The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-11
ISSUES KINGS WRITS
FOR NEW PARLIAMENT

OF $3.50 whloh he had obtained from
New York acquaintance. David Sean-
les Brown. and whose unpleasant fin
anc;,l record and frequent appear
nnces in the London Bankruptcy Court.
! described III these columns. This
Sir Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie Is OF
Scatwcll. In County Ross, and of Tar
bat, whereas the clerk of the GROVE
belongs TO the Mackenzles of Delvine.
ot Perthshire.
The head OF this particular family
is Sir Robert Muir Mackenzie. re-
tired colonel OF the Royal Artillery;
has his country seat at De1vine Castle.
near Murthly. and is the fourth holder
of baronetcy created II little over
hundred years ago. The clerk of
the crown is hfs brother, and still
another brother. namely. the late Sir
Alexander Muir Mackenzie. married
one OF the lovely Moncreiffe sisters.
who have included Georsina. Countess
of Dudley. the late Duchess of Atholl,
Helen Lady Forbes OF Newc, and Mrs.
Charles Murray, several OF their
brothers. notably William Moncreiffe.
and Malcolm Moncrcinc having mar
ried Americans. and making their
homes in this country.
Sir Kenneth Muir Mackenzie holds,
in addition to his many other Offices.
that of warden OF the ancient College
OF W'inchestel. and despite his years
he is about siNty-six--is still an en-
thusiast OH the subject Of football and
cricket. in both OF which games he
and afterwards at Baiiol College, OK
Cord. in his younger days.
AS two Russians of excellent birth
have just arrived in the United States
by way OF san Francisco, one OF them
q Colonel Sklarenko. and the other a
Baron Won Kleist. 1T may be just as
we'll to warn kind hearted Amepfc.tn
people here and In Canada not 20
waste any sympathy upon them I'M
der the impression that they are poll
teal refugees and victims OF Musco-
vIte oppression.
The fact OF The matter is that they
are fugl;ives from ordinary criminal
justice. The one was until the begin
ming OF this year collector OF tho East
Siberian Dis trict OF Anadyr and the
other was collector of the District OF
Tchuktch. and each OF them having
cmbezzled the government funds in
trusted to his care, and confronted
with discovery by the Governor of the
province, then on tour of inspection.
fed TO the United States with every
penny piece of official moneys that he
could lay hands on. Naturally, war
/ rants have been issued for their
arrest. and steps have been taken to
obtain their eXtradition, moi as politi-
cal refugees. but as fugitive en-
bezzlerS
Baron Nleist belongs to the Cour-
land branch OF the great Pomeranaan
house of Kleist, which. forming part
Of tho North German Uradel was al
ready accounted ancient I'm tho twelfth
century and which has furnished
some very celebrated statesmen and
generals to Prussia, notably Field
Marshal Frederick von IIleist one OF
the heroes OF the War Of Liberation
hundred years ago also Ewald Won
kleist, poet and soldier. who fell by
: the side OF Frederick the Great nd the
battle of kunersdorf The Courland
branch Of the Kleists Is largely rep
resented IN the government service of
| the Cars. and received In 1858 from
Emperor Nicholas I. the right to bear
AS II Muscovite honor, its Prussian
, title of baron
King George has just purchased
! from Sir Edward Green the latter =
Ken Hill estate, In Norfolkshice, IN
estate OF about 5000 acres. lying with
! in o couple OF miles of Sandrin CHAM
and extending to the Wash foreshore
ON the sands OF which Queen Alex
/ andra has erected a summer bungalow
! The estate comprises a famous wild
| duck decoy. and includes very spa
cious and thoroughly up-to date coun-
! try house Of yellow stone, bunt some
forty years ago
Sir Edward purchased the Ken FILL
estate In the first place for tho pur-
| pose of advancing the social asplra-
! lions OF his manufacturing family by
becoming a neighbor OF King Edward
| But his son and successor married
one of tho Wilson's. of Tramby Croft
sister of Miss Muriel Wilson. They
arc not pcrsonae gratae to King
George and Queen Mary, nor YET to
| Queen Alexandra, and that is why
they have been glad TO get rid OF Ken
| Hi. where King George will proba-
! bly, live hereafter when I'm Norfolk
I for the future rs York Cottage, his
/ present residence at Sandringham, has
I become altogether too small and
/ cramped for his accommodation. He
is very fond or Sandrlngham and in
/ course OF time the latter and Ken Hill
/ Will he united into one large domain
/ Copyright, 1918 by the Brentwood