| Show 1 J I rn COUNT TAAFFE Tbs IlllloinUhfl AuiItU Rtstiamsn trite It nt Nile 1111100 Count Taaffo who li itifferlng from erloii limes U I both on Austrian atflteimnn and on Irish peer Ho la tho eleventh Vlaeotinl Taaflo In Iho peerage peer-age of Ireland and Huron of Ilallymote but for tho last flee generations tho Taaffea have llvnl In Austria lilt mother was Princes Amelia daughter of tho lain Prince of Ilreicnhelm von Itegeni Count Taaffo IB only sixtytwo t year of age Ho married l when lie wai twentythree Oho Counter Htaky von t Keremlhsiegh and auceee led to the I family honors In till After holding many high state offices notably the Kovcrnornblp of Iho Tyrol and Vorarl berg he become prime minister of Ana Irln In 1S79 and In that oHlce which ho held till 1S93 he displayed an extraordinary I extraor-dinary adrollncM In maniglng the nr col helrrugencoui natlonallllea which compose com-pose ho Austrian and bite Hungarian stale holding lo the cat Iron policy but showing himself an Ideal 1 opportunist opportu-nist a master of compromise and of tho art of controlling conflicting Interests Hla laughing remark made In a sitting < of the relchiralh In 1892 En somme et nvont tout II Imports do vlvoter might well serve aa Iho epitaph of his ro rp COUNT TAAKPU fIn political career When ho left the omen In 191 he received an unusually warm letter of thank from the Emperor Irancls Joseph of whoso youth ho was the cherished friend and companion Count Taaffo was a politician of the school of Lord 1 Melbourne 1 whoso famous fa-mous Why cant you let It iilono he would heartily havo echoed |
