed Countess
of Flanders. And after considerable
amount of thought and consideration
she finally .tnumated that She was
willing. OF her own accord, to submit
to the vesting of the remnants OF her
fortuna. and of the property still com
ing to her. in the hands of board
of trustees. appointed by the Paris
ian courts of her residential district
and composed mainly of those relatives
who had shown her Kindness and con-
/ sideration. She. however, stipulated
that neither Stephanie nor Elmer Lon
jay. nor yet her other sister, Princess
Clcmentine. or the lattcrs French pre-
tender husband, Prince Napoleon. should
have any voice In the matter, intimRt
inE that she had no intention of relin
gushing any OF her property for use
by Elmer Lonjay to promote the Bona
partist pretcnsions OF Prince Napoleon
III France, where she had found refuge
Princess Louise further stated that
she was prompted TO take this step, IN
order to protect the interests OF her
son and daughter from the clutches of
her creditors. most of whom are usur-
crs. some OF the most nnsavory OF
them being men of title.
OF course the birth of daughter
othar day, in lieu of the ardcnily eXr
upon the political projects OF Prince
Napoleon. who had made all the ar
ran gements to signalize the birth of
a son, to which he look ed forward as
a certainty. by means of a great Bon
apartist manifestation ut Brussels.
which was TO have been presided over
by Empress Eugene. The child be-
ing mers girl. the contemplated fes-