The Washington herald., 1912-08-04

1ue 6ey OF Tunl8 mas arrived AZ Fhris,
accompanied by i've Of his sons and
attended by tha> large suite which 10 an
invariable adjunct to travelling Oriental
potentates. The hey - the guest Of
the French government. which has Sc
cured quarters for him at the Hotel
De Crillon, In the Place de Ia Concorde.
When Eastern rulers first commenced
to travel officially In Europe they were.
as rule. lodged in one Of the palaces
when visiting foreign capital This ar
rangement, however. has been discontin-
ued to large degree. The palace us
ually was left in a state Of indescribable
filth. and the furnishings were left In
a condition as II the rooms had been
occupied by a tribe Of monkeys.
Moreover. there were tales Of grue-
some tragedical episodes. After the Sui
tan Of Turkey left England IN 1851 1t
was rumored that one Of the ladies Of
his establishment had been strangied at
Buckingham Palace and her body bu-
ried somewhere in the grounds. After
the visit of Shah Nassr-ed-Din. Of Per-
sia, in 1873 there was a similar story. the
victim being a Persian attendant. who
had been beheaded for some offcise. He
also was believed to have been inferred
In the palace grounds.
King George and Queen Mary Of Eng
land have attended the special service
in Winchester Cathedral. the other day.
at which the Archbishop Of Canterbury
preached the sermon. The occasion was
the festival in honor Of the completion
of the restoration of the cathedral. The
royal pair also had Intended to be the
guests OF Lord and Lady Northbrook at
Stratton Park for the weekend. but other
engagements prevented this
After the church service the King and
Queen took tea at the deanery. and the
Mayor and Corporation Of Winchester
presented an address to the sovereign at
the Guildhall. At Winchester College the
royal visitors were received "ad portas.
The last sovereign to visit Winchester
was Queen Anne. It was in l7o6. and
she remained there several days. George
III and his Queen Charlotte drove
the town three times when going
to or returning from Weymouth. Queen
Victoria passed through Winchester four
times each year on her journeys to and
from the Isle OF Wight. but she stopped
there only once, namely. In 1887, when
she was presented with an address from
the Mayor and the City Corporation at
the railway station
Princess Chariclee Hohenlohe, wife of
Prince Ernst Philip c.Phylax') zu
ohe-Schillingsfuerst, whose death
is announced. lived only to be forty-eight
years old. The prince Is the eldest son
Of Fuerst Chlodwig. the third chancellor
OF the German Empire. and succeeded 10
the title and estate of the Bavarian lord
ship of Schilltngsfuerst. one OF the largest
and richest domains in the Neckar River
downs 1t was in 1852 that the then He
reditary Prince Ernst Philip married
Princess Chariclee Ypsilanti. At the time
he was the envoy OF Greece in Austria,
and later he served in the same capacity
at Paris.
The mother OF the late Princess Char
iclee was the daughter of the fabulously
wealthy head Of the Viennese banking
firm OF Simon G. Sina. In whose memory
the landing at Vevcy on the Lake Geneva,
has been named "Quai Sina-" Baron
sina was the diplomatic agent OF Greece
at Berlin and Munich. but retained his
residence at the Austrian capital His
three daughters welded scions of the
Oldest houses Of the nobility. One sister
of the late Princess Hohenlohe Is the
Countess wimpffen. and the other the
Duchess OF Castries.
The princess rad only one child.
daughter, who died in her early youth.
She left a sister, who is the wife of
Count Albrecht zu Pappenheim OF Mu-
Mich, Lord of Moehren-Gundelsheim
The arrest OF Capt. Kostovitch. OF the
Russian army. accused of espionage. has
once more that all at
tempts to create in France a frisudlier
(more peacefuD. sentiment toward Ger
many are proving as futile as ever.
1t was, therefore, not surprising that the
French press with that remarkable
which II always manifests
when there is a chance TO worry or libel
the troublesome neighbor" to the east
Of the Vosges Mountains. has prophesied
with malicious Joy that the Kostovitch
case would greatly interfere with the
meeting between Czar and Kaiser and
their professions OF mutual friendship.
AS usual, at similar occurrences. the
wish here was the father of the thought
Figaro, lie Matin. LIE Petit Journal. La
and the rest OF the Partisan
Journals know well enough that this
Russian officer would not have been ar
rested II there had not been very dam
aging evidence against him. As all
great powers admittedly support and
use a system Of espionage no govern
ment has any right to find fault or to be
dispIeased IL another state catches one
Of this ilk and puts a stop to his
patriotic efforts.
This Is a purely personal matter, for
In nine cases out OF ten the fellow is
repudiated by his home state and left
IN his fate All this ig we'll known IN