The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-21
He WIN Represent the Kaiser
at Court of s..
James.

NJ La lGAAoUIsE DE FoNTEN0Y.
~ RINCE CHARLES MACMILLAN
LCHNOWSKY. who has been
appointed by the Kaiser 70 suo-
coed the late Baron AerschAu Won
Bisbsrstsin ~ ambassador to the
court Of 81 James. spent several
months In this country few yeaSs
ago during the course OF y trip round
the world. He landed at San Fran.
cisco. and before sailing from New
York for Hamburg had visited most
OF the principal cities Of tho United
SsAtss. He 10 the head Of one OF the
tocracy Of Silssia. which takes IL
name from the village Of Lachnov, DeAs
Jasgsrndorf. In Austrian salosia, which
has been In its possession ter nearly
600 years. and received its titles q
Count Of the Holy Roman Empire at
the beginning OF the eighteenth CEN
fury. and it, prtneely rank some afty
years hteH
The princes uncle and former chief
tain OF the house OF Lchnowsky, Fe.
liz By name. was murdered by the
frankfort populace In the revolution.
AIRY risingS Of ls4s. His violent death
Vas In keeping with his adventurous
life. which had included participation
in the Arst Carlist wars In Spain ~
aide .de.camp general OF the original
Don Carlos. and also number OF duets.
In one Of which. with q Spanish Gen.
sral Nontenegro. no wes 80 severely
wounded that his recovery was In tho
nature OF q miracle. His father, that
a. 70 Say the gr~ndfathsr Of the new.
Nv Appointed ambassadcr TO LONDON
was Celebrated - . historian ana also
A the friend and generous patron OK
Beethoven.
princo Charles Max Linchnowsky u
vary rich. possessed Of large escatee
not only in Prussia, but also IN Aus:
tria ana married to very chafmans
and lifted wife, . member OF tnat "a
yarian house Of Afco to which the late
Count Macmillan Afco. who dieo ~
German envoy to the United SfAeeA
belonged
The prince IL = close and intimate
friend Of the former Chancellor. Prince
Ruelow. tier intimacy dating from
the time when Buelow was minister
pienipotentiary At Bucharest. ana Lien
nowsky his secretary OF legation. AZ
soon az ever Buelow was appointed 70
the chancellorship. he immeoasseiy
summoned Lichnowsky to Berlin. anu
attached him to his stan. WINE
Iichnowsky has for some years
withdrawn from the active service OF
tna rovernment, contentinE himself
18th his lexislative duties Is = MEM
her Of the Prussian House OF LORDS
,pfth the MANAGEMENT OF his estates.
ana the occasional Contribution OF
widely read articles to such reviews
a the Deutsche Revue ana TO the Nou
una sud. it has been because ne 1eiA
himself too closely Identified with the
poltcy Of Buelow to be able TO WORK
in complete sympathy With his sue
eessor.
II has been, however. the latter
namely. Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollwex. who has been the 0rst 70
nress the appointment OF LachnoWsV
upon the Emperor to the post OF am
bassadoe In Lon0on. appfeciaung the
advantage Of having, as the represent
tative of Germany In Great Britain,
man Of the rank. experience ana
wealth OF the prince. and also one VINO
ts poesessed Of suncient independence
NJ Character and Of breadth Of mind
20 remain uniniuenced by the sgita-
tion Of the war party In Germany. II
/. 3 marty that rendered the existence
OF Count Wolf Metterntch . peffect
misery when he was ambassador on
the hanks of the Thames, eventua1iy
wrecking his health. Marschan Won
Bieberstein was chosen to succeed MIN
because he was a strong and master-
full man, Indifferent to the good VIII
.s.wen AZ to the animosity or the Pan
Lichnowsky is equally
independent Of these Influences.
Curiously enough. 1t was only f.s'
uonth before the death or even Ill
ness Of the late Marschall Won Bieber-
stein furnished any prospect OF q va
cancy in the post Of German ambas-
aador To the court Of st. James. that