The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-25

In the vicinity OF Munich. where she il
most happily married TO Prince Louis
Ferdinand tf Bavaria. the o3ly ryal
parsonage In Europe 10 ho'i the rank
OF 'gcon general In tho German as
W.ii as In tn Spanish army.
Louis Ferdinand is quito as cello
era ed In Ms way. rs al obstctr clan
an! gynccolcgist rs his cousin tho
Lat. Duke C;i- rles Theodore of Bavaria.
was as an oculist. and just rs Charles
Theodore restored the sight to immense
numbers OF his compatriots. his sue
cessful operations for cataract running
into the thousands, SO has Prince Louis
Ferdinand assisted some thousands of
tiny Bavarians Into the world as &C
coucheur, his patients being invariably
poor people. to whom he gives his at
tention free of cost, besides providing
them with the necessary medicines.
The prince Is passionately fond OF
music. an enthusiastic Wagnerian. n
most talented violinist. and often takes
his place as first fiddle In the orchestra
of the Royal Opera at Munich. 1t
would be difficult to find n more useful
and exemplary citizen than this most
praiseworthy scion of the reigning
house of Bavaria.
Gcoffrey Francis Archer, who at tho
early age OF thirty lone has just been
appointed to be commissioners, Gov
ernor and COMMUNICATIVE chief of Brit
ish Somaliland, owes his promotion to
his gallant feat last August, when,
with twenty men and few friendly
natives, he set out on an eighty
forced march into the interior to re-
licvc and rescue Richard Corneid's de-
tachmcnt OF the Somallland camel
corps. which had been attacked and
badly crippled by 1000 or 1900 OF tho
DcrviSh udhcrcnts of the Mad Mullah.
III a Mi al
though Archer on reaching his destina
ton found that Corilcld had fallen in
the fray he managed to bring back the
survivors and the wounded without
further loss, and for this no was deco
rated by King George with the Order
of st. Michael and St. George, and has
now received an additional recognition
In tho shape of his advancement to tho
Sovcrnorship.
He is known throughout the colonial
service as Archer of Somaliland, and
possesses not only tho traits OF char
acter. but also the physique necessary
to fulnil his difficult and perilous task.
and to Impress even the most fanatic
OF natives. For he stands no less than
six feet six in his stockings, and Is
broad and brawny In proportion. He
has tho reputation of never losing his
head allowing nothing 10 upset him.
and of possessing the most even and
sunny temper that 1t IL possible to con-
ceive. His duties as Governor OF
Somal!land will be to keep the Mad
Mullah and his Dervish hordes from
overrunning the protectoratc. from in
tcrferinG with tho routes Of trade to
| the British seaports on the coast. and
TO provide for the protection OF the
Friendlics
While much has been printed about
, the collapse OF the so-called Princes
! rTrttr
ment IL Is doubtful whether the pub
lie on this side of the Atlantic realizes
the extent of the smash. Thus, 1t has
almost entirely wiped out the once
large fortune of General Prince Kraft
fiohenlohe. Duke OF Ujest. and head
OF the Oehrinsen branch OF the house.
president OF the Union Club OF Berlin.
and until recently perhaps the most In
iluential member of the higher German
aristocracy. being the cousin both or
the Kaiser and of the Empress.
His fortune. before he embarked in
the so-calicd Princes Trust was esti-
ma ted for purposes or taxation at 500
100000. To-day he has 100000. 900 OF
debts and s32.ooo.o00 OF assets. which
1t Is almost Impossible to realize, con-
sistinG to Il great extent of landed es-
tates. which no one Is willing to buy
and third and fourth mortgages, on
which II is impossible to raise any cash.
and OF hotels. etc. which are losing
concerns. He Is over seventy years Of
age. and. now actually in straitened
circumstances. has relatively little time.
therefore, left to make any attempt to
restore his shattered fortunes.
1t is only right and fair to the Duke
OF Ujest, as we'll as to his chief assoc
ciate, Prince Macmillan Fuerstenberg
who has seen his still larger fortune
almost wiped out, to mention that they
and their other princcly associates have
been almost tho only losers, and that
tho general public. az Investors, have
not suffered In any way by the crash.
Copyright, 1914. by the Brentwood
Company