Evening star., 1923-06-06

fullest advantage of the "Tanquam
; Posse"
( Now, however, the Archduke Eugene
white haired and white bearded and in
mis- sixfieth year, is according to ca
! ble dispatches, about TO depart from
the celibacy of a lifetime and to take
advantage of the ''TanQuam Posse"
For he has addressed TO Pope Plus XI
petition to grant him pontifical dis
pensation from his vows 1t seems that
! in order TO protect the huge endow-
| ments or the order. of which as grand
| master he had exclusive control. from
/ the danger OF confiscaticn by the re-
publican governments of Austria and
In particular of Czechoslovakia-from
| that' conf1scation which had oyertaken
everything that appeared to belong di-
rectly or indirectly to the Hapsburg
! dynasty-he has resigned the grand
nlasterShip Of the Teutonic order. along
WIN all Its revenues and it's trusteeship
or the property, to the Rt. Rev. Nor
! bert Klein, Bishop Of Brunn, in Czecho-
| siovakia. has surrendered the castles
or the order in which he made his home
ana has retired 10 the neighborhood of
BASEL. IN Switzerland, where he is liv-
ing In extremely modest circum-
stances and in the utmost retirement
on relatively small pension granted
him by the order.
1t would appear that the effect of
the disappearance of all the ecciesias-
tical and military court, by which he
was surrounded, as we'll as his release
from the activities and obligations i'm
! posed upon him by his rank in the
army, by his administration of the
Teutonic Order and of its property and
Dy ms status as an imperial prince of
the then relgning house of Austria-Hun-
gary have all contributed to create In
| him great feeling of loneliness and
! that it is this that has resulted In his
becoming susceptible to feminine sym-
pathy. companionship and devotion.
i That is why he Is anxious to wed and
/ to seek relief from the melancholia
which is clouding the eventide of his
life. The lady involved is said to be-
tong 70 the minor ranks of what was
formerly the Austrian nobility and to
share many OF his tastes.
~ x
Lord Monkswell. who has Just lost
| his brother and next heir, the Hon.
Gerald Collier Oeaving a little son of
! ten by his marriage with Sir EVELYN
| Mountstuart Grant Duff's sister,, spent
| soma years at Washington. during the
presidencies of Mckinley and Roosevelt
as secretary of the British embassy and
bears name that was at one time very
familiar in the United States, figuring
| in its history. Eminent in interna-
| tional law, the first Lord Monkswell,
father of the present peer, made so
| memorable an argument In the case of
the Felicidate pirates that Minister
Adams used 1t as the basis Of mis- de-
| mands upon the British government for
| the detention of the Confederate
tcar h.,, ~,
demand and the argument Of Lord
Monkswell. upon which 1t was based,
led to action by Great Britain, though
not before the Alabama got away-a
getting away for which the Geneva
court of arbitration mulcted the Brit
The late Lord Monkswell was a most
versatile and accomplished man, an
artist of no mean merit, his paintings.
finding a place on the walls Of the
"De Corona of Demosthenes" and was
recognized as the finest amateur bill
lard player in England.
His artistic talents he bequeathed to
his younger son. the Hon. John Collier
of the Royal Academy. one of the most
,, successful portrait painters in London
and whose so-called problem pictures,
entitled THE Death Sentence and
also "The Cheat" have been extern
sively reproduced. on both sides of the
AtlAntlC, anu nave luTHlSneQ as muCn
discussion here In America as in. Eng
land. John Collier married first one of
the daughters of the late Prof T. H.
Huxley, the eminent scientist and privy
councillor, and after her death her
younger sister. 1t is only since the
repeal of few years before the war
of the English law. prohibiting mar
Eriag ges with, deceased wife's sisters that
mis- sons by second marriage, have be-
some legitimate and have been placed
<1p' n.
If their childless .uHcle, Lord Monks
we'll.