A PRINCESS’S AFFAIRS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1044, 16 May 1912, Page 4

A PRINCESS’S AFFAIRS.

Widespread interest will be taken (says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph) in a question that has just been raised by the Countess Louyay, Princess Stephanie of Belgium, who has applied to the Civil Court of the Seine for permission to have her sister, Princess Louise, placed under guardianship. Various documents have been communicated by her to the court, together with the names of the witnesses whom she wishes to be heard in support oi her contention that her sister is not in a lit state to manage her own affairs, and M. Monier, the President ot the civil tribunal, will soon be appointing the magistrate to draw up a report. If this report admits the validity of the application, and the Procureur of the Republic is of the same mind, the Court will order a meeting of the family in council with a view to ascertaining its opinion of the condition of the princess. This council will be composed of the justice of the peace of the ward in Paris in which Princess Louise resides and ot six relatives or connections in or near the capital, half to be selected on the father’s side, and half on the mother’s —that is to say, it as many can be found. If this is impossible, recourse will be had to those farther away or to persons living in Paris who are on triendly terms with the princess. The latter will then be duly informed of the opinion thus expressed and of the application made by her sister. This done, Princess Louise will be invited to attend a sitting of the Council of the Tribunal of the Seine, and questions will be put to her by the President for its enlightenment, witnessess being also heard, it this is deemed necessary. If the Council regards the application as justified, the case will be brought into Court at a public sitting, at which the counsel of the parties will plead, and a judgment will decide whether it is to be entertained or not. If the Tribunal pronounces the'affirmative, it will then appoint a judicial council lor Princess Louise, who is domiciled ■ at 23 Avenue du Bois de Boulagne, in the sixteenth arondissement of Paris.