The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-06

NV many OF ms countrymen
| M arc disposed to question the
| w capacities of Richard Haldane.
inc Secretary OF State for War
az an army reformcr and as a Minister
OF the Crown. set there is no doubt
that through his elevation TO the peer
age as Vscount Haldane Of Cloan. his
place in Perthslire, the House o. Lords
gains 4 most gifted and talented ad-
a aition. Long before Lord Ialdane
achleNed note as the head OF the Brit
ish Wa Department. he was known
IN legal circles as a very success sful
i hoab J, and and in the seientihc world.
and as philosopher lie graduated
with honors from Contingent and from
the University Of Edinburgh. is !; mas
VT OF the problems Of Kant, Hcsel.
ana Of Schoppenhauer, whose works
nc Translated from German into Eng
ISn. ana IS the author OF Essays in
n..Ihailosoph!cal Criticism and OF the
SHOWS 50 much. that his services are
always invoked when any extremely
'hfrlca ;, question is in. dispute.
i. L -. na!dane comes from the famt-
shire. is the grandson and grand
nephew OF the brothers Elaldane, whose
ne mes arc remembered for their
TOR, Aylme- de Haldanc or Glencagles
vas one Of tho barons who sworc
1Iea lea. 20 Edward J. OF England Sir
%
justice OF Scotland beyond the Forth.
and am5a ssador of King James III. OF
Scotland TO Denmark. Numerous mem
s ebIa = ne ne tamiiy represented Perth
to 1900, and since then there have
heen whole batch OF Haldanes in tho
iouse OF Commons OF Westminster.
Eiscount. Haldane who in addition
10 ms perfect mastery Of German, is
equally at home in French. is mar
r =; /, ana lives with his sister, Miss
tastes HAVING. published translation
OF Ilegels History OF Phiiosophv."
and being member OF the Arbitra-
ton Board Of the Department or Com
mercc, the fun designation of which IS
the Board Of Trade.
Although the Granaduke Sicholas
Constantinov!tch, brother OF Queen
Olga Of Greece is set down in the
Almanach de Gotha for 1911 as rest
dent at Tasshkent. in Trans Caspia. set
ne Is at the present moment living
beetle on the shores Of the Crirnca. not
Tar from Livadia and the story recent
y published IN a number Of English
leading 2 very happy life with mis-
!norganatic wife and children in a
ss sinarf T That The 5logstheF
his tale knows little about the matter
is shown by, the fact that he ascribes
inc grandduke's alleged exile at fash
a hent to Ms advanced liberal views"
addlng that the real causes Of the
banishmcnt have never been authenti
cally explained"
Yet every one Of the older genera
court life, or with ST Petersburg So
ciety, must remember perfectly well
mat II the .srandduke was banishcd
in 1876. It was because he had been led
by his mad tnfatuation for an Ameri.
ein aGventuress known in her native
sity OF Ph,iladelphia as Mrs. Blackford,
steal not only his mothers gems. but
Also some Of the Jewels helon cling 10
the imperial Chapel. IT was for This
q most impious sacrilege, that he was
deprived of all his honors and sent of
70 LASH lnShken t, y. under strong escort.
Well as a number OF extremely com
promising papers affecting the grand
duke duke and the i,mperial family. which
time Alexander II. wavered as TO
whether to have her Jailed as a party
TO the .grandduke's theft But ulti-
hush up the. scandal. by RETAINING
from her criminal prosecution. and
sne was merely expelled by the police
iron T1m i ~ Eugene Schuyler. Al that
| states at st. Petersburg. thought 1t
necessary to interfere in her Behalf.
ana 70 c5pOuSe her cause, in a rather
iact!ess fashion, and he incurred so
much luminosity In Russia in connec-
ton herewith that his REMAINING In
mat country became imnossibIe, and
ne was transferred elsewhere
sir Richard Holmes has just nvel
lons enough to complete tho work with
which Inc was entrusted BY Edward
VII a Few months before his death
that Is 10 say, to write full and really,
authorized account OF his life and
reign. on the same lines as his "Ijfn
or Queen Victoria" When Edward
died. Sir Richard was instructed by
King George to complete the task and.
1t Will remain as a lasting memorial
not only Of his late sovereign. but also
OF his own tact and devotion 10 tho
roisninG house. ~
Sir Richard was particularly vel,
httcd for the task. For not ONLY wa
ne in close touch with Edward VII.
Tor a period OF some forty years. but.
moreover. he was from 1870 until 1907
Librarian Of Windsor Castle, in the
library Of which are preserved some
100000 books. many of them Of price
| less historic and artistic value, as we'll
| as most Of the private archives Of the
! present and recent reigns, such as,
| Tor instance, all the correspondence OF
King Edward and of Queen Victoria
with foreign sovercigns and royalties.
with members OF their families at home
| and abroad. and with their ministers
| during the near four-scor years COW
ered ny their respective rciGns.
The voluminnus chs or OF this cor
rcspondence can best be appreciated