The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
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Splendidc. where the finest apartments
of the house, with every luxury and
comfort. had been prepared for them
Being OH parole, the Pasha and his Of
f1cers are allowed the fullest amount
Of liberty In the city and have oven
automobiles at their disposal, free OF
cost, for visiting the cnvlrons of the
capital.
Shukri is an Albanian and received
his training us All artillery officer in
the Artillery of the Guard AT Berlin
lie became ono of the best and favoritc
pupils Of General Rohne. now the
greatest German authority oil artillery
questions. Indeed. when lie returned
to Constantinople. old Emperor VIII
liam sent letter to Sultan Abdul
Ham!d, declaring that Shukri was so
fine an officer as to reflect the great
est honor upon tho German artillery
regiment to which he had been at
tached. On the strength of this let
ter, the Sultan gave him the command
of an artillery regiment. appointed
hin, as aide de-camp. and soon after
wards promoted him to the rank of
general.
lie had tho questionable fortune OF
being the son-in-law Of Nouri, and
when the latter fell into disgrace at
court Shukri was affected thereby.
transferred from the capital to Adrian
ople. From that time forth he was al
ways away from Constantinople. in
variably in command of the artillery
at one or another OF the great mill
tary centres OF the empire. He hates
politics among officers, and while on
this account he was viewed with dis
like by the Young Turks. and by the
military ring that brought about the
various revolutions at Stamboui. yet
his qualities as a soldier were OF such
an eminent and universally recog-
nizcd character that they did not dare
to leave him unemployed. and at the
| outset of the war sent hin, to take
command at Adrianople. which was
! the key to the defense OF the capital
/ Indeed. had it not been for his lonS
/ defense of Adrianoplc, Constantinople
would have fallen months ago. II
| was Adrianople that constituted the
first check to the victorious advance
of the Balkan allies.
II is pity that in the midst OF all
this reconciliation between the Kaiser
| and the Duke of Cumberland, II should
, have been found impossible to soften
the heart Of the latter towards his on
| ly brother-in-law, Baron Alphonsc
Pawcl- Rammingen. True. the duke be-
! came reconciled To his sister, Princess
| Frederick OF Hanover, some ten OF
t"CiNe ago, ana SlnCC then she
! has been "A yearly visitor at his beau
tirul lakeside castle at Gmunden In
Austria. But he has always obstinate
| ~ refused to hold any Intercourse with
| the baron.
The latter was one of the aides de-
| camp and secretaries OF the late King
OF Hanover, and after the death oil
| the old blind monarch in Paris, in 1878
| he sought the hand of Princess Fred
rxr1,<, l,oI
| devoted companion. The Duke OF
Cumberland bitterly opposed his sis
ter's marriage, as did also the late
queen of Hanover. But Queen Vic
! toria favored it. and II was under her
auspices that tho wedding took place
at Windsor Castle. in 1880. The prin-
cess and her husband live at Villa
Mouriscot. al Biarritz. where they are
| familiar figures 10 all the America n
| visitors there.
Copyright, 1918, by the Brentwood
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