San Francisco Call, Volume 69, Number 92, 2 March 1891 — A GAiIBMXG PRINCE. [ARTICLE]

A GAiIBMXG PRINCE.

Cause of i In- Compulsory K<slgnatlon of . . l'rlnce George Kadzivlll. ■The compulsory resignation of Prlnra George Radzivill,. Lieutenant; In. the Guards and heir of. Prince '.Anton, the . Adjutant- . General, from the Imperial- Army; has given rise; .to more comment than any social event' of recent years. : It .'!»" no exacgreKHtion to say that the. Princ name lias been on every one's tnnc'ue. 'Isnewspapers, .top; ; have lost their custom: ' forbearance . iii speaking of '''scant. • . connected - '•: with .'• the :, scions :; of -gtess .'.'• ' families, and refer -openly:.. in ..their <•.;•!- minis to the young man* history and ' ti.t? causes which led. to' his resignation, and to ■ the -.- displeasure of ..; the. : Emperor. *•' Two yearS: '. "jic'o?' jthe heavy ..losses of ' ■ youn^ .'■l'r|ace-\.ls'ai).zVvill led .■■'■■.•to- llis transfer to Pefcdam. ?. The : different 'enylrpnme-riti tlie Intercession, of -friends and remonstrance of ; his. biTttitif ill failed, however, to modify ..' .Ins-. ambitions. On the contrary, they seeined'.ttt redouble his v- passion. .- Sur- ' •": rounded :l>y congenial conipan jus he spent '■'■ ■ night alter nipht at: the caiiieible. The . .' : clique-' became famous. : .;s|lenV-ic I.me'.frpra1 .me'.frpra- ". oilier towns and distant Harrison's to join ■• • thenp : ..Fickle fortune was tempted in ■■ . every way; Hut I.'a<lzivill was not sue- -. cessful. -He constantly lost heavy sum of ;• money. More ■ than 5,000,000 marks left • his hands, it is said, in a marvelously short *.* - time;' His ill fortune: • and '■ thoughtless^ . ness led ;to ' quarrelsome scenes with... '.-. the Princess. .' bounded in spirit and dis-. : . ' couriiged, not lone ago she suddenty depart- .- '■ ed fiii I'aris with a determination to remain -7 in the gay capital. A reconciliation followed, however, through the intervention of the : • wife of an officer; who is agreeable to the-. ; .. court, and the Princess...retiir.iiea, to her home.' But her happiness was' of short dv- '■ rati hi. I :'.'.'-' '■■■'.. ;.: ■■/'.- ■'■'. ;i ■'■'■-..■■ j- ' No -family stands : closer to the Hohen-". •: zollerns than.' the Kadzivills. More than a-.. • i century aao a .princess of the latter/-".---family: was led. to .the. altar -.by a. member of .'the . royal house- The ex-I^leuten-aui's father owns targe estates iv roland- . .where scores of. guests annually to .. 6ngage;ln the chase. ' The Emperor i? al-.'.V.-:. ways among the number. Out of the abundance of his liclies I'riDce Anton made -. ■a large- -allowance -for his son and : heir. No one had better prospects than he. '•: ; Tall, : handsome, accomplished and clever, j .- "the cant and calendar of gentry," he -was: ' ; . ■ a natural object of envy. Nublo Gretcheni- : : -.-•' looked ii'pyu him with favor. ...-.':■ '.'>■•' Seven years ago, when only .4, he wedded ' ■:'■: the Countess branicka, then » resident of fe-*---'Paris and heiress to large estates .in';.: Kussia". ■' She .it was who, when told . . .■ by a Frenchman ■ on '.the . day .of ' : her V; departure ' from- France -. that she would .V "forget French in the land of the barbari- : \ ans," replied that she need learn only.' one .. sentence In German : -...'••': •-'•■ ;. '. ' ■:.-■; " Please ' give . via v first-class ticket to V ..-■ Paris."" . ■:;■■; '• '-.'■■■■ : -- ■■■''■': ■'■ '■' ■" ; Vv .' She learned much:' more :. than one sen-; ■-.-•■' tence, however,. and -became quickly con-•-tented with ■ her lot. The young pair took ■ ' up their residence in handsome palace in •■■ . the- Voss iStrßSse,"- where they .' dispensed a' , ' • . semi-regal liiisuitali'ty. The Princess • her■'■'.came oho of the 'leaders of -society. ' Her-. ; wealth and position enabled her to: maUe.'. .«.■' her salon one of • the most attractive ia '■ ■.", Berlin. They lived inelaborate style, witli . •'-. sei-.v-ants- -aiiM..; carriages in prplusloti, The lieavy.::expenses .of his establishment ' ;' arid large.-'- losses at cards finally ac'coin- ; - '.?.'■ ■' pjlalicd the: riiin ol l'rince, who was' de- <■[: : 'te'f iirine'a -to'seU.le'on the estates of ; his wife.-- ■-. in Russia: •■/■Despite,' hi j .faUHs,;ii?rrid society .• : -. Tegfets ins departure and inourris the loss of . ; •-. two.pf its most brilliiint members.— V, Correspondent New YorTc Tfibtine. : '^i?'';'^: