The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-18
Captain Walter Christmas Causes
Embarrassment to Greek
Heir-Apparent.

REECES crown prince has been
placed in a somewhat embarras-
~ sing position through the indis-
erection Of Captain Walter
navy In giving out for publication in
the Copenhagen newspapers some pri-
vate letters which he had received
from the Greek heir apparent. The
latter. writing from Salonica, that is
to say, from the seat of war. states
that a confidential communique by the
Balkan states describing their alliance,
their scheme for a campaign against
Turkey and their partition OF Euro
pean Turkey was submitted to Rus
STA and approved by the Cars gov
ernment so far back as last spring
From St Petersburg il was strongly
recommended that the war should not
be commenced before the spring OF
1913 But Turkeys weakness after her
struggle with Italy. caused the Bal
kan allies TO precipitate matters and
TO embark upon hostilities last autumn,
quite prematurely from a Russian
point of view.
This proves definitely that Russia
was at any rate in sympathy with the
attack on the Ottoman empire and was
NOT taken by surprise as has been al
legged at St Petersburg Consequently
the Car will not thank his cousin
the Crown Prince of Greece for MS
revelations or for bestowinS his con-
fidence upon so indlScreel a IIiSnu s's
Captain Christmas
Tba latter bears a patronymic that
is not unknown on this side of the At
lantic. For 1t came prominently TO the
fore some years ago IN connection Win
some rather unpleasant negotiations
hooking to the sale of the Danish is
iands in the West Indies 10 the United
States. -.
bv the BY. is the Diadochos. which IS
the Greek for successor to the throne
(Diadochos tou thronou) 1t may pc
ss vel, 10 explain this. as considerable
confusion has been caused by the pub
ucation Of articles and dispatches IN
the European American and Canadian
press. to the effect fnat the orecH
troops who captured Salonica WIZ
under the command of mysterious
ceoersI ~DiadochoS~ or. as given BY
the French papers. General DIALOGUE.
The crown princes younger DrotneTs
are STYLED. not princes but basiieo-
pals which may be translates aS
~children Of the King
All ,hoss in the United states and
in the Dominion who had occasion %
make the acquaintance OF LORD ana
lady IaneSbo-ough when the t@Ii
was military secretary TO l>ord SrtS'
during the latter's term as Governor
General of Canada will be sorry 70
49, ,bat they have lost their only
son the nineteen-yesr old LORD Ne~-
.o-n Rutier. who has succumbed TO
.uberc,tlosfs which ne seems TO nave
o-tesnaIly contracted while a: Eton.
FORD Tanesborou<h previous 20 ms
appotntment to ottawa served iot
time on the personal STAR o. the Duke
- C,nnaught In England He IS a
soldier BY profession = Hcutendut
colonel in the Coidstresrn Guards. Eith
mich he served through the Boer W ar
n a commemorative peer ., lreiand. ana
a. .ucs occupies a seat IN the House
Head OF a junior branch % the great
Irish house Of Butter. of whicn tne
ua-oufs Of Or-noude T. the chief ne
ca--,c- S-o-, a lire that - noted FOR is
iove Of horses and dogs. Indeed. the
ssrb EarT Of IIanesborough had View :
Sou,dIand that was - deeply attained
a. nm that when the master expired
me dog died OF grief two days later
and In compliance with the wish eN-
n-rssed by the earl some time prior
T. nj. demise. was buried a. hts feet
- 80 - asrnIt 81 this being done
-. tc-rh % The earl a. S~ithlsrd. IN
LILO s,ershire. was CONSTRUCTED IN such
!. f.shfon that the lower end tnereo,
n-es~c,ed A few iaches beyond the
to-dc~ line % the old village church
go 40 that while the dos reposes
- b!s masters feet. be les. not within.
but just few incrs WITHOUT tne
c,on~ecrated ground
earl6srn the present Lord fancsborourh
became involved IN a somewhat scnsa-
fional suit against a clergyman. TIE
aev I MURRAY Dixon. rector Of T,ourh-
borough. In reiccxtershirc. for the re-
covery Of suns amounting 20 several
thousand pounds. which u appeared ne