The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-28
THIS NEW YORK WOMAN
ANXIOUS FOR TITLE
resent their Interests In the national
aSSanhlv

resent their interests in the national
assembly.
A few years ago he was not only
deprived of his commission as an Aus
TRAN cavalry officer on the reserve
list but was even made the object of
a general order on the part Of the
Minister Of War, to the effect that
ton, namely, that owing TO his ire
sponsibility and alleged dishonorable
conduct, no one vas under the neces-
sity of either challenging him or &C
cepting his challenge. In one word,
he wns barred from the so-caIled field
of honor This is the only instance
within the memory OF the present
generation of the issue, either in Aus
tria or elsewhere in Europe. OF an Of
fetal general order such as this, which
was equivalent to sentence of social
ostracism.
In 1911 this s.der was resc,nded by
the Emperor. and Sternbergs commits
sion was restored TO him, largely as
the result Of the efforts exercised in
his behalf by old Princess Pauline
Metternich. who nevar made any secret
of her belief that the court called up
on to inquire into the charges OF
questionable conduct in connection
with a gambling transaction, had al
lowed Itself to be unduly influenced
by political preiudices, and had CON
demned him unfairly. 1t was, thanks
TO this, that new court was convened
to reconsider the matter, which, deal
ing with 1t purely on Its merits, COM
pletely cleared him
Count Sternberg took advantage of
this TO challenge not long afterwards
Count Joseph Karelyi, for having in
the national Legislature at Budapest
ri lF ha
army as compared with that Of Hun
gary. and sliced off the left ear of his
opponent. SternberS. who is scion
OF one OF the most illustrious houses
of Europe. had as his seconds on that
occasion, Prince Alfred Leichtenstein,
who is a brother-in-law of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand. and Prince Leopold
Croy, a nephew of Archduchess lSa-
bella, to whom Count Sternberg him
self is likewise related. Warm heart
ed. 1t is just as easy to excite his
sympathies as TO arouse his anger.
He is always attacking somebody or
championing somebody's cause very
witty. very amusing. and with an ok
traordinary rund of ane cdote, he is in
many ways the counterpart OF Derou-
lede in France. and of Don Quixote
in Spain
Thus. the fate Of the Beers appealed
~
that In spite OF his commission on the
reserve list of the Austrian army, he
proceeded tC Africa. and fought
throughout the greater part of the
conflict under the Boer flag. Failing
into the hands Of tbs English, he was
SO clever nj eloquent in persuading
his oaptors that he was merely a non
combatant Austrian nobl-man and
half-pa officer OF the imperial army,
endeavorins to pick up as n spectator
some experience Of actual warfare,
that he was set at liberty. allowed TO
proceed by rail to Capetown, and to
embark thnnoe without let or him
drance for f,nSlaLd en- route to Aus
tria.
On reaching London he became ac-
quainted with some members of Far
Lament. TO whom he told the same
story that he had related TO the Eng
lish general by whom he had been
captured Not only did they believe
him, but they were so much Interested
in his account of the military opera
lions in the field. that they save a
dinner in the House Of Commons In
his honor. for the purpose OF enabling
him to meet Prime Minister Arthur
Balfour and several other members OF
the administration.
1t was while this banquet was in
progress that the Premier was called
away fl ON the table and Informed
that Sternbcrg had really been fight
ing under the Beer flag against the
English. The Premier ii1 not re-
sumo his place at the table, from
which he hurricdly summoned his coll
leagues of the Cabinet, and then
caused the count TO be informed that
unless he left England by the first
Continental train on the next morning,
he would be arrested and shipped hack
TO Africa as prisoner of war.
SternberS left without further ado,
and then came to the United states
After a six months stay here he re-
turned TO Austria and published a
book, which is probably tho most un-
complimentary volume that has ever
been printed about America.
Copyright, 1913. by the Brentwood
Company