The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29

r. maintain an even stnl more
scrupulous impartiality in con
nection with party politics than his
father or grandmother did before him
For whereas in the TWO previous
reigns the peers most intimately con
nectel. in non political way. with
the ROYAL family, were permitted 10
vote as they saw tit. and sometimes
against the government measures,
none of them took part in the menor-
able vote the other day which resulted
In the sacrifice by the Upper Chamber
of It's ancient rights TO veto lcgisla-
ton enacted by the House OF Com
mons.
Thus, in spite OF the extraordinary
pressure brought by the leaders OF the
various political parties to induce
every peer possessed Of a vote 10 cast
IL in this great constitutional crisis
either for the one side or for the other.
every vote being liable TO become the
determining factor In tho conflict
the DUKE of FIFE. who is married TO
the Kings eldest sister, and the Duke
Of Argyll, who is married to the mon
arch's aunt. Princess Louise, abstalned
from voting. So, too. did the King S
private secretaries. Lord Knollys and
Lord Stamtordham DIETER known or
this side of the Atlantic by mis- former
name OF Colonel Sir Arthur Blgge)
Lord FarGuhar. formerly master OF the
royal household. and now an extra
lord in waiting to the King; also LORD
Fisher. lieutenant of Wind
sor Castle; Lord Shaftesbury. the lord
chamberlain Of Queen Mary; Lord Wen
I lock. her vice chamberlain. and Lord
Annaly. permanent lord in waiting to
the King. all were conspicuous by
their absence from either lobby OF the
House OF Lords when the historic d.
vision and the counting OF votes took
place TO determine the fate OF the
House of Lords.
Baron Joseph Kosclolskrs death a,
his Castle OF Sluzewo, in Pruss!an Po-
land, serves TO recall the important
role played by his lovely and fascinat-
ing wife. Bare ness Jenny kosciolski, at
the Court of Berlin. during She early
years of Emperor Williams reign. Her
/ influence was so great tina; Il resulted
| in public denunciation thereof by
old Prince Bismarck from his exile at
Friedrichsruhe. He declared in a pub
lie speech. printed far and wide, that
the Polish influence in political af-
I fairs increases always IN the measure
/ that some Polish family obtains more
or less influence at court need not
allude here 10 the role formerly PLAYED
| by the princely house of Radziwill
| To-day we have exactly the same
state of affairs, which is TO be de-
/ plored." Bismarck's allusion to the
Radziwills was an unsenerous refer
ence TO the romantic attachment OF old
| Emperor William FOR that Princess
! Elise Radziwill whom he was so de-
/ termined to marry that he offered his
father 10 abandon his rights OF sue
cession to the throne on her account.
Compelled by dynastic considerations
to wed Goethes favorite pupil. Prin-
cess Augusta OF -Weimar, he re-
manned. until the death of Princess
Elise, her most devoted friend and
admirer. and afterwards continued to
show the utmost favor and good Will
to the members of her family in honor
Of her memory.
Joseph Kosciolski himself was one of
the most popular of modern Polish
poets and playwrights. and during
most OF the first decade of Emperor
Williams reign was the leader of the
Polish party In the Prussian House of
| Lords. He was go enthusiastic a sup
porter OF the Emperor's projects. then
in their infancy, for the formation of
A great German navy. that he used to
De nicknamed "Admralanski' The
political Importance of his Wife was at
| tributable to her beauty and elegance.
rather than to her statecraft. But
while II lasted, the present Kaiser
showed such an extraordinary degree
of favor to his Polish subjects as to
excite the jealousy and i'll will of the
people In many other parts of his
dominions. He caused the re-establ,sh-
ment of the Polish language in the
schools and churches of Posen. that is
of Prussian Poland, nominated a Pol
ish ecclesiastic to the archbshopric of
that province, and conferred so many
court dignities. government Offices, and
decorations upon the compatriots OF
the baroness as to give rise to the
remark that the best road to imperial
preferment at Berlin was to add the
Polish termination of ski" or ska"
to ones name.
The baroness ended. however, by los
ing her head and by posing as the
Kaiser's Egeria in very indiscreet
fashion at Berlin. Moreover. she felt
herself so much encouraged by the in
fiuenco which she believed that she
eSercised over the Emperor that when
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