The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-15
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than f19o,oo0.O0o. is under his control:
me customs also arc under his .ulc.
a ana IN connection Herewith he excr-
called Frontier Guards, "A military corps
especially enrolled for the' protectio,,
ot me many thousands Of miles OF Rus.
san aiil coast Inc and frontier. All now
raliroads. projects and concessions have
10 DO otcially investigated By him and
10 receive his approval before being
nf ,ha w W., the two great, railroads
81 tne lar East. namely. the Trans
caucasian and the Trans Siberian limos
arc entirely under his direction. sill
a an responsibility resting on hi.
loans contracted, either at home or
abroad. not merely BY the government
but also by tho mnncipalities, OF Tia
, Various towns and cities. No city can
horrow without his consent and once
that l. given the loan is virtuaiI1
guaranteed by tho state. Kokovtzoi1
mas always denied that the Russian
foreign money markets. hut. OF course
mas welcomed the invasion of foreign
fiin Sur - especially American and Eng
lhS and other enterprises
oid Squire John TaaTc. who has usl
died az Smarmorc, County I.outh. al thn
, aSc Of nearly ninety. was not an Aii,.
; TRAN count, az stated IN the E,nrIisr
| ana irish newspapers. hai never servcd
Ia INC AUSTRIAN army. either prior or.
accession m rn
Francis .loseph. owed his title OF Major
70 the Irish militia regiment known n,
inc !.onth Rifles. had served M JIirt
M IN. OF County Lonth. Of which he
common With Viscount Taaffc of III,
irish peeraGe and of tho Austrian arls.
( ,ocracy. beyond the fact that, like him
ne was des .., from Richard Taare.
VINO was sheriff OF County I.outh IN
l3ia. In fact, the late Major .John
laaNe hsd TO go back TO the four
,,c.snth century IN order to establish hi.
kinsmnnship with that great house o,
INC Austrian nobility. the cb!ef ~
which Is count Of the old Holy Roma,,
IN I'm nire. Chamberlain or Emperor Fran
81 rno, = ose EN-; enptain IF ono OF his Dra-
Taaffc and Baron OF BalIvmote. in ~
pceraSc or Ireland " Il,
,n ~. i,ov W' s Taafte won grea, dis
curing the TYRONE rebellion III Inc
reign of Queen Elizabeth. and 81 Is.
irepnlse Of the Spanish force whici,
s,n e., at kinsals IN 1901, His only
Baron OF Ballymote ana OF Eiscount
Iaafc In the pccraRe az Ireland ~
! ames T. The. third viscount fen fight
Ing for King James at tho battle OF tho
Boync. leaving no issno. and was sue.
ccedcd h.. his brother. who had in hi.
yonth taken service under Emperor
| member or his cabinet, and Cniincllor
i, ~ state. and field marshal o. shc en-
pire. as well as q count. When lie
lied childiess, his honors descended 10
| his kinsman Nicholas Taanc great
grandson OF the third son OF the hrst
viscount and who had been adopted
~ him as nearest In ties Of blood. ami
therefore his heir. '
The sixth Viscount Taanc ana all hi.
descendants have made their home In
AUSTRIA. and have been always regard
ed as Austrian citizens. The sixth Wis
count was a field marshal Of the army.
ana acquired great rcnown IN the war
with the Turks, The seventh y!scount
commanded n crack regiment OF Aus.
trian Hussars. Tho tenth yiscount was
an Austrian general, while tho eleventh
ana late visconnt was boyhooi
friend OF Emperor Francis Joseph. n
knight OF the Golden Fleece, Prime
Minister OF Austria, and member OF
the Austrian House OF Lords; also Min
lister OF the Interior, and Governor in
turn OF Bohemia ana Of tho Tyrol nc
eft bnt one son. the present holder OF
the Austrian and irish honors who
makes his home at the Castle OF Ellis
chau. in Bohemia.
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