The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
RADOLIN
AND HIS SUCCESSOR

To judge from the farewell festivities
given at Paris in honor Of the departing
German ambassador, Prince Radolin. he
was persona grata AZ the Elysees ana the
Quai d'Orsay. for fete followed fete. and
neither Fallieres nor Pinchon seemed to
be able 10 take a final leave from their
''well-beloved" good friend, the German
prince. who for a number of years. II the
truth must be told, has managed 20 keep
his impulsive master az Potsdam from
breaking loose" and riding his anti
French hobby. His successor will be
Baron Won Schoen. heretofore foreign
secretary Of the German empire and
also a well-drilled dipIomat-or else VIII
liam would not have intrusted the most
delicate mission in the empire to him.
Incidentally-and this IS not so well
known among those who only dab
bic in politics and who see a danger sig
nal in the least diplomatic move-the
commercial relations between France and
Germany have increased to such a mar
velous extent within the past decade.
their Industries are so closely affiliated,
and the result has been so profitable mu-
dOrsay as we'll as in the Wilhelms
strasse, will.-nay must-think twice and
oftener before starting or permitting a
ruinous imbroglio. For this is the age
Of trade and commercialism. and both OF
these nations rapidly are forging ahead
and geographically are interviewer,
The Radolins, though for a century or
more Prussians, are OF Polish origin.
Their family Originally Kossuty) as well
as the Czartoryskis, the Radziwills, and
the Sobiejskis. are the leaders Of the for
mer Polish aristocracy that sWore ale
glance TO the Prussian crown after the
division OF Poland. All OF them are re-
lated with the scions OF Boleslav Chroby.
the famous JagellOn, who founded the
Polish kingdom and unwittingly laid the
foundation for the internal strife that
finally ended with sponation OF their
"oyczyzna Kochana" despite, or perhaps
because OF, the fact that there is no gen
Grafton which loves its country more or
IS more patriotic than Poland
one of the Jage.lons IL was also who
was destined 10 witness the humillating
pilgrimage Of Emperor Otto III Of Ger
many, ia the year 100. from AK
Chapeile, his capital. all the way across
the forests Of "Allemannia" 10 Gneseu,
a small but very ancient town in the
present Prussian proviBce Of POsen. II
was barefoot march Of 1000 miles
through the wilderness. and was ordered
as a punitive expedition by Pope Alexan-
~ D.
with HIS hordes Papal territory The
Emperor did go TO Guesen and, as he had
been ordered handed the prlmate OF the
province who resided there a couple OF
diamonds 10 be inserted as ewes into the
Ease Of 'Swienty Woyczlech" Saint AdaI-
bert, whose body lies buried In "a crypt
Of the ancient cathedral OF that town
Those eyes are there yet and can be
seen-haye been seen by the writer That
saint who was the first missionary TO
enter the wilds of the S!avs when all
Of the land between the Rhine. EIbe
oder. Warthe, and Weichsel CWistuls).
was possessed by heathens thrown thlther
by the upheaval caused by the Goths and
Huns, OF course was duly slaughtered
when he believed that success had
crowned his efforts and was cannonized.
The Radolins trace their ancestry 10 Bo-
gustav de Kossuty. who was primate OF
Posen in the middle Of the thirteenth
century. Their family name in those days
was Koszutski, which was changed into
Radolinsk In 1916. when stanislav Kos
zutski married Dorothe1, daughter and
heiress OF the Radolina estates. In 1859
! by the acquisition Of JarOtschin, the title
OF Graf Won Radolin- Radoliuski was
bestowed upon the family. Upon entail
ment Of the estates under Prussian laws
| IN 1896 the name was changed 10 Fuerst
! prince Radolin, bat the qualification
'Durchlaucht' tAltesse) was not be-
slowed upon the present Fuerst RadoIin
until 1890. when he was made a hereditary
member Of the Prussian house OF lords.
He has been in Prussian and. later, in
| German diplomatic service Of the highest
| order ever since. and at the imperial
court enjoys some Of the proudest posi-
tons and disuncuOns.
While the German Ambassador TO
/ France was recalled by his sovereign.
| another sovereign. death, has recalled
his colleague NJ. de Nelidoft. the Car
Ambassador at Paris, who died recently
after q short illness, and Baron de Ro-
! sen. Russian Ambassador at Washington,
has been picked as Nelidon's successor
| by the newspaper men,