New-York tribune., 1907-01-07

england throughout Nicholass courtsnip OF Prin-
cess Alex Of Hesse, and there few who
enjoyed greater reputation for briliancy and wit
IN London and in Paris, in ST. Petersburg than
Jean GaIitzyn- His sister. Countess Oblokoff was
shot dead some years ago by her husband the
general OF that name, while she was walking along
the NeVsky Prospect in St PETERSBURG with a
iormer aide-de-camp of the general at a moment
"hen the promenade was thronged with all the
rank and fashion the capital The general he
sues hAilhg his wife. mortaliy wounded the young
0ei. Inc late Car. during whose reign this
tragedy occurred. held that the general had been
temporarily bereft Of his reason nv ies1ourv for
"fhch there was some ground, and accordingly
instead OF dealing with him as an ordinary rnur-
oerer' consigned him TO that terrible Solovetsk
prison monastery. near Archangel to- spend .he
remainder Of his days in PRAYER and fasting shu.
on from all communication and intercourse with
the outer world
another Gahtzyn, Alexander by name after bainr
extensively entertained in New York Chicago and
Washington. came to grief owing N tba discovery
Oh zeal between himself and certain New York
- '@-oiac dealers, according the terms Of which
the greater part of their stock was 70 be sold as
efalltzvnsfamily heiriooms nominalIy by his order
f1e ilao all sorts of queer adventures afterward
over here and was finally rescued from the gutter
10y ,he salvation Army and shipped back by 1t to
Europe as hopeless case. Some of the princes Of
Salitzyn are in jail and others are in pauper nstI
t"tlons- 1here is a Prince Galitzyn who is s hack
oriver at Moscow. another who Is a lonrshoreman
a' ooessa' third who is a bareback rider in a
Iourth rate circus, while the Princess Sonhia Ca
iitzyn is said 10 have died OF starvation in Paris
as "looW or the French Duo de Chaulnes although
there are some who claim that she is still living
and happily married in America
WHY LORD DELAMgRE WAS ARREsrpn
90 fnuch mystery has been aroused by the brief
caoie dispatch from Mombasa, 20 tho effect that
Lord Delamere has oeen committed for trial 81
Narohi in the East African Protectorat. ION a
ctiiihaI - charso brought against him under Sec
uohs HI and 40 of the Indian Penal Code" that
an explanation is absolutely necessary. as one has
to be a lawyer acquainted with the legal nrooedura
or British India in order to know what particular
onences are referred TO by the sections in cues
uon. The laws under which Lord Delamere has
been committed fo- trial provide that whoever
lraudulendy accepts. receives claims any prop
erty, or any interest therein. knowing that he has
no right or rightfui claim 20 such property or in
terest- shall be punished with not than two
years impris onment.'
II seems that NJ Charlie. Grant bough. 300
acres in Narob from Arthur Thomas Smart which
LORD Deamere claimed had been previously sold
TO hira- Mr. Smart agreed to transfer the land
TO LORD Delamere, who gave him an indemnity
covering costs and damage in Grant should
bring suit against him Grant then brought q
civil suit for breach @f agreement against Smart
and obtained Judgment. Smarts lawyer lodged an
appeal. and Immediately afterward. before the ap-
peal had been decided Grant brough. criminal
proceedings again Lord Delamere for having
oepted the transfer OF land 10 which the title was
defective.
The law under which Lord Delamere has been
arrested and charged with crime has been de-
nounced by jurists of every degree enabling the
most random and vexatious charges to be made.
charges that are seldom proved that according
Indian administrators the plaintiffs usually bolt
II not bound over in heavy recognizances In fact.
Lord Delamere could not have been charged with
crime under English law and nowhere under the
British flag. save in India, could man. such
this peer, guilty at the most OF civil blunder-or
what is legally described a tort-find himself.
thanks the intricacies OF the code. entanged IN
the meshes of criminal law.
Lord Delamere is great landowner. both In
England and in Africa In the United Kingdom
his estates extend over 10000 OF the finest
land In Cheshire. while in British East Africa he
has purchased tract OF some 100000 acres OF
splendid land. near Narobi. where he is growing
cotton and sugar with great success. He has a
beautiful house there. and spends portion OF zach
year there. with his pSetty wife. who was Lady
Florence Cole. daughter of the Earl and Countess
or Enniskillen. who by the bye have been spend
ing Christmas with Lord and Lady Deamere at
Narobi. Lord Delamere has done more than any
one else to attention to British East Africa,
and 70 interest his countrymen in this particular
portion OF the British Empire. Besides this. he has
a splendid record explorer. and as big
game hunter Indeed he has larger number of
dead lions 10 his credit than any other sportsman
now living After passing unharned through all
sorts of pers In Africa he met with very bad
accident while following the hounds in Cheshire.
fnturing his spine and 1t was whilef being nursed
back to health that he fell in love with the most
IA ascinating of those friends who were caring for
him namely Lady Florence Cole On his recovery
they were married, and the union has turned out
yerv we'll as Lady Delamere is quite as passion
ately fond of sport. travel and adventure as her
husband who IS about thrty-fve years old
MARQUISE DE FONTENoY.