New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-02-08

,cSe, for n tanes There nhould have been 0Nrrt
delegation to-day az Chiselhurst. Government has not
placed any mpediments the way Of cYinan mournefs
and probably would not have placed any the way OF
such army officers as really desired to pay their last
respects to their former chie II had not been for the
rOse and palpable sranng by its enemies to make inc
funeral political demonstration party MANIFESTATION
r.asmuch as the officers Of an army In some soiV
indeed in quite distinct sort-represent the nag VI l
nation and its government, 1t became necessity Vi
military discipline and sefrespect to refuse permission
70 most OF the few officers In active service VINO asked
leave to keep step with Napoleon W. In ING nonoins
funeral procession OF the ex Emperor
Misfortunes never come single. Az Napoleon ana
exchef of armies, Il t that the Emperors corpse
should be shrouded in military suit One Of the num-
berless chr0nioers now reporting death doings at
Chiselhurst writes that IL indeed in the only uni
form at hand the dress Of division general that be
brought away from Sedan. To this frightfu irony OF
circumstance comes q more seriously unhappy coin
cidence Contemporary with announcement OF the
EmperOrs bodily DEATH appeared in French print the
Austrian Minister Beusts comprehensive refutation OF
that poor Duke de Gramonts selfconceived refutaon
OfM ierss assertion that the o: 1879 was declared
without any secured alliances and against the advice on
Austria, Beusts communication 10 the public consists
first Of letter Of to-day addressed 10 Gramont eour-
teOus Of in form, but positive and dennlte 10
degree in denial sometimes OF the words always OF the
intended meaning, Of GramOnts epstles But stil ID
spite OF contained quotations ana ctaons the loIoe Vi
Beusts letter partly dependant not exactly on the
mere question of conscious veracy but on the question
whether the Austrian might not possibly be for pur
pose as preendedly incapable Of seeing, knowing, and
stating the truth as M de Gramont seems TO be natu-
rally But he sets that question at rest by appendng 10
his 10 Gramont OF Attn January 1879 copy OF MS
dispatch 10 Metternch Austrian ambassador at Paris
OF nth July 1870 the purport OF which the latter was
ordered 20 communicate to the Emperor and his CAD
met
have not the time here and now 70 give an absuact
OF these two documents Enough 70 say that the lhsi
seems utterly confirm the first, and the two togetheI
utterly to confirm the deposition Of NJ THEIRS which 80
excited GramOnts wrath and angry contradiction. why
Gramont himself shoud not have accepted this over
/ whelmng condemnation Of himself and Of his or his
masters impocy as final opportunity for observing
brilliant silence is difficult 70 say. Now, between death
aud funeral he has ont in print with long re-
oinder 10 Beust. II Is interesting, entertaining Ihe
mystery s how a man who can express so well what
thoughts he has should have such poor stock ofoughs
TO express HIS rhetoric good. but put 20 tue SERVICE
OF a logic shows all the worse for such atteDdance
There Is a very apparent disregard by the Dnke OF te
point he needs 20 prove viz, that he manly was ght
up 70 the declaration Of and that Ihlers was manly
Wong In Saving thai It preceded by no alliance
such bold disregard OF Beusts dispatch 20 Mettefnch
of July H. 1870 such jauny disregard or facts ana
dates which impress the ordinary reader OF TINS most
extraOr binary correspondence the decisive essentials
pOeOnism in this last the prece ding epstolary e
fort Of the Duke would not dare note my curious a-
mraOn or not the documents ID pflnt and 70 De
read OF all men of leisure. W. H. II.