The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-23
by la MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.


OF the opinion that whateve.
sympathies he may have enjoyed
on the part of the Car are on the wane.
He has given evidence thereof by sud
denly recalling. not his ambassador at
st Petersburg. Count Pourtales, but
Major-General Won Lauenstein, who
since the spring has been attached to
the suite of Emperor Nicholas. as q
member of his military household.
| with the title OF German military pleni-
potentiary at st. Petersburg. He wore
with his Prussian uniform the aiguil-
cites of the aides de camp OF Emperor
Nicholas At the court OF Berlin, an
analogous position is filed by Major
General Tatichtchef. OF the Russian
army.
The office has no connection whatso-
ever with that of naval or military att
tache of embassy. The arrangement.
which exists in the case OF no other
governments. dates back 10 the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century.
when the relations beween the reign
ing houses Of Russia and PRUSSIA wore
so intimate (the consort OF Nicholas
l. being daughter OF Queen Louise
OF Prussia, and sister OF King Fred
erick William ". and of old Emperor
William) that most of the confidential
Offices OF the household OF the Car
and Czarina were filed by Prussians.
while the Russian government under
took the transportation TO Siberia. md
the maintenance in penal servitude
there. OF all the Prussians who had In
one way or another given oncnse TO
their ruler at Berlin. Indeed at one
time there We're several thousands OF
Germans undergoing punishment In
Siberia; not for any ottenses in or
against Russia, but because they had
incurred while in Germany the dts
pleasure of the Prussian government.
which had no penal colony OF its own
II was in those days. when. accord
ing to Bismarck. Prussia used to be
ruled not from Berlin. but from St
Petersburg, that, with the object of
still further cementing the ties between
the courts, Gear Nicholas 1. selected
one OF his favoritc aides-de- camp to
serve as member of the immediate
encourage of the King OF Prussia,
while the latter. in a similar way. del
egated one of his aides de- camp 10
serve on the personal staff OF the
Gear, these officers being used, among
other things, for the transmission of
those communications between the two
courts and the sovereigns thar 1t was
not convenient to send through the
embassies, or through the departments
OF foreign affairs
Until six months ago this position
was held at st. Petersburg by Rear
Admiral Won Hintze, OF the German
navy, who has made particular study
of naval defense Occupying : conf
Dental position OF this kind in the
household OF the Car, it was very
difficult to prevent him from becom.
ing acquainted, more or less complete
~. with the character of the new
schpme Of secrat defApSec Of
and of st. Petersburg. Perhaps he
was unable to entirely conceal the in
terest which he took in these defenses,
on which the Russian government is
spending over $100.000.000. and which
are notoriously intended to protect
the metropolis from an attack by the
German navy. At any rate. he was
recalled at the request of the Gear, and
instead of being assigned to any COM
mand at sea, was appointed as min
lister plenipotentiars in Mexico. for
the purpose of keeping an eye on the
various Central American republics.
and especially upon the Panama Canal,
and its defensive works. He was re-
placed at ST Petersburg by MajorGen-
eral Won Lauenstein, and the latter.
who like Admiral Won Hintze. is OF
bourgeois birth, and owes his adms-
sion 10 the lowest rank of the nobili-
ty to the Kaiser. has now been called
upon to make way for Lieutenant Gen
eral Count Alfred Won Donna Schlobit-
ten. who until now has commanded the
division of cavalry of the Guard at
Berlin. and who was the chief of the
military suite of the German crown
prince. on the occasion OF the latter's
visits last winter to India to Egypt.
and afterwards, to Rome and st. Pet
ersburg.
The Dohnas are one Of the very old