New-York tribune., 1915-10-31
CFRMANY's OUTPOSTS IN RUSSIA
Has Maintained for the UnRussanized Germ,
lie, of the Three Baltic Provinces

made a rapid Official career. f,.,.
ceived Russian culture, ard wa. 'V \
the classification Of the Pole, p h
served his native ties and suppoy,.I ,sss -
patriots. Another brother remain" " ~
plete German, although managing ~
ment estate and occupying ,dn,,,.sr s~sr
posts In his native land; wall.
brother oftentimes became q sub,.., w
many and made his career IN pr,..,u "
in the army. These relatiosss ~
"Gazets Warssawsks" in eonclusia. 81, =
cause any conflicts. external or ,,..s.e ~. -
long as there continued the 60.
Russo-Germsn friendship. A ,u,r,r.,
edy and terrible strife On u. s.t
ground appeared only with N. n... saa
the outburst OF the war. Then /. VA. = "
snry 10 choose between loyalty s,d .,st et
sentiments, between duties 70 N. 49,.
! ties Of blood
About the relations Of the C.--
Russia's Baltic provinces with N. sv'. =
land" interesting data are suppIi.a
Ksiunin in .he "Novoye vremys- az
grad. These data Mr.. Ksiunin draw -.
the edition for 1907 of an sddr.s. .,.'
published In Dsrmstadt, C.rn.,.
"Addresbuch far die ausserh,A
Heimat lebenden Balten. Herausg.s.A..- -'s
verbande deutscher Bsl,en in Dsrm,,,A.
From this source (ths "Noyoys w.,
deplores that II has not at It's di.n...,nn
/ later editions Of the Dsrmstaat ,lr.,..,s
appears that in 1907 there were llv;,, /.
Germany 1,74s and in Austria SO c.rs..
from the Baltic provinces who had k.,. =
closest relations with their relative. 49,.
| ing in the "land OF the eastern l.ks.s :,
the best known families there lived |, a.
"Vaterland", Won Ho.ningen. .Huene. -
sens; Won Samsohn Himmelstern. a: =.
Msnteuffel. S. Won Beer, 8; Won Ksy,ss..
g. Won Wrsngel. 9; Won Engelhsrdt n. ~
Lieven, 10; Won Stsckeberg, 10; Won Ti....'
hausen, 10; Won Gruenewald, II, voa yst,,.
hoF, II; Won Fierks, l2; Won Crothu. q.
Won Meidel, 10; Won Wolf, IS; voa Der Ksr,
81. and Won Osten-Sacken, "a.
! From the Dsrmstadt almanac n ma, A.
/ learned that in 1907 there served In ths Ca.
man army about thirty Germans from Rus.
sia's Baltic provinces, namely, Baron N,
scheidt, personal adjutsnt Of Prince Frederic,
] W llildis tOuHb IdhNAVtAf NluS tfl14rt
Otto Burst, lieutenant, adjutant, S2d Rsr
ment, infantry; Frederick Brutler, lIeu.essr
colonel; Won Krusenstern. Lieutenant eoloss
Wilhelm Adolph, lieutenant; Baron Va,
Aschenberg, lieutenant; Max Berngrdn, N..
tenant; Gustave Brutzer. lieutenant;' Baro
| Dirschau, lieutenant; Arthur Getgens, lea
tenant; Won Holander, lieutenant: Bare
Hoinngen-Huen lieutenant; Parsnniu
lieutenant; Victor Serafm, lieutenant; SeAs
mann, lieutenant; Count Stenbock, lieux,
ant; Count Tiesenhaus, lieutenant; Won n
| ing, lieutenant; Baron Won Wigand, lie1ts
ant; Baron Wrangel, lieutenant So MAJ
were there in 1907; how many are there nov
Besides this, the Darmstad. almanac M
tions a whole series Of names Of wives I
German officers who have come from Rusdsl
Baltic provinces. among others the Baroas
Wolf, now Countess Zeppelin. Count zg
pelin, as is known, built his frst dirieh'
with the money of his wife, who for tAs
purpose mortgaged her estate, Alt Schvsnss
burg. "At present" observes the "NovsI
Vremya," "the destinies Of this estate are N
kr own. Will IL be confscated by the Russi
government or will il be left in peace!'
WACLAW PERK0WSKl
New York, Oct. 20, 1915.