New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-09

his being Frenchman TO the core, intimate
friend of old Emperor William. and of his con-
sort, Empress Augusta, and persona gratissirna at
their court a grand seigneur OF the old school.
he perfect q gentleman and OF honor so
unquestioned that no one in Prussia ever sug-
gested that he should renounce his French ma
tionality and although he accustomed to
spend half the year in Germany and the other
half in France, no one ever dreamed of suspect
ing his loyalty TO either country nor was 1t held
that there anything incompatible with his
being a Prussian Duke. member of the Prusslan
House of Lords. and the owner OF a German
principality and at one and the time French
citizen and great territorial magnate of France
When he died the conditions were altered, 1or
his eldest son, the present Duke Bosom OF Ialley-
rand, Perigord Talencay and SaGan, was a debt
ridden. incurable imbeCe. under restraint as such
while HIS eldest son. who as such ENJOYS nne
Prussian title Of Prince Of Sagan is a FORMER
French officer of stormy antecedents, and 10 such
extent financially embarrassed as to render II
impossible for any one to regard MIN as n Tree
agent time Emperor William and his gov
eminent hesitated about exercising his sovereign
| rights as King OF Prussia and of resuTning pos
session Of the fef. But ultimately he appointed
| Count George Kanitz. q son-in-law Of the late
Duke of Talleyrand and of Sagan TO take charge
of the sagan property in behalf or ms lioeelte
| brother-in-law. and Count Kanitz declining 10
| act any longer Prince Herman Hatzfeldt, Duke or
| Trachenberg. another kinsman Of the Talleyrands
! was appointed in HIS stead
While the property of Sagan has oeen aohiiHls-
tered by these two noblemen with the utmost care
| and advantage. the affairs of the lmbeclIe Duke
| France have gone on from bad to worse. 'espe-
cially since the death of the late Duchess, a year
| or so ago. Prince Hatzfeldt the curator OF the
Sagan estates. has very rightly Declined 10 plteo
the tenantry and population of the Prussian prn-
cipaity Of Sagan for the benefit of a pack of for
| eign creditors. composed for the most part OF
| ur,1rars and that is why the latter have now Sc
cured from the German courts JudlelaI levy Oh
| the Sagan property
The result of it VIII be that Emperor William
pzfr now nut into execution the step which he con-
teuplated at the death of the late duke IN lS9 anu
| will deprive the French Taeyrands or the hei OF
Saran restoring II to the Prussian crown possibly
with view TO fits bestowal on one Of his Prusslan
nobles For Sagan comprises not only villages. out
even towns in Western Prussia ana the Kaiser can
,ot a-Toyd 70 have aliens in whom he has no con-
Hdence owning and controlling large tracts or ter
ritory so the frontiers. who might naturally
hecorne 4 source Of danger, not merely IN war but
even in time of peace, to the defences or the 1athe
/ land It is by no means unlikely that ne may
bestow the fief the Due de Dinos younger
brother, Count Archibald de NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
who lives in Berlin, is Prussian citizen. an oficer
of the Prussian army IN which ne tought ,ts It
France IN 1870 Cnis brother Maurice, Duke OF DINO
| serving on the French side) and has two grown up
sons also serving in the German army.
| LIBERALS CREATE MANY PEERAGES.
Although Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman has
been only eighteen months in office and Was elected
! on a platform that was committed 10 A reducuon
Of the House of Lords and to curtailment OF IT'S
mowers and prerogatfves it looks though he were
destined 10 distance all his predecessors as Premier
in the number of peerages which he has nominated
! 10 the Crown. and for the creation of which his
cabinet IS responsible There are considerably more
| than A score Of them that owe their existence TO
| his presentation. and If he remains another five
years in possession of the post of Prime Minister
| and continues at the present rate. there will be
| about hundred new peerages to commemorate his
| anti House Of Lords administration.
It must thoroughly be understood that peerage
| cannot be created without the consent of the
Premier or of minister responsible TO Parliament;
| while on the other hand the King is virtually
forced by the spirit Il not by the actual letter of
the constitution TO bestow peerages on all those
| nominated for the honor by the Cabinet
The Salisbury-Balfour administration, during its
ten years Of Office from 1895 70 December, 1905, nom
mated sixty peers, that is to at the rate of six
| q wear Lord Beaconsheld during his six years OF
| Premiership. from 1880, added only twenty
| new names to the roster Of peers, that is to say
| about three a year Mr.. Gladstone, between 1&S
| and 1885, added nineteen new members to the House
| of Lords. that IS TO say, four year From this II
will be seen that Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman
| bids fair TO beat all records
| Nearly threescore new peerages have been created
| since the accession of King Edward. though in
few cases It only fair 10 add that the peerages
were conferred upon mobiles already possessllit
| seats In the House of Lords, constituting merely
| a promotion During the last fifty years IA peer
| ages have been created. the House of Lords con
| sfsting of a little 600 members OF these two
hundred and odd peerages. forming a thlrd OF uh'
upper house of Parliament. which have beer
created within the last half century, thirty-fou
have gone to lawyers eight to the army, one TO th
navy and six 10 science letters and art represented
nv the baronies of Acton, Tennyson, Kelvin, Lister
Playfair and Lord Leighton Ihe Ia'oeI "eiiis "
deed extinct -. ,,,,o,
! Lord Ieighton's peerage was very short hve'
one for the president of the Royal ACADEMY uie'
| within twenty-four hours after 1t mad oeen De
slowed upon him. Lord Richie was a meinper .
| The House of Lords for only eighteen days Lot
| marlborough for six days, and LEord St IRENE
(better known Sir Francis Jeunel Tor SIX Weeh'
! The remainder of the two hundred and ODD peer
ages save about a score given TO civil servants sucI
ae lord Sanderson, Lord knollys. the late Lorui
II-1Taond and Currie and Pauncefote. have beer
given for political party services, on the Dasls In
eug,rated nv Pitt when Prime Minister tIaI ever
80, Of good record possessed of an income IRON
land TO the tune of 100000 year had a right I
axnect a peerage in return for his poitlcad sup
ort the latter including not only the votlhg OF III
tensntrv and people but also contributions 10 tI
ELECTORAL campaign funds That Is now II cohie s
NAT the House Lords is composed almost "4Ioti:
NJ hig landowners. For as soon as ever d ma
,naLes a fortune in England he proceeds 10 nv
- 1or,ton of il in land. in order TO quahIy IhiiiSe
for the peerage- -, ,,o,r-ru-nyOy
ACCEPTS CALL TO MONifEeiEh'
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