The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-28
BY La MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
~ RINCESS LEOPOLDINE HOHEN-
- Lobe who arrived in America on
Tuesday last on board the Kaiser

~ RINCESS LEOPOLDINE HOHEN-
- LOBE who arrived in America on
4 Tuesday last, on board the Kaiser
Wilhelm IL. from Bremerhaven.
is the widow of the late Prince Egon.
e younger brother of that Victor Of
Hohenlohe, Duke OF Ratibor. and Prince
OF Convey. who is president OF the
Imperial Automobile Club OF Germany
She has several grown up children. the
eldest of whom. his fathers namesake.
is connected with the Department OF
the Interior at Berlin. Another son.
Prince Ernest, Is q sub-lieutenant of
the German navy. and 1t is for the
purpose OF paying him visit at his
very distant station. that the princess
from her beautiful home on the Starn-
berg Lake. in Upper Bavaria The
princess enjoys the predicate of
Serene highness, belongs to the med
datized or formerly petty sovereign
houses OF Germany and Austria which
are still entitled to wed on footing
of equality with the now reigning
families. Is through her marriage q
cousin OF the German Emperor and
Empress of the Czarina of Russia, and
to the great Bohemian feudal and med
iatized family OF obkowitz. which re-
ceved Its title OF Baron OF the Holy
Roman Empire away back In the four
tcenth century, that OF prince in 1876.
and that OF Duke OF Rouduitz IN 1856.
The Lobkowitzes. by the by. at ono
time owned the Duchy OF Sagan. which
now belongs to the French Duke of
formerly Anna Gould. or rather.
should say. to their little boy. who Is
now Duke OF Sagan. Princess Leo
poldine Hohenlohe Is the sister of tho
Prince Ferdinand, Duke OF Raudnitz.
who plays an important role in Aus
TRAN politics, as q member OF tho
House OF Lords. at Vienna He is
privy councillor OF the Emperor and.
like his father and grandfather be-
fore him. a Knight OF the Order OF the
Golden Fleece.
midas premier prince and vassai
ruler. the Nizam OF Hyderabad. who
presented a remarkable blend OF tho
Orient and OF the Occident; In this
way: that he had absorbed. without
leaving India, an extraordinary amount
OF Western culture, without departing
from the customs OF the East. Thus;
he was keenly interested IN astronomy.
a science In which his studies were Of
quite an advanced character: and ne
not only built and equipped in his
dominions the finest observatory In In
dia, or perhaps even in the entire Orl-
emit, placing 1t under the control of an
eminent English astronomer but also
retained. in ancient Eastern fashion.
whose behests he obeyed-when it
suited his convenience. The astrologer
scored greatly on the occasion OF the
death of King Edward. He did not,
indeed. actually predict that event. but
he directed the Nizam to repair sud-
denly to a particular residence. By
the mistake of a telegraph official. the
message announcing the death of the
King was not delivered at the place
posed to be. but at the particular resi-
dence to which the Nizam had secretly
repaired. Thus the Nizan1 learned the
news without delay. and the credit
OF the astrologer was enhanced.
The Nizam maintained great chemi-
cal laboratory. where valuable research
work IN bacterialogy has been done;
while. on the other hand, ne employ ed
question OF tine transmutation Of
metals, and to search for the philoso-
piers stone. He also retained, by way
of contrast with the present, the an
and on the occasion of the recent In
dian tour OF the German crownprlnce
the latter was treated by the Nizam.
In the same way as previous royal visit
Of Wales. the Duke of Connaught, and
the present Gear of Russia, to re-
view. whore part of the Hyderabad
troops were equipped, uniformed and
ner, with the very latest things in the
way of repeating rifles. machine guns,
and field ordnance; while. following
these. were comps Of archers, with bows
troopers their afticers and their
horses. were arraycd in armor over e
thousand years old, and other soldiers
marching in thick cotton wool cover
ings, presumably designed to battle
the archers.
The late Nizam. like his young son
and successor, is directly descended in
the male line from 'Abu Bekr, whose
OF the Prophet Mahomet. and who him
self succeeded the prophet as head of
the Moslem faith and was the first
OF the long line of Caiiphs. The late
Nzam was very distinguished look
ing man, who with his Dundreary
whiskers and mustaohe, clean cut fea-
lures. his plain black frock coat OF
immaculate build, always tightly but
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