The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-09
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u = II - u Is Il FRANCIS FERDI-
x the Dual Empire. or rather that
Oh MS clever wife. the Duchess Of
t1ohenbcrs, Will be seen in the appoint
neht OF Count Francis Thun to the
post Of Governor OF Bohemia, which he
formerly held, before becoming Prime
Minister of Austria. For he Is Czech
or the Czechs. tho one man perhaps in
iail ING Dual Empire who knows how
factions OF the CEechs and the Germans
IN bohemia, and who when Governor
uid not hesitate TO proclaim a state OF
siege in Bohemia with the uhiect OF
undressing, not only on the Gcrrnaps
put also on his fellow CzeChs, that a.
any cost the law mist be obeycd He
nus =, long SINCE abandoned his ideas or
Bohemlan independence as complete as
tnat or hungary. realizes that Bohc
iia's hope lies in It's connection with
austria ana III the Eapsburs rule, ana
n ,t"HeS no ptetcnsc OF conccaling his OPP
position to the ever increasing denanda
| OF hungary for complete equality or
independence. such as Austria herself
| The acceptance bw this tall. bulldog
FACED. Determined looking statesman
| or the office OF Governor Of Bohemia
| Is prompted purely by patriotism, and
.. lGsirG 70 resp9nd 70 the appeals or
control OF political affairs is becoming
more and more pronounced.
Inc count -divides his TIME between
his palaces in Prague and Vienna. ana
MS ancestral castle of Tetschcn, when
Is one OF the Eihc gates OF Bohemia
ne ancient castle is pcrched on {, crng
ON foek, ana In It's gardens arc over =.
QUO varieties OF roses The castle play
ed great role in tile seventeenth ana
eighteenth century wars. The family
enap1i stands high on a hill and is
visible Tor miles around. But the burial
place o: the family Is in the Lorct:c
church on the market place ut Tets.
, ,h where for several centuries ali
rhnn mghmner sol 81 The grand old house OF
Lady Anne Blunt, whose inappropri.
aiely named house, New BUILDINGS
| Place. near> Shipiey. In SUSSEX was
partially DESTROYED by fire the other
day. Is the grandchiid OF the celebrated
Lord Byron. being the only daughter OF
| whom he addressed so many OF his
loveliest vcrses.
New Buildings Place. is a very pic
,HHresaue old manor, which dates from
built By one OF the Cargil, family The
Gargiil who owned New Buildings
iiaee IN the reign Of james H.. side
With him in tile Revolution, was Great
ca BY him Lord Cargll al ST. Germain--
| the title being denied recognition by
,h ns,.l BRITISH sgso,vernment-,and sold hin
| wired Blunt. in order to avert their
coniiscation. IT Is a queer place. with
stone iioura, all sorts Of hiding places
IN the walls and in the enormous chin
! iicN stacks and is OF course equipped
not with one, but several ghosts,
| Wiifrcd and Lady Anne Blunt make
sneir prineipai home when in England
their Arab stud al Crabbct Park. also
/ IN sussex, on tho Brighton line Their
winters they Invariably devote 10
rlace. at Ma,arich. outside the walls OF
/ cairo, and close to the site OF the
sacred tree. .still in existence, in which
| ~, ,i !irsin Mary is asserted by trad-
| sell. with her infant. when pursued BY
! the soldiers: spider having quickly
woven It's web over the entrance OF
The hollow. TO convey the impress
sion that no one could be hidden in
| side. While a Matarch the Blunts
| uon arab dress, and live almost entire
! II as Arabs restricting their associa-
ton SO far as is possible, 10 tho natives.
| oelhS on intimate terms with the Khe-
| dive, whose principal champions in
hngiand they have always been.
the diplomatic service. over thirty
! Years ego. he has devoted himself 10
inc .,e,! study Of Oriental life, the taste for
mne n, i, - $! shared by his wife. Sneak
| reefs IKE natives, they have travelled
AZ over Arabia. in native costume. liy-
i ng on native food, and esta blishing
! on the good will Of the latter has henu
strenstheneG BY the great popularity
which they enjoy throughout the Mos
lem world. by reason Of the advocacy
! by Wilfrcd l3lunt of every Moslem
cause against the white races and the
ohfi Is, ms lie has repeatedly defend
| ca IN The Nineteenth Century" and
Other English Reviews, in the London
Times" and in other organs OF the
british press, the cause Of tie Sultan,
the cause Of the Moslems in India Tho
| X
his grandfather. old Ismail In fact.
ms enthusiasm in their behalf COM
n ,iare l,ora cromcr when plenipoten-
1 tlary q Cairo, TO have him cXpeIlcd
/ on Two occasions from Egypt OH au-
count of the trouble that he was stir
ring up against the English authori-
clergy. go
Being regarded throughout Arabia
as me e most powerful friend of tho
ara ruurkish and Egyptian races, VIII
able to obtain from the various sheikhs.
Ghlers, and Emirs mares and stall.
,ions of the most famous and purest
i ly, priced as, those Of tie DESCENDANTS
of the members OF the Prophets FAM
~, that noteNcn the Sultan himself
managed 70 secure the entire stud =. Of
! Arab horses belonging to the late All
Pasha,. Sheroef OF Cairo. whose stock
WAS rs ds rs en-, ed from the celebrated
. l.
] obtained from Arabia for the then
phenomenal cost OF $500, 00n These
horses they have been cndeayorinr
to acclimatize in England. and above
al 10 use in improving the breed Of
English horses, and they arc known
from one end Of Enrope to the other
as the principal experts in the matter
OF Arab horses; Willie thoir Arahia i,
studN farm At Crabbet Park. abovn
mentioned. enjoys worldwide falne
Some years ago Lady Anne Blunt.
n In par y, rnd
z controversy with tile American car
/ toonist, Homer Davenport. expressing
J IN print Her pronounced disbchalf in