The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-25
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GREECE OWES DEPT
TO KING GEORGE

80 much nearer TO Alexandria and Port
said than BrindIsi, IL Is b. no means
improbable tnat me Indian mall from
england. PARIS and Berlin may be from
henceiorth sent via Athens, instead OF
va Brlndlsl. 1t would constitute
saving or between tnt.ty-siN AND Iorty-
eight hours In the trip to Bombay,
winch IS OF inestimable advantage not
only 10 tile governments, but ALSO To
the commerce of those European pow
ets when have colonial possessions IN
the orient.
King Albert of Belgium has COM
pieteIy reorganized his nous mold, and
among the changes which he has made
has pcen the appointment or Count
d Arschot. hitherto councillor OF the
Belgian legation at Paris. TO be MS
cnel de captnet--tnat is to say, his
private secretary. The count Is we'll
known at Washington, where he was
formerly attached 20 the Belgian mis-
sion there. and is. moreover, half
American. his mother, widow OF the
former Count Castor d'Arschot, being
home in that city. KING Albert has
also appointed Baron Eugene de Bey-
ems, son uf the diplomat who repre-
scented Belgium for so many years as
the royal houschouid. Baron Eugene
de Beyens was the principal secretary
OF the Belgian legation in Paris as
long as his father lived and was his
service after his fathers death. owing
to what he reea rded as lngratitude and
unfair treatment by Leopold. and con-
tinuing to make his home IN Paris.
instead OF returning to Brussels, was
somewhat of thorn in the side OF
his late sovereign in the French CAPT.
tai. At the time OF Leopold.s death
he INDUCED in some rather bitter re-
examinations, ana his appointment by
the new King a minister of the royal
house shows that Albert has not taken
any offense. that he looks upon de
Beyens az having been somewhat M
Justly treated. and that he is per-
fectly assured of his loyalty and OF
his discretion.
The new grand marshal OF the court
of Brussels is the Comte de Merode.
who was grand master OF the. house
hold of the late Queen OF the Bel
gians, and married to one of the de Ia
the de Merode family. which heads the
old Belgian aristocraey, may best Pe1
| appreciated whcnSit Is stated that in
1880 It's chief was elected to the throne
ing part which he had played in bring
Ing about the independence OF the
country from Dutch rule. The Comte
! de Merode OF the day declined the
Lisne and rejected BY him. 1t was
rendered, first Of all TO King Louis
Philippe.s son, tire Duo de Semeur rs;
! Coburg. the widowed son-in-law Of
| George ". of England. Leopold ac-
copied the offer, which was made at
| the suggestion and on the nomination
(, of the Comte dc Mer1de.
| One Of the Countesses de Merode
married the Italian nobleman. Prince
| Pozzo della Cisterna. bringing him an
| enormous fortune By way of dowry.
including number Of valuable coll
llierics in Belgium. It is the only
daughter of this union, Maria della
| Cisterna, who married the late Prince
Amadeus of Italy, occupying with him
| for three years the throne of Spain.
! Her three sons and the heirs of her
great fortune which is of wholly Mcr-
cd e origin. are the Duke OF 4Aosta. the
Count OF Turin and the Duke Of the
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