The New York herald., 1873-08-05
E NJ s :.
Louise Muhlback on the Famous German
Watering Place.
GRAPHIC SCENES FROM HISTORY.
Eugene of France and Marie
of Russia.
"JE NE M'ENCANAILLERAI PAS"
miss MuhIbach's Interview
With the Kaiser.
SPEAKING TO BENEDETTI EN- R0I."
The Historical Scene at Ems Accu-
rately Described.
PILGRIMAGE TO THE MEMORIAL STONE.
Kaiser Wilhelm at the Waters-His Fir.
tation With Young Girl.
The New York Herald of
May 2.
The Historical Scene at Ems Accu-
rately Described.
PILGRIMAGE TO THE MEMORIAL STONE.
Kaiser Wilhelm at the Waters-His Fir
tation With Young Girl
The New York Herald Uf
May 2.
The German Emperor's Opinion
of That Issue.

EMS, Germany, July 49, 1873.
A letter from Ems! Who would have thought
few years ago that Ems, this little and pretty but
dull, spot in the green Lain Valley, would become
place Of note, celebrated not only on account of
its springs and their efficacy but that it would be
the spot where one OF the greatest and most i'm
portant events OF history would be enacted. Just
rs nobody becomes celebrated in the world all at
once, 80 Ems ascended, as it were the ladder of
fame. At first 1t was the baths and springs which
brought The small unknown place into renown, but
whispered to each other blushlngly OF the extraor
dinary results attained there.
THE Ex-EMPREss OF THE FRENCH AT EMS.
But there came day when the dawn OF historic
celebrity appeared behind the green mountains.
This was the day which the Empress Eugenie
appeared quite suddenly and Unexpectedly in Ems.
Did she, also, perhaps intend testing the efficacy
OF the springs? No; the beautiful woman had no
maternal longlngs and why should she have such
desires-the Empire had an heir. The reason why
ferent. The short-sighted people, the political
medders, believed the tale that Eugene
had left Paris and ST. Cloud in fit
Of melancholy, and that this melancholy
was the result Of the Emperor's habits, which gave
her cause for jealousy. Thus it was said that
Eugene had come to Ems to drown in the green
waves of the Lain her rage at the fathessness OF
her husband But the Empress looked anything
but sad; she had brought her sweetest smile and
her most ravishng toilets with her; she charmed
everyone with her amiabity and her utter disre-
gard OF etiquette. The ladies sympathised with
the unhappy love which she hid so well under
rouge and poatdre de riz, and knew not in what
way ITO express their devotion. The gentlemen were
conquered by the beauty the grace and The pecu-
liar fascination possessed by this woman, who from
her mother had inherited the fair skin of Ireland
and from her father the bright, ravishing eyes of
Spain, while from her new country, France, she
had adopted the elegant manners of charming
sauoir taire.
Only very few knew the real ground of
this sudden and astonishing journey OF the
French Empress. Only the most intimate
and initiated whispered to each other that,
instead OF having quarrelled with him, the
Empress lived in the greatest friendship with the
Emperor and that 1t was at his express wish that
she had come to Ems. Thus already at that time
dark clouds began to appear on the political hori-
xon, and the farseeing Napoleon knew that these
clouds were the forerunners of great and dsas-
trous storm for France.
FRANCE HAD LOST PART OF HER PRESTIGE
she no longer occupied the first place in the great
race of politics, nor was the post OF arbiter in all
political affairs, post OF honor which she had so
long occupied, any more conceded to her so unre-
servedly. The other Powers made private and
public treaties among themselves and were SEEM
ingly unanimous in wishing to exclude France
from these.
1t was arranged that at this time the Prussan,
Austrian and Russian rulers should meet in Ems
with their wives, and France was to be excluded
from this reunion. And so the little comedy of a
tealous Empress was enacted in st. Cloud, and the
Empress Of the French came to Ems in order to
enact the loving and jealous wife seeking quiet
ness and rest.
But If the whole world believed this r,lse, there
was one woman who OWNED the real reason, and
who, wrapped in ner high and exclusive dignity,
would not be duped. This woman was
THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.
Apartments were already prepared for her in
she Hotel zudenver Thurmen, when all at once
the Emperor, who had already arrived, received
telegram from Darmstadt, where the Empress
was staying with her family, saying that she
had suddenly been taken very ill., The EN-.
peror Immediately left Tor Darmstadt, exactly
the day after the arrival of the Empress OF the
French. Naturally the Queen Of wurtem-
berg, who had expressly come to receive
her imperial sster-in-law, also left Ems for
Darmstadt, and the Queen Of Prussia who had
been expected to take part In the reception Of the
Emperor OF Russia, had written to countermand
fhe apartments which were being prepared for
her. All this was said to be on account OF the
sudden illness Of the Empress Of Russia. Thus
She Empress Of the French was
ALONE IN EMS,
SAmired and gazed M py the visitors. but stu