Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-28

The Right Rev. David H. Greer.
bishop of New York, Just past rs. is
one of the leaders of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of America. Pre-
vious to becoming a bishop in 1904
Or. Greer for many years was rector
OF the we'll known church Of st.
bartholomew in the metropolis. He
is native of Wheeling, w. Va, and
received his education at Washington
college, Philadelphia, and the Epis-
copal seminary at Gambler o. He
began pastoral duties at Clarksburg.
w. Va, going thence to Covington.
KY. and later to Grace church.
Providence r. l. These successive
advancements constituted tribute
to his ability as preacher and organ
izer, and resulted in 1883 in the call
to the pulpit of St. Bartholomew in
New York City.
The usually wide reach of public
ity's spotlight falls short of the sector
OF Siberia where the American mill
tary forces, with other allied forces.
block the eastward march of bolshe-
vism. Major General William 9.
Graves, the commander, is a Texan
by birth, Just "a years old and a
West Pointer He was a colonel in
1917, a brigadier general early in
1913, and made major general
when placed in command of the ST.
berian expedition last fall. Previous
ly he had been a member of the
general staff, and had distinguished
himself in the Philippines, where he
participated in various campaigns
and received the thanks of Gen.
J. Franklin Bell for gallantry in &C.
ton in the battle of Caloocan in
1901. Training and experience ad-
mirably fits him for the present task.
History records that many English
families settling in Ireland become
more Irish than the Irish them
selves" in the national sense. Coun-
tess MarklewitZ. Sim Fein member
OF Parliament, Is the latest living
evidence Of tho fact. The countess
is a native of rebel Sligo, born Miss
Care Booth, daughter Of an Eng
lish family not many generations
settled in Ireland She got her title
by marrying Polish count. Staff
correspondent Henry M. Hyde of the
Chicago Tribune. who participated
In her reception In Dublin on her re-
turn from British prison recently.
says she does not look anything like
her 80 years. She wears spectacles,
her features are delicate, and 1 could
find nothing magnetic about her
personality. AS a speaker she is
explanatory and "scrappy," two strait
peculiarly suited to revolutionary
activities. Social traditions have it |
that the countess in her younger
days was the belle Of Dublin castle !
halls. Nothing would please her bet
ter now than shooting cannon balls |
at the castle.
International gossip forecasting |
peace time events mentions the prob |
ability of Primo Charles Max Lick |
nowsky being the first ambassador |
OF the new Germany to the United |
States. The prince comes of an IL
lnstrious and very old Polish, family, |
whose home and estates we're part Of |
the slice of Poland which fell to |
Germany when the central powers
and Russia strangled and carved the |
ancient kingdom. He was born in !
1860 and is thus in his seth year. |
Prior to and at the outbreak of the |
war the prince was German ambas-
sador at London. In that position he |
strove to avert hostilities, not know
ing that the war lord and the war
party had decreed that the hour had
struck for Der Tag" A plan of |
the Serbian mess had been
between him and the Brit
ish foreign minister, but the am
bassador was double crossed at Ber-
lin and his efforts came to nought.
In 1917 the princes diary Of the ne
gotiations was published and the
revelations of the crooked diplomacy
at Berlin aroused the wrath Of Pots
dam and caused the arrest Of the
prince on charges Of treason. The
charges were not pressed, however.
Increasing internal troubles forbade
prosecution for telling the truth.
Freedom of his home and silence
served the ends Of the military ma
chine. Thus the prince survived the
orgy Of blood and pelf, saw his
truths windicated by results and wit
messed the downfall of the authors
Of the crime. In the light Of his rec
ord as a truthful and four square
Prince Licknowski at
would prove a service
able representative of the new Ger
man government