The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
WAS ADVISER TO THE GREAT

WAS ADVISER u lHE 1hEAl
IIohenlohe Marriage Not Con-
sidered Mesalliancc in
German Circles.
BY ia aIAnaUIsE DE FONTENof.
T was quite supertuous Tor Slr
George Lewis, who signallzed inc
4 beginning of the new year ~ re-
tirlns from practice, to announce
that he mad no intention whatsoever 70
write or publish any memoirs. ltis
fame for discretion and pubic conn
dence therein are far too hrnly estap-
lished to render necessary any such
assurance a number of years ago
during the course of a conversation
The assured me that. contrary TO INC
Fcustom OF the majority OF lawyers f NC
kept no diary. He declared .n ne i,, Mhs g.,
7 he found his business becoming So
confidential, he made up his nllnd ina.
not even for the sake OF reference
would he ever chronicle another thilhs NJ: Z:
so that when he died the secrets OIL
| English society might die with MIN.
Under the circumstances, there , ure
many people OF the highest rank VINO
I Will breathe more freely .When Sif
1 George is gathered to his fathers.
|
bar, but merely what is known IN
/ London as solicitor. Yet IT Is no
exaggeration to assert that there has
\ been no sensational case brought INTO
court within the last forty years ~
which he has not figured. usually On
the winning side; while as for the
cases which this shrewd and discreet
baronet has kept out of court, they
are simply legion In number. indeed;
lit may be safely taken for granted
], that not more than one.-third. perhaps
/ not even quarter. Of the scandals
AFFECTING prominent people In Great
4 Britain ever reached the knowledge
Of the public; for with all It's faults
corps that is not to be found on this
side of the water When any one
of it's members happens to wander
from the high road Of honesty and
,Ncious in these modern times-into the
!! by-ways of crime. all the members Of
\ his class, not alone In his interest, but
! also in their own. unite in an effort
to hush the matter up, and in this
they have almost Invariably enjoyed
/ the ASSISTANCE OF Sir George. who is
peculiarly believed to. know enough to
hang half-a-dozen Of the biggest men
a sufficient numberssof dangerous Sc
lcrets of people OF rank to suffice, II
ever they should be divulged. to shat
ter the entire social fabric Of Great
Adviser to the Great.
Sir George has been essentially the
/ legal adviser of the English great
world in their moments of trouble.
and has had among his clients many
a royal parsonage, not only English.
but also foreign. There are few
\ people, no matter what their rank In
life, who are not cursed with some
skeleton, the existence OF which they
are eager at all costs to keep from,
j ~ inc lrrn IN III
affects their own honor and reputa-
ton; sometimes the fair name OF those
a nearest and dearest TO them Sir
Il George possesses an absolutely UNIQUE
+ relics, and the mere fact that he is
i known to besnWarei OF them has In
1 m ost cases been sufficient to weaken
s the backbone of tile most stiff -necked
rible the straits in which the people
for whom he consented to act. Sir
George was usually able to find a
means of issue, and II their guilt was
sufficiently assured TO admit of no de-
II fense or excuse, he in ninety-nlne
4 cases out of q hundred possessed
u Knowledge of something to the dis
y advantage of the other side sufficient
d to bring about an abandonment OF the
4 prosecution.
But the celebrity which he had In
this connection was not without Its
4 drawbacks. for 1t ended by causing his
presence5in court on behalf of client
to be regarded as a sort Of tacit a tdti
Il George enjoyed so much credit for his
liability in getting his clients out OF
the most critical situations that he
was certain to be applied to for as
sistance whenever q man of any prom
inence found himself in the mlfre. Tho
!, Iworse the case. and the higher the
, rank Of the persons lncriminated, tbs
more certain it was that applicator
ngyfI h., Ss,t To- I'll -Nftf Wv
Place for professional help.
Trimmed Other Luniinariea.
1t was in this office in Ely Place tha
t the present Lord High Chancellor, Lore
Loreburn; the late Lord Chief Justice
: Russell OF Halloween, and several 9th
l er legal lunlinaries of the present day
began their career as young men. on,
of the features OF that Office is til.
g strong-roon, in which all the srea
black tin boxes are turned With thcil
face to the WALL so that not ever
their names can be seen. being dis
8 tinguished from one another by thei
: numbers. Startling and eHtraordlnar,
: las are the contents of these boxes. Sc
crets Of an even still more dramatic
character are locked up in the archve
y OF. Sir Georges memory. He is TIL
G third Of his generation. his father an,
4 g.randfather having. been lawyers Il
e he has retired, he,is succeeded Their
r by his son and namesake. who, lik
himself, and his forebears at El,
;, Place, Is protesting Jew.
Il Sir George is a white haired, white
7 Whiskered littleltman of most kind
and genial manner. whose very appear
ance invites confidence and inspire
1t trust In his discretion. and he is he'll
Ia In the highest regard by the KIM
Il who, as Prince Of Wales, was in th
: habit OF. dining a Sir Georges hos
pllable house in Portland Place q
least once q season. The King, in
" deed, bestowed a baronetcy upon 81
"a George not long after his accessio
and has since then conferred upon hir
me commandershp of the Victoria
10 a l5ttS5.. ttf,3E,f5
is The cable dispatches announcin
mat the Kaiser had given his conser
70 6, Z, the marriage Of his cousin Frederic
m william of Prussia, to Princess Ana
=, ina INA OF Hohenlohe. daughter of Il,
y duke of Ratibor, are somewhat mis-
90 leading. In conveying the impressio
MT lnat the Emperor regarded the unto
ut as q mesalliance, and had on tn
T. account given his sanction theret
" win much reluctance, after consIde,
81 apl L, hesitation and as a great<favor.
~ Ihere can be no question OF d mos
y Alliance, for the Hohenlohes are or
OF the srandest and most influential