The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-13
PRINCE DE LANDAS
SUES FOR 100000
Is Real Bishop. He Asserts,
: in Seeking Cash From
+. Cunliffe-Owcn.
HIGH CHURCHMEN NAMED

ammo anu UttANAA - ~ 'HN''f
p- william T. Manning, Bishop Rhine
hinder of Pennsylvania and others as
e., fine gcNuincness of the temporal and
,~..o. as..tal titles Of bishop Prince dc
I,pdas Bcrghcs resulted In a suit for
t'oo 900 damcge being filed In the STU
nome court here yesterday against Mr..
curyNe.Owcn by the Bishop Prince.
Tte plaiutin alleges hat the statements
lave caused him to be rejected In Prot
.,,,u, t.piscopal Church circles. al
though ho has been licensed as "A priest
NJ Tho Anglican Church of America In
The doe sc NJ New Jersey.
The plaintiffs full name AS given in
,he complaint Is Rodolphe Francois
cslslsln Hamilton de Lorraine de Lam
das Rerehes ~. winock His attorney.
Arthur A. Mitchell. said yesterday that
tho Prince is related on his mothers
aide 10 Alexander Hamilton.
THE complaint alleges that the plain
~ who has shortened his name to
Rshop de Landas Berghes, was conse-
Grated on June 10. 1913. as regionary
Bishop Of Scotland of the Old Roman
catholic Western Orthodox Church and
mat he has always been an honorable
Christian gentleman ana servant OF
God" and one to whom the affairs OF a
bishoprlc, temporal and spiritual, could
be safely entrusted.
The plaintiff alleges that he has been
recognized by the Anglican Church In
The United states and by the Holy East
ern Orthodox Church. with which his
branch Of the church was united In 1911.
he says that on January IL. 1915. on
the invitation Of Bishop Greer and after
an examination OF his ecclesiastical and
other credentials he took part at the
conservation In the Cathedral OF st.
John the Divine of the Rev. Hiram T.
Hulse as Missionary Bishop of Cuba.
Letter n Part OF Complaint.
The complaint charges that on March
Is last the defendant m~aliciously COM
posed a false and lihellous letter on
corning him which he sent to Bishop
Rhinelander. In Philadelphia. This let
ter. which forms a part of the COM
plant. was written In answer to a note
from Bishop Rhinelander in regard to a
newspaper article by Cunliffe-Ower
abou, the plaintiff. The letter warns
Bishop Rhinelander most strongly
against giving any countenance whatso-
ever 20 the sni-dlstant Prince de Berghes
Landas." and the writer enclosed a clip
ping Of the article he caused to be pub
lished about the Bishop. The letter
went on:
since writing 1t | have had him ques-
toned by some very sharp and clever
reporters whom I had primed with in
Qgiries. lie got terribly fustered. feared
20 show resentment with regard to the
!mpu;ation OF fraud and convinced them
and afterward me-that he is no other
than the Andres Caarel Albertus Nc
Lagen mentioned in the article. who has
very unSavory record"
Nr. Cunlife-Owen wrote that II the
plaintiff Il the man who formerly styled
himself the Bishop of C,aremont he was
frequently exposed by the London news
papers in connection with ~philanthropic
and religious swindles. by means o!
which he obtained large sums from the
credulous." Thu letter than says:
III he was really consecrated by the
dsreputahle old Catholic Archbishop
Matthews, pseudo Earl Of Landau.
which | doubt. his religious orders are
valid In the eyes OF the Roman Catholic
Church hy reason Of his episcopal apos-
to!c succession. hut all the clergy O.
the OIL Catholic sect are ipse facto sus-
pended 10y Rome and prohibited from
celebrating mass or administering sacra-
m-uts. ! have this from my very dear
!fsnd Cardinal Farley. After | had
warned our mutual good friend Man.
n.ns and he had warned Greer the man
found BROOKLYN and New York too no,
Tor him and vanished. II he is cuttlpQ
any ice in Philadelphia. pray let ms
Know, and | will put the newspapers
onto him"
Disseminated ia Clergy.
The plaintiff says that subsequently
Bsnor Rhinelander got permission &c
make such use OF the letter as he saw
H. and that it was disseminated TO tn,
4,gtestant Episcopal clergy and others
Inc complaint charges that the state,
'ehts are all false, as we're the state
f'nts In the article referred 10. which
was headed, who Is Bishop de Berghes
i"andas"' The plaintiff says also tina
t' was injured by another newspaper
article published on February 2 last
Ieaded Ancient Princely House Is Elk,
tnct,' in which Mr.. Cunliffe-Owen re
'erfed to the claims Of the plaintiff anC
t'd that the ducal house of Bershes ant
hdrne OF French. Flemish and Dutch as
.oc.atiols, became extinct with the deati
IN 1901 Of Ghlslain, Prince and Duke d.
Berghes.
The writer said also that he knew
vel. the last two princes and dukes o
herghes and Rache. He inquired VIII!
The plaintiff got his conservation no
rom the old Catholic Bishops In tn
United Kingdom and in Holland. but a
Antioch. which enjoys a particularly ev!
t"me ~ connection with the eplscopa
Inpos'ors Of the soidisant Right Rev
Gtnd and Most Holy Lord Leon Check
tANan, Archbishop OF Antioch and Ar
hr,'an eX-stableman.'
/ have Archbishop Checkemian's ful
record, also that II his friends. Ardrie
,ad'el Alberta McLagen, self-style'
Bishop Mcl.agen. is a native of Cap
colony, u mixed Scotch and Dutch pa
,rh'HEe, with a slight strain OF Zul'
,,'ood ln his veins. and a former pr!vat
" ne Thirty-second Infantry OF tn
British army"
BISHOP Prince de Landss Berghes con
tends that Mr.. Couliffe-Owen has mis-
t",a him FOR another person VIII
s".i'l his name MacLagen, n says hi
Credentials are OF the highest order. II
says Ne : IS his title from his mother
NJ. 'NIt NJ. Cun.ife-Owen has mis-
,o'N"' that fact IN stating tliat the duca
I- "Ef.uc'.
Henry w. S~arSett, counsel 10
;'f 'u.. Tc.Owsn. said last night tina
r.''s letter TO bishop Rhinel1nde
o 7" '..elph,a vas written in respons
- ' 'ost fnr Information and wa
,''' '.. a rood purpose. He contend
pro after was ! privileged CON
In and win AK that the sui
o ON that g"Ound