The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-20
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4 LFRED Won kIDERLEN- W AECH-
~ TER. German Minister of For
elgn Affairs, who seems doomed
TO political extinction. owing to his
having during his sovereisn's absence
on yachting expedition in Norway,
I placed the Kaiser in such a position
with regard TO the great powers. in
connection with Morocco. that there
was no issue therefrom save war or a
climbing down. is in many respects "a
self-made man. He is not baron.
nor does he belong to the aristocracy.
from which the leading German sta
men are SO largely recruited For
his father was the extremely bourgeois
manager of small bank at Stuttgart
VINO married Baroness Won Wuech.
ter, whence the minister's double bar
relied name. He took part In tho War
OF 1870 as volunteer, and Afterwards
managed to set into the diplomatic
service through some of his mothers
relatives.
He first attracted the attention OF the
Kaiser when the latter visited St
Petersburg. where he found that tho
young attache had taken the trouble
TO master. in very remarkable de-
gree. the Russian language. and 10
acquire the most extraordinary amount
or Information about Russian society
and about the members thereof In
tact. he found him q most Interesting
companion
It Is from then that dates the Kais-
ems Intimacy with kiderien- Wac OH
ter. which alone saved him from dis
mlssal from the diplomatic service
When his domestic relations. while
German envoy at Bucharest, became
source OF public scandal, even In the
easy-Going Roumanian capital. lead
ING TO demand for his recall.
His principal fault is his lack OF
caution. and his firm conviction that
every great powe. will prefer. "a
last resort. to bow the knee TO Ger
many, rather than to try conclusions
with her on the battlefield
Whereas most peers owning land
on both sides OF St Georges Channel
sell their Irish holdings. In preference
to those In the United Kingdom. Loia
Rosse is increasing his territorial pos
sessions. In Erin. and selling his es-
tates in Great Britain. lie IS the head
OF one of the most clever and useful
houses of the Irish aristocracy. His
father and his grandfather before him,
were famous as astronomers. contribut-
ing very extensively 10 the Incrense
of our knowledge of the starry world
while his fathers brother. the Hon
CHARLES Parsons. is the inventor OF
those turbines which are now taking
the place OF the former contrivances
or propulsion on the great Atlantic
Ocean liners and big warships.
the present earl. NTH of his line,
mas not yet made his mark In the
realms OF science. having given up his
time to soldering, serving with dis
tinction in South Africa, ana holding
commission or captain in the Irish
Guards. But with the blood in his
veins. and considering the surroundings
AMIDST which he has been reared from
ms earliest boyhood. II would be sur
prising If he did not too, later on. con.
tribute his share to the fame OF his
FAMILY, as a phenomenal explorer or
scientist
Both the late earl. and his brother
CHARLES Parsons. of turbine fame. were
always prominent figures at the annual
meetings of the British Association
Tor the Advancement of Science. ana
some years ago they Jointly submitted
TO the association scheme for the
sinking of shaft to the distance OF
twelve miles or more into the bowels
or the earth, for the purpose of MAX
Ing a scientific exploration of its low
er depths They estimated that about
S25'Ooo.o00 would be required for the
purpose, and that the work would take
about nifty years.
To the late Lord Rosse. and TO his
brother Charles, too. is due the con-
ception of the new patent Legislation
in the United Kingdom, which has
created during the last few years such
revolution in the industrial and com
mercial world.
The late Lord Rosse. like his father
before him, was chancellor OF the