Arizona republican., 1914-07-23
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TRIAL OF DUKE OF ORLEANS

The present Duke of Orleans, Louis Philippe Robert. the pretender to the throne of France, has had a stormy career through the most part of his life. With his father, the Comte de France in 1886. For several years thereafter he served with the English army in Indian and upon his return. he having obtained his majority. he entered Paris on February ', 1890, expressing his desire, as French man, to perform his military service.
 This act on the part of the duke arrested in conformity with the law of 1SS6 which forbade the soil of France to the direct heirs of the families which had reigned there.
 When the duke reached Paris on February :, he was driven to the home of the Duke de Luynes where he was arrested and taken to the prefecture of police. On the after noon of the same day he was ar raigned before the military authori- ties, following which the minister of interior, M. Constans, ordered that he be held in custody. He was placed in the Conciergerie Prison.
 On the first day of his trial, when the charges were read to him. his cnly reply was that he had come to France to perform his military duties and drafted a letter to Presi- dent Carnot stating his desire to serve his country
 The trial was continued until the following Wednesday. February F. : On that last day the crowd of spec tators was SC large and so demon strative in favor of young Orleans that the gendarmes were compelled to clear the room. During the hear ing the duke asked his counsel not to defend him. He said that he had learned in exile to honor the magis- tracy and respect it's decision. If condemned by the court he was sure of acquittal at the hands of 100000 conscripts of his class who were more fortunate than he had been and who were able to serve their country
 The counsel for the defendant de- clared that the dukes act was the result of a generous impulse and would be an honor to him through out his life. The counsel further that the law imposing service upon all Frenchmen nullified the law relating to the exile of princes
 The duke addressed the court in his own behalf. He said: T came to France to serve las a common sol dier I have nothing to do with politics, which only concerns my father, whose obedient son and faith full servant I am. I knew that by entering France I rendered myself liable to the law, but that know ledge did not stop me. l love my country and wish to serve her. I am guilty of no crime"
 In spite of these expressions of loyalty, they fell upon the deaf ears of his judges. and he was found gull ty of violating the law and was sen- fenced to two years imprisonment The demonstration that followed the sentence was so violent that twenty five arrests were necessary. Upon being taken back to his cell the duke drew back the curtain which covered the window and saluted the c-owd
 The Count of Paris. who arrived at Porto Rico on the day that sentence was pronounced, then first learned of the arrest of his son. He inn sent a cable despatch to NJ. Baucher, an Orleanist member of the chamber of deputies, saying: My heart is with my dear prisoner"
 Orleans continued in jail until June 3, 1890, nearly four months, when he was pardoned by President Carnot and exiled- On the same night he was conducted to the Swiss frontier by the Duke de Luynes, arriving in Brussels on the 5th. where he was met at the railway station by one of the royal carriages and conveyed to the palace where he took breakfast with King Leopold. The following