The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-16
CASINO AT ENGHIEN
is FORCED TO CLOSE,


oven possessed OF any sense of deli
cacy or fceliIN inasmuch as he has
boldly violated the pledges which no
gave to number OF European SOW
ereiEns not 10 renew the concession
TO the Blanc Bonaparte- Radziwill syn
dicntc now in control at Monte Carlo
pledges on the strength of which he
alone managed to obtain recognition
by the rulers concerned, as a fellow
sovereign.
The offer made TO the prince for
Marchais is one OF 100000 n year. a
royalty en- the profits. the restoration
and enlargement of the chateau ana
OF its dependencies, and the Enclosure
OF the extensive domain within an
iron fence. etc. etc. Marchais remains
empty from one years end to tho
other, and neither the prince nor his
son Louis ever stays there nowadays
1t used to be the favorite home or
Charles III. Of Monaco, and 1t was
there that Prince Alberts marriage
to Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton, Sis
ter OF the late Duke OF Hamilton ana
now Princess Tassilo Festetics. took
place I'm 1868. In the presence of En-
press Eugenic.
might bring pressure To bear upon
the Prince of Monaco to prevent his
contamination of the deal But as
long as 1t tolerates the little horses
and other modified forms OF gambling
at its fashionable seaside resorts. ana
at places such as AiN-les- Bains etc.
II will find some difficulty in prevent
ing the Prince OF Monaco from ieas-
ing Chateau Marchnis TO the people
No n
ling establishment at the casino or
Enghlen. for operations there on a still
more extensive scale
]. is impossible to refrain from con-
trastng tho popular infamy which
falls to the share OF gambling he'll
proprietors on this side OF the At
lantic, where they are looked upon
in the light Of criminals. with the
honors accorded to the members or
the same fraternity in Europe. where
the Prince of Monaco is treated as a
sovereign, and his associates. ROLAND
Bonaparte as prince OF the blood
and Constantine Radziwil as a great
noble
The historic italian house of.Colonna
has from the earliest times been so
closely identified with the Church or
Rome. to which 1t has furnished no
less than half n dozen Pontins, in
Gliding Sixtus Ill, Stephen ",
Adrian Ill. Benedict IN and Martin
V.--the family holding to this day
the highest lay Office of tn. papacy
namely. that of prince assistant or
the holy seat--that considerable
amount OF surprise has been created
By the announcement of the CONVEX
sion thereto OF Princess Guidobaldina
Colonna from Professionalism. The
princess has been received into the
church 1T Trier. by The Prince Bishop
Endrtzzi. OF that sect. In reply to in
quiries from readers about the mat
ter. l would say that the princess was
born OF Lutheran parents. namely, the
Count and Countess Victor Won Alien
OF Hanover. end Is one OF the two sur
Niving sisters OF the late Duchess of
Devonshire, sometimes known as the
double duchess. because OF the fact
that at the time OF her second mar
riase she was the widow OF the Duke
Of Manchester--granim other of the
present duke of that ilk
Countess Ciuidobaldinn Won Alton has
had many matrimc NAL experiences,
Her first husband was Count Augustus
Won Grote. of the Hanoverian family
OF that name. whom she married as
his second wife. and by whom she has
large family OF children-and
also grandchildren. This union was
sundered Dy divorce III 1866. In lSl.
she contracted second marriage,
with Detlev Won Bulow. n brother or
Prince Bu1ow. On his death In 1897,
she. at the age Of ifty-nine married
Prince Luigi Colonna. widower. and
ten Gears her junior. He is or tho
Stigliano or Neapolitan branch of that
fhmily of which Mrs. John w. Mac
kay's son-in-law, Ferdinand Colonna
StiSliauo, Is the chief.
This union was aundered. after n
fashion. by n divorce. pronounced by
the German courts: n divorce which
is OF doubtful legality In Italy. since
Prince Luigi is All italian citizen, and
the Italian cod. does not recognize
divorce. Notwithstanding this. Prince
Luigi has taken advantage thereof
to marry Frenchwoman. Louise
Ragnet. widow OF Baron Louis de
Wulf, who died at Nice. where he
was I familiaf figure in the foreign
colony. and where she now lives with
Prince Colonnn
Princess Guidobaldina Colonna Is
now in her seventy. sixth year, and
having thus had plenty OF experience
OF the world--she has had The reru-
tation of hnylnS been even still more
worldly than her sister, the late Ouch
ess OF Devonshirc-sh mas now turned
her thoughts to mere serious things
II is this that has brought her with
in the pale n the Church OF Rome,
in the old Cathedral OF Trier.
Copyright. 1919. By the Brentwood
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