The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-26

IN EARADMIRAL LlONEL TUFNELL.
OF the British Royal Navy, has
IN bcen selected by King George. a
the request of his uncle. the
King OF Greece. 10 undertake tha direc-
tion of tho organization of the Hellenic
my. md has just left for Athens.
next three or four years. W
Admiral Tufnell, who has won a name
Tor himself In connection with wire
less Biography, signal work. and last.
out rot least, homing pigeon service,
mas an extremely difficult task before
him: one which will tax all the tact
ana diplomacy OF which he has given
EVIDENCE In times past, as naval attachc.
.ireece takes the form. in her army and
IN her navy, of the grosscst kind OF
indiscipline and characterization. In
tact. the spirit of mutiny is rife all the
as we'll as tho grant of the CUSTOMARY
tokens OF regard and respect, are al
most entirely unknown. Indeed. wha.
with the material at his disposal. bOth
as regards officers and men in the navy.
and with the perpetual monetary dini-
culties Of the Greek government, IL Is
douottul IN the extreme whether III
VIII kuccced in accomplishing any
thing. -
Warrants have been issued by tho
German police for the arrest. with a
view to e%StradItlon, of an Englishman
who styles himself Captain Newton"
and OF a sol -disant Baron Korr-Koe-
mig both OF whom are frequent visi-
Tors TO this country, on charges OF
gross frauds. perpetrated on tradesmen.
and of s%windling at cards.
baron * orn- koenig (whose real name
is Juilus Stcinman. and who is neither
baron, nor Korf, nor kocnig,) and Cap
tain Newton (who affects to have serv-
ed in the English army in South Afri-
cad. are members OF an international
pnnn Of swindlers: tho others con
Sisa,ns OF Rumanian of the
real name is Rudolf Stallmann. and
Count Gisbcrt Wolff Metternich, nephew
OF the German ambassador In London.
Count Cisbert Wolff Metternich is
Is OF gentle birth. and who has trav-
eied under his own name, his confed-
crates usually assuming. like the sol
titles to which they have no vestige
OF n right They were banded together
LOT tho express purpose OF swindIing
men out of money at cards, and there
are no less than nfty-two complaints
recorded against them at Berlin for
plundering in this fashion men who
have been foolish enough to make their
acaualntance. and SO unfortunate as to
la!l INTO their hands. In addition to
ms. there are many charges pending
against them of d~efrauding trades
people. Apparently well bred. extreme
~ well groomed. and always plentiful
y niiH IcauS CdSH, lIeIucnt-
Ing the hest hotels. occupying the best
cabins on steamers. etc. they found no
difficulty in picking up acquaintances.
many. among tho latter being ricl,
Americans; and sooner or later this
led to card games, with the ultimate
result that the strangers were vic
ttmized: In some instances to very large
In n humble of Instances the
victims said nothing, preferring the
loss of the money to the ridIcule 10
which they felt convinced they would
be subjected. as having allowed them
fcssional crooks.
While they had long been under the
observation Of the police in several
European countries, it was not until
the arrest OF Count Gisbert WolT-Met-
-tcrnich at -Nienna, ON an