The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-26
a atale OF absolutc chaoy, ebollshlns

state OF absolute chaos, aboliehins
the Odd militia and voiuntce. forces
winch Aavc good account OF them
selves In the Boer War. and supp!4Ht-
Ing them With the so-callcd Territorial!
Army. which, In numbers. In training
and In equipment. Is In tho eyes OF all
military experts, English and foreign,
There is no doubt that when Parlia-
rnent meets again this scandal IN con
nection wtth Haidane,s military com
great Indignation in many quarters.
III England and the colonies, viii be
thoroughly aired IN the House Of Com
mons and In the House OF Lords
II is said that King George. who is
not credited with any particular at
lection, for either Lord Haldane or
lnctant to grant his consent to Hal
danes pressing request for a neid mar
shars baton Tor his friend and IN
umated that. In his opinion, there were
already too many held inershals. and
that FAR from adding thereto ne Wish
ed no were able TO reduce the num-
Der. WHICH nov. amounts to a round
dozen. From this IT would appear that
Few OF Eng!and's senior generals have
any chance of rising TO premier rank.
since four, Of the present batch viii
| ncn;s are made.
Count Louis Batthyany's loss In the
the Estarhazy utcza, at Budapest, Is
OF an irreparablc character. for prob
ably the finest example Of vandykc's
"PortTai, of a Gentleman" fell prey
70 the danes. along with many other
masterpieces OF the sixteenth and sew
e,nteenth centuries. and priceless Gobe-
I'm Tapestries. While Count Louis, VINO
Is very rich takes the loss OF all
these art treasures with a consider
able amount OF insouciance and eeua-
nimity, he is terribly concerned and
put out by the destruction of his
luNuriant and thoroughly Magyar mus
thchc one side OF It was burned off
as ne He'd from the palace. and natural
~ he WIS Obliged TO shave off the 9TH
or half.
American naval officers will recall
him as the hospitable former Governor
OF the great Austro- Hungarian sea-
port and arsenal of Fiumc. Since ha
has retired from that post, he has de-
Der OF tho House of Lords at Budapest,
where he occupies n worry intilen tiaI
position, and is extremely popular. hi,
wife, the Countess Helen Andrnssy, :,e-
Grassy. who, after having been SEN
fenced to death oil the gallows Cor
h ms leading Part in the hungarian re;
by his sovereign to the Office OF Chan
cellor Of the Dual Empire.
The Batthyanys arc one of the most
INDUSTRIOUS houses OF Hungary. and for
the last 800 years have played very
important role in the history OF he
nation. Ono Of Its members. but not
! the chief. enjoys the title OF prince.
, His Christian name is Edmund and
having rendered himself guilty OF two
mesalliances in succession. spends most
OF his time abroad. being one of the
very few honorary members of the
Royal Yacht squadron at cowcs, where
he Is conspicuous figure. His ia
ther. Prince Gustav Batthyany. died on
the race course, at Newmarket. from
II stroke Of apoplexy.
The family derives its name from the
village OF Batthyan. In the province
of Baranya. and claims descent from
Yrs III. who was chief of the Huns
in 970.
Probably the most popular member
of the family is that Count Louis Bat
thyany who. like Count julius Andras-
sy, took a leading part in the insur-
rection of 1919, failed to effect his cs-
cape. was sentenced to death by hang
ing. and in order to prevent this ig-
nominious sentence from being carried
out, inflicted several dangerous wounds
upon himself with dagger that had
been smnggled into his cell. These
wounds prevented his consignment 10
this sallows. and led. as he intended,
to his being shot In lieu thereof.
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