Washington sentinel., 1898-05-28
Won Arnim,s Grave.
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Through Danish, Saxon, Romal
and Celtic occupations) to the non
Aryan. Iberic, Neolithic dwellers
in the old burial ground Of tn,
Saxon church founded late in tht
tenth century, to find a modern
chieftain's grave of the TeutoniC
race--that OF "great fiet" of the
German Empire-comes as sur.
prise and looks like romance. A
modern warrior lard to rest IN the
burial ground OF church built by
the Abbess ano"The Benedictines'
of the religious house of "St. Mary
de Chatris" (as Domesday book
has it) in the Isle of Ely, upon the
demesne land OF their manor OF
Minchinbury or Nunsbury, in the
parish of Barley; which ancient
structure afterwards made way for
a>more substantial Norman edifce,
and OF this latter the tower still
remains. Our thoughts go back
to the time of the Confessor, when
the sons OF the rival houses Of
Godwine and Loefric held under
the King, and the fighting men of
the village gathered to the Eng
lish cause for the coming struggle
at Senlac; or, led by Hereward the
Wake, made the last English stand
against the Frenchmen in the Isle
OF Ely. a simple head stone, in
the form oI a cfoSs, oVernung Win
cypress and yew, marks off the
mound Of green turf from those Of
many others hard by. A quiet,
unobtrusive resting place, indeed,
for the mortal remains Of" Heinrich
Count Arnim" and Emma, his
wife. The occasional summer
visitors who walk round the
Church of St. Margarets, Barley
"a retired agricultural village
nesting among the North Herts
Hills-are puzzled to account for
so unusual, and it would seem,
out-of-place grave, so far removed /
from the Fatherland. And to tell /
the story in brief outline will be to
satisfy a curiosity more than local,
and at the same time to add an
other touch of romance to the his
tory Of the Hungarian cause, as
well as to introduce to the reader
episodes in the chequered career
of powerful and pathetic person
alitY that passed through the do
main OF European politics only to
disappear from public view; first as
an unknown exile in our great
metropolis, and, then, under the
cover Of the green turf in a remote
rural village Of the land of refuge
open to the heterogeneous crowd
Of continental exiles.
Count Von Arnim, born the year
before Waterloo, was the head OF
the great German family of that
name. Almost directly he entered
into the political and social life Of
the Prussian capital, he developed
what were then regarded as strong
radical notions, and was from the
very beginning bitterly opposed
to the growing influence and con-
serVative policy Of Bismarck. Ard
being somewhat hot headed, and,
above all things, a great lover of
fighting, 1t is not surprising that,
what with his ardent temperament
and his advanced political opin-
ions he grew more and more dis
contented with home affairs, and
was ready to find an outlet, should
occasion arise, in some other
quarter. The opportunity came
in the Hungarian rising, and Won
Arnim lett the standing army and
Joined his fortunes to those OF
Kossuth and his party. In the
lamentable quarrels between Kos
Suth, its Governor President, and
the Hungarian military leaders,
GRrgei, the Count zeal
ously took the part OF Kossuth.
and bitterly opposed the decision
Of the latter to give way to Goer,
gel, and to retire in his favor.
Events proved Arnim to have be-
In the right; and for the time he
left the country, with Kossuth, ON
The treacherV of Goergei, who, inn
on attaining supreme
power, surrendered himself and
MS army into the hands of the
Russians. The Prussian Land
Vehr were called out and the
Count had necessarily to decide
whether he would dlsobey the
summons or throw up the party OF
freedom. He decided
% do the former. not being the man
70 iorsake a falling cause.
When the differences between
Austria and Hungary were settled
n 1867. at the instigation of Deak,
'on Arnim came to England, as
he feared ifhe went back to Ger
many and stood his trial for shirk-
ng the Landwehr mobilization,
lie might be interned in a military
ortTess and never be brought to
rial. For, as he himself said, his
enemies were powerful, and he had
atally wounded in duels two mem-
,ers of great families. Being pen
less in London, he with character
site energy looked about for some
means OF obtaining a
livelihood for himself, the German
ady he had married and his young
on. The livelihood was success
ully obtained in the setting up Of
curative gymnasium on Ling's
swedish system. Here his mastery
# the art OF fence stood him in
.ood stead. Here it was, as a
,aiient that the then, Rectcr OF
Barley, the Rev. R. A. Gordon,
made his isacquaintance, ,and quickly =
Von his confidence and frien( ship
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