New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
ALLIED TO ROYALTY.

ALLIED TO ROYALTY.
The history OF Monaco and of IDS gam
blire tables has formed Che theme of te''
NJ thousands OF newspaper and Hagazin'
articles and of near hundred books
many Of them of a laudatorH characte.
Tho Monte Carlo concern spends dn cnoi-
nous amount each yeal in publicity and
whore 10 cannot purchase praise IL man
ages Al least to buy silence. The Prince
Of Monaco has also been the subject %.
much discussion. but relatively little has
been written about the amalin- iofj"n,
of the house Of Blanc. which. founded t}
tine chief cogspirator in one of ,Ie most
sensational suindles in the carly PAN 'i
the nineteenth century. has now managed
to ALI, itself by means of marriage NOT
onl, 10 some of the most historic families
of the great European nobility. Int even
~ a number of the sovereign dynasiies 81
the Old World.
Edmond Blauc's sister Louise. whose
mother Was q chambermaid. is the wife OF
Prince constantine RadziWilL and while
thcir only son. Icon, married INTO the
ducal house of Gramont their dauehtei
Louise. is the wife OF the DUO dc u
Ro,hcfo,Icsuld- Doudeauville. The Other
~ Edmond Rlanc's sisters Marc. was ied
In the altar by Roland Bonapaltc. ana
bor daughter. whose birth cost ne
,notbcr.s life. is now Princess George "I
Greece and i'm this fashion sistei-in-laW
NJ the new Kius and Queen Of Greece. as
well as of "a couple of Russian grand
duchesscs. besides becoming niece "i
the Empress Dowacov Of Russia "l
Queen Alexandra. Of the Duchess 81
cumberland and Brunswick ana OF the
Dowager Queen Of Denmark. tdmonc
Blanc and his actress wife are very proud
Of these iuustrious relationships ana OF
the fact that they are able To describe
themselves as connections of the imperial.
ROYAL and blue-bloodod personaees con
cerned But 10 is hardly necessa-+ To ADJ
that these sentiments are IN no way re-
drfocatcd-qlite tho rcvcrse-and none 80
the reigninc and noble families concerned
wcrc represented at the recent celenid
ton Of the golden wedding of the Bianca
with the Prucirality Of Monaco.
AN UNsAVoRY NAME.
The Blancs hail from the nciehborhood
Of AyiGncn and FRANCOIS, that IS to say
the father Of Edmond Blanc. the original
concessiona.y Of Nome Carlo. was FIRST
heard OF when in 1884 he attempted tc
purchase scat on the Stock Exchange al
Bordeaux. but vas denied admission by
the Board Of Governors. OF the ground oi
his questionable rcputc Three years later
he Was indicted. with his twin brother
Louis-Joseph and put on criminal u1al ~
Tours. for having won large sums ol
money I'm speculation by bribine the OPP
orators of the semaphores TO transmit
wrong signals
In those days there were no electro
wires. The news was transmitted tron
one end OF France to the other by mean
OF huge semaphores located on lofty HIS
II was by this method that the stock OK
changes Of Lyons. Marseilles and Bor'
deaux were kept in touch with the Bours'
OF Paris, and i'm the absence Of other
means OF communication some time nat
Urally had 70 clapsc before any cor-ec'
ton could be made OF an error. The con
splrscy in which FRANCOIS and Louis
Joseph Blanc were the ringleaders was
isid bare In the court in a cause celebre
The records OF which are still on file. The
semaphore operators were convicted OF
receiving the brides. and Of giving the
wrong signals. and the two Blanc broth
ers We're convicted Of having bribed them
But whereas the semaphore operators
were sentenced 10 a term of penal serNl
tloe' the two brothers Blanc. in spite o.
inc verdict Of the jury. escaped similar
late by means Of technicality due TO th'
Inadequate laws Of the day-laws which
nave been remodied since: that is TO say
the verdict OF the Jury had been rem
oered at any time within the last forty OF
MY years the Blanc brothers Wouit
nave ben condemned TO penal servitude.
THE eLANCS IN HOMBURG.
FRANCOIS Blanc when he recovered his
uoerty and found the atmosphere Of his
hauVe land unpleasant. betook himself
WIN his ill-gotten gains TO Homburs
"nere by means of cash he obtained from
'he reigning Landgrave permission t.
open a public gambling house. There HI
managed TO amass considerable wealth
but he was shrewd enough TO realize tina
'ne people Of Germany as whole, anC
'ne reisnine houses and governments o.
'ne more important states. such as Prus
I'd Bavaria. SaXony and Wurtemberg
we're strongly opposed 10 the entire sys
'Sh OF public gambling establishments
ne Also possessed sufficient political sdgac
10 10 iorosee that the petty states which
'nus offended the popular sentiment o