Evening star., 1923-05-12

tHelr ldthef patronNmic OF Won BcF-
len HalbaCh.
1t may be added that the ex-kaiser
| repeatedly. but vainly, pressed ord
nary titles of nobility upon both Bnr-
tha krupp and upon her husband
VINO share Jointly the mana gement
ana ownership Of the Essen works
With the latter her younger sister
has no concern. She married on TIA.
| same day as Bertha Baron Telo vot
NllkoWski. son Of the then governor
| OF Prussian SaNcuN.
/ 1t is curious that although the *.
| kaiser showed such marked favor and
regard for Gustave Won Halbach
Bohlom Krupp, both prior. and espe-
| cially subsequent to his marriage
with Bertha krupp. the mistress o.
| the great iron works Of Essen. he
| should have shown himself 50 terri
! bly, hostile to the late Prince ErneS.
| oring 10 prevent his succession to II.
, most relentless persecution. endnav-
i oring TO prevent his succession to IT,
throne of the prinCipality OF LIppa
because he insisted that the prInc.
! was debarred from tho line of 81,
+. cession through the fact that h.
/ mothers mother had heen a Ma,hid.
! Halbach Of Philadelphia married II
Count Leopold Won Wartensben in IL.
| Quaker city. and that. therefore Ia.
| bourgeoiSe strain OF HaIbaCh bloc.
in the princes veins was enough /"
| disqualify himself from th" throne
| The case. dragged through nrany
courts IN Germany, until rnallE
was decided. greatly 10 th, DISCUS
and anger OF the eN-kaiSer. in favor
of tho late Prince Ernest of Lipp.
not only by the supreme court @oE
the empire at Leipsig, but also by =
congress OF the rulers of the twenty
odd independent states comprised IL
| the confederation known IS the Ge:
man empire. and who has been as
| sembled to consider the case
! Even then the ex-emporcr decline I
| to accord to Prince Ernest the hon
| ors due to the sovereign of an inde
! pendent German state. and took every
| opportunity of sighting and aGfrant
| ing him. just on account Of the Hal
bach blood which had come to HIM
! from his Philadelphia-born grard-
/ mother.
! Colonel the Hon. George AketS
| Douglas. who has been spcnG
ing several weeks at Hot Springs. Va
where he and his wife have made
many friends is the Younger son Of
| Viscount Chilston. who has held sev
! eral cabinet offices in tory admins
| trations. among them that of secre-
tary of the interior and minister Of
! public works in Downing street Lore
| Chilston's eldest son and heir, til"
| Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas, is Bri =
ish envoy and minister plenipoten~
| tary al Vienna. after havufSESpen
several years at the foreign bffich as
| private secretary to Lord CurZ"ni
! Lord Chilston is "A classmatc Of
Lord Balfour and Of Lord Roseherr
| at Eton and OF Lord Glastone AZ Ok
ford and owns beautiful place ia
| Kent near Maidstone on the banks of
the River Stour, which flows through
! it OH past Canterbury and Sandwich.
! finding its way into the sea at Peg
we'll bay.
/ The older part of the house dates
/ from the Nv century, and is of Ston".
while the newer portion dates frptn
the early Georgian era--namcly. from
| 1927. The mansion is famous for its
magnificent old panneling hundreds "f
J years old, as we'll as for its woud
| carvings and it's old masters. Will
the great park is full Of majestic
trees which were already ancient in
the days of Queen Elizabeth.