The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-21
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house, relinqulshed his claim 10 it at
a heavy loss; and was about receive
II, the bank came TO GRIEF. and the
Marquis had SO much trouble IN rescu-
ing his claim from the liquidatora. who
had ounce upon It as one OF the
assets OF the bank. that the greater
part OF It was swallowed UP by legal
costs.
knight Marischal OF Scotland, has
shone as n colonel-governor. as a
e plain Of the Women OF the Guard,
as Il lord In waiting, and as a special
envoy. either to announce accession
TO the throne. or for the purpose OF
conveying the order Of the Carter 70
been ~s!nsularly unfortunate in his
financial undertakings; n the pain
full snuo to which he exposed himself
deavoring to make use OF his official
honors to promote q pCeposterous tinan-
cial enterprise, the promoter OF which
has been laughed out OF this country.
merely serves to recall an the foolish
undertakings with which he has con
nected himself. in the hope 81 adding
thereby to his meagre income.
In the case Of the London Riverside
Cold Storage Company. to which he
gave his name as chairman. and which
came to Gr!ef. criminal charges OF mis-
representation We're brought against
him by indignant shareholders. and
while he was cleared of the accusation
Va Nd l# W dis. oeCi us HE was SHOWN
TO have been foolish and indiscrcet,
instead OF dishonest. During the coursa
OF the trial. quite q long list Of com
panies was produced, with which Lord
Kintore had been connected as chair
man or as director, that is TO say, to
which he had given the use OF his his
and a2rie w hfme In as sp fleef thereo OF h sna'f eome
to grief. THAT he Should have con
nected himself with the scheme which
took him to Copenhagen. shows that
MS N1rlOuSH 6lG9 n1E eSnarianrn0 NxrithH
schemes and company-mon-
gering have not taught him caution.
wb HIS Gopen mag enterprise Is one
name. Of Potential" to almost every
prominent %fnancier. and every leading
newspaper In this country. under the
cd in America. and who had some
trouble with the Harvard authorities.
~"Potentia" aims at the creation OF a
sort OF literary and press agency trust.
which IS to wipe out Of existence
the Associated Press and kindred
existing systems, which Is to have
crnments. and to serve as a means
of circulating the views OF public men
VINO nave no other means Of making
them knoWn. Naturally there are al
ways plenty of people Of this kind to
be found, who are willing to embark
money in an enterprise Of this sort.
and understand that among the fnan-
cial hackers Of the affair is the Gack-
war OF Baroda, the most untrustWortly
and embittered of the vassal princes
Of india; every phase OF the revo-
lutlonary movement In India having
been traced to Baroda. One of the rea-
sons why. tho Danish-American pro-
moter of the enterprise failed so signal
~ here was because he was SD ready
to submit, by way Of proving his con-
%ncction with men OF prominence in
Canada and in England, letters OF re-
greet that they could not accept his
invitations to din or to lunch, or even
to grant him interviews. On several
occasions he approached me with a re-
quest for letters Of Introduction, and
for advice. I declined to give the for.
mer. but accorded the latter. recon-
securing some recognition from the
Danish government before attempt
ing to launch his scheme, especially
in view of his unfortunate connection
with the negotiations for tho sale of
The Danish West Indies to the United
States.
(Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood
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