Prince Lichnowsky, who has been appointed German Ambassador in London,
was an attache in London about the year 1885, and retired from the Diplomatic Service several years ago with the rank of Minister. He is an hereditary member of the Prussian Diet, he has earned a character for moderation in domestic politics, and in a recent contribution to Nord and Siid he has discussed Anglo-German relations with remarkable candour. The Berlin correspondent of the Times describes him as able and ambitious, and observes that if his appointment causes surprise "it will, perhaps, be chiefly because the newspapers have appointed him in vain to practically every important diplomatic post that has fallen vacant in recent years—even to the Imperial Chancellorship." Prince Lichnowsky, who is fifty-two years of age, is the head of an old Silesian family of Polish origin, and a descendant of the generous Prince who settled on Beethoven a pension of 600 florins, and is immortalized by the composer as " one of my most faithful friends and patrons of my art."
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