The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-01
PARIS INTERESTED
IN THE GOULD CASE:
POincare to Take Part in
Reunion of Old School
TO SEEK NORTH POLE
French Expedition Will Start From
Havre Next June-To Carry
Aeroplanes and Mill
tary Aviator
TO SEEK NORTH POLE
ny PAUL yIl.LIERs.

Is intensely interested in the reopenlng
of the now celebrated case of Count Bonl
De Castellane ana Anna Gould, now
Duchess De Tallerand-sagan and Valen-
cay. 1t is understood that the duke and
duchess intend to have the full facts
in the case presented foreibly to the court
of cardinals and while they are not eager
to discuss their plans prematurely, they
have made no secret of their contempt
for the tactics adopted by the very slip
perry Boni-that living caricature of the
dandy of the cafes. Yet, in one way,
ultimate victory for Boni will mean really
a victory for the excellent duchess, whose
second marriage was not performed in a
Catholic church, such being impossible
| owing to the rigid rule of the church
against the marriage of divorced persons.
Thus should the count win his case at
Rome, the social consequences will, for
the time being, at least. be rather more
important to his former wife than to
! himself. The Observation-Disclosures are.
| OF course a Roman Catholic family, and
move In Roman Catholic society. If the
| Castellane marriage be annulled at Rome
| the Due and Duchess De Tallerand may,
| if they choose, be married by the Ro-
man Catholic church. 1t does not seem.
| by the way, to be generally understood
| that in French ducal families the head
| of the house is due and the eldest son
prince: Thus, while the late Due De Tai
| leyrand, ETC., who was once as the Prince
De Sagan. one of the best known boule-
vardiers of his day, was alive. his elder
son was Prince De Sagan and 1t was in
that title that he married the former
Countess Boni De Castellane. His father
died shortly afterward and he came into
the three dukedoms in the family, one
of which, Sagan,<is in Prussia. OF these
three dukedoms, one, that of Valeney,
had been bestowed as a courtesy title on
the dukes younger brother, and the other
the Prussian title of Herzez zu Sagan-
has been renounced by the duke in favor
of his and the duchess infant son.
| President Poincare has promised to take
part on April 13 in an old boys gathering
of an original kind at his former school
at Barbecue, in Lorraine. All the mem
bers still living in the "Classe de rhet-
orioue' zone of the supper forms) of
1876, will meet on the old spot each in his
, |
for an hour the scene of 81 years ago.
The two old masters of the class are
still alive. Some exercise written in the
form in 1876 will be disinterred and the
masters will comment on them one by one
as of old.
{ There will be no prize giving but aft
erwards tablet will be placed on the
wall to commemorate the gathering.
NIL which
is to start from Havre next June under
the direction of M. Jules Payer. Is to
| carry with it some aeroplanes and a mill
, tary aviator, Lieutenant Menard, for
whom the permission of the minister OF
war is being asked, will probably accom-
pany 1t as pilot M. de Payer has been
quietly preparing his expedition, which
, will be chiefly one of scientific research.
He intends to make Franz Jose Land
the centre of his operations, but there
is no idea OF undertaking a venturesome
| flight to the north pole. The aeroplanes
are to be used only wnen the weather
permits for the purpose of atmospheric
scientific observations.
One of the committees of the Paris
municipal council, which, it appears, ordi-
narily deals with applications for prop
erty claims, was not a little astonlshed
| a few DAYS ago to receive a petition from
= a Belgian NJ de Beauvilliers, for the
restoration of his rights to the Whole
of Montmarte The petitioner states that
the ground of Montmarte belongs to him.
having been made over by Royal patent
10 one of his ancestors. He declares he is
r the only descendant of Madame de Beau
e villiers to Henry LV, made present of
/ Montmarte by letters patent. The am
bilious Belgian asks to be put in posses
sion of his inheritance at once. The Won
. der is that the members of the commit
| tee did not faint at such a demand. The
idea that the whole Montmarte should
suddenly become the property OF Bel
gian subject? The only satisfaction, per-
haps will be to know that the statute
of limitations will prevent such ma
tional disaster.
. The fayorite summer game this year in
: France will. It is stated, be variation
of ''dabolo' under the name of roul-
tango.
In the new game light and pretty reel,
with a large cloth flower at either end.
will be thrown from player to player
by means of pair of sticks furnished
with elastic