, 1875-12-11
TILE EMMA NINE SCANDAL.

Fln&Htcr schcncft'a MISUNDERSTANDING
Attempts ut EIiisficutit,a-E1ts be-
fcsswe Dia.rMatcd -Ahe s."ncra..x
E'amc IN q FoHcr.ulnycr pcrpctu-
Atcds
coy7espotvitne< seo York Tribune.
LoEDoS, s,ov. 10,-Tho .4nyio- american
Itsnts of this weDk returns, With perhaps morn
zeal than Judgment. to tion. Scheuci;'s y defcnse
10 long A'tlcc which purporss to e1plaiu tue
trAnsac4iuDB Dctwebn Gen. Scheusk and Mr..
Park. IL publlshea tho documents, or soue of
ihetn, which passed. be: neon those 80 gentle.
mon touching tho 80 callpd i1an Ut sd0. .UUJ hy
Park to bchenok. aud tho guarantee to lllo latter
of ~ pcr cent interest on thu Euina stoek b:
waH hunpcpcd 10 purchase wish tl1Is moucy.
Unhalplir this long uatrA1trc does no: cnver all
the po:uts necessary to Gen. 6chsnca's v.u-
d.cat'on. II las uevcr bceu dauntod tha;
papers could he pr ,duced which shoud bs rsaa-
lar III form. Tho ;.roLuc ion Of hlcl' papstu gooa
for nothing WITH ,hoen who believe tbnt the in-
ducoments which led Geu. schcnck to paFrn,t tho
sdyorti+ol uao Of h;B Official ti.Ie AZ sliuster iu
connection With tho Enma Nine voee not Of q
kIad 10 be recorded Ia writing; or that. il rc-
CORDED. tho records SO n1t anonR thuae nos
given 10 tic public. Gen. Schsncl's apulogrnt
han done ton much Or not enough. Too mucG
II, as lo intinatce. Diplomatic rcasoDs havo ,u-
peiiea tho Un.toa at4tss MiniA.nr to ksep silen:e
whcb he bad good defooBs to lhn cA!,mn.e. TO
widely circulated ~ London. and no widely BE-.
'itsed. 10, little, bscsuso he hsn not rubitshca
tho aho1o testl1n ,Dy % which he bases Gcu.
6chcnck'n oefenre hing will cissr Con.
Scllenck but the whole truth. II that vii. Tor
mJ rart shalt 10 Lssttily Gid. II he can be
cloaro1, atlin .hch tlfol:h lim las losg
reassd on tho honor OF tho country liz represents
Will DO washed out. hut 1t cannot be dano BIZ
publishing ratertinns from h'e lnitstion-in-
cEtcf, and saprresaluS tho vito . of his c:o5s-
examination. Tho latter n described hY hn
i described 4. vary damaging. Whether it be
damaxibE Of not, ste suppression Of It 10 iatn.
Aying. Ono B'do--rhe pn7tissns Of Schegck.-
treat TITS evidence "a an ex1heratsot,. Tbs other
a'ae-the rerresei'satiTa oi tho d'fraadsa share:
bodors Ut tho Erumk afine-treAss It is proof
that he was Mibod. Uo'il it in I'LL publsshe1.
aud until all otther attainablo evidcn:e Is pub
sllod, tho pubic will. It best. suspend ss juug-
mott.
What 4 rosition. meantime, is thst Of tho
American Legation and OF Ame,iraus in Lon
don !! Au sceiyn d!sc1asou going Oil "hather or
not the Alutrioan MinDater wah or rAs not Al
sccomplco lu ono of tle largost frauds ever cr-
petsa:ed, and whether or nos he was briocd 10
ueconlo m accnnFllcc+ years n cons derab'e
pnrs of the Enahsh patHa asaass''s An bo'tsy.
Wetk:
A the most conspicuous Of those oounectod
wlt1 tho tn!ue. ho beo4lno st oncr thu object of
ro mark. which fn the failure OF tho enteruriso
llsrinnr1 into caluluny. uhoIctg llp WAS rcpre-
sentod ~ having leut his uaEne for = hribe tD
bwinhie, uaing tho dignity confesred upon him
by his Goyornmant to tolude lilo Ing ltr6 public
tuto n fraud. Tho stors uoisod oyor Europe aud
A,ner5tk has been u,deis 4cceptsh as ttNe. !.
AbtsAd, 10 the metropolis Of all others In
winch An,nrranh foo! s!ur znott senatt.Te!v the
Minister al the United States has had to endure
for years not oul7 fro OF wnts nTeoslsa, but In
bocaety HI upapt,ned ftp'tng of 1ep1oaoh."
Uuicluel " in not the No ,d WHICH correctly
dcBcribos the rprnoachba taseiea at Con.
bchenck In boc.ety and elsewhere thor hhso
been only too well defined, But what Gcn.
S,hcnodb own tbnmpi5n--who h1s evidently
been supplied hy blmssIf with q tudieious Holeo-
tIou of docutuatIta --now rart. is only tho reaf-
tirnhtion Aaa poui Of NhAt ove17 IMPARTIAL psr-
SOD long sli!ce frlt aud ur.eI. AmarlcAus have
. tight 10 bv represented in t-o hdon by Ainia-
ter whn-tlo matter how iunoceut 10 may be-
hitnse.t 10 Hus,ieion. Probably rsnsttet. utsns
might tato thaeu tho sataa r!nS had 4o uo: re-
uaIdcd Gen. Bclenck. llko Richardson aud Do
iano and Tho rent oi tho mar;yys, II '.undot
Hfe."
I regret to hear that Gen schonck has o.
rrsB:cd Btrapg dlBAT peoval Ut tue article on
pukcr In tho nsw volume Of tho '' American Cy-
c!opAda." This Is sutrtlsng, becauaa on turn.
,tE to tin article, It Ia asoTedls basad On tue
celebrated t:taslsc OH that game Of which Gen.
kc1onck IL hlnaaslt tnh A1sl,oE. Nor cAn he
con,ulain that credit ia nos gwen hin. fur II la
cltnEip statad TINT lac account thero Even Of
The ulAnner Of piasLog tue Kanso il snbstRntlal!v
that contained in pamphlet b. Gou. ltobcrt c.
HcQtnck. nQpIhnCu III t.HHi2Gu ana. ~ IhGt
tao "CvcIorrd!A" article Ia allnoat 4 reprint Of
Gen. schencks mAnual. wltn tho exception Of
ouch chsuges ~ we're necessary 10 mako It 50 ID
English. lie Is thus rccogutzed. AID will bs
banded down 10 posterty. ~ tbs ilsst hYillR
aushor.ty OH game which bs has arsdaons'y
tablred 10 lntro.E,,co intu Engail witu sGlls
euccoss Rud WHICH he lsH himself loug assiau-
oubly psuctice butii 1t Hume aud ahFokt, glso
with some success but, It n aa,, With less than
such poIsisfcut application desosYes. It may bo
that he thinks these lsbora and this llfe-long
devotion on h1s part 10 10 uobls pl'a amt ought
to hh.e been mora expressly recoanze1-tbat
llo expected fuller appreciation Of 30 aonor-
Ablo III ambition. ! think tnsssli soao sneh
tsibute might have teon raid him, Ii certainly
might hA,e heen stated that tho introduction Of
pokor amoog the pr.ttsA arIstocEscy IL one OF
lhe two th!ngs which hays made. an'i will long
ruake. Gen Behe,ok's nfiurion TO Eueiand ~
.nous (tha other being his tsuatesaAip and II.
1eutolshlp OF tho Emma Aipe).
CONSERVATION.
LovEAt MOOD.