Arizona republican., 1917-09-14
Helpina Soldiers and Prisoners
 Through the War Charities

Through the War Charities
 As soon as the war was declared and millions of men marched forward ln- tent upon killing, hundreds of men ana women immediately took up the prob lem of helping the soldiers, the wounded and the prisoners, and Of caring for those left behind by the men who had gone to the front.
 The first war charity to come under my observation was the American Red Cross Two units containing three doctors and about twelve nurses each were sent to Germany by the American National Red Cross. Before their arrival 1 took up the questions as to whether these would be accepted by the German authorities and where they would be placed. The German authorl- ties accepted the units and at first de- cided to send one to each front. The young man assigned to the west front was Goldschmidt Rothschlld, one or the last descendants of the great ! Frankfort family of Rothschild. He had been attached to the Germany em- bassy in London before the war The i one assigned to the unit for the east l front was Count Helie de Talleyrand. l Both of these young men spoke Eng l fish perfectly and were chosen for that l reason, and both have many friends Tn England and America.
 | Talleyrand was of a branch of the celebrated Talleyrand family and pos | sessed German citizenship. During the Napoleonic era the great Talleyrand married one of his nephews to Prin- cess of Courland who, with her sister, was joint heriess of the principallty ot ! Sagan in Germany. The share of the other sister was brought by the sister who married young Talleyrand and the descendants of that union became i princes of Sagan and held the Italian title of Duke de Dino and the French title of Duke de Valencay.
 Some of the descendants of this nephew Of the great Talleyrand re- mained in Germany, and this young Talleyrand. assigned to the. Red Cross unit, belong to that branch. Others settled in France, and among these was the last holder of the title and the Duke de Dino. who married two Amer jeans. first Miss Curtis and secondly Mrs. Sampson It was a custom in this family that the holder of the principal title. that of the Prince of Sagan, al lowed the next two members in suc- cession to bear the titles of Duke de Dino and Duke de Nalencay. Before the last Prince of Sagan died in France his son Hclie married the American, Anna Gould who had di- vorced the Count Castellane. On the death of his father, and in accordance with the statutes of the House of Sa- gan, the members of the family who were German citizens held a family council and, with the approval of the Emperor of Germany. passed over the succession from Anna Gould's husband to. her son, so that her son has now the right to the title and not his father but the son must become a German citizen at his majority.
 The younger brother of the husband of Anna Gould bears the title of Duke de Valencay, and is the divorced hus- band of the daughter of Levi P. Nor ton. formerly vice president of the United States. This young Talleyrand to whom I have referred and who was assigned to the American Red Cross unit, although he was a German by na- tionality, did not wish to fight in this war against France, in which country he had so many friends and relations and, therefore, this assignment to the American Red Cross was most wei come to him.
 On the arrival of the American doc tors and nurses in Berlin it was decided to send both units to the east front and to put one in the small Silesiar town of Gleiwitz and the other in the neighboripg town of Kosel Count Tal- leyrand went with these two units Goldschmidt Rothschild being attached to the Prussian legation in Munich. We had a reception in the embassy for these doctors and nurses, attended by Prince Hatzfeld, Duke of Trachen berg, who was head of the Germa1 Red Cross, and other Germans inter- ested in this line of work The Giei- witz and Kosel units remained in these town for about a year and until the American Red Cross withdrew it's units from Europe.
 Withdrawal of American Red Cross to
 Russia
 At about the time of the withdrawal of these units I had heard much of the sufferings of German prisoners in Russia. I had many conversations with Zimmerman, of the German for eign office, and Prince 4atzfeld on this