Expelled

Prince Luis Fernando Maria, 35-year-old son of the Infanta Eulalia, aunt of King Alfonso, was, last week, ousted from France without reason by order of the French Minister of the Interior.

Said he at his quarters in Paris: "Persecution! The Radicals want to make themselves disagreeable to Spanish royalty and picked on me. What did I do? I went to a house one night where, I suppose, one ought not to go; but I had been there before in excellent company if I cared to name it-- the kind of place American tourists, anxious to see something they shouldn't, go to in large numbers.

"I was recognized; they tried to blackmail me. I refused, called for the police and now I am singled out for expulsion. I go. I exile myself, though I am more Parisian than most, as I spent my childhood here.

"I have given to Parisian charities even beyond my means. I, a neutral Prince, cut myself off from my German and Austrian relatives out of sympathy for France and now I am expelled . . . I am going to England for a few weeks. . . . Then I probably shall visit America. I know many charming American ladies and for several years have been planning to visit them."

In Madrid, the blue blood of King Alfonso, of whom Don Luis is a cousin, went black with rage. In a decree calling attention to the Prince's undignified behavior, the King deprived him of all honor due to a Prince of the blood.