The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-15

to-day from Europe. bound for
the international ballooning com
petition at ST. Louis. is descended from
one of the leaders of the Greek War OF
Independence. whose memory is pre-
served in this country through sew
eral towns, notably in Michigan. being
named for him.
The prince is son of that Prince
Gregory Ypsilanti who was for many
years Greek envoy at Vienna. He died
very suddenly, Immediately after hav-
Ing resigned his diplomatic office in
connection with financial disaster In
which ne was involved. He is generally
believed to have committed suicide.
Some weeks after his death his wife
was declared bankrupt. although as
one of the four daughters of the multi
millionaire Greco-Jewish banker, f.
nancier and railroad contractor, Baron
Simon Sina. she had inherited as her
portion fortune of $50, 100000. OF
her sisters, one married Frederick Nav
rocordate, who was fer time Greek
minister at Paris. while another became
the wife of the Due de Castries, brother
OF La Marechale MacMahon When the
Due de Castries died his widow mar
ried, en- secondes noces, Viscomte En-
manuel d'Harcourt of the French ducal
house of that name. who had been the
private secretary and alter ego of Mar.
shall MacMahon throughout the term
OF his presidency Of the French re-
public The viscomte and the duchess
are devoted to the turf, and maintain
one of the finest and most successful
racing stables in France.
sister of the Prince ipsilanti who
is now visiting America. Is the wife OF
Prince Philip Hohenlohe Schillings-
furst, the eldest son and heir Of that
old Prince Chlodwig Hohenlohe, who
was in turn prime minister Of Bavaria
German ambassador In Paris. Governor
General of Alsace- Lorraine and chan
cellor of the empire. and the postum
nous publication of whose diaries by
his younger son. Prince Alexander
created so great sensation three
years ago.
The Ypsilantis hall from Trebizond
are of Greek origin, and played very
important role In the closing years
of the Byzantine empire, Constantine
fpsilanti being on record as having IN
1890 married the daughter Of Emperor
Manuel III. at Constartinople, being
invested by the latter with the office
of grand master Of the palace, which
in those days was equivalent to the
post of the Grand Vizier
Remaining in Stamboul after It's
capture by the Turks, they managed to
win the good will Of the various Sui
tans, filling the offices OF physcian-tn-
chief, of Grand Dragoman. or chief in
terpreter to the Sublime Porte. and OF
Turkey in Europe AS provincial gov
errors they were permitted to style
themselves prince" Christians being
in those days considered unworthy OF
the rank of pasha. which was re-
stricted to followers Of the Prophet.
Alexander Ypsilanti was Governor or
Prince of Wallachia and of Moldavia
during the last twenty years Of the
eighteenth century, and no one OF his
time stood higher In the favor OF the
Sultan Abdul Hamid l.. and OF Selim
Ill III, His son Constantine was also Is :,
Wallachia, and it was his son Alex
ander who was elected by the Greek
nation as their leader, and who first
raised the standard Of the Cross against
the Crescent. in their war Of inde-
pendence H,s brothers, Demetrius,
part In this war under his orders. their
names being identified with one or
another of the battles of that struggle;
and the prince who has Just arrived.
and who is so much interested In
ballooning. is grandson Of Prince
Gregory,
OF course, strictly speaking, tho
Ypsilantis Of to-day have no right
whatsoever to the title OF prince; for,
In the first place, all noblliary titles
have not only been abolished by the
Constitution Of Greece, but their use
(
sorts of pains and penalties. Then,
too, the Ypsilants We're never recog-
nized as princes by the Holy Roman
Empire, nor were their titles as such
confirmed by any European monarch;
While the Turkish title ofiprinte held
by some of their ancestors, was merely
ad personam, and by virtue of their
office Of provincial governor the title
ceasing whenNheir term of governor
came to an end
At the time when Lady cardigan's
Escurrilous "Reminiscences appeared
a year or SO ago, and the scandalous
stories contained therein were, widely
quoted as necessarily authenic, owing
to their having been put In print by a
woman who. was peeress OF the realm
and leader of English society. I
pointed out In these letters that her
stories could at the best be but hear
say, since from the time when she had
been turned out of her fathers house
as a young girl. on account of her
,fagrantly public association with Lord
Cardigan, then married to another
woman, she had been vigorously barred
from court. and ostracised by society;
and that she had forfeited har status