The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-09
PUBLIC STATEMENT
BY SIR ROBERT Perl
BY LA oIARoU1sE pE roNrENoy.

By La ,9IAHoUIsE DE roNTENoY.
4! To-Day, the only one indeed that
M In his breadth OF view and his
masterfulness compares in any
degree with the first Prince Bismarck,
is not at Berlin. or In Germany, but
| at Constantinople. where he has filled
the role of German ambassador ever
since 1897. dominating not only the
sublime Porte. but also the entire
diplomatic corps. He is Baron Adolf
Alarschall Won Btebersteln. and prior
70 being sent to STEAMBOAT was Minister
OF Foreign Affairs at Berlin, and be
lore Tint, Minister of State to the
ne was on very friendly terms with the
iate Emperor and Empress Frederick.
ana after the formers death, was look
press S champions. In fact, he is gen
orally supposed to have been summoned
10 Berlin to assume the secretaryship
81 State for Foreign Affairs By the
lsaiser at the instance of the latters
mother. :,
The experiment. at Berlin was not al
together successful. The baron ,and
the Emperor did not get along well
together; each of them was too master
lui. The baron resented the Kaisers
constant interference. and the Kaiser.
oaron's independence OF speech and of
action This soon became known at
the court Of Berlin, and a court caoal
unsavory Prince Gutenberg. who sue
Seeded In securing the services OF
M hIa Won Tausch. the official RESPONSE
peror and of the court. and the head
OF the secret service. Tausch became
involved involved In very serious trouble. was
OF the latter, the intrigucs OF Isuien-
berg. and of certain high court digni-
tar also the activity of Tausch him
to light Bieberstein. who is a man OF
the same huge build as Bismarck, and
quite as choleric. completely lost his
Nothing would induce him to stay on
as Minister of Foreign AKairs.
Suosequently he was placated by the
stantlnople, where ho is left an almost
entirely free hand. and from whence
nc nc !, TTi nt directs Ge,rmany's policy
pected at the time OF the overthrow OF
Abdul Hamid that his overwhelming
influence at Stamboul would wane. But
ne has known how TO accommodate him
sell TO the new regime. and is now more
powerful In Constantinople than ever.
tie headed the German delegation at
i !h Ell last Peace Conference. But he Is not
liked by the Emperor. who cannot for
get the, bitter words that passed be-
tween them fifteen years ago, and even
when the baron comes to Germany on
leave of absence, or to consult with his
government at Berlin, the Emperor,
who has loaded him with honors, avoids
nm, MN IN rather potated manner. The
me widowed Grand Duchess of Baden.
only daughter of old Emperor William.
an. .,na ms father occupied similar posi-
he was also Lord Chief Justice of The
Grand Duchy.
Sir Robert Peel, who in January OF
last year was gasetted in London as
hn firf,o hoe tc
sued public statement TO the peopie
of Tamworth. and of the district, In
which ne announces that he has come
TO the unaiterable determination 10
sever my connection with Drayton
Manor, and with my Drayton Manor
estates, and to part With them and the
express his profound grief at the sew
erance of his relations with those to
whom whom he had become so deeply attached
estates. lie also intimates that his ac-
lion In the matter Is due to the OPP
pressiVe fiscal legislation of the pres
thus Is ridiculous. For If Sir Robert
Peel. who portrayed himself in a bio
g waI ~ as ,,, "a Bit Of a Fool" (Which
ms estates sold by his trustees, IL is
because OF his insane extravaganza,
y which :, has KEEP. him in trouble ever
tates in July 1855 Two weeks later
he entertain cd Mr.. Gladstone, who re-
1 corded In the visitors book his de-
ter an interval Of sixty years, and ten
days after Mr.. Glndstones departure,
go a sir Robert made his first APP
! ana and from that time forth his personal
| connection with Drayton Manor has
heen virtually severed. Consequently
y is ioolish to talk of his sorrow at
IN i sale or the property, or of the grief
Oh IN tenants at parting with him. He
mas not lived there for the past twenty.
iyea ,oos or more, save for a few weeks
y, N 1873; and among Its last tenants was
ms cousin, the Hon. William Peel, son
and heir OF Niscount Peel. and who
MARI the only child of the multi
Ring l!g after she had Tilted Sir Robert
f,n or robert is the grandson of the
f famous premier of the Victorian reign.
during dlnd II, 3 whose time Drayton manor a
magnlhcont mansion of the Eliza bethan
scyle OF architecture, was visited by
queen Victoria, the Prince Consort.
historic personages. The manor wns
ORIGINALLY the residence Of Hugh Lupus,
iha %, o. Chester In 1890 1t passed into
tnc nands OF the Staffords. and after
wards into those of the Earl of Essex,
| the Cromwellian general Then It was
owned owl by the Marquis OF Weymouth,
Waa "a iL a was pnrchased by q very
father of the premier. THE great Sir
Robert's son, ihc third baronet, was
s son, a.r Tor Ireland in. Lord Palmers-
| A
~. AnonG the treasures of Drayton
manor Manor which are now about to be
nlie,nated, are a magnificent malachite
Gnskst presented by Emperor Nicho-
,ms /; TO Lady Emily Pool; the pistols
nn , were to have been used by Sir
niopcrt Peel In his duel with O'Connell;
. .nc old-mounted hoof of the horse
EMPEROR which was ridden by tho
| premier, Sir Robert Peel, when he was
tnrqWn and killed on Constitution HILL
scented by Queen Eictnria. md tha Prins