South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-19

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| He was accused Of conspiring with
Bismarck against the crown princess
\ and of acting as the iron chancel-
/ Ior's spy Rumors of his duplicity
reached the ears of the crown prince
1 himself. but the latter never attach
ed any importance to them and one
Of his first acts upon his accession
was TO bestow upon Radolinsky the
title of prince. with the prefix of
/ Serene Highness,' an honor which
was widely criticized by the Polish
party. who had never cared for the
object of the distinction, and who
had always looked askance upon him
suspecting him Of being untrue to
the Polish cause.
The new prince. however, did not
| trout BILE much about his Judgment of
/ his compatriots. for whom he has
never cared. and to whom he had
/ always more or less remained a
stranger. He was quite content TO
\ be left in possession Of his magnifi-
cent castle Of Jarotschin. in the pro-
vince of Posen, and of his princely
/ income.
He had. while very young, enter
/ ed the diplomatic service and re-
turned to il in his later years, being
/ appointed by the present kaiser am
/ bassador to ConstantinOple, st. Pet
/ ersburg and Paris. In every one
of these posts. except st. Petersburg,
1 he won for himself golden hOnOrs.
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appreciated at the court of the
4 car il was on account of a Ger
/ man princess. the Grand Duchess
/ Wladimit with whom he had quar-
rled almost from the first day of his
arrival in the Russian capital. Some
/ people, supposed to share the Sc
crets OF the gods said that Prince
/ RadOlin, who was a gentleman in
the best sense of that word. did not
/ approve certain underhand methods
practiced by the grand duchess in
! transmitting 10 her German cousins
all the information she could obtain
concerning Russian politics. Whether
\ for this reason or not. the fact re-
mains that the prince had TO eX-
/ change his post for that OF Paris.
/ where he made himself very popu-
Ter partly on account of his person
al dmiability and partly because of
\ the fact that his wife was, through
her mother Ga Talleyrand Perigord
/ bv BIRTH allied TO all that was most
Exclusive in French society and the
I Faubourg st. German. The RADIO
Ilins we're charming and highly bred
| people. who knew how 10 master
certain delicate situations, and this
was everywhere appreciated except
lin Berlin. where. after a time, the
/ kaiser ambassador 70 Paris became
REGARDED as far too French in his
! sympathies and tastes So it was
decided 10 recall him from his post.
To was n great sorrow both 10
him and TO the princess TO have TO
leave Paris. where they had felt SO
I thoroughly at home. and making no
secret Of their regret. they refused
10 settle in Berlin, retiring. instead,
/ 10 their country seat When the
war broke out they were suspect
I ed of reasonable practices and sub
jected 20 much annoyance by the
I German authorities The old prince.
now far advanced i'm the seventies.
could not stand the strain and died
few months ago. leaving consider
able millions and enless lawsuits.
Prince Radolin's first wife was an
Englishwoman. a Miss Wakefield
I daughter OF an officer in the Indian
/ service and of a Hindoo princess.
This circumstance was the source
l Of much sorrow TO the Radolin
family because although Miss
Wakefield herself had a quite fair
skin. her two children, and especial
I Is her daughter showed most mark
ed sigAs OF their Hindoo ancestry.
especially the young Countess RADIO
! lin. who was the exact image of a
Colored girl OF Benares or Calcutta,
fact which however. did not pre-
vent her being a very charming