The sun., 1914-09-27


Philip III OF Spain and wife Of tho
thirteenth Louis of France, the woman
ard the queen engaged In a long con-
fiict that ended only when. after the
kings death. assuming the regency
against his expressed will in his last
testament, the easily swayed woma,
yielded supremacy to the responsible
ruler. To the successful conduct oi
Richelieu's long and resolute opposi-
ton to the House Of Austria she con-
trbuted materially by her reckless dis
regard of every dictate OF common
prudence. associating herself contin-
ually and intimately with the CON
spirators against the peace of the court
making Il easy enough for the master
mind to undermine her royal husband 5
regard and keep him constantly in dis
trust and the une easc of suspicion. itch-
elicu. viceroy. had to WELD the rod for
Louis, no statesman. but severe in or
dering punishment upon .he rcbels IN
his political households. and have not
the moralists, whose favurilc game he
is, viewed him, a soldier trained and al
ways soldier in the hard head and
heart OF him. too much as the church
man in tho modern Protestant sense
II he was a Christian soldier" il was
no warfare of the spirit that he wage
for his place I'm the sun" of history.
To him tho end was all, the means no
matter for scruple. His war with Anne
was bigh play: but for all /; looms So
large In these court chronicles. how
small a part of the troubles OF tho great
CARDINAL Minister. fighting all his lif,
long both at home and abroad. The
part played by tho Duchcsse dc Chez
vrcuse was an atom IN tho chaos which
Richelleu tried To reduce to order. but
an exceedingly troubled and troubling
atom. never in place and always con-
founding confusion worse
Marie de Rohan was born IN 1900,
daughter Of lIercule. Duc de Montbd-
zon. gay bird. hut prop To Henry w.,
faithful at period when fidelity was
a virtue rare in the rctinucS Of kings.
In 1917 she was married 10 NJ. de Luy-
nes. who came into a duChy and the
high favor of Louis 80 that before she
had reached tho eighteenth anniversary
Of her birth Mario attained the iniiu-
ential position of Superintendent of tho
Queens Household Anne dislkcd Luv-
mes and was not AZ first very cordial To
found themselves we'll matched for mis-
chief; Marie always ready 10 lead. Anne
to he led Trey were the centre Of a.
very lively circle. free in conversation
and in action not tyrannizod bv the
code of proprietv. De Luyncs died hlV-
ing first lost the Kings interest. and
Marie, sharing tho consequences nf tho
Kings change of heart toward hor hus-
band and having by her own escapados
invited royal wrath. was sent from the
court with this adnonition: Cousin.
Having como To the conclusion that IL
Is necessary for the good Of my service
that the Queens Household shall in
future h" ordered in = manner different
from that which has obtained in II
hitherto. | have decided that this can
not he better done than in the form
ana by tho means, which will bn noti-
ned TO you hv tho Sicur dc Ia Folaino,
Whom deputc TO express my VIII To
YOU. Very soon Nine. dc I.uyncs lc.
came Mmc. dc Chevrcuso. and with the
RANK and power acquired hy this new
marriage she cn-rccrcd to succcrs-
ful conclusion her first intrigue. with
The object Of getting back to the court.
Making 1t quito plain that whatever he
did to the advantage of the Duchess
was done because Of his hl.h regard for
the Duke, his Majesty permitted Marie
To return. though without restoration
70 her former office.
The second intriguc ~ which this
lively LADY engaged involved NOR, inn
portant poraonages ard was attended
ny moro serious consequences tn. mar.
rage Of Henriottc Mario n tho Prince
Of Wales fChlrlCs H. was afoot Henry
Rich, Ear of Holland. negotiating tho
pr"llnindr''s. WAS entertained Al Tho
Hotel de thcvrcuSe, and the charms Of
Marie were ton much for him. ,lscep-
tiblC. They plotted: n love affair for
buckingham and the French Queen
The Duchess was to talk Buckingham
to Anne; the Earl. Ammo 10 Rucklrs-
ham. Tho English Duke came i'm am
hasSadoral splendor 10 fetch home Eng
lands new Queen. and fell gallantlv in
Low" Win her of France How the bold
adv entur" progressed Cvc~y on, knows.
FOR Marc ." liuhan's part IN IL .he
emhroiIcd the royal Governments of Eng
land and France and won for herself
the everlasting enmity- of Hicheliou.
Tho next disturbance that Marie
stirred rp was the Chalais affair. other
wise called The brnano plot Tho
Duchcsse de ''hovrousc, after having
aroused the English aristocrats with
her political ntrigues and her private
peccadillooS, was IN Lorraine. Tho
Kings brother, Castor. Monsieur" was
only ~, royal gaWk with staring cycs.
pendulous liz and IN opcu mults: nd
getty. always making faces Marie 4,
Mcdicis wan'cd him married. His chill
dren would have put Annc's nose out
OF joint. 50 Anne ana her ladies opposed
the "cunspiration des danes" orrsro
Was Corsican and had been good
s"rVlt"r of France. lie should have
been grateful t. Richclieu, but was not.
Nine. de Chcvrcusc won his devotion
for the Queen. Henri de Talleyrand
Counto dc chalais. was close to the King
and To Castor, but he loved Mime. de
Chevreuse "madly," and she was not
above using him as tool. Louis and
Richelieu thought this plot was meant
TO dethrone the King, even to compass
his death The Cabal had alliances IN
England Richelicu called 1t THE most
fearful conspiracy ever mentioned I'm
history and said Of the Duchess: she
has done more harm yhan any other
person. Ornano died opportunely.
Chalais wa bohead,d in a public square
Of Nantes Tor high treason the or1c.al
cNecutioncr So the story runs, was no,
available, and an amateur substitute