The sun., 1914-09-27
THE MEN BEHIND THE FAMOUS WHITE PAPERS

dence and friendship IN an aitog<.her
exceptional degree.
With Queen Victoria he on one occx-
sion got into trouble. For when AZ
Under Secretary OF state for Foreicn
Affairs he used frequently To- have to 40
To l3almoral, to Osborne and to Windsor
Castle to confer with her Majesty. he
would always notify her beforehand OF
his coming by wire. one evening after
dinner she took him to task as follows:
"Sir Francis, ! must ask you To be
good enough not to sign your kilograms
announcing your arrival 'Bertie.' as IL
makes me expect my eldest son and
then causes me disappointment"
This was said with the utmost
gravity. After that the kilograms were
carefully signed Francis BERTHE" and
further confusion was avoided at the
cost of halfpenny.
Sir Francis. unlike his elder brother
the Earl Of Abingdon. is a Protestant,
and, thanks to this IS on uufricndly
terms with him. bad blood being also
due To- thr Tact that he inherited n fay
lar>cr share of the family fortune than
his elder brother. l5lctcn generations
have passed since his family gave Its
first Ambassador 10 the State under the
reign Of Quccn Elizabeth.
Gottlicb Won Jagow. tho German Sec
rotary Of state. to whose lot II fell to
conduct the negotiations with Sir Ed
ward Goschen which resulted in the
war between England and Germany. Is
a man whose tastes curiously enough.
are maySedly English and whasc great
est friend at Rome when hr was Am
h1Ssador there WAS the British envoy.
Sir Renncl Rodd. N,sy quiet. unob
trusivc. cunciliatOry aud Of the mos.
exquisite courtesy. he shows in his
aupearancc. manner and ut,orsnces
the blucness of his blood and the an
tiquitv Of his descent. For although the
Won JagoWs bear no title they havc
been mobiles since the eleventh centur,
and constitute very numerous snG
powerful clan of The Brlndenburg pa
| triciate. allied 10y marriage TO more than
half Of the great houses Of the Go
| man aristocracy.
The f,miy's armorial device has ben
since the days Of the Crusides a six
| spokpd red wheel ON Il silver shieis
and its members to-day irclud, Trau-
gott Won JaGow. the chief OF tho Ber-
lin police. and Erns; Won laeow. Gov
ernOr Of tho province Of West prus-
/ ~itAf ne F0fNI tldlN OF CltLf WAS
bachelor until a few months ago when
| he contracted a matrimonial alliance
with one Of the daughters Of the
| priuceiy and mediati4ed. that is say
| formerly sovereign. houses of Solus
Prince Charles LichnowsAy. whose
name appears in the White Papers ~,
/ the kaisrrs Ambassador to the Coui1
| of -; Jamess. returned To his native
| land on the outbreak of ifostilitles a
| bitt' rly disappointed man. For he had
set his hear ON restoring old time
J Friendship between Gcrmany and Great
Britain and SAW in the war the failure
oi nll his hopes and lahors
lie Wa in this country 2 few years
ago during a trip around the vorli
landing i'm san Francisco and vsit'n.
III" principal cities Of the United state
/ before sailing from New Nur', for Ham
burg Hc il head of ono ~ tho y-c,.
houses of the old feud.l aristocrscy ot
Siiesla, which axes its name from ~,
Village Of l.lchrow. in Austrian SIleyis
which has been IN rs possession FOR
over 500 years. Tile title Of Prince or
the Holy Roman Empire was bestowed
IN the middle of the eightec nth con
tury