The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-02

ap Tangnc. chief OF the Fifth Noble
Tribe Of North Wales. To como down
to more recent times, Sir John Vaughan
| was Lord Chief Justice of England in
tho reign of Charles II, and his tomb
is familiar to American visitors to the
Temple Church. in london. His son
was Lord OF the Admiralty and his
grandson was raised to the peerage OF
Ireland as Niscount Lisburnc.
For tho present, and until he marie 8
and has children, Lord Lisburne's next
heir is his distant cousin, Captain VIII
mot Charles Vaughan. late of the
Twentieth Hussars. a great-Grandson
or the third earl The captain Is ro-
lated through his grandmother to the
O'Shcas who for more than a century
played an Important role in the banking,
world at Madrid. where the chief of
the family obtained through marriage
the Spanish Dukedom of San I.ucar.
while another member of the family
was that Captain O'Shea> who is so un-
pleasantly remembered In connection
great Irish Nationalist leader. Charles
Stewart Parnell
A new significance 10 the familiar
statement III the geograp ply books. 10
the erect that "Strasbourg Is famous
ior lis gecse"-in connection with
patcS- dc-foie- sras--is given. by tho re-
cent hoax practfced on the Governor
General of Alsace-Lorraine, Count We
oel, on the HaiSers son, Prince Ion
chir, upon II Secretary Of State, upon
tho comma nderin chief of the entire
western frontier of the German empire
and upon thirty generals under his or
ders' by a dismissed subordinate ON
ployo OF the paymastcr's department.
Familiar through the newspapers with
the fact that the lette: So on a teIe-
gram blank stands for government dis
patches. and the letters rs S." for i'm
perial dispatches he sent n telegram
signed William" stating that he was
arriving shortly after noon at Str;,s
pourE. AS the telegram addressed to
inc GoVernor-Gcncral OF Alsace- Ior-
raine bore tho mystic letters "S S.."nu-
DodN dreamt of questioning It's authcn-
tcity as a message from the Kaiser
ana IN accordance with the instr,lc-
tons contained in the dispatch. the on
tire garrison of 10000 men was put un-
der arms and paraded on the great re-
view ground outside Strashourg, even
the military acroplnncs and balloons
being sent up in the air When The
Emperor failed TO arrive Inquiries fol-
lowed, and the authorities quickly dis
covered what any one OF them might
nave learned by peruSal of the morn
ing newspapers, namely, that the
NalSer was on that particular day at
KocniSsberE. at tho extreme other end
OF the German empire. presiding at a
great patriotic celebration
Not only is the perpctrator of the
hoax being severely punished but the
IGoSernor-Gencral and The commanding
oihcers at StrashourE have received ;,
severe reDriniand from the Enperor.
who has pointed out 10 them that they
| should have been aware of what every
! BODY else seems 10 have known, name
| ~, that he was on that particular day
at iNocniSsberG. and has imposed upon
| them the very serious danger that such
creduiity OIL their part would expose
the western dcfcnscs OF tho ernp irc in
| The event OF any hostilities with
France since the success OF the hoax
I showed tina. /; was within the bower
| OF any designing person. by stroke
OF The pen, to completely disturb the
military organization OF Alsacc- Lor-
raine and of the great frontier strong
! holds.
| Copyright 1919. by the Brentwood
Company