New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
COUNT LUTzON COMING
uis Duel with AuStria'S AmbaS'
sador in London Recalled.

's,b the countess for the purpose Oh oelV-
w. series of lectures on THE History
20 the Czechs," beginning at Boston an"
,..lpding IN his lecturing itinerary 1aI
- Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Ne"
80 and Chicago. in which last-nameu
.I.ca he is scheduled to deliver an ADDRESS
Washington's Birthday, is the recos-
2 tod historian Of the kingdom OF Bohemla
"a an expert on everything connected
e-a.,,tb. He has received degrees honoris
"a from the universities of oxford ana
a.bridee and from all sorts OF kindred
'-.i,,tions on the Continent, while Prague,
~. canital Of Bohemia, has inscribed his
80 ON its civic rolls as "Ehrenburger
,.s,t,zen Of honor'O He is the head of one
of the great houses Of Bohemia where MS
-oestors have been settled since they were
.rsated counts of the Holy Roman Empire
sarIv in the seventeenth century. though
,hs founder of the family. to whom ne
.-ooss back his descent in an unbroken
,aols line. was the Seigneur. or "Domlnus'
1obannes of Lutzow, who fourished IN
Neeklenburg in l2S7.
count Francis Lutzow, who must not be
oonfounded with his only brother, Henry
a. Iong Austrian Ambassador in Rome ls'
a.. hin, the son of an English mother,
aI.tsr of the late sir Francis Seymour 80
~ Master Of the Ceremonies at the Court
a, 81. James's. The two brothers are not
=, the best OF terms, and when It was pro-
nosed al one time to send Count Henry
IYtzow as Ambassador to London, Count
vrancis who lives there half the year IN
nsanerv street Mayfair, loudly denounced
,hs nroiect as a piece of discreditaole In
trrue. designed to insult and injure him In
,te ewes Of English society and to punish
b,r, for the important part which he had
taken in the nationalist movement IN Bone
mia.
In order 70 understand this. it must be
.xnlained that Count Francis has no rela-
,,ons official or otherwise, with the Aus
,-isn Embassy in London, and that II
Henry Lutzow had come to LONDON as
ambassador English society would nave
been treated 10 the spectacle OF the envoy
Of great power closing his doors against
his only brother, but more particularly
against his sister-in-law.
Francis Lutzow himself was formerly IN
,he Diplomatic service of austria, ana was
attached for a considerable time to the EN-
hassy in London as one OF Its secretaries
as such he was a welcome guest-lnoeeu'
almost q member of the famlly-ot MS
ch,ef the ambassador. But things changeo
when he married Anna Won Bornemann' the
syoee6inglv wealthy daughter of NECK
ierburg diplomat. She did not find srace
n the ewes Of Count Deynn, then Emperor
Francis Joseph envoy. nor in those OF
Countass Devnn, and in 1890 English society
v.os startIed bv the news that Count Fran
c,s had challenged the elderly ambassador
% duel for declining to invite Countess
1,,t7ovr N the entertainments given at the
Austrian Embassy, also for ms reiusal 70
incIuda her name among his lists furnished
70 the Lord Chamberlain or distinguishes
Austrians and Hungarians whom ne oe'
sired 10 be invited to court. The ouei'
NAV add. took place in Austria without
much damage to either side, but created no
end Of a stir.
Count peym gave as cause for MS attl-
tude toward Countess Lutzow the fact tnat
she did not possess all those nooillary
suarterings and the number of noble an
csstors, paternal and maternal, whlch are
,ieorouslv exacted Of every Austrian WoIn-
an be she Austrian by birth or oy mar
riage as sine qua non for presentation
a, tbs court Of Vienna; that since she had
t..or,A an Austrlan by her marriage 70
Count Francis Lutzow. ard was oarreo
rom the court Of Vienna, he coulo not az
.ps+rian Ambassador, countenance or IN
dorse her appearance at the Court OF 81.
r.r,as's 10 which he was accredited ano
thar moreover, as his sovereign's personal
,s we'll as official representative IN Lon
dan he could not and should not be re-
.ri,sd n invite TO the embassy laoy
-, hts Enperor and Empress had re-
fused TO receive. -
rhssa we're the official reasons given oy
N. ambassador regarding his attitude tow
srS The Francis Lutzows. though II was
known that there were others. Francis
hoveyar found them extremely unpalata-
HE Hence the duel, and altnoueh ne e,'
retains his place on the Austrian uipIo
main, Hst as a retired secretary Oh Gu"
hassv as we'll as mis- titular rank Oh l,i
perial Chamberlain, which ne NOUS Oy
r,gb, ~ ancestry, his former connectloh
with the Austrian Embassy IN LohuoH nos
long BEEN completely severed.
I have mentioned above that the frahc,s
T,,zovs uass half their time in Eneianu'
vybsra the count used TO follow the nouhus'
,sa..ft,i,, binseIf with the celebrated
r,,t.bIa,, IIrnt and likewise figured on the
English turf, with John Dawson OF new
msrket as his trainer. But the remainder
Of the wear is spent by them at their castI'
N poher,ie known as Zampach, whlCh
was -nur6hased by the countess, aiter hol
marriage. and Is her own particular prop
erty The present castle is, IN reahty'
farmer rnonastery. dating from the hfteenth
eer+nrv II is at the base OF hill on tn'
crest of which still tower the ruins OF the
former castle of Zampaeh, which was oe-
strovsd bv Emperor Charles ~ When He
SCI ont on his memorable expedition 70 sup
nrsss the robber barons who terrorized the
nortbeastern districts OF Bohemia Fromi-
rent among them was John q Smoyno'
known 20 the Bohemians as "Pancir' dhe
Man in Arroorl. from his custom Of always
appearing armed. cap-a-pie. The hrst OF
these -obber barons 10 be attacked by the
Emperor was this particular "Pancir'
whom in former days he had invested WIN
a golden chain as token of favor ana I'D
recognition Of his services on the patue-
field. II was not until after long siege
that the Emperor managed TO take the
castle OF Zampach and 10 capture Baron
''Pancir,' whom he caused TO be huhs
from thu battlements, placing the moose
himself. with his own hands. around the
mans neck, remarklng that ne could be-
stow hernpen collars Of infamy when the
necessity arose, just as well as golden
collars Of honor The story of "Panclr
is one Of the national legends of Bohemia
with the merit Of being a true one, ana hlo
gigantic two-handed sword is still preserveh
IN the parish church Of Zampach where
his body was ultimately buried.