The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-28
ALEXIS AMERICAN ADMIRERS,

How tho American Love Letters OF the
Grand Duke Alexis Came Near Being
Published In Bel8ium-What q Row
1t Would Have Kicked Up.
The Virginia CITY New Enterprise il response
BILE for the following, which must De taken cum
Oran0 salts when 1t Is remembered that American
matr0ns aud m1idens are not In the habit OF CON-
promising their reputation even with royalty.
II any such let ers are existence they are most
likely the production OF adventuresses:-
We do not Anow tlat tie folio wing story In rela-
ton 70 the Grand Duke Alexis and MS late tour IN
the United States nss ever been published. II was
related Uy the Grand luke himself while IN japan
to q gentleman whose name. were II men toned,
would be familiar ~ the mos: VI our readers.
No sooner nad the Grand Duke anaed in the
United states than he was hooded with ali OF
lie rers from ali sorts oil peOple on al sorts OF sup-
Jects. Embraced Ia the eplstolary hurricane we're
isma.es~nany tue INSPIRATION Of import. nencs
and dishonesty and many more the prompting OF
FLAGRANT AND CRIMINAL MNoDEsrY.
All Glasses seemed 10 participate III this folly
women without reputation and with nothing 10
lose, as we'll as adies OF wealth and respectaDiity,
prepared TO sacrifice everything. Many OF those
letters were glanced over merely ana deslroy ea
but large numver were, with lardonaoie vanity
In the young Grand Duke, retained ior
future examination alter ne had finished his
travels These letters, embraced IN 10 less
than i've packages, were inMusted TO an
white the Grand Duke continued his Journey west.
ward. In due time Alexis received a letter from
has august iatneE, among OJhef mat
tiers. tuat Jour sealed packages mad Deen rece we'd
from him, but the N essenger Was missing. Alexis
At once surmised that one OF tue packages mad
been stolen By the orderly, whose purpose was 10
make them pubic Unwilling 10 have
THE REPUTATION OF MANY LADIES
OF respectabilny thus compromised through his
caieessness, Alexis promptly teegraphed TO tae
Emperor ~ arrest the orderly at any cost AID
the missing letters. All tue police Appliances
OF the RUSSIAN empire were at once lnvoAeu, but
the orcerly could not De found Within tue vast
dominions OI the Gar lie was at length DIS
covered In q town IN Belgium, waere nc was Sc
renely engaged IN making up the letters Ia an
and The book was on the point OF Uelng
issued, lot the fellow nad maze good use Of his
time. NO time was to be lost But what was TO
be donef Russia had NO extradition treaty win
Belgium, aud the BeIgian authorities, aitnou2n
willing to accommodate the Gar. did not see
how the publication could be suppressed. Exas-
perated At this state OF affairs, the Gear
THREATENED TO INVADE BELGIUM
at once with q powerful army, utterly reckless OF
the peace Of Europe, unless tue calprlt was su =
the Belgian King set ABBOTT finding some pretext
upon winch the orderly might De arrested. IL was
finally ascertalned tuat he was printing ms book
without the usual license and he was promptly
taken INTO custody. Vita has unfinished volume
and stolen letters he was nul ried across the Bel
Russian government were ready to receive him.
He was soon In st. Petersburg and In twenty oar
hours after was on MS way to Siberia, under SEN
LIFE ssRvITUDY IN The MINES
The next letter from the Emperor informed
Alexis that his missing letters, partially prlD ted,
had been recovered, ana the young gen man
was aomonishei TO De little more careful OF MS
love missIves IN the future. Had these letters
been published, q pro0unj Outer would nave
been created among the arrest " not the best oil
the great elites OF the East aud the volume wou d
have met, course, with . prodigious SAFE Inc
erring ones win appreciate their narrow escape
menace Of a general European war; and the lesson
should serve them through lie.