The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-07

guest, the Baroness Won Hedemann.
VINO mas been so good as 10 honor ms
w mirh u Visit The princess welcomed
her win the most friendly smile, and
IN the most gracious manner: and mr.
EDWARDS during the course OF conver-
maipsrs about yarlous commonplace
charming amiRbltty." to stay To din
ner. The baroness tried TO md an ey-
Suse 10 get away But the princess
smiling: Non! non! Res,oz. bsronnni
Nous connaisez lie vieux proverbe, nui
~, va Ia chase. perd 81 place" tNon,
non: Remain baroness. You know tho
old proverb: those who go 10 ,he chasc
lose their place ANA | STAYED On r.
f nm, n,.! adds the baroness. II seems
nhroncss' s relations with Prince Chlod-
Wig Hohenlohe. turned her influence
over the latter to good political ac-
ed her at Munich and cltewhrrc. an,
she is able TO show. by letters publish
ed In the book. that Kin. Louis II wne
VITA moh e1fn,san and or her in,imasy
chsion3 interviewed to protcct her from
unpleasnntness In connection Herewith.
Indeed. she Is able. by mems OF let.
book, that the prince. as Bavarian
premier. as Ambassador. az Stadtholdcr
OF INC Empire. took no political step,
and made no apeech of any impor lance,
without consulting me-"
Tho princess died In 1897. and year
inter, the prince overcome by ,nclan-
choly and solitude. urged the oaronsss
TO become his wife: But she refused,
solemn promise given to his children
n never to wed we, him. he thereupon ex-
E Gle, n III you VIII not share my
fns. G scysr Sl,h me- semple,e no
immediately, and. bent on suicide,
threw herself into tho River spreL
r ron t im bridge near by. was rescued
WITH difiiculty, and only regeined COM
sciousness In the hospital. This wes
In 1900 the baroness. who had mean
crn returned TO Berlin Mt the request
OF the prince. and found him 30 much
enanged that she summoned the we'll
MIN. from the Tyrol. He advised tho
prince. then considerably over eighty.
10 retire at once. and to seek com
to the advice OF the physician, and the
prince thercupon surrendered the seals
o. office OF Chancellor OF the Empire,
OF Prince Buelow.
Count d'Aehrenthars days as foreign
minister, and as Chancellor OF the Dual
the warm friendship and powerful sup
port of the heir to the throne Arch
h;lS Francis n, Ferdina nd, which landed
have kept him there ever since, in tho
face OF every conceivable kind OF OPP
position, native as well as foreign have
been Withdrawn. and the archduke Is
now as bitter against d'A ehrenthal, as
formerly he was In his favor.
The trouble between them had It's
origin In connection with the war In
Iripoli The general STAFF OF tho Aus
tro- Hungarian army has insisted that
In View OF the critical conditions Great
cd by the hostIlitles between Turkey
and italy. and by the danger of the
= friea to the Balkan peninsula. the
Dual Empire should at once adopt MILL
tary measures in order to maintain the
statu quo there. even at the cost, Il
necessary. Of war with italy. In fact,
the chief Of the general stan. Baron
conndants and friends OF Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, declared that he
would resign. unless he was permitted
to put his views Into execution.
D'Aehrenthal declared that this
would mean the end Of the Triple AL
drawal therefrom and possibly also
her declaration OF war upon the Dual
Empire. Tho old Emperor bent on
pence, has Endorsed the views of
D'Achrenthal. urged thereto It is said,
also by the Kaiser. and by the Berlin
government. Consequently General Bar
on Won HotZendorff has resigned his Of
fee OF chief Of the general staff In the
army, and Archduke Francis Ferdinand
has by his public sympathy with the
ideas of tho general. shown once moro
his inveterate hostility towards Italy,
and his readiness to strike against her
at any moment.
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