The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-16
CROWN PRINCE FEARS
HE is LOSING REASON
is once moro predominant At constan'
tinople.

is once moro predominant At constan-
tinople.
The altogether exceptional honors
with which Cardinal van Rossum. Lee
gate of the Pope. has been welcomed
by Emperor Francis Joseph. his Cow
eminent. and bis people. at Vienna.
| where the International Eucharistic
Congress Is now In progress, serves
to recall the almost entirely forgotten
| fact that in 1882 Pope Plus VI. visited
the Austrian metropolis In state. and
spent Easter week at the Hofburg.
as a guest Of Emperor Joseph II. The
! latter had inaugurated all sorts OF
new policies inimical to the Church.
and as letters and verbal messages by
trusted emissariss proved fruitless'
| the Pontin determined to make the
journey from Rome to Vienna him
self, in order to see what he could
! accomplish by means OF personal per-
| suasion.
During his stay in tho Kasssrstadt.
the Pope visited the various puollc
| institutions and hospitals, escorted
| b ythe Eemperor. descende into the
vaults Of the Capucin Church TO pray
beside the remains OF Joseph ~
| mother, the great Empress Maria
Theresa. washed the feet Of twelve
old men at the Hofburg on Holy
Thursday; on Good Friday made on
| foot the round Of the principal
| Churches; and on Easter morning
| blessed the vast crowd OF people
gathered on st. Stephens Square, from
! a balcony of the ancient Basilica Oh
ST. Stephen. 1t was only towards the
| end OF Easter week that he took MS
departure for Rome. escorted As fas
as Mariabrunn by the Emperor. ana
by Archduke Macmillan.
Not since the tragic death last
| spring OF Prince George William OF
Great Britain and Of Brunswick. WAC
| was crushed and instantly kileo oy
| the upset Of his automobile wnite en-
route to attend the funefaI OK mo
uncle, King Frederick. OF Denmark
a, Copenhagen, has there been any
| ROYAL motor accident to record. until
the extraordinary one which SO nearly
!! cost the lives Of the widowed Duchess
OF Parma and Of her daughter, Prin-
cess Frances-Josefska, the other oay'
| They were on their way 70 theii
Chateau Of Schwarzau. from vienna.
with q couple Of ladies In waiting
when at q sudden turn OF the road
beyond which there was level rail-
| road crossing, their automoolIe oasheo
| full tilt into = freight train. For
! tuuately that latter had just come
| TO a standstill, right on the level
| crossing. which was unlighted and un-
| guarded, with bar uncovered. Had
| the train been in motion. the occupants
| of the automobile would assurediy
have been killed.
As 1t was. the duchess and her
daughter escaped with number OK
severe cuts. and conclusion Of the
brain. while their two ladies, the
Maroutse Paulicci and Baroness Won
HertIinx were also badly. though not
fatally hurt. A few minutes later the
second automobile, containing tne
Duchess's ChamberlaiP. Count Louis
de Talleyrand-Perigord. (only son OK
the Due Montmorency)' ana mex
physician, appeared upon the scene.
and the injured were conveyed oacA
TO Vienna. to the palace OF the Ouch-
ess's sister. the widowed Archoucness
Marie Therese. where they are now
slowly recovering.
The Duchess is the widow OF Robert
of Bourbon, last sovereign Duke OF
Parma Robert had succeeded to the
Crown on his fathers ASSASSINATION
nv u,urderers, who were never caught
America, where one of them made
confession Of the crime just before
his death, in a hospital at Philadel-
phia- Duke Robert was still minor
when deprived Of his throne by the
events of 1855. and spent the remain
der of his days in gilded exile IN
Austria, and in France. in which latter
country he owned the superb and his
tor,c Chateau Of Chambord, which still
belongs to his widow She Is dauSn-
ter Of the late ex-Kfng Miguel OF
Portugal, and q sister, therefore. OF
the Dowager Grandduchess OF Lux
emburg Her daughter Zita married
last year Archduke Francis Charles.
who stands second in the line of sue
cession To the throne of Austria
The news that the Duke OF Norfolk
has entrusted to Lord Newton tie task
Of compiling a biography of the late
Lord Lyons. and has turned over 70
him all the latter's papers. diaries ana
correspondence, cannot fall TO prove
a, interest to people on this side OF
the Atlantic. For Lord Lyons was
Plentipo.entiary Of Great Britain at
washington. throughout the troubled
period extending from 1889 to 1853. ana
was on terms OF considerable intimacy
with President Lilcoln-
II Will De IeWe"oeieo Nno@
Lord Lyons visited the White House
in full uniform. attended by his Secre-
,.,,es- to tremendously announce
10 the American Chief Magistrate. the
marriage of the then Prince OF Wales.
Lincoln rather disturbed the gravity
q, the occasion by exclaiming to the
Envoy: Go thou. Lyons. and do like
wise" q command which the Minister.
however, refrained from obeyinS'
since he died Q confirmed bachelor
Lord Lyons enjoyed not only the In
timacy, but also the complete conn.
dence OF many OF the leading men at
washington in those days. and was
thus enabled TO contribute In no small
degree to maintain peace between the
I-nited states and England. In spite
Of the many Things that were con
standing cropping up OF . nature cal