New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
PARTED FOR q YEARS
Reconciliation Of Princess Louise
and Her Only Daughter.


FOR twenty-three years-in fact, ever since.
child cf ten wears Princess Dorothea
save Coburg now the wife Of Duke Ernest
cun.her. Of Schleswig- Holsten. was torn,
while at Nice, from the side of her mother,
Princess Louise of Belgium. owing TO tho
terrible financial scandals I'm which the lat
cor had involved herself and TO her fragrant
and nuhlic intimacy with eX-Captain Mat
.acch-the daughter and mother had alb
Gained from any intercourse With each
,ber Indeed they had never met during
ell that time until a rather pathetic rem
contre which took place between the two
a. Paris. and concerning which little or
rothiug has been mentioned in the press.
II took place about ten days ago, at the
,rsytr,ent in the Avenue du Bots de Bou-
lorre. OF Princess Louise. when Duke Ernest
c,,nther. who had called on his mother-in-
lou, earlier in the day, treating her with
corsidera BILE amount OF Difference returned
q, the afternoon TO the Avenue du Bots de
Rou1ogne and escorting his wife through the
salons bowed her into her mothers bou-
do,~. whore the meeting between tho moth
o., now a woman neighboring on sixty. and
her daughter, a woman Of thirty-three,
ubo has been married for sixteen years,
took place The two women remained for
three hours together alone, and both we're.
deep1y moved by tho interview.
The impeachment between mother and
daughter had curious prelude. Some time
no Princess lOuise's sister, ex-Crown
Princess Stephanie. Instituted steps in the
Partisan courts that is 10 say, in the courts
of the district in which Louise resides, to
have her pronounced mentally incompetent
~ manage her affairs and demanding that
bar owl husband, Count Elmer LonJay'
,bouId be appointed trustee and admins
traitor Of tho property Of Louise, which Is
already considera bic. and which rs likely
- he still further increased in the near
f,i.,Ire whom the compromise now pending
bstvAer the Belgian crown and the three
daughterz OF King Leopold. relating to his
estate is completed.
Stephanie is almost as cXtravagant as
Louise. Is always IN monetary difhcultes,
owing 10 her efforts to maintain royal
state 70 which she ceased to be entitled, in
Austria Hungary at any rate, when she
married the insignificant secretary OF en-
. lsssy. whose title Of count Is OF quite re-
cent creation.
In order to put this thing through il was
necessary for Stephanie to obtain the con-
sent of her nearest relatives. Her project
was turned down. with expressions OF
strongest disapprovaI by the court at Vi
c0ua and by that Of Berlin Louise only
son Prince Leopold Of Coburg, major OK
Austrian hussars. who showed up during
his stay here n few years ago the I'M
.ayorv record Of Prince Victor Thurn-und-
T5xis Indignantly declined 10 take part In
snv legal proceedings against his mother
His example vas followed by his sister ana
nro+bor-in-Iaw, Duchess Dorothea. and
nuko Ernest Gunthor. OF SchlesUig- Hol-
stein tho last named the only brother or
the German Empress
Tho Countess Of Flanders, who is the
aunt or Princess Louise, and the latter
-ou. King Albert and his consort. Queen
Elizabeth strongly discountenanced Ste
rr9uia's proposal. which was. however. en-
Enthusiastically supported and championed
nv Prince Victor Napoleon, and by his wife.
Princess C'-mentinc Of Belgium, presum-
ably because Stephsnie held ont hopes that
" Count Elmer Lonjsy obtained control Of
Iouisa'= fortune he would invest a portion
thereof i'm those crazy attempts which are
ROW being made. with Clementine's money
N bring about 2 uonarChist restoration In
France iu favor "f the Bousparust Ere
tender
Princess Louise VINO has long been treat
rG a.. an oItcast by her relatives and iG-
,rred by every court IN Europe. was pro
forudlr touched by the attitude Of her two
children. from whom she had been parteo
lor so many years. She was also mn'h
moved by the kindness IF the King ana
queen Of tho Begians ny the Duke and
Duchess Of Vendjme. Of her cousin, Prin-
.e.- Charles Of Hohenzollern. and, above
AL Of her aunt. the pidoVed Countess of
Flanders. And after considerable amount
~ thought aud confederation she finally
animated that she was willing OF her own
accord. TO submit 70 the Vesttng OF the
remnants Of her fortune and OF the prop
crtr s'ill coming 10 h"r in the hands Of
board Of trustees appointed by the Pa
'.siau courts Of her residential district. and
composed mainly Of those relatives who
had shown her kindness and consideration.
She. however, stipulated That neither
~'euhanin nor Elmer LonJaJ nor yet her
other sister. Princess C1ementine, or the
Iattor.s French Pretender husband. Prince
NAPOLEON. should have any voice in the
mater intimatiuC that she had 10 inten
ilou Of rclinqWshng any Of her property
ont