The Washington times., 1902-10-18
COURTS AND CAPITALS
OF THE OLD WORLD.

OF THE OLD WORLD,
Count Hermann Hatzfeldt, the only
son of the late Count Paul Hatzfeldt
who was for so many years German am
bassador in England, and who died at
his post there. has severed his connec-
ton with the diplomatic service of the
Kaiser, and entered the employ of one OF
the leading London banks.
In taking this step, Count Hatzfeldt
is doubtless influenced by the fact that
ne has strong strain of American
blood in his veins, his mother having
been Miss Helen Moulton, OF Albany,
N. Y, prior to her marriage.
Count Hatzfeldt's father left no prop
erty to speak of. In fact. the greater
part of his life was spent amid finan-
cial embarrassments. and, as Count
Hermann sees no prospects of retriev-
ing his fortunes in the diplomatic ca
reer, since even ambassadors are re-
CURED to spend as much as they re-
ceive, If not more, in maintaining the
dignity of their office, he has wisely
taken to banking, as Offering brighter
prospect.
| may add that Count Hermann Hatz
feldt's American grandmother, that is
to say, Mrs. Moulton, was the daughter
of an old French dancing master, who,
in the early part of the nineteenth CEN
tury. was professor Of the terpsichorean
art to the fashionable element in New
York. His name was Metz, and his
daughters Christian name-she was
celebrated in New York for her fas-
oinating beauty-was Cesarine.
Colonel and Mrs. Moulton had three
children. A daughter died in child
hood. The other daughter still living.
is the widowed Countess Paul Hatz-
feldt, mother of Count Hermann, while
her brother, Charles, after marrying
Miss Greenough, of Washington, was
killed in a railroad accident at Phila-
delphia. His widow, after a fruitless
attempt to earn her living on the op-
cratic stage, became the wife of NJ. Heg-
erman Linderone, now Danish minister
accredited to the court of Emperor Will
liam.
A sensation has been created at the
court of Vienna by the dismissal of
General Count Nostiz- -Rinecb from his
post of grand master of the household 20
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir
apparent. AS a rule, when dignitary
OF this kind is relieved of his office, as
pecially after SO many years of service
as the count has to his credit, an inti-
nation appears in the Official Gazette"
to the effect that he has been thanked
by the sovereign. and that either an or
der or some other honor has been be-
slowed upon him. Nothing of the kind
has been accorded to the count, who not
only withdraws from court, but like
wise from the army.
1t is semi officially announced that thu
archduke complained to the Emperor
that the count neglected his duties. The
count seems to have defended himself
against these charges in rather ener-
getic manner. The result has been his
disgrace. The count is one of the best
known men of the court of Vienna, hav
ing been in attendance on Archduke
Francis Ferdinand ever since the lat
ters early childhood. 1t is thought
that, perhaps, having known the heir
apparent as a boy, he failed to treat
him with proper Difference, and that this
has given rise to the trouble between
them.
To such an extent, indeed. has the
counts life been spent in the service
of the archduke that he has never
done any regimental duty. having risen
from the rank of sublieutenant to tina
of a lieutenant general in the ante
chambers of the archduke. He is what |
one calls at the European courts
general dantechambre."
The counts downfall is not regretted, |
for he has been far from popular either
at court or in society, where. however |
he has been admired for his cleverness
in managing to maintain his position in
the archduke's household for so long q |
time. According to some stories at
Vienna, his dismissal is due to the fact
that he failed to treat the morganatic |
consort of his master in a manner to be
expected by the wife of an archduke.
Grand Duke Nicholas Constantine
vitch's long and weary exile of thirty
years has been brought to close by the
order of the Car. In accordance with
the directions of the latter, he was
a few weeks ago from Tash-
kend. in Central Asia to Balaklaya, in
the Crimea, where his mother the wild
owed Grand Duchess Constantine, and
his sister, Queen Olga of Greece. are
now with him.
The services of the celebrated Musco-
vite specialist for diseases of the mind,
Privy Councillor Bagasin, have likewise
been invoked by command of the Car,
md he has also arrived at Balaklava for
he purpose of endeavoring to restore
he shattered nerves. and. according to
some, the unbalanced mind of the unfor
GRAND duke |