The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-12

Europe, the laborious witticisns of
ms puOI!c utterances are so generally
misunderstood, that. I'm order to allav
The ohcnse which they cause. 1t be-
NoneS necessary 10 explain that they
were intended as jokes Thus on one
memorable occasion. Sir Edward. who
had been invited to Thanksgiving
Linncr or the American Society in Lon
don protested against the assttnption
by the people Of the United States OF
INC term "Amcrican.' ana suggested
That, instead OF styling themselves
Americans. they should call themselves
oaanians. lie argued that their at
tempt ~ moLopolize tho tito or
americans was unfair 20 the Cana
dams nnd TO the people OF the nuncr-
GUS Latin republics Of the central and
southern portions Of ms hemisphere.
Sir Edward put forward these con
tcntions In SO aggressive a manner at
tho banquet that they gave rise to n
perfect storm OF hostile criticism,
pccially on this side of the Atlantic
and II WAS not until he had been mos.
bitterly assailcd by the press In the
United States and even In England
that he came out with the explanation
that his speech was meant as a BIT OF
fun.
! Sir Edward was "a fellow pupil of
the late Sir Henry Irving. at the City
OF London Commercial school, ana be-
gan life as salesman In his father s
| little jewelers. shop IN King William
street When eighteen he secured a
500 a year writcrship in tho Indi;,
o;hce. then became a reporter on tho
London Standard and Morning Herald
and. while cunning his living ~ SUCH
read FOR tho bar. winning the Taucr-d
la" studentship. That iY to say he IS
! an entirely sclf-lnade man, and is
without the advantages or early cul-
ture. breeding and Of university train
| ing, possessed by most Of his fellow
members Of the bar
1t is perhaps owing to th,s that he
IS so deficient in tact. Thus. during
the great baccarat trial. In which no
defended Sir William Gordon Cum
ming, he contributed In no small inea-
sure TO The iattcrs defeat by thu. man
neT in which he ahenated popular
sympathy from the baronet. by going
out OF hts way TO aasan tho then
! Prince of Wales. who attended the
trial az a witness. cont.iving by sheer
! LACK OF tact to convert the entire con
troVersy into an issue. not between
tho wilson's OF Tranby Croft and Sir
/ William. but between the latter ana
the heir apparent
Then, too. he made tho mistake OF
accepting a retainer from Oscar Wilde.
/ ana In Undertaking the defense Of
mat gifted but ignoble creature, In the
latte:'s shameful lawsuit against the
/ iate Marquis OF Quccnsberry In fact,
whenever II has been possible for him
/ TO Identify himself with thorourniy
/ unpopular cause, he has invariably
I managed 10 do so Yet, with an thai
( nc has ever been in great demand
aa Il counsel. perhaps largely because
re Is so aggressive in his plcadings
ana III his examinations, that he
inspires dread in his advcrsaries
/ name to the fact that he was SOLICITOR
Genera! In the late Lord Sausbur,.s
I !Aoo Conservative administration. but
i"'ied 70 receive the customary promo
t!oh TO the attorney -seneya!ship. ana
/ 70 the office of LORD Ch.er r,,e,,r,
1 I 10 ms personal unpopular!ty.
cry snort. with long eide WHISPERS.
OF the weeper order. with Tremendous
- shaggy eyebrows, excessively erect
carriage. ana an air OF the utmost self
Z Importance and of assertiycncss be
"eNeftheiess does not impress the
:1faheei with his grandeur. ana on
one occasion, when addressing a work
insmens club In Il locality where n.
vas unknown. people were heard TO
c1.aTK. -" hat very iutcliren,
=peech for laboring man.
Tho Supreme Court of the German
empire last week declared null .nd
Noh iFeubcrs. d lieutenant OF the i'm
pc!!ai German navy, on the rettrsd
Hsl' from Anna Chl, now undcrpo,n,
term OF penal servitude FOR ror,n-S
ana blackma!l In Germany. II ~.
mon mas been annullcd, 1t has been
-1"sP '"e ieSa! rePgcS e,.tatives OF
'He count We're able to SHOW mat H..
was ignorant OF the shameful .nt.-
rcHcnts OF the woman when n. hs
slowed upon her his name. and INN ~.
u"u nc mixing OF the facr thar sb.
""C al one time been one OF m.
most notorious demi- mondaines OF tho
rrussian capital When he ascertain
tn.s' somewhat late In the day. he
cHl!sEated 10 South America, and too;t
steps through his lawyer ana r,.I,-
ives 10 secure either a divorce ~, A.,
''n"uiment OF the marriage. cfforts
"i1'ch nave now been crowned with
1t is source of satisfaction to tn.
court OF Berlin that this woman sb,I,iI
he thus divesieG OF the right Of s,lyi,i,,
hersef any longer Countess yon ,Tramo
"ess' FOR the count is a ,uorlar.,I,.
IeIAtiNe OF the Hohenzollerus ~
hrst Count Treubers was F,a,'r,e,
!scher, tutor 10 Prince Charles uo-
-. "''eTh. grandfather of Kim,
OF houmania. His pupil had
~ elderly and very homcly m,,,,.m
""Ht' frihccss Crcscentia OF ffoi,,,,,l,
..fh' who became so infa,uateI Iii
.ae young tutor that her family had
no alternative bu, TO consrn,
a"o'GAna'ic marriage previous ~
Which he was created Baron Tyn,',,or,.
Jew years later the then King 1r
C|"Mony advanced him to the rank Of
count Treuberg N VI
me son born to this union he,ws,n
.ihcess Crescentia of .lohenzoIlern
mo TUTOR married a natura,
u tEnteF OF Emperor PEDRO ! or
hra%i!' by the Marquise de Son,ora
sewing the name OF isabella AIcan,ara
hr"zi!iera She was created Dm"hs.a
OF Hoyas in the peerage OF Rr"yil
nile sun q child, and was !, III
sister OF Dom Pedro H.. the last EN-
p pcro OF brazil Count Ernest Treu-
DcFs IL grandson OF this Rr,,iIia,,
duchess Of Goyas. and rrc,t 80,