New-York tribune., 1912-08-28
1HE HOPE Of SERV|A
O,irce Paul at Oxford with the
Prince of Wales.

old who has just arrived in Eng
n prepare himself to enter Oxford
diversity at the beginning of the fall
nm is regarded in servia as the hope
: his house" despite his parentage, The
If his countrymen and of his uncle.
'..s Peter. to make an English gentle
Of him by sending him 20 the seat
:, English culture and learning, where
~ Prince of Wales is shortly TO take a
-, among the students this autumn.
iii be appreciated by all those who have
~ interest of that unhappy and much
'.,rbled Balkan state at heart.
The British heir apparent is TO reside In
Nagdalen College, where his rooms are
w being prepared for his occupancy,
-.hus the young Servian prince will make
II. home at Christ Church, which is un-
.oubtedly the college that enjoys the
.,sstest amount of prestige. AS fellow
sraergraduates the English and the Ser
'5on princes cannot fail to be frequently
.h,own into each others society, not only
4, studies. but also In sports and in otner
1rirers;ty interests. and young Paul
vsageorgevtCh will no doubt derive
ANN this association and from the COM
n.nionship of his English fellow students
,hose notions of fair play and those
s,bicai standards which one Is accus-
,ored 10 expect from an oxford tram
;rs-ethics that are unfortunately so en-
,irely different from those prevailing in
ssrvia.
Prince Paul can very we'll be described
as The hope Of Servia,' since his two
cousins, George and Alexander, both Of
,bsm studying I'm France. one at the
military school Of 50. Cyr and the other
Al the Sorbonne, in Paris, are so unpopu-
lar that their absence from their country
inst at present is there a matter OF con-
sratulaton. The conduct of Prince
George the elder of the two. has been
extremely regrettable, so much so, in
ded that three years ago, as may be
psnembered. ne was compelled by his
government to renounce his rights Of sue
sssion ana his status as crown prince 10
refused TO do so he would certainly have
been placed on trial at Belgrade for the
death of his valet, who had succumbed
10 brutal treatment.
Prince Alexander, though better be-
hayed is a mental weakling and in frail
bodily health, and besides has made him
self 80 detested In the army that he
has been forced by the latter. as also
by the government, 10 resign his office
Of Inspector general.
His Name Free Of Scandal.
Prince Paul. on the other hand, is a
stalwart, handsome. sunny-tempered lad,
who has been carefully brought up. first
al st. Petersburg and afterward by
English tutors at Belgrade, where he
has managed to keep his name singularly
clear from any such scandals as have
dsgaced every other member of his
house. In fact, he is looked upon. both
al home and abroad. as destined one day
10 occupy the throne of his uncle, King
Peter
Pauls father is the Kings only brother,
Arsene, who is so utterly disreputable
mat even the Servians will not allow
i'm to live within their borders; nor
ave they permitted the King TO grant
him any rank, even honorary. I'm the
umy. He makes his home In Paris,
and is q familiar specimen" TO those
American tourists who think it interest
NJ t. study the shady side of cOsmo-
politan life in the French capital. lie
eceived the advantages of an educa-
Jon at the Imperial School of Pages
II St. Petersburg, where Alexander IL
md also the late Car wished TO hold
lin in reserve as candidate for the
servian throne, then occupied by the
dynasty. Car Alexander
III, besides giving him a commission IN
regiment Of Trans Balkan Cossacks, ar
anged a marriage Tor him with the
Enormously wealthy Aurora Demidoff.
Of San Donate, but SO utterly
impossible was his conduct, so degrad-
ng his whole behavior that after she
ssd borne him a son, Prince Paul. she
'ecured permission from the Emperor 10
lvorce him, and he was requested TO
cave the country.
Prince Paul remained with his mother
NTH her death at Turin, in 1904. when he.
N eleven-year- old boy. was taken in
,Aarge by King Peter at Belgrade, his
.ather not being allowed to have any
hing to do with him. He has inherited
al the vast property of bis mother, whose
ianHy lie the richest in Russia, and il
hE the only member OF the Servian
rsuing family who possesses large in
asgadent fortune. King Peter and his
two sons having nothing but the allow
ances which they draw from the Seryian
reasury.
Forfeited His Rights to the Throne.
Count Ostheim, whose financial troubles
are now engaging the attention "a the
LONDON Bankruptcy Court and concern
Ing whose Identity the English authon-
ties seem 10 be somewhat undecided, is
no other than the former Prince Her
mann Of Saxe-Weimar. In fact, he was
Until 1873 the heir presumptive to the
Grand ducal throne of SAKE Weimar. HAD
he retained his status as a prince OF the
blood he would have been immune from
the Jurisdiction of the English Bankruptcy
Court and from that Of every other Eng
Esh tribunal by reason of the extra-terri-
iorial rights which full-fiedged members
Of dreigning houses enjoy in foreign coun-
ties. ike ambassadors and ministers IN
? The countries to which they are accred-
lied.
The ex-prince, who is about twenty
sVen years old. was attached as lieu
isnant tc the crack regiment OF Cuiras-
ssrs Of the Guard In Berlin in 1896, ana