The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-21
Only Member of Consular Ser
vice Entitled to Prefix
Serene Highncss."
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ID RINCE ALFRED HOHENLoHE.
who is due in New York to-day,
on board the Cunard liner Lusi-
tania. is on his way to Montreal where
he is attached to the Austro- Hungarian
consulato-g cneral. being. indeed. the
only member OF the consular service
who is entitled to the prefix of Serene
! HiShncss. He is a lieutenant on the
reserve list of The Ninety In
tantry Regiment. and the eldest of the
six children Of Prince Conrad Hohen-
lohc. who Is now Governor of Trieste,
and was formerly Prime Minister OF
Austria
One of Prince Conrad's brothers is a
Bencdictino monk. while another,
Prince Godfrey. is married to Arch
duchess Marie Henriette of Austria a
daughter of the Immensely wealthy
Archduke Frederick Prince Conrad
and his brothers arc sons OF the late
Prince Constantine Hohenlohc. who
was for 30 many years grand mastor
OF tho court Of Vienna.
Young Prince Alfred is not particu-
larly we'll OFF, nor are his financial
prospects especially brilliant. But he
is prccluded from marrying any Ca
madam or American heiress while on
this side of the Atlantic by the laws
of his house. which prohibit him from
contracting any matrimonial alliance
with woman who does not belong TO
one of the now rcigning families of
Europe, or to the mediatized. that is
TO say, formerly petty sovereign houses
of the Holy Roman Empire. If he
were to we'd over here. he would be
Obliged to forfeit his name, his title,
and all his prerogatives attached
thereto, besides his right to an annuity
from the entailed property of the Ho-
henlohes; or else his union would be
OF 81 morganatic nature, in which event
his wife and children would be dc
barred from any share in his>honors or
| property.
AS Prince Of Hohenlohe, he is on
| terms of cousinship with the Empress
| of Germany, whose mother was bjrn a
Princess of Hohenlohc, and also with
King George OF England.
The announcement that Queen
Eleanor ,of Bulgaria contemplates
visiting the United States in April, in
! connection with the funds that are no
being raised in America for the relief
OF the terrible restitution and suffer
ing in her husbands dominions. con-
sequent upon the late war In the Bal
Aans. serves to call attention to the
fact that Bulgaria Is the only kingdom
OF Europe that Is without any diplo-
Mo Nv VI COHSuisiT representation on
This side of the Atlantic 1t Is fact
all the more astonishing in view OF
the existence OF Bulgarian colonies OF
considerable Importance in New York
and in Chicago.
Scrvia has a consul-gcn in New
York, In the person of Professor
Pupin. of Columbia University. while
The Russian ambassador and his con-
sui look after the interests Of Monte
negro. and / believe also of Roumanla,
in the New World. King Fer0inand's
government. however, Is so constantly
at variance with tho court OF ST
Petersburg that it would be awkward
for him to transact his diplomatic and
consular business with the United
States through Muscovite official chan
nels.
AS regards Queen Eleanor's recep-
ton in America, the necessary ar
engagements with the United States
government for her welcome and for