The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-07
DUKES WIFE SHUNS
COURT FUNCTIONS

the deep flush succeeded BIZ an intense
pallor. plainly indicating how she felt
about the matter.
which have referred above. gives en-
preston to the hope. apparently shared
by his royal relatives. that in some
future time four of King Georges five
sons may be representing their father
pal colonial dependencies. namely.
Australia. the Dominion Of Canada.
British South Africa and India. on the
ground that loyalty to the crown and
to the dynasty constitutes the most
powerful bond that links the colonies
to the mother country. and that with
royal prince as governor general
this bond viii be emphasized and
streng thened
vanta,ses The first of these is that
the surroundings. the ceremonial and
the etiquette of a court are inevitable
IN cases where a royal prince holds
matter how democratically simple his
manner. And then, too. there is the
danger that the affection and loyalty to
the crown. as REPRESENTED by him. may
be gravely damaged If not DESTROYED.
through the people of the colony hold
Ing him responsible, as executive. for
some unpopular and obnoxious meas
nre insisted upon by the imperial home
government.
The Baron Ungern- arrest.
cd at St, Petersburg on a charge OF
having taken advantage of his position
as the representative of a foreign
news agency in the Muscovite capital
to sell valuable papers belonging to
the Russian government to foreign
powers is. / understand. Baron Ernest.
who has led rather an adventurous
career. having, served in the foreign
legion of the Dutch army In the}Dutch
East Indies, and also under the Boer
flag in the South African War, He
belongs to one Of the old houses Of
the aristocraey Of Esthonta. that is to
say. of the Baltic province OF Russia.
and in olden times his ance stors amass-
ed wealth as wreckers, on the Island Of
Dago. causing the loss of many ship
by misleading lights.
The Ungern-Sternberg's claim to de-,
scend in direct line from one Of the
three Kings who visited Bethlehem at
the time of the birth of Christ and
Three Wise Men of the East" Ac-
cording to tradition the names OF
these three Magii were Melchoir Gas
legged to be the ancestor Of the ungern-
Sternbergs. The French noble family
OF de Vogue boasts of an unbroken de-
scent scent from Melchior, while another
at the root of which IS Balthazzar.
On two occasions has the name Of
can recall King Oscar OF Sweden is
suing decree. something over twenty
years ago. for the liberation from life
| imprisonment and for the COMPLETE
rehabilitation Of q Baron Ungern-
Sternberg, who in 1875 was sentenced
| to, penal servitude for the remainder
of his days as we'll as the forfeiture
! or his nobiliary title on the charge OF
| having murdered one of his neishbors.
| Count Brockendorf, a land owner like
himself, with whom he had duarreled
about a sale of property and who was
found dead. killed by gunshot wound.
The baron was convicted of the crime.
Whereupon his wife became Insane. and
| his only shon a young officer In q
crack regiment of Swedish Flussars.
blew, out his brains, Some years later
the death-bed confession OF convict
serving term. of penal seryitude for
poaching. revealed the fact that 1t was
| he who was the murderer. and that the
baron was innocent
In another instance the Russian Nj
hilist, JaluskofslSi, perpetrator of an
anarchist outrage at Liese. in Bel
| GUM, was found to have stolen the
papers and passports of Baron I'm
| germ Sternberg. who was Russian con-
sui at Cadiz. The man was caught and
| his identity made clear. But to this
day there are numbers Of people who
| Ignorant of this, still associate the
name of Baron ungern- Sternberg with
| the anarchist outrage at Liege as per-
lpetrator or this and other crimes and
as one Of the leaders OF the Nihiiist
1 party,
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