The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-08
Foreign Items.

The st. Petersburg correspondent OF the
Cologne Gazette says that "the ill-will with
which England is regarded in Russia is slowly
but steadily increasing" and that an impress
sion Is spreading in the Russian capital that
the complications in Central Asia must lead to
violent collision with the ruler of India Re-
ferring TO a recent article In the Moscow Gazette,
the correspondent observes that this paper
speaks with the greatest enthusiasm OF the ap-
preaching opening of the Suez Canal, which, it
thinks will make Russia the arbiter between
Europe and ASIA and drive England from the
position she occupies in the East; and that the
real reason of the GOODNESS recently shown by
the Russian organs towards Prussia is the belief
that English and Prussian interests are identi-
cal. Another article in the Moscow Gazette,
dated the 25th of October (6th of November),
says that Russian commerce with Central Asia is
acquiring great development, especially in the
direction of Kashgar, which promises to furnish
more considerable field for Russian traders
than Bokhara, but that the Russians find them
selves balked Mt every step by the competition
OF English goods. "a caravan of $500 camels,
laden with tea and European merchandise,
lately arrived from India by a new route, uid
Affghanistan," says the Moscow Gazette, and the
bestway OF opposing the spread of British COM
merce in these regions is to open new roads to
Russian commerce. 1t accordingly RECON-
mends the establishment of fort and harbor on
the Amou-Darya and the commencement of
operations against Khiva with view to ''pre-
venting that country from becoming in future a
pluCC OI TelupC lot hubSla 3 eneUlleS, WueUCC
they may direct attacks on her frontier"
The revival of M. Alexandra Dumas drama,
lie Cheudlier de Maison Rouge, at the Porte
Saint-Martin Theatre, has stirred up an old
question, which had already Deen asked in 1S4S
| as to why the author did not allow his hero to
retain the name under which he actually flour
ished in history-that is, Rougeville, not Mai
| son-Rouge. To this inquiry NJ. Alexandra
| Dumas has just replied by giving very extra
ordinary story in the columns of the Moniteur
du Sotr. Writing to that paper, M. Dumas says
| that the four-volume novel from which his
| drama is drawn had been originally announced
to appear under the title of "Chevalier de
| Rougeville, y" but that day or two after the
| publishers advertisement was printed he ON.
| Dumas) received letter from the Marquis de
Rougeviile, son of the Chevalier, asking him
| what sort OF a part his father was made to play
in the book. N. Dumas answered very cour-
| teously that, as he greatly admired the heroic
| devotion of the chevalier, he had painted him in
| glowing colors, but that, to avoid in any way
| hurting the susceptibility of the marquis, he
would rechristen his work and call it MdisOn-
| Rouge. So far so good: but at this point the
story takes an unexpected turn. for, after an in
| terval of a week or two, M. Alexandra Dumas
receives another letter from the marquis, ,couched
| briefly follows-" "Sir-Give to your novel
| what title you please. / am the last of my
| name, and ! am going to blow out my brains
| this evening"" This unsatisfactory epistle was
| delivered to NJ. Dumas at P. NJ. Without a
| moments delay he started off the secretary to
the marquis lodgings in hopes of being able to
| stop the suicide; but it was too late The mar
quis, who, like his sire, seems to have been of an
unfortunately romantic turn of mind had fallen
| madly in love with Russian lady, who had
some excuse for declining his advances seeing
that he was already married man. Driven to
despair, the eXctable nobleman had given the
lady last rendezvous at his house, and the
mament she crossed his threshold had shot him
self in the head. M. Dumas secretary heard or
arriving that he had not killed himself on the
spot, but was lying dangerously wounded. A
few days later, however, when he went to pay
second visit he found that the marquis had tori
off his bandages in paroxysm and was dead
Thus, says NJ. Dumas in conclusion, ''you will
see that it is not from ignorance, but from dis
cretion, that call my drama MdtsOn Rouge"