The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-14
BYLA MAnouIsE pE roNTENoY.

m Ia DE EONTENOI.
~ RINcE ANDREW I.lEvEN, VINO
has become the representative OF
4 one Of the leading banking and
RerI,, 'f"heraRe concerns OF Moscow. at
Berlin Stock Exchange. is a .randenr
. ! mat Old Prince Andrew Alexanaro.
Itch iieNen who was for so many
mains. M and whose ot Vie VIZ imPeriai DO.
barbara Galitzin. The L.ievcns are ono
u me most illustrious houses or Ei-
~ ma one o. the few families or
IN the Aimanach de Gotha. and mai
~ me predicate of serene ~hlghnegs.
meg ere ~llvonians, and trace their an
certain Henry Live. who was a teudaI
n"ioh. FhssAl 10 the Archbishop OF Riga
j. the thirteenth century. They ~
their title OF prince and their nrcrx
OF serene hiGhncss TO the fact tina, the
Wido" OF General Count Otto Iievcn
81 goyerness OF the children OF Gear
u Niehplas j., as well as the Gar
eViich, Constantine Paulovitch fwho
Waved his right OF succession 10 the
i" ar IN iaV9r OF his younger brother.
sizing of his crazy father). ali three
'eEhrded her as their second mother.
Stlii more ia mous. however. was her
that Princess Lievcn.
nee countess Bcnckendorn, who PLAYED
20 Important Il role in the political
history OF Europe in the early part
century, us RUSSIAN
ampassadress, first at Berlin. then for
twehty years in London, where she
was In many matters the confidential
adViser OF George ", and at Vienna,
whsre she was the dearest friend,'
or The great Chancellor. Prince Clement
Metternich. Even stil more cxtraor-
ainnry was the influence which this by
no means beautiful woman welded at
I'ariS throughout the reign OF King
LUIS ihiiipcc, as the AeSeria of his
nii.powerfu minister and premier, the
historian ltntZnf Nphn TO. -
most romantic devotion for her.
Princess Alexander Lieven. wife Of
mat Rear-Adiniral Prince Lieven who
now commands II division of torpedo
d~estroyers OF the the Baltic feet. al.
~tractcd Il great deal OF attention by
ner sensational escape. disguised as a
,yas man. from Tort arthur. while 1t
vas hcsieged, during the war between
Russia and Japan. She was the
dlVorced wife of an officer OF the name
OF Won kluepffei, and a native OF Libau
when she married Prince Alexander
Lieven at Port Arthur. The union
was ooked upon by her husbands fam
n.y. ana ny the court at St. Petersburg,
IN the light of Il mcsalliance. Indeed.
II was because OF this condition OF
affairs that the prince remained in
nc Far East, in order not to subject
MS wife to the affronts which she
would have received at st. Petersburg.
After commanding the cruiser Uas-
Doihlk. he was transferred just before
me outbreak OF the war to the com
49, f"Hp Wv Nlltllp
IN accordance with "perenptory in
structlons received from St. Peters
n,irg, the Russian fleet made Il dash
out of Port Arthur. and then was
driven back into port by Admiral Togo,
AleXander Lievcr managed, by superior
teamanship, to get away. and 10 reach
where his ship was dismantled, in ac-
cordance with the requirements of the
laws of neutrality. to be held there
until the end of the war.
t.. The DrinCnSS had wished n oncnn,-
pany him in mis- dash out of Port
Arthur; but so firmly convinced was
he that he was going to certain death.
and would never succeed in getting
through the b~lockading forces, that
he declined to allow her to sail with
him. On learning that he had reached
all costs to rcjoin him. ana getting out
of Port Arthur in the guise of a China
man, made her way I'm a junk, ana
under the cover of a binding snow
storm. to Chefoo. after all sorts of
thrilling adventures. eventually reach
ing Saigon in safety.
Although the Swiss government
strictly prohibits those in its employ
from tho accepting foreign orders OF
knighthood and nobiliary titles, under
those who possess titles by inheritance
from making use thereof. Thus. the
senior colonel of infantry on the active
list of the Helvctian army, which has
Diesbach. who is not only a count Of
the old German empire. but also en-
joys the Italian dignity of Prince OF
st. Agatha, which 1t must lie con-
fessad has a sound OF Opera Comiauc.
This citizen OF the Swiss republic,
prince, makes his home at the Chateau
or Dicshnch, within easy driving dis
lance from the city of FrEbourg. in
tho canton of that name, and is IN
dcbtcd for his foreign nonors to the
TACT that John Frederick Q Dicsbach,