The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-17
BERNSTORFF MAY BE
ORDERED TO LONDON


lana. and with having allowed It TO be-
some enVsnomed to such degree thai
me Emperor suddenly found himself GU
the very brink of war with C;reat
Britain.
That Woln Metternioh should have
ceased TO be persona grata in England
y, Is altossther amazing. for It is general :
~ understood that ne owed his APPOINT
ment. In tho fall OF 1901. largely to
sing Edward. who had mentioned him
20 inc Kaiser, not only as being most
I eSH,n to himself. but also as en-
Joying very widespread popularity and
universal confidence IN English society.
ana among the English people. Much
or the earlier portion of his dipIo-
In 1880 he returned to England as first
secretary OF the embassy, whore. o,y-
ms to tho constant iliness of his
chief, the late Count Paul Hatzfelds.
the embassy. Like Bcrnstorff, he went
from London to Cairo, as minister nlcni :
p2tchtiary, and then was accredited to
the Hansentic cftiep, with residence
at Hamburg, a post which Is almost
invarlaol given to the diplomat who
represents the Department of r1or.ign
Arairs In the suite of the Kaiser when
the latter undertakes his yachting ex-
petitions. or visite foreign courts. In
this way h. was brought very closely
INTO touch with the Kaiser, again
duties OF Count Paul Hatzfoldt. when
inc latters condition of health be-
came absolutely critical, and when
ia Izleidt died was appointed his sue
mat is to say. for eleven years
Count Wolfr Metternich has still an
other disadvantage In the eyes OF many
people at Berlin. both at court and in
sn,n'cial circles. He Is a Roman Catho-
ne, and as such 1t Is hold that he is
nlsquaiihed to represent a Lutheran
power at the Protestant court OF ST
James. The origin of his family is the
same SANE as that OF the reigning, house OF
rect line from Guelphus. OF Metternich,
place across the Moseilc loo,iin 2
nqrth from Coblcnz. Eventually the
where about the fourteenth or fftcenth
century. into Wolff for a tomb Of the
sixteenth century, in tho Cathedral OF
Ii;revea; bears the Inscription OF Lothar
op OF that place
The Wolff Metternichs Of thos, DAYS
. were maEnaIes OF the Moselle rather
Inanded the Palatinat,. ard conse-
4mentiy they suffered heavily when the
French Invaded that province in the
time Of Louis NV. and destroy,d
everything on which they could lay
hands. The ruins of these castles are
still eXtant. Beilstein stands as a
picturesque shall above the Moselle a,
one OF the most striking points OF
mat beautiful river. and the tower OF
Tho Winneburg forms a landmark on
the highest point behind Cochem. and
IS generally regarded as the principa l.
IT not original, seat of the family
It is from the latter that the Aus
trfan Metternichs take their designa-
ton Of Metternich Winneburg. or that
nraneh, tn, most prominent and dis
OF the, eighteenth century was Count
George Mettcrnich Winneburg The
treaty OF Ltinevill. robbed him OF his
estates on the Moseiie. and In com
-
ochsenhauscn; While in 1903. at the
very last meeting of tho old imperial
Diet, he was presented to its mem
bors by the last Of the TIapsburg Em-
prince OF the now defunct Holy Ro-
man Empire. His son was tho still
more famous Prince Clements Meter
mich. the Austrian chancellor, to whose
diplomacy the downfall OF Napoleon
was largely due. Rewarded with the
chateau: and the world-famous vine
yards Of Johannisbcrg. the Mettcrn'chs
Of the Winnebnrg branch became cN-
oiuslvsly Austrian. and are now rem
resented in Austria by Prince Clement
Metternich, nephew Of tho celebrated
risd to Isabel dc silva. daughter of
the Duchess OF San Carlos. who Is the
Camerara Mayor dc Palacia, or grand
mistress of the palace 10 the Queen OF
Spain. The main branch, however, new
or moved from tho Palatinate, retained
the old patronymic OF Wolff in addition
to the name OF Metternich. and made
it's headquarters at Gracht. now In
the possession OF the ambassadors
elder brother. married to Princess
F'laminia SalmS alm, opposite Binsen.
The amba ssador Is also descended from
Saint Elizabeth OF Hungary. daughter
OF Andrew. King OF Hungary, and
through her daughter. Sophia. who
married Henry IL, the Magnanimous.
Duks of rabant: His family tree can
show alliances with the reignins house
NJ Hac9n with that of E0hrnZCllGrn,
with tho Nassaus. the Salms, and the
Stolbergs The Guelph origin of the
amba ssador's family does not consti-
tute his only English connection. His
mother was Baroness Hompesch,
" hose fathers sister married the third
Lord Bolingbroke. The Hompesch
family is one of much distinction in
Germany, and the Grand Master OF the
knights OF Malta. who surrendered thut
stronghold of the Mediterran2 to
Napoleon. was Hompesch
Count Paul Woln Metternich, who
bears an extraordinary resemblance to
.Vandyke's famous portrait OF LORD
STANFORD at Castle Wentworth, the
country scat OF Lord Fitawilliam. is a
great sportsman, was formerly an en-
thusia site member of the Quorn and
Cottesmore hunts, and bears on his
body the scars of a bad hauling, which
he received from a lion while hunting
big game III Africa some twenty years
ago. The count had imprudenuy stalk :
himself face TO face with his quarry,
which rearing up in front OF him.
struck him blow with his paw
,vhI,>b Iyno,,lsa1 hin, snpsplaSS a Ia,