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Maria del Pilar. In 1870 the Countess Muguiro gave birth to a child who became the only daughter and heiress of the exceedingly wealthy Spanish Count of that name. When she was 16, Maria del Pilar was married morganatically to Prince Francis de Bourbon. Almost simultaneously she met the enigmatic Zaharoff, who "has never made any man his friend, although he developed a fondness for Lloyd George during the War, and can very well endure Clemenceau...
Vickers Ltd. Some time after the meeting between Maria del Pilar and Zaharoff, he strode into the London office of the great munitions firm of Vickers Ltd. If report speaks truth, he asked a single question: "If I am able to procure for your firm the munitions orders of the Spanish Government, will you reward me with a partnership in your establishment, as well as the usual commissions...
...court composed of four Americans and three Filipinos sentenced one Isaac Perez, Municipal Secretary of the town of Pilar, to two months and one day in prison for sedition. Perez was tried for having declared that the Filipinos should behead General Wood with a bolo because the Governor opposed Philippine independence. Two Filipino judges dissented...