New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-24
PRETENDER IS IGNORED
Prince Napoleon, Though Ex,
lied. Openly Visits Paris.

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gopy VICTOR Napoleon, although SUBJ
,bo laws vigorously banishirg rim
lec' ,,o,anartist Pretender from French
Is -, has recently been paying sew
ter Is,,s 20 Paris, and on the last occa-
e'al r,ode two days stay with NJ.
AVn .,Iene-Goyon. at the latter's house IN
CnaT Dr. de la Goetia. His host is very
u. -,.hy member of the Municipal Council
Z" ,ba 6sy following his arrival Prince
-" ,ras present at a large deJeuner
W. - his honor by Prince and Prin-
,s Nprat al their mansion in the Rue &c
. .,o.cooux. while IN the evening he dined
In tho former member Of the Chamoer
nsn,,tics. Gauthier de Clagny, at YER
- returning by automobile to Paris
ST.. lot,b the midnight train for Belgium
80 he now has large country place
- N the French frontier.
'i ,nS. F,ench government has been thor
,,rblv well aware of these visits as was
,.',I,sble. In view Of the close watch kept
j" his movements. while through The il
,....rated papers his somewhat peculiar
...,-,s bald head and enormous mus
80 are tolerably familiar TO everybody.
-. tho authorities have prudently closed
-. ewes TO the whole affair, partly by
-, NJ showing their contempt for any
-, that Prince Victor can do as a pre-
,ardsr and partly because they realize
.,., 10 arrest him and lodge him In jail
o. che infraction of the law of banish-
IAN, would lend him entirely too much
,-ooortance, and would also, In the eyes
!, sorne foolish people, invest him with
,hs halo Of martyrdom.
n, course. there is q big difference be-
tween his case and that OF the Duke OF
o-,sans. who has always had very large
,ouoxinr in France, and who is the Only
pre,snder whom the republic seriously
fears. When ne made his memorable visit
90 France. twenty-odd years ago. imTne-
d,ately on coming Of age, to present him
.ol, for that service I'm the army when
a. obligatory on all French citizens, the
affair was 50 public that the French au-
tborities had no alternative but to infiict
the prescribed penalty upon him. con-
signing him to the great prison OF Clair
mont where he spent six or eight months
OF weary captivity before the republic
realized that the best thing to do would
90 10 restore him to liberty by Presiden-
la decree.
The authorities we're moved to this ttep
by the discovery, somewhat late IN the
day. that to have imprisoned the duke
for displaying 9 patriotic desire 10 fulhi
NJ, obligations as q French citizen "
serving as common soldier in the army
was unpopular. not only among the Roy
sllsts, but among all classes of the Ia
ton. Moreover, he was q youth Of sin
r,,lar charm OF manner, full Of enthusi-
asm for France. and possessed OF III
xulsrly gracious and handsome presence.
In short. he was a figure to appeal TO tie
French people, offering them, as to-day.
striking contrast to Prince Victor Ma
poleon. who. short. stout, Tniddle-aged,
berry and commonplace, has until Row
chiefly distinguished himself BY the NUM-
Der Of his falls from horseback. He hos
inherited none of the physical beauty OK
the Bonapartes, nor yet the imposing
ststeliness of his father, who reSemhled
nineteenth century Cesar, whereas the
Duke Of Orleans is the living image OF
his famous ance stor. Henry " Of France.