The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17

nre as his unoficiei CABINET i sSt
SONAR Law 70 a man Of much more
autoeratio and masterful temperament.
ana may act Independently.
"A word from him may make or mar
ene politieal reputation OF most OF the
men on his own side It Ia he who
Pulls the string which results in this
seat at po senerai being given a safe
tion. and which may cause another tn
oe sent to almost certain political de-
so by being ordered to assault
chances OF success are inflnitesilnai
Is the leader OF tho Opposition who
ID tho channel OF communication be.
f fMee ann ms party and the government
Ter are far more frequent. and COM
Dental than the general public sls-
p pefms; m and IN imperial matters. tho
crown or foreign relations are CON-
cerned, frequently has occasion to
communicate state secrets or thn nj.
most nnao., Importance to the leader of the
divulged to Parliament at large, but
winch 1t Is necessary that the leader
OF the opposition should know, in or.
uer to understand the real motives and
acllon or the government.
Finally, Bonar Law will from hence
torth become on object OF much nj
.ention on the part Of Kils George and
81 queen Mary. II has always been
britain. at all state functions, such as
royal weddings. christenings, funerals.
o oro. at festivities and pageants in hon
or ote OK the ,n visits OF foreign monarchs.
or o., the crown. but also the leader Of
INC opposition. and to treat him with
the utmost distinction
Let me add that Boner Iau 1.
stances
In the ordinary course of events. the
Pbff s nart should fall to him when
right thereto, but may decline I'm ia
Eor OF some Tory with moro minis
tcrial experience.
Lord waldegrave, who has ust re-
signed the office of Tory whip in the
House of Lords, owing to grave III.
neSs. MS place being taken by the
man on HIS succession to the earldom.
For the seventh Lord Waldcgrave. on
dylns. oequeathed cvory vestise Of
property that he could alienato from
was the second husbsnd. She murried
as her third husband George Granville
iarcourt. eldest son Of the Archbish-
op OF York. and as fourth husband
the late Lord CarlinEford. To Lord
Carllnsford. Frances. the former Count
css OF Waldegrave. whose hospitalities
at strawberry Hill. in the suburbs OF
~cTC CelcDrbtcd all over Eu-
rope, hequoathed lie interest in all
tho WaldeBrave property. with the
proviso that on his death 1t should
return 70 the earldom.
Lord WaldcSrave whose patronymic
was formerly Walgrave. derived from
q place In Northampton. one OF his
ancestors. John dc Walgrave, serving
as Sheriff OF London IN 1905, has some
Lord Waldesrave. who owed his eleva-
ton TO the peeragc to James H. be-
eame son.in-law OF the latter.
through his marriage TO the natural
Churchill. sister OF tho nrst Duke 81
Marlborough. His grandson, the sec
ond Earl OF Waldegrave. governor to
George Ill, married an lllegitimate
being left widow. she became the
wife OF the royal Duke Of Gloucester,
and died as the mother OF the sec
ond royal Duke OF Gloucester. and OF
Britain.
Nicholas Mlynski. one ot the richest
mobiles of Russia. and whose principal
no was the man who won Cleo d.
Merodo away from the late King Leo
pold OF Belgium. according TO her. al
vince OF Volhynie. a welcome compar,
able in Its extravaganza only to that
which the late Khedive 1smail organ
lied for Empress Eusenie when she
visited Egypt for the inauguration OF
the suez Canal in 1870. Is now seek
Ing laurels OF more serious charac-
ter
So rich that money Is no eon.idera-
ton whatsoever to him, he has devot-
cd himself for the past two years to
the science OF aviation, and all the lat
est devices In connection with aerial
machinery, no matter whether Eu-
ropean or American. are at once turned
TO excellent account by the large
corps Of skilful mechanics and expert
aviators whom he keeps In his perma
ncnt employ at Bersny, an enormous
residence there consisting OF an Inn
mense palace OF regal proportions.
rather than a nero chateau.
Since last spring he has been fly
ing almost every day. visiting the
chateaux OF the Potockis. OF the
Of the sansushkes. the
syiatepolskts etc. In fact. all bis
OF hundred miles: greatly to the
terror OF the peasantry OF the district.
who, when they see him flying in the
air. devoutly CROSS themselves. and ex-
press the conviction that he has sold
his soul to the devil. In order to thus
obtain supernatural powers over the
air.
firing OF this. he has now made ar
to fly across the Bay of
Bothnia. from some Russian port, pre-
Helsingfors. to Stockholm.
which, II he accomplishing successfully,
and completely cast In the shade the
relatively insignificant flight across the
English Channel by French
and English aviators.
Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood
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