OCR Text |
Show Louis II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco Loula II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Mon-aco, who has just succeeded to the throne of that diminutive country, through the death In Paris of his father, fa-ther, the late Prince Albert, had a narrow nar-row escape ten years ago from losing his Inheritance, whon an attempt was made to change the succession, to his detriment, as the result of an Intrigue engineered by the then kaiser, In favor of the German cavalry general and semi-royal Duke of Urach. The conspiracy con-spiracy ailed. largely due to the watchfulness of the French government, govern-ment, which made It clear that under no circumstances would it tolerate any German ofllcer or prince on the throne of Monaco, which Is an enclave of France. France holds Prince Louis, now In his fifty-second years In high regard for his fine military record of service under her Aug for the last thirty years or more. At the time when his father i W' . I I TV --H? j summoned him to Paris, to be with him during the operation which was to prove fatal, he was serving on the staff of the French commander of the entente troops stationed In Silesia, for the purpose of preserving the peace between the Poles and the Germans, with the rank of brigadier general. But It was as a cavalry officer that he had won the warm appreciation f France during the grent war, and likewise In various military operation! In northern Africa, which were necessary to bring the sultanates of Morocco and Tunis under the domination of France and to preserve order among the turbulent border tribes of southern Algeria. |