The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10

~ LA MARQCISE DE FONTENOY.
~ MPEROR WILLIAMS new ambas-
II sador at Constantinople. Baron
IL Hans Won Wangenheim who has
number of relatives OF the
same name living in this country both
In New York and elsewhere. was a
frequent visitor to the United States
while minister pien!potent!ary TO Mex
lco' In 1886 he married a German
American girl-daughter of a natural
'@eu American citizen-Lucy Ahrenfeld.
OF New York. but the union proved
unhappy, and was dissolved by tho
German divorce courts In 1897, and
ne subsequently led to the altar Bar
ohess Joanna Won Spitzenberg. lie Is
d man OF the Marschall Won BicDer-
s , schoai. and spent many years at
tonstantinoplq as his most trusted
lieutenant. He lacks his CORNER CHIEFS
suaviter in modo." but correspondence
~ surpasses him in the mrtter of for.
,ater IN re- and whenever Bieberstcin
was compelled 10 call the Sunlime
Porte TO account with more than usual
fisor. he was wont to leave Constan-
unopie for n few days. so as to turn
charge d'affaires.
So painful. indeed. must be the
memories which the Turkish govern
! that am rather surprised at their
accepting him az n persona grata An
" ",; important position which brought
, mhansenheim into the public eye was
mat of charge d'affaires in Morocco
ABOUT three years since. when the
! r, herman contretemps at Casa
1ianca was brought about by the
port OF deserters from the French For
sisn Legion who were of German
Wangenheim contributed much to
sst'iemcnt of this difficulty. which at
s.heresupon sent to Athens. whence VI" he
mas been promoted to his present pos,
=, He may be relied upon to continue
| the clever policy OF Bieberstein, and
70 maintain the Eredominance which
years at Stamboul
The two brief lines announcing the
Iealh OF Countess Wolkenstein- frost
perg show how completely forgotten
oy the present generation Is that re-
! iharkaole woman, who played so i'm
portant a political and social role in
~, ar's, vienna and especially in Ber-
III. some thirty or forty years ago.
when her salons In the German CAPT
tai were the acknowledged headquar-
bers of that powerful Court CamarIlla.
susta and other members OF the Ho-
henzolicrn family, fought bismarck
| tooth and nail.
The memoirs and biographies OF the
j IRON Chancellor are full OF bitter COM
! Piaints about the manner In which
n nis pans nd and policies were .ohs,ruct
|
This court cabal. So enragcd. indeed,
did he become that he lodged a strong
protest with old Emperor William
a as the use OF the imperial pal
nnGes as meeting places of the Camnr-
| ma. countess Wolkenstein, who was
tnen tho youthful. blonde and fascin-
ating wife OF old Count schleinitz.
mouse. had as such magnificent apart
ments assigned to him in the old
haisers palaces, both at Berlin and
lohd of Schleinitz. and still more so
OF his wife. so he contcnted himself
Win laughingly protesting against
fn Ter ASSUMPTION of leadership in rebel
non against his government.
IN those days she was known all
over Europe by the nickname of La
tannf;ss, TIrompette;;" owing to her
slc and there is no doubt that the
composer owed even more 10 her
GGhampionship than TO that OF Princess
| Pauline Metternich.
Cosima Wagner. am glad to say.
has remembered this, and sent her son,
Siegfried. with a beautiful noral token
ana a card expressive of remembrance
AT least three ambassadors of great
powers We're Recalled from Berlin at
Bismack,s instance on account OF their
T., irequenting the salons of la isrin-
ctsse Trompette,' and IL was with pro-
| FOUND relief that he learned one morn
ing of the sudden death OF her aged
greatly diminish her power. But she
was still destined TO remain n very
sharp thorn in his side. For, after Il
year of widowhood. she married Count
! Anthony Won Wolkensteln frost berg
| VINO for ten years had been her most
devoted admirer, his infatuation 70,
her being rs widely known as tina,
the late Duchess or Manchester before
he led her to the altar.
Wolkenstein was Knight of the
dor at ST. Petersburg. The Dowager
Czarina Is passionately devoted to
music, and this community OF taste
| with La Princesse Trompette" soon
| led 10 the development of a great IN
! Llmacy between them. Indeed the IN
huence which the ambassadress oh
| tanned over the Empress and over the
Emperor through her was altogether
| remarkable. and was naturally en-
| ployed to foster. IN Austrian interests,
the intense aversion of the imperial
| pair for Bismarck In fact. the count
| ess was more dangerous to him at
1 st. Petersburg than she had ever been
as Countess SchleinttZ at Berlin. AZ
! ter the Cars death and Bismarck's
! downfall the Wolkensteins, who suf-
fcred greatly from the climate OF Rus
| STA. secured their transfer to Paris.
s whGre they rsmattned until the
matte service, in 1903.
In Paris. the countess was much at
home; for II was in its salons that as
| TIauiv'h Won Ducn, daughter or tho
| trussian minister at Rome, she made
! her debut In society at the celebrated
/, fancy dress ball OF Princess Meter
Mich. which, of all the Festivities of
the Second Empire. Is perhaps the
only one that has made for Itself q
| place In history.
! Old Paoli's publication in American
magazines of his experiences as n
! leading official OF the French secret
service police has given the public
some idea of the care with which the
! authorities OF every country safeguard
! visiting royalties. whether travelling
incognito or otherwise. The reason.
therefore. OF the anger displayed by
! the Kaiser towards the Hamburg po-
lice for not Swallowing" the late King