The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
NOW HEARING APPEAL
OF CLAIMING ARNOLD

Cuba by Spain to the United States.
The late John Hay. then American
Ambassador in London, got the impress
sion that the yiscount In sounding
him az to whether tho United Statos
would be willing to buy Cuba w2s act
! ing on bclialf OF tho Spanish embassy,
whlo the latter. when asked by Mount
| morrcs whether Spain would DO will
ing to sell. became imbucd with the
Idea that he was inqu.ring on behalf
! OF Ambassador. Hay. The matter at
lany rate. was referred by wire from
London by the two embassies In uues-
tion. TO Washington and Madrid re-
spcctively, and the actual declaration
was delayed for couple OF days. un-
| I'll IL Was finally ascertnincd that SPAN
would not sell under any circumstances.
anG that Lord Mountmorres, I'm APP
preaching Ambassador Hay en- the sub
ject i'm London. had been acting purely
on his own behalf. and without the
! slightest vcstigc of authority OH the
part Of the Spanish embassy
Lord Mountmorres's experiences have
been OF very unusual and varied
character. His father vas murdered
in the West of Ireland during the
hgrarinn troubles of 1880. Queen Vic
torta did what she could for the widow
and orphans, who were left in very
impoverished circumstances. She grant
ed the viscountess suite Of apart-
nents In Hampton Court Palace, AMI Il
pension of $4,000 year, and likewise
chered TO Na.ke the present Lord
Mountmorrcs, then "A thirtecn-year-
boy. ono Of her pages OF honor: a court
Office carrying with il Il salary of
! Sl5co ycnr. for duties of an almost
nominal character. and. as general
Iu.e. the gift Of coinmiss ion in the
army at the clone Of fcGr years ser
vice.
! The young pee on receiving his ap.
lpointment was taken to pay his re
spects to Her Majesty, after being In
structsd as 10 now he should approach
her. in kneeling and kissing her hand
| So embarrassed however, was lie, when
the critical moment arrived. that In
kneeling down he tripped and. losing
his head entirely. in the hope of pre-
serving his balance, is stated to have
clutched hold of the hand which the
Queen had extended to DO kissed
Totally unprepared for such d contre-
temps, the august lady lost her bal
ance as we'll and, according to the
story. sustained a fall which was re-
sponsiblc to great extent for the in
jury TO the knee from which she suf-
Tered so much during the closing years
Of her life
While she showed no resentment, the
Queen considered it prudent TO cancel
the boys appointment AS page, being
OF the opinion that he was scarcely
| nttcd for the cXigencies of court life.
| But. with the generosity that charac-
terjzcd her. she made him an allow
ancc of the same amount that he would
have received az page Of honor dur
| Ing the four years that would have
constituted his term OF office. and even
for longer period, the money going
10 pay for his education at Radley
and at Ballot College. oxford.
! since growing up. Lord Mountmorres
has done many things. He has been
director, and even chairman, of mining
companies that have come 10 grief
lie has been through the bankruptcy
court He has been the agent in Eng
land OF great Paris dressmaking es-
tablishent. and was for time asso-
ciated with the Earl of Rosslyn In the
latters attempt to break the bank at
Monte Carlo by means of system
for the putting into execution OF
which the young peers and their fool
ish and contid!ng friends had got to-
sethcr sum of about $4,000
The new parson peer has distin-
Guished himself in newspaper work.
was associated with Lady Colin Camp
bells society journal. the Realm with
LORD Rosslyn's weekly paper, Scottish
! Life. and was for a time in the employ
OF Lord Northcliffe, turning out ex-
cellent copy for the London Mail:
among his special articles being those
describing his experiences as Il tramp
crossing sweeper a stoker on a river
! steamer and a member OF many
other odd callings; one OF his expert
cnces OF this kind landing him il,
prison for 4 technical oTense for :,
term Of few days. which gave him
an opportunity OF describing very
wildly the internal economy of jail
as seen by peer
| Lord Mountmorres has also been kid
mapped By Moorish, pirates. and has
! explored Africa from end to end, visit
! Ing portions OF the Dark Continent
where no white man had ever been
seen before. He was sent out by the
| London Globe to investigate conditions
| in tho Congo Valley. and wrote a most
Interesting series Of letters. In which
! he showed that the districts directly
under the control OF the Belgian gov
eminent were extremely we'll admins
| tered and free from abuses and
conditions, and the most frightful
barbarty prevailed III the great terri
tories leased to the various rubber
( companies which have their headuuar.
ters at Antwerp.
! The now reverend viscount has trav-
eled extensively In America and Can
ada. has been Il lieutenant Of the ROYAL
Naval Reserve. was A. ID. c. TO Sir
| Alexander Swettenham at the time OF
the Jamaica earthquake. and of that
governments unpleasant encounter
| with the American admiral who had
offered the assistance of his ships and
! their crews for the relief OF the vic
| Tins of the catastrophe.
| He has been director of the famous
Tropical Institute of the Liyerpool
university, nas received a silver medal
| from tho Royal Society Of Arts for his
chronological researches, has been sec
rotary of that Conservative associa-
ton known as. the Primrose League. is
| n Fellow of tho Royal Geographical
society, has been member Of the
London County Council; is married to
MISS Louisa Rowe, by whom he has
a little daughter
| The heir to his viscounty and to his
barony of tho same namo is his first
! cousin, the Row. IIerve do Montmo