The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-03
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n NIXON RuDBERti. Sccretarynr s,t,tc
ri,elnoer q the Council Of the En-
- tWhich Is The upper house

mn ,hGDBERG. Sccrctarynr Stntc
ID pire. (Which G ,he n Of The hd EN-,
:" tHc Car. Chamberlain. and
~ me Muscovitc national legislature. !
s'iii realms his Office as Director Cen
srai Of the Imperial chancelicry for
me reception OF petitions to the sov-
ereisn, as any one can see by the latest
issue OF the Almanach dc Gotha and
Oh inc Imperial Russian Annual. Mr.
Is there one word OF truth In the re
ports SO industriously given our ~
the Polish Count Joseph Giyycki. nnd
~ MS Viennese lawyer, to the foreign
'no american press. TO the effect that
Baron Budborg had been dismissed la st
summer in disgrace by the Car. for
having hoodwinked him in connection
with the successful attempt OF the
American born Countess Gizycki twho
was Miss Eleanor Patterson OF Chica
Eol TO recover her child There havr
peen so MANI lies circulated BY the
VIZ WIT c3ntumcly, even on her very we'd
nthS day. at Washington that 1T Is
JUST as well that the true facts should
DC mhade known. once and for all time.
ne earlier phases Of this mnhappy
marriage are familiar to the public In
1907. after three years OF intolern Bile
existence. the countess was forced By
her husbands behavior, III knocking
her down With his fist 10 abandon him
~ tau, and 10 seek refuge with her
father. Robert Patterson. IN London
Ter father leased small house for
ner IN The suburbs Of London. and there
shc TOOK up her residence. with her lit
ne girl During her couple OF days
absence in Paris in connection With
proceedings for legal separation.
Count G!zycki hastcned over to Eng
land. and kidnapping the little girl,
carried her off first OF all 10 Austria
and then to Russia.
Heart broken. the countess dctcrmin-
cd before anything else, 10 recover tho
chi'd: and since the Holy Synod nj ST
Petersburg Is the only tribunal for d.! :
vorce In Russia. and has no competence
10 divorce a Roman Catholic Pole, such
as Count G.zycki the countess was
advised u make an appeal 10 the Car.
through the Chancelleric des Rcqtictcs
mat is TO SAY. through his Bureau Of
Petitions. Baron Budbcrg did not move
IN the matter until he had received the
commands of his sovereign, and these
were only given to the baron after
Countess Gizycki had gone to ST. Pet
Corinick. who had been American am
basshdress. not only at Vienna and
faris but also at st. Petersburg and
armed with letters from President Taft
and from the Secretary of state at
Washington, had personally appealed
10 the Emperor. The latter gave orders
mat the child should be found at once
and restored to Its mother, and Baron
Budbcrg Issued pcremptory comma nds
In the name of the Car 10 this effect
The count did not comply with the
cdict OF the Gear. but Ncd the county,
escaping into Austrin. and II was only
considerably later I'm the same year
namely. at the end OF July, that he
surrendered the child. In Austria. and
not in Rrssin TO his wifo's family. on
the written offer of her mother Mrs
Robert Patterson. 10 settle 100000 on
his estates. which, by reason of his en-
travagance, his gambling propenslties,
and his dissipation, are mortgnged up
to The very hilt.
i Mrs. Patterson has rcfraincd until
now from paving over the money in
question. II is because he has thus far
refused to sign the contract contain
ing the stipnlations OF he gift and
which comprised his agreement to a
complete divorce. and to the award Of
the custody and care of the little girl.
Felicia. to her mother II the count
who Is sorelY in need Of money. refuses
10 sign, 1t is because he realizes tina
by so doing he will he renouncing all
further rights to his wifc's fortune: q
fortune 10 which. according TO Austrian
or Russian law, he has rights superior
to her Own Meanwhile. he Is constant
~ Cabling 10 his wifc's mother de-
handing when she intends to pay I'M
The tenor of nearly all OF the cable
grams is ''Quand compteZ vous rcgler?"
But Mrs. Patterson refuses to "reElcr."