The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-13
Old w rld Gossip
BY LA siARouIsE DE roNrrNor.
uKE HENRY BORWlN OF Neck
lcnh nrtr- = 81, u.nrin,s inrcsn-,cn IN
the United states-ho is now

1 Y tN u l'N'ik w ] y Vi INCUR
lonburg- SchwcTin's presence in
the United States--ho is now
! visiting American friends NJ san Fran
! cisco, and proposes to make n stay OF
| considerable duration on this side OF
! the Atlantic-is likely TO cause some
| embarrassment to the government ut
| Washington. For the duke, who left
! tho German army on account OF debt,
aud whose parents. Duke ana Duchess
! Paul OF McclllcnbUrg- SChwcrin. are
| themselves IN financial difficulties that
have received much publicity. rs we'll
| rs Intervention on the part OF the
rcigning Grand Duke of Mccklcnburg-
| SChwcrin, Is actively engaged in the
automobile business. Ho Is connected
| with Paris automobile concern which
has found his services to its advantage
| In d'sposinS of It's wares. and Is un-
| 0erStood To be over here on business
! or the firm In question.
! Now. while the notion OF n prince Of
| tho blood. and the scion of one Of the
sovereign houses of Europe in the line
| oc succession to II throne going TO
work TO earn his own living. instead OF
subsistins I'm idloncss on the bounty of
| his relatives ana loans from his
! friends and aCquaintanccs, Is one
| which cannot fail 10 appeal to the
! people on this side of the ocean. yet
his presence here IS likely 10 raise all
! sOElS OF ISSUES.
| As a full-ncdgcd prince OF n reign
| ing family OF Europe. he Is, namely, en-
| tiucd by International law. and By
what is known as thc comfy of ma
! lions. 10 all sorts Of cxtcrritorial pre-
| negatives. Identical with those en-
} ioycd by foreign ambassadors at Wash
( ington. That IS To say. he Is immune
! from the jurisdiction Of all American
! and Canadian courts of law. 40 matte-
/ Wnlthgr rpuniHtnDi
/ He cannot be arrested for any offonsc;
| his property cannot be seized i'm ftuy
! civil suit. Indeed. no civil suit against
/ him can be brought. Were lie while
/ "ut"nohiling to run any ono down. or
| TO wreck some other couvcvancc by
/ collision. II would hc impossible to OBJ
/ tain any redress from him by judicial
! process. Even If no wcro to render
himself guilty Of any offcusc against
| the laws OF the land. no matter how
! serious. there would he no means of
4 furnishing him. beyond requesting him
To leave the country without delay
Moreover, Ike the ambassadors ut
/ Washington. he is free to bring into
/ the country his hcIonEings and indeed
[ whatever he needs without paying any
/ customs duty; without, indeed. goinE
I THROUGH the custom house Thus. for
cicn diplomats at Washington can I'm
/ port their carriages. their wines. their
tobacco, etc free Of duty
How This prorogative Of Duke Hen
~ OF MeclicnhurG-S chworin would
work If he were TO begin 10 tmport
automobiles of tho French concern
/ with which he Is connected, IS Il r,nt-
I tor OF ejaculation For whilo on tho
/ ono hand, according to tho letter OF
! international law. the duke would an
d"ubtcdlv have tho right 70 do 80
{ fr"c of duty, ii is certain that when
! these special immun!tics and privi-
/ lcgeS were determined urOn for foreign
/ royalties ana for foreign amba> sadors
/ and cnvoNs, II was never contemplated
| that they would mako use thereof
| for business purposes.
still az the same time. the duke can
point TO the fact thar IN Europe. num-
hers not merely Of princes Of the blood.
but Of reigning soyeroiSns, arc on