Lichnowsky
PRINCE, a German diplomat. After long experience in serving various German embassies abroad he became in 1911 Ambassador to Great Britain. During the serious crisis caused by the Balkan War he handled German relations with England in such a way as effectively to prom promote peaceful relations between the two nations. He was unable however to prevent the clash of war in 1914 and was handed his passports in August of that year. In March of 1918 a copy of a memorandum made by himself for his own private defense and justification reached the public.
His bitter criticism of German diplo- Foreign Affairs, brought him into great Sir Edward Grey, British Minister of Foreign Affairs, brought him into great unpopularity in Germany. those dealing with the manufacture of 82,000. leather Aug. 25, 1796. In 1819 he was employed year later started in the same business for himself in New York, and South America. In 1847 he emigrated to California, and investing in real estate made a fortune. In 1874 he placed his entire property in the hands of trustees, to be devoted to public and charitable purposes. The total amount thus given was $1,765,000, of which $700,000 was for LICK OBSERVATORY (q. v.), to be connected with the University of California, $150,000 for free public baths in San Francisco, and $540,000 for an institution to be called the California School and each of his relatives sums varying of Mechanical Arts. For himself he re- Francisco, Cal., Oct. 1, 1876. served $500,000, gave his son $150,000, from $2,000 to $5,000. He died in San ical station; on the summit of Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara co., Cal.; erected through the liberality of James Lick, the