The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-27
GIVES INSIDE PLANS
OF ULSTER LEADERS

az unhapplress to an ais family. ano
nevertheless survived a. tho age Of
moro than forty
the second Lord congieton was
fnissionary. and Plymouth Brother
iiis nrst wife died white -a wa aoine,
misionirs work at sigdad. and ue
tAcrcupou married a Persian woman OF
Shiraz. widow OF an Armenian rner-
chant lussuf Constantine. OF Hushire
ana was turned adrift by her family
p consequence. wherefore hc r1al4l.u
net bit hai no children. lie wa
snceeeded by his brother Henry the
inird Lord ConSletor H. naval oncc~
Nho served on board the Shannon.
after tho capture of tEe Cu,salel AXE.
uni TOOK part w the hnttlo ut Nasa-
Iin9 N 81 a BOY h. ne naa lired ia raris
pre-. and had many intcrostins roiul-
n!scencas OF the stirring years 1919.
ana lsi5 rhe present LORD consle
Alexander Berthier fourth Prince
and Duke OF Wasram is on trial at
Nninon Tor maHSlAuBhtcr. TN conSe-
quence az his having killed person
named Pernered. while motoring
through - MaEre. The gravity OF Ills
Indictment us due 10 the determination
u the government TO severely punish
violations OF the speed laws wn,u ti,e,-
prince is twenty-niue years old. un-
married, and has served as lieutenant
of the i3fth Regiment OF Infantry. 70
whi,h Doc is stiil attached On III. RI
blood OF the reignins Bavarian house
OF Niticlsuach. mingled with that of
we hotnScNl ds-surely a curious CONF
hinalon.
his mother was Bertha Rothsch!ld OF
rrankiort. who became q convert 10
Cnrstianity on wedding the late Prince
De Wasrain Tho first prince wi that
Tx. Alexander de Berthier. seton of d
Versailles family that had been on
nooled hr King Louis Ky. was the
most famous OF Napoleon'S 9Iarshals
The Emperor secured for By~-hlcr a
royal bride In tho person OF Duchess
Mario OF Bavaria. and on the same oc-
eighty OF Neuchatei Hc lad previ
orsly received the titles OF Prince ana
Duke OF Wagram
overthrow of Napoleon in 1914. and his
1Nile TO T..ba ho allowed himself I'd
be- persuaded by his wife ana her roval
Iflatves at Munich. TO give his ale
ils peace with Louis xviii who be-
slowed on him the highest honors.
Napoleon resented this more bitterly
IAN anything else IN connection with
his overthrow. When he quilted r.lnn
a. year later nd resumed for tho Hun
fred DAYS his throne in Pars Ser
iclt unable 20 resist the desire to re-
loin his old friend and master. ana
sent message to ask whether nc
would be received While Napoleon
gladly welcomed all his former officers
without renroachinr them for their
descrtion. not even Marshal Ncy fwho
nae promised to bring him to Paris in
n CARGO hes emit an intimation to Ber-
TIMER that nc would only consent to
sec him II h. would appear befor,.
him arrayed in tho uniform Of tho rank
bestowed upon him by Louis XVIII
aud with the Bourbon decorations he
had received. on the arrival of this
message at Bamberg, Berthier was so
overcome by remorse. that after PAS
sionately embracing his children ne
threw himself from the nursery win
DOW OF the royal chateau. and was in
siantly killed by the fall of more than
100 feet.
Thanks to tho influence Of his Wild
ow-s royal Selotivas. her husbands
tues OF Prince and Duke OF Wasram
We're confirmed as French pcerages up
on her son, though OF course there
was no question OF his being con-
'lhued as sovereign Prince of Neu-
chatel-a prncipelity which was
handed over to tho King OF Prussia.
ana now belongs to the swiss Rcpub-
Marshall Berthia's son and success
sor on attaining manhood married zen
AIDE clary. niece OF Queen Desiree
tBernadotte) OF Sweden and also of
the wife OF King Joseph Bonanarte
VINO lived Tor SO many wears at Ror-
dentown y J. The present Duke ana
Prince is his grandson. and no longer
enjoys the annuity OF $50. 600 year
drawn by the princes OF his family
until his fathers death. from inc
French Treasury. This income was he
slowed upon the marshal aud his heirs
by tho 1rst Napoleon. as reward
Tor his victories All the successive
governments in Franco honorcd this
ana similar grants Of Bonaparte until
the heSinnins Of the present century.
when they were all committed in a ver,.
liberal way The Chateau de Grosbois.
the princes. country scat. in tho De
nartment OF Seine ct Disc is not. as
has been said gift to the marshal
from his Emperor. but purchase Of
Berthiers. who paid 100000 francs
for II 10 Fouche Duke of Otranto.
the famous Minister OF Police To-day
IT is worth al least five times that
sum, Full Of souvenirs OF the Napo--
lconic era. including much loot of tho
kremlin brought back by the foun-
der 81 the family on the retreat of
the Grand Army. il was built Of brick
and stone In 1880 by Samuel Bernard
ANA before passing into Touches
hands had belonged in turn to Barras
and 10 General Moreau
copyright. 81, by the Brentwood
ComnanN)