Evening star., 1923-03-02
Heinrich Won Eckhardt, Lately Killed.
Was Active Anti-American Propagandist

correspondence which passed between
Won Eckhardt and the Berlin gov
Mexican authorities and the Japanese
legation in Mexico, on the other. fell
into the hands of the United States
secret service. and were officially
published at Washington.
Won Eckhardt leaves a widow and
, three children-two boys and girl
who had been tended for many years
by a trusted governess OF the name
Of Emmy Melzahn, also very active
in German maneuvers against the
United States.
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In view OF the fact that the Earl OF
Granard is a particularly generous
and open-handed landlord. a devout
Catholic, brought up under the per-
sonal supervision of his fathers most
| intimate friend, the late Cardinal
Newman, and that the Lords OF Gran
ard were among the most vigorous
opponents Of the Act OF Union at the
close Of the eighteenth century, and
that moreover the present peer is a
senator OF the Free State OF Ireland
and has all along been a consistent
champion OF Irish home rule and ma
tionalisn. II does seem totally in
excusable outrage that Forbes Castle,
his ancestral home in County Long
ford, should have been completely de-
stroyed with all it's valuable con-
| tents and old-time treasures through
the explosion of bombs allegedly BY
the followers OF De Valera. Several
hundreds OF thousands OF his New
York wife's good American dollars
were spent in restoring the castle.
! and in equipping 1t with every luxury
and modern comfort. while all the cot
tages and farms on the estate had
! been repaired and improved in the
most generous fashion.
One would have imagined that LORD
and Lady Granard. the latter a
daughter Of Ogden Mills of New York.
| did not have a single enemy in the
Emerald Isle. But they have shared
! the fate of other tried sympathizers
| and friends Of Irish nationalism. and
homo and Of its contents by an act
| OF outrageous viciousness.
| All the landed property Of the Lords
| of Granard Is situated in the Emerald
Isle. with which they have been iden-
titled for the last 500 years. Yet they
I may be described as Of Scottish orr
! gin. Indeed. as head of one of the
| branches Of the ancient Scottish
house Of Forbes. the Earl of Granard
| can claim descent from Robert III of
| Scotland. For the first Lord Forbes
married Lady Elizabeth Douglas
| only child of Princess Mary of Scot
| land. who was a daughter of King
/ Robert. Sir Arthur Forbes settled
| in Ireland in 1920. obtained large es-
tates there under grants from James
1, and was killed In q duel at Ham
burg, where he went to fight for King
Gustavus Adolphus Of Sweden. and
| for the cause Of Professionalism HIS
son was created Earl of Granard by
| Charles II, and is on record as having
suggested to that monarch the foun-
| datiou of Kilmainham Hospital In
| Dublin.
! The present Lord Granard owes his
success in life to the sense of humor
1 Of Edward VII. Some of his fellow
| officers of the Scots Guards with the
! intention of playing joke upon him.
1 wrote him fictitious letter from the
new premier, offering him the high
1 Office at court OF master of the horse
Lord Granard, taking the matter
| quite seriously. waited on the king
| to take his pleasure about the mat
| ter. Edward VII, quickly alive to the
| hoax. turned the joke on its perpe-
! traitors by promptly appointing Lord
Granerd. then quite a-younE man. to
the place. --