Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-10-09
DUKE INSISTS
HANANS MUST
PAYFOR TITLE
Durazzo Also Declares Courts
of United States Have No
Jurisdiction Over Marriage.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.--Duke Arturo
6e Majo Durazzo believes, accord
ing to his intimate friends, that the
American woman who marries
nobleman should expect to pay for
the title and to pay handsomely The
Italian nobleman, who is being sued
by his wife. Duchess Elizabeth
Frances. sister of John H. Hanan,
The shoe manufactures, expected, in
return for giving the American wom-
an coronet to live in luxury, have
plenty of spending money, automo-
biies, a large town house and to en-
tertain lavishly.
In other words, he expected TO have
q reasonable share of his wfe's
money That contention is indicated
in the answer to the annulment suit
which he caused to be filed yester-
day in the Supreme Court in West
chester through his counsel Eliot
Norton, of Rector street. 1t was
elaborated further by a close friend
In a long talk yesterday in repeating
the Dukes point of view to a re-
porter.
The legal answer and the supple
mental story give breezy and dra-
matte details of the negotiations lead
ing up to the marriage and the quick
ending of the romance when the duke
did not get all the money he expect
ed
The duke claims in his answer
right to share in his wife's property.
The answer indicates that he VIII
make bitter fight for what he con-
siders his rights, and those rights, ne
argues, can be adjudicated only In
Italian courts. In the first place the
duke in his long answer prepared by
Mr. Norton argues that the duchess
has no rights in American COURTS
that the Supreme Court has no Jurls-
diction over the case.
The duke points out that he Is cit
izcn of Italy and that therefore, under
international law, his wife also is now
an Italian citizen; that any decree Oh
the courts of this country in regard 10
the marriage would not be binding III
Italy. When the plaintiff became
duchess, he argues, she became vested
with certain rights and privileges per
tanning to the title in Italy, ana that
The defendant likewise became by
such marriage entitled to and vested
with certain property rights and prop
critics belonging to the plaintin.
The duke further argues that no de-
cree OF local court annulling the
marriage would be just and equitable,
unless such property rights were ad-
Indicated on binding provisions, whlch
is not in the jurisdiction of the Su-
preme Court because the two htigants
are Italian citizens.
The duke next considers the items
of the petition and seeks to prove
that he did not deceive any member
of the Hanan family in marrying Miss
Hanan "The plaintiff herself" he
continues, "is of middle age and not
an impreesionable girl and entered
into marriage with the defendant with
her eyes wide open and after invesu-
cation of his character"
He picks up the phrase made by the
duchess that she understood he was
man of excellent character and as
serts that Mr. Hanan had satisfied
himself on that point. AS to the
charge that he was convicted of steal
ing money and securities in Paris
prior to his marriage, he explains that
being in great distress and disorder of
mind, owing to the unhappy condition
of a very near relative, he took the
money and sent it to the relative,
fully intending to return the 2,O2O
francs. He explains he wrote to the
employer concerning the money and
told his cousin, who agreed to make
good the money If the dixie did not