The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-14
Head of Governments Inquiry
Into Titanic Loss Probably
Unconsciously Influenced.
~ Ia MAnouIsE DE roNrENoY.

I Hl la nAltQUISE DE FONrENON.
VVyh In no one dreams OF attack
NX/ ing Lord Mersey's Integrity and
wv Sense OF honor in connection
with his direction OF the Brit
/ ish HoNerninenis Inquiry into the loss
OF the Titan,ic. and OF l.6oo lives. there
( Is very general Impression that his
mild report and especially his white
! Washing OF Bruce Ismay Wore uncon-
! sciousiy influenced by the fact that be-
I lore beins raised TO the bench In 1885.
+ ne WIS lri tnirt. even years the
standing counsel for III. Ismay family
ana the White star Line. ne had been
! connected with the shipping business
! 10! some years at liverpool. prior to
/ .ils can 10 the bar y native OF Livcr-
! pool, gu MS family associations were
/ identified with tito lsmays. ana he had
| virtually been brought up with them
| tnde. the circumstances Ii was DIFF
ncu!t ioT him TO refrain from putting
] i4int table behavior OF Bruce Ismay.
/ the chairman Of the White star Limo.
] ~ escaping from the Titanic on half-
m'ltl 1ouI leaving 10 their death so
many hundreds OF human beings. for
/ whose plight 1t is difficult not TO hold
I Him morally responsible. despite Lord
Nersey cNoneration lsmay, who is
/ Nc iool. must realize that on neither
side Of the Atlantic Will the pubtc
/ accept TINS particular portion OF the
J verdict and that popular feeling in
l,n,s,and VIII remain sufficiently antag-
/ on!slie TO deter the present admins
/ tratlon or auy future cabinet. from
! recommending him 10 the sovereign for
! tnat peerhge which has been the goal
/ or MS ambition His conduct IN cor
! necton with the Titanic disaster may
/ be said 70 have cost him a seat in III.
assured to him
! on the other hand, IL cannot be dcnien
! mat lsmuy has many friends arnoul-
/ his own set who vlgorouslv defand MIN
ana an amusing rencontrc took place
/ between one of them the other da,
q Htf FHf rs4 "a
/ can. a veteran Journalist with social
I pretenslons who has represented Eng
/ !iaA papers here ana American papers
! IN England Discussing Ismay in
/ Lon'lon club. the Journalist expressed
! the View tnat man in Ismay's posi-
! ton ons nj to so down with the shin
rhat $ more than you do here" replied
D. the White Star champion
Little, indeed. has been Accomplished
I by Lord Mersey's long and costly in
/ Nest beyond laying bare 10 the
public the lamentablc inadeuuacy Of
/ the state Board Of Tradr regulations
the fact that these. bad as thew ara
I are openly violated by the English
shipping interests and that q move
ment is now on foot to secure legis-
lative remedy for these abuses
From London comes cable dispatch
| announcing the enlightenment OF The
! dHus htcr of n. 9e Bile. ana OF his
I American wife. who was Miss Ssra6
/ Iabriskie. daughter Of Chancellor
/ Nabriskie. OF the State of New Jcrsey)
TO Edward Il. Blount younger SON
Of Sir Walter Blount Francis Ernest
O. Bile was for eighteen years Danish
Minister in London. after having pre-
/ viOusly served in the army and taken
part in the DanishPrusian war Of 1864.
lie resigned on the advent to Office of
e radical administration at Copenhagen.
ana was succeeded by Constantine Brun
now restored at his own request to
his former post of Danish NIinist,,.
at Washington. Both De Billie and his
wife. like their predecessors the de
Fables at the Danish Legation IN Lon
don, enjoyed to a rare degree the
! friendship and favor OF King Edward
and Queen Alexandra Indeed Ii was
at the instance of Queen Alexandra
that dc Bile. son OF distinguished
Danish admiral took up his residence
IN London after his retirement. in
one Of their sons. NJ. r de Billie. being
TO this day attached 10 the Danish
Legation as secretary.
Tho de Blnes have several daughters.
Bount the latters mother IS a rather
: eccentric women. and recent cause
colcbre in London brought to light
the fact that she is tho President OF
4 society the members OF which call
themselves the Hetetics," who insls,
: that the earth is not round. but Hat.
| on this ground they ridicule the pre-
tensions OF raIy "'.E AhuHuSen' 10
have discovered the North and South
Poles claiming by their theories that
, there IS neither a north nor n South
!, Pole TO discover The society publishes
! magazine. Of which Lady Blount is
the editor and chief financial hacker.
though her odd association has plenty
?, OF wealthy members.
Some years ago Lady Blount carried
out at considerable expense a number
Of experiments along the Bedford Lever,
in Cambridges hire. whore there are
some long stretches of canal that run
iis almost straight lines for many miles.
? on one of these she placed a large
q white sheet at right angles to the
watcrivny.-and Under her direction an
expert photographer stationed at Wat
ney Bridge, six miles away. succeeded