The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-15

VIII, who disting uished himself dur
ing the Russo Japanese War, and who
is married to Madeleine zawisza, widow
OF Count Louis Krasinski. that is to
say. very fascinating Polish com
patriot of Warsaw.
With regard to Princess Catherine
Radztwill. she is now exceedingly well
OF, having inherited about eighteen
months ago. the very large fortune OF
her fathers brother. Count Rzewuska.
She is related TO half of the houses
of the Russian and German ariseocracy.
is woman of the most blue bIooded
birth and lineage. whose youth has
been spent in courts, IN the best and
most interesting society IN Europe.
who was led. either by desire Ia
serve Russia or Germany politically. or
else by personal love of power, to en-
tangle Cecil Rhodes In her tolls. with
the object OF becoming the guiding
and dominant influence of tho man
who was at the time tho strongest
factor in public affairs. not alone in,
south Africa, but also in Great Britain.
! She first met Cecil Rhodes at a din
ner in London, given by the late Mo-
berry Bell. general manager of the Lon
don Times" She was then q popular
hgure In London, she had been az
the court of Berlin and Mt the court of
Vienna, and had been a particular fav-
orite of cid Empress Augusta OF Ger
many. She was also on several oc-
caslons the weekend guest of the late
Lord Salisbury. at HATFIELD
1t cannot be denied that she was for
several years the Egeria OF Cecil
Rhodes, until the break in their friend
ship had been brought about by the
South African ex-Prenier Jameson; and
1t Is admitted by all the close associ-
ates OF the South African colossus that
his trouble with her hRstened his pre-
mature death. While II is difficult 10
believe that Cecil Rhodes ever signed
the promissory notes for the forging
OF which she was convicted in South
Africa. one is inclined to doubt whether
she had an altogether fair trial there
II was a question between her vera
city and that of Rhodes; and aside
from his overwhelming personality,
WELDING a predominant Influence over
everything in South Africa and the
prejudice entertained against her as
a Russian political intriguante II is
perfectly true that she was prevented
from calling the witnesses that she
needed. and that she was afraid to bring
back from Europe TO South Africa the
papers that would have cleared her.
These documents consisted of q quaint
ity of letters and papers in Cecil
Rhodess handwriting. They are now in
the hands OF her London lawyers. and
are 10 De produced In the suit which
she has still pending against tn e Rhodes
estate: suit which she insists ia not
so much for the sake of the money
as in order to have an oppor tunity of
proving in court In England. her In
nocence of the charge of forging
Cecil Rhodes's name, for which she un-
derWent term in the penitentiary at
the Cape. with negress unfortunates
of the most foul and loathsorne de-
scriptlon. as her prison mates.
She tells a most T1Ina rka BILE story
OF the attempts made by the Rhodes
agents in Africa to obtain the papers
In question from her. prior to her trial
there, and the ingenious devices by
means of which she was enabled even
tually to Sutwit the private detectives
and sleuths of every descrip ton, who
were watching her in behalf of Rhodes
and to get the papers out of the coun-
try TO England, addressed to a friend
of the name OF Mrs. Hill, living in
small village. Headlington, near OK
ford. She knew perfectly we'll what
she was risking by sending these papers
to England. and that their absence
would deprive her of the means OF
substantiating her statements, to tina
effect that the notes bearing Rhodess
name were really signed by him. But
she was likewise convinced that II she
produced these papers in any South
African court, they would be lost to
her, and that she would never be able
to recover them, or right herself.
Copyright. 1911, by the Brentwood
Company
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