The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-09
PRESENTED AT COURT
OF KING OF SAXONY

unwilling and unIuetincd notorinty
Brieny speaking. II seems that some
slAty years ago people or the name
OF Brandt. citizens OF the little town
ot 'AschcrsleDcn. went to the late
Count Charles Douglas. That S 10 say.
To the son law OF Grand Duke Ions
OF Baden, and told him that they werc
heirs To fortune lcf, ny An ancestor
Of theirs a, Amsterdam al the clos.
81 the eighteenth century, ana asked
M, nm y, ms capacity as burRomastcr ~
NC tcwn. TO hclp them IN getting hold
OF what was due 10 them from Inc
Dutch authorities They placed 4 lot
81 papers In his hands. But after
elancinG over these he Informed them
mat The anair seemed 10 him myth,
| II not a swindlc, and warned them not
o hasc any hopes thereon.
Nothing more was heard about tic
matter until 1895 when the Brandts
siarfcn suit against Count William
ana Count Louis Douglas. the sons Of
ne blrgoInasicr, 10 obtain money from
| tncif, on the ground that their father
| iiad retained the papers and had made
use, OF them 70 appropriate 10 himself
WIN the conniyancc OF the late Primo.
bismarck. the Brandt fortune at Am
stefdam. amounting, as they declared.
70 S.ooo,o0o forms. They urged thai
me great wealth Of tho Douglases
ih. legal proceedings which they
lnltiated were able TO obtain loans
light the absurdity Of Their claims ana
made clear tho fact. in tile first place,
ny documentary evidence that the late
count Charles Douglas had returned
| I he papers 10 The l3randts; secondly.
,hat neither he nor his sons had ever
, benefited one penny piece by any or
the brandt money; and. finally. that
tie alleged Brandt fortune at Amstcr-
nan' had like that Of tho Crawfords
N the Humber case never existed,
eiLh@r a Amsterdam on anywhere else.
While he result WAS wholly satisfnc-
tory TO the two Counts Douglas, they
We're for several years subjected TO no
cid or ANNOYANCE In connection with
the affair. and were burdcncd with
very heavy legal expenses in order 10
frce themselves from the imputations
laid at their door.
There are still some other Counts
Douglas who owe their title Of count
10 he present Emperor and who were
Emperor William. The head Of tho
family. Count Hugo Douglas, is a grea
ilr;onm i.:,,, and stands pa,rticularly
hiRn IN tho good graccS of his SOyer-
cign He also is descended from
Douglas who served in the Thirty
Years War. but who did not receive
any Title by way OF reward.
There is. much btttctncss throughout
Gcrnany inst at present against Eng
land, owing to the refusal Of tho Eng
lish government to take part in tie
International Exhibition OF Hygiene,
which is TO take place AT Dresden this
spring. All the leading states OF the
world have accepted tho invitation OF
the German government. and will he
represented at the show. with tho
solitary exception Of England owing
TO the fact that the Treasury In Down-
ing street declined To grant even az
small q sum as $4,000 for tho purpose.
or to take any cognizancc thereof or
70 move in any way in tic matter.
This. too despite the pressure brought
TO he ei, upon tt BY the Royal College
Surgeons and the other great scicn-
titic organizations in England
Aside from hygienc and scientific
should have led tho English govern
ment to refrain from doing anything
bitterness Of Germany against Great
Britain. as this pointed refusal to bo
represented at German government
Undertaking in which all other foreign
nations. are taking part
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