The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-21
NEIT.S AND GOSSIP
OF OTHER LANDS.

FEAr-QlI successor. BON iEr NiAsN -
Duchess and her daughters appeared 10
regard the presence Of the Lad and o. hls
mother az Coburg as a personal insult
and il vas not until the Kaiser and the
Prince OF Wales personally INTERVIEWED on
behalf OF the boy that a public scan !ai
was averied. The only cffsnse OF the lad.
In the eyes OF the widow and daughters
Of the late Duke OF Coburs, is that. oWing
70 the suicide OF young Prince Alfred OF
COburg- who was the heir 10 the throne.
he * now taking the latter's place. The
little Duke was obliged by etiquette TO De
at the railroad station TO receive the mar
ried daughter of his predecessor when
they arrived for the funeral. But on
alightlng from the train they not merely
failed 10 respond 70 his salutaiion. but
absolutely ignored him. When his moth
eF. the widowed Duchess OF Albany. ar
rived later on, with her daughter, Prin-
cess Alice Of Great Britain, none OF the
royal ladies Of the Coburg family was al
the station 10 receive her, and they did
not even take the trouble 10 send their
ladies' IN waiting TO welcome her in their
name. This was an almost unparalleled
slight and affront, when viewed in the
eyes OF royal etiquette. The little Duke
was made 10 feel so awkward and 60
much Of an intruder by the Duchess of
Coburg, her daughters, and her sons-in-
law that at the funeral the Kaiser and
the Prince Of Wales. in the most marked
manner, took the boy between them, and
at the point Of the service where divine
blessing was invoked upon him. as the
new ruler OF the duchies, they each plac-
ed their hands so affectiOnately and pa
ternally on his shoulders that the ad.wnO
had never known a fathers love. his
father having died when he was still an
infant, burst into an uncomfortable fl II
weeping. Indeed. when he emerged from
the church as chief mourner OF the late
Duke. Immediately behind the coffin. he
was seen to be in the act of wiping his
eyes with his ungloved hands, the tear
stained face Of the boy contrasting some
what oddly with the uniform Of lieu
tenant Of Hussars, In which he was
garbed.
Both the Kaiser and the Prince were
most marked in their attention TO the
Duchess Of Albany. as If to atone for the
GisCouTtesy with which she had been
treated by her sister-in-law, the Duchess
OF COburg, and by the latters daughters,
and before leaving for Berlin the Kaiser
not only had some rather. pointed words
with his aunt, the Duchess of COburg, but
likewise arranged that the new Duke.
with his mother and sister, should leave
the city without delay and !return to Pots
dam, where they occupy a. beautiful little
palace in the royal park in the imme-
date vicinity of the Kaiser's residence.
There the little Duke will remain under
u rorrapof If tho Laiuar nm
I'll he attains his majority, a couple OF
years hence.
It may be remembered that when the
young duke was first proclaimed heir ap-
parent, after the suicide of his cousin,
Prince Alfred, and came TO Coburg. the
widowed Duchess refused 10 receive him,
declined TO place any palace at his dis
posal or that of his mother and rendered
his position so intolerable that he was
forced to leave the duchy,. and seek the
hospitality Of his mothers kinsman, the
King of Wurtemburg. at Stuttgart, until
the Kasier arranged to make a home for
the lad and for his royal mother and sis
ter at Potsdam.
For the next two years, until the young
duke attains his majority, the regency Of
the duchy will be vested In the hands of
the late Dukes son-in-law, Prince Hohen-
lone.
A good deal of salt must be taken with
the stories concerning the fantastic sums
Of money paid by the various English
newspapers to peers and members of the
aristoeracy for the services Of the latter
as war correspondents in South Africa.
The Earl of Rosslyn, who has just re-
turned home, and who is staying at Stat
ford House in London as the guest of his
brother-in-law, the Duke of Switzerland.
declares that the salary which he re-
ceived from Mr.. Harmsworth for acting
as war correspondent TO the London Daily
Mail did not exceed $50 a week. Lord
Rosslyn by the by. has been making
some remarkable admissions concerning
the various English commanders to the
London correspondent of the Paris Temps
and Of other equally reliable newspapers.
Thus, he declares that at the battle OF
Peters Hi, on the banks of the River
Tugela. Gen. Sir Redvers Butler who was
in supreme command, knew so little that
was going on that on sending toward
dusk. orders TO Gems. Barton and Hart to
retreat, they replied that it was Urneces-
sary, as the Beers had themselves re-
lyn cites this and a number of similar
episodes in illustration Of what he de-
scribes as the stupidity of Gen. Sir Red
vers Butler, who, he declares. contempt
uously declined to honor or recognize a
pass made out in the earrs name by Lord
Roberts, declaring that ne did not care
d-n about the field marshal; that he
had no orders to receive from him, as he
got his instructions direct from the min
iSter of war.
Lord Rosslyn's future movements are
undecided. He is hesitating. between ac-
cepting a theatrical engagement at the
Garrick Theater in London land an offer
to go out to China as a war correspon-
dent.
Lord Mowbray, who has just presented
to the House OF Lords his claims to the
earldom Of Norfolk, likewise claims to
be the premier baron Of England, a title
now conceded to Lord &c ROs. and the
consequence is that no English hostess
would ever make the mistake Of inviting
the two peers 10 dinner on the same even
ing, since otherwise a dispute for prece-
dence would undoubtedly take place. The
rights and wrongs Of the DISPUTE between
Lords MoBbray and de Ros are very com
plicSJed and somewhat remote, since the
entire question turns upon documents asd
deeds dating back % the reign Of King
Henry lll-that Is 10 Sdy, about seven
centuries.
Lord Aowbray. who is she twenty
fourth Of his line. and who derives his
descent through the female line from
that Roger de Moubr-y who figures In his
Tory as one Of The commanders OF the
Norman army which conquered Eng.ani
in 1866, IS likewise Lord Sl0urton. and
IS not only his patTOnym!c, but
likswise the name OF the family seat
near KnaresborOugh, ia Yorkshire. Stour-
ton was once famous as the ThOrnvlile
Royal OF the Well-knCWn sporting Col
Thornton. whose wife used 10 ride races
dressed as a jockey and who kept all
Yorkshire talking b. his extravazance.
Ruined BY the latter. be sold the place
early in the present century 10 a prede-
cessor Of the present Lord AoWbrzy.
The SJOuFIOns trace their origin 70 Bo-
tOIph StouTton, Who married Lady Ann
daughter 0f the famous Earl Goodwin
Of the time OF EIWartl The Canfa-acr 81