The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-27
~ La MARQuIsE DE FONTESOY.

ny La sIARauIsE DE FoNTESoY.l
vw lille Lord Lonsdalo is perhaps
!, lx/ one of the foremost Eportsmen
| wv In England he is not an anti
guardian, and has more sympa-
ithy with the prize ring than with
relics OF the past Just at prescnt. he
Ills rendering himself guilty OF q piece
| of unpardonable vandalism, which Will.
| be resented by many American visitors
| to Westmoreland.
ruins in England than that Of the
last shap, which during It's four csntu.
1 ries OF existence prior to the Reforma-
4 ton. had no less than twenty-four
/ sbhots; Judging by the ruins, II must li
AYE b oahh Of ns aandssone taken
from quarry in the Immediate neigh
Il borhood. The roof OF the; abbey has
Ilong since vanished. But the greater
Iportion OF the, walls. and especially
the bourne OF antiquarian pilgrim
/ ages, not merely from other parts OF
England, but from the United States
and from the Continent of Europe.
| The ruined abbey, as we'll as the
Isurrounding country, belong to Lord
i Lonsdale, and sum OF money was
.tcollected some, time ago. amounting to
preservation OF what remains Of the
I! abbey. But when the earl was APP
4 preached about the matter and asked
i for permissiongt to spend the money In
land. not content With this, is now
Ipulling down the ruins and removing.
them to his Lowther Castle estate,
4 where the stones are being used, part
4 in road making Some 200 wa gon-
4 loads OF the stones taken from the
ruins have already been removed by
d Lord Lonsdale, who SCOTS at the pro-
TESTS which have been lavished5 upon
\ him by local antiquarians and by the
Ipress throughout the length and
4 breadth Of the United Kingdom.
MOI. Is there any means OF prevent.
obstruction, for the ancient monuments
act of Parliament provides that when
the government is of he opinion that
3! the preservation Of any monument Is
a matter Of public In terest. by reason
4jof the historic tradition or artistic
: Interest attaching to it, IT may, at the
. quest Of the owner, consent. 70 @h :,
I leone the guardian thereof. But the
4 any power over the monument against
II the wishes OF the proprietor, and,
n therefore, Westmo reland' s. only abbey.
u or what remains OF It, Is destined to
Il disappear.
No ruler OF the Old World Is In
/ greater danger Of 5assassinati on just at
|Ipresent than King ferdinand of Bull
| garta: for while the Kaiser and King
| chlstic cranks, and the Gar Is Y1rr
j tually immNne from attack by the rev
!. olutionists who realize that he Is dos
tng allg.that could possibly, { be = done
4 of government, Ferdinand Is In peril
i at the hands OF Bull garlan, $NIaced oman
E and Turkish patriot is, w h o. see In his
i existence an obstacle to the welfare
4 Never a t any time during his more
VI than twenty years OF reign q 4. Sofa
= i has Ferdinand been so imp opul lar IL
9 his dominions, VIII ere his 81 bj eets de-
81 Revolution he had 1T wi hin his power
q to seize and hold Alaced onia, and thus
3 : free the hordes Of Bulgarians " yine
J In laced enia from g ton,a thral dom
I, I. flee everything ito secure his re oEnl
7 I! on BY the great powers as Kin
3 9 \ which2 left Bul garia$ no igger am
no greater The z Ru,garians fe g s tha g
Iportuntty, thanks to rdinand, AM
. they are an exceedingly ind!ct 1y'
E race, 4; sl .s
: : Then, too the Turks are OF tn
u opinion that Ferd man d. TIL hi wei!
Y trained army. 3 on 00ES strong, consti
i. tute a standlng nj nace lto their en-
Il pire; g menace which an,only !. I re
81 Pasha, the lead err Of the T kish. ReYo
4 Islution, and for SO long the dictate
at 7, tlnople, olces public o ,p y
,,sS = on at Constantlnople, VIZ n ne 4 saSs
n I'VE must " always wat h. erdi ma y
q with a hundred thousand nlen
IS l0inallysSthe AIaced onians hemselve
sSs see i hi the presence Of Ferd man /. q
sT obs tacles to their il,eratio KNOWN
sss that had II not been for his train
AZ ere This have marched to their rescue
sss5 What would happen ~ " ere 1Sin
Z Charles to fall the n re " 4 al . q ssas
sin lust snt M es on t---a nd f. iss lel
I5chenDs In that part Of u urnpe--it I'm
B spossible to say. for his cid est son s 4
. frail and scalloW youth OF Six eel. ran
S,s there Ia no sta tesma n In VI gar la i, g
sS the stanlpgof atamh ou loff q u ras p ssth
w helm in mon en- t5so fSc II ISIS;
M these 4lettsrs a have q ten lai
lIstress upon 4 haS d isap proYal mani este
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