The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

( the bloodstained throne of Servie,
have been revived in Paris by law
suit brought in the courts there against
Queen Natalie, the widowed mother OF
the murdered King Alexander.
1t may be recalled that In 1902
Queen Draga insisted That she was
about to become a mother, and to
present King Alexander with an heir
10 the throne. There IS evidence to
show that this was part and parcel Of
conspiracy Of hers to foist A spurious
heir upon the King and upon the ma
tion-in fact, TO perpetrate the high
treason OF superstition.
The ScrVian government, which sus-
pected something OF the kind, insisted
on calling in foreign specialists, by
whom the fraud was eventually de-
tected. Queen Draga also summoned
( foreign specialists. whom she thought
she could hoodwink, to champica her
cause. Among them was French
/ Gynecologist, of the name of Dr. eau
bet. or Paris. Queen Draga consulted
him, and kept him for several days
lat Belgrade. On his return to Paris.
he sent her IN n bill for Sc 600. ut the
| rate OF 500 n day for each day that
he spent at Belgrade, and his travel
ander dcmurred at the payment, on
the ground that the bill was excess
sive.
/ Before the matter could be straight
ened out. EIrE Alexander ana Queen
Draga ware both assassinatcd Since
then DR.. Caubet has also died, and IL
! is his heirs at law who are now suIDi,
| Queen Natalie IN the courts 1T Paris
for the sr;.' unit OF the BILL plus inter
! est. on Tie ground that she is the law :
ful nci: OF whatever little property
her son I.osicsscd At the 81 ne Of his
murder. II was innnitcsimal for he
was in terrible financial straits. eve, v
/ thing OF r;.iuc that could 80 found
either on his person or in his palace
/ at Belgrad' having been looted by his
/ assassIs.
| That is 10 say, Queen Natalie IL be-
! ing called upon 10 pay money for a
uebt incurred, not by her son, but by-
the woman who. through inveigling
him into a shameful marriage with her
was the direct cause OF his ruin. and
I the Indirect cause OF his death More
over this debt was incurred by the
woman In en- attempt to perpetrate a
! fraud OH Queen Natalie's son. and on
tho Servian people. Under tho cir
clmStanccs. It Is doubtful whether tho
| French courts Will be willing to give
! judgment against Queen Natalie. who
has lost all her former remarkable
beauty. and has become enormously
stout
! Nor is this the only royal lawsuit
mat is engaging the attention OF the
Paris tribunals. Princess Louise OF
belgium for several years made her
home In an apartment owned by an
American woman, Mrs Whitcomb, in
the Avenue du Bots do Boulogne In
/ fact Princess Louise still gives this
apartment as her official and legal
residence.
with tho rent in arrears for several
years. and unable to obtain even any
partial settlement from this eldest
daughter OF the lato King Leopold,
Mrs. Whitcomb, first OF all secured
from the courts judgment for the
amount due to her, and as these re-
mained unsatisfied, then had tho prin-
cesss furniture seized and sold at
public auction. The prices realized
were relatively small, by no means
sufficient to satisfy The Judgment.
Having thus cleared the apartment
OF It's contents, Mrs. Whitcomb then
took the next step requisite under the
terms OF French law to get rid of her
undesirable tenant, and to recover the