The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-16

subject OF n land reform bin. provid
ing for compulsory appropriation.
which Wit,c advocated u@d which he
opposed rs altogether too revolution
AIRY. In thla dispute Emperor Nicholas
sided with ltrivoshc!n. prevented him
from bcin;: dismissed by Vito. and. by
way OF showing him his favor ap-
pointed him not only to tho post OF
master OF ceremonies 1t court, but also
to membership OF tho Courcii or inc
Empirc; "A rare dignity for one who n3d
not then attained ministerial rank. In
1908 tho Car appointed him Minister
Of Agriculture, which no has since
filled.
In politics Krivoshcln Is q Moderate
Conservative. ana II ~arln supporter %
tho principle OF local autonomy. re
garding the Hcmstvos rs Indispensable
aids to government. and rs the best
channel OF communication between the
pcoplo and tho crown. Hts hobbies arc
tho collection of paintings OF tho Hus-
sian and old Italian school and travel
Those visiting Europe this year
would do we'll to take in the intcrnA-
tional exhibition OF Book Industry ana
Graphic Arts, at Lcipsic, where al me
great powers are represented, except
the United States. which il strangely
and unaccountably absent Among the
features OF particular Interest are the
SNrouia, that Is TO SAY, the manuscripts
and relics OF ono Kind and another,
Of the poe: Lord Byron who is held In
particularly high honor III Gcrmony,
where there exist near "a hundred scpn-
rate tfanslations of his works The
vogue for his writing thcro dates from
the second and third decades of the
nineteenth century, ana in 1872 the
Eicnt poet, Goethe, set as subject
for competition, for thc prize Of poetry.
OF tho University OF LcipSic. render
ing into German of two cantos OF
I.Nron's "Childc Harold
Most of tho Byrouil at the Lcipsic
cNhihition this year nav" been lo;tnc"
by John Murray. the great London pub
Usher. who Inherited them from his
grandfather and namcsakc. the pub
Usher, ana intimate friend Of Byron
They comprise not only most OF his
manuscripts. save the two In tho
library Of !. Piorpont Morgan. IN New
York, but also tho proofshccts cor
all tie original Ms. and successive
proofs OF Hyron's poem. "Iho Waltz,
which ne first published under the
name OF Horace Hornem," and con-
taining reflections which might havH
applied with singular appropriateness
to- tho recent tango craze.
Among those hard HIT by tho now
land legislation IN Great Britain, and
who. fearing worse 20 come, have
placed their ancestral estates upon
tho market, 10 tho Ear! OF Dalhousic.
who has offered for sale Brechln Castle,
in EorfOrshiro which has been in The
possession of his family ever since tho
twelfth century. Lord palhousIc is
known throughout Scotland by tho
ramo OF "thc Laird OF Coclpcn." like
his ancestors before him. owing 10 the
fact that Dalhousic Is situated In the
parish of Cockpcn
Tho story OF tho ola ballad Of THE
Laird Of Cockpcu' Is supposed % refer
to ono Of the Ramsays Of Dajhousic.
Eut tho romance does not lit in with
the biography OF any Earl Of Dnl-
housic OF tho period in which tho in
cident might be placed. Tho peunilcss
lass ''Wt lang pedigree WHO re
jcCtcd ;hc Laird OF COCkpcu's suit, only
TO repent her decision later, and 10
marry him, VIII not be found jSnouiS
the brides OF tho namsnys OF ualhous!e,
between George is reign and tho END
OF the eighteenth ceniurY--;hc period
81 tho romance, according to tho de-
scriptiou OF the laird'a costume
Bvcchin is one OF the mos: pic
turcsquc old strongholds OF the North
cru Kingdom, ana. rcrched on n pre-
cipitous rock, withstood II siege Of six
weeks 10y Edward l. before being tallon
by storIr The Ransays have been
settled IN the i.othians since the twelfth
century. and have played notable roio
IL Scottish history ever since the days
OF King Robert the Bruce, William lie
Ramsay being ono Of the siGnRtoricS Of
Nruc"s famous lettor OF 1890 10
tho pope, asserting The independence OF
Scotland
Tho present Earl OF paihousic was
brought mp entirely by his fathers
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