, 1880-03-28
:: DE: LESSEPS. :.
How He Managed to Amuse Him
self Yesterday.
A Pleasant Reception on Change and
a Good Word for Chicago. :>.~
Tie Count Briefly Sketches the Main
.,, Incidents In His Life,

| evening to his quarters. he was up ut o'clocl
yesterday morning. and he said to THE TnIBus
representative that he did not feel tired. 1t WI
nis custom In Paris to always get up ut IN earl1
nour In tho morning, and take cold bath and
Walk before breakfast Dc Lesseps is probabl,
| tho youngest old man alive. Iie Is nearly 7
years OF age, yet he Is us nctve, straight, ant
supple as man OF 2'. One can SEE that he s 1sa1
who bus taken cure Of himself. His hair i
SNOWY white, aud the mustache iron-gray, a1t
Airs. IunSerich says that he does not look oldcl
than bis sons when they appear with him. The
gentleman is remarkably free from atrectation
He is pleasant and kind to al1, and impresses one
with the earnestness Of whit he says. It was
Intended yesterday to show the de Lcsscps
party the Stock-Yareis in the forenoon. hut un-
fortunately the weather WIS too decidedly mois,
to admit of such Il journey. The result wis
r. fhat they staid quietly IN their pnrIors at the
Palmer House during the forenoon. Nine. La
Co!nptcsse WIS unfortunately i'll during the day
having suffered all the previous night from
tootaaehe: TtIE TRIBUNE reporter enjoyed
A PLEASANT TALK
with Mons. de Lcsseps during the forenoon.
P:of. Dyer. of Harvard, being the interpreter.
This gentleman, who is Il son Of the lite DR..
Dyer, y = graduate Of Oxford: and, though n
Greek at Harvard.
Mons de Lesseps said that he had never seen
such reporting rs he had witnessed in this coun-
Try. The reporters seemed to be Il wclt-p0stcd
cliss, and the questions which they asked OF him
showed that they had q thorough comprchen-
sion OF the subject, and were fur ahead Of some
OF those who held responsible positions and who
are Ill high places. He acknowledged the inl-
portancc Of the press, and felt very pratcful for
the interest taken In his enterprise BY the news
papers. ,
Mons. de Lesseps went on to say that he had
great faith In his undertaking, and he was sure
rsat a1 the Ws1 eh %ona a BE- BE- nn ey the assea4 a
my own milking. am schooled in engineering
IN my own school, and therefore am so san
Eutne Thf reasons Of ny fai5h is because nn1
have learned practically what know. When
SPY know II thing, do not say it from the mere
theory Of study, but because have lcnrilcd
denonstrated, and very easily. That is why I
know that the Panama route Is the only prize
ean eea be e1s pH inr and is the best that
Then the reporter asked II. dc Lesseps if he
did not
PREFER DIPLOMACY TO ENGINEERING.
said be: ~ was Consul General to Egypt from
lsE to 1889; was also Consult General to Hol-
fS Mstss mi ssyS to aa Is Is f 81 nstes M
Extraorlinnry and Plenipotentinry to Rome.
The Pope at that time was at Gueta,
n Mcpuc xaS 'rffgS fyS tnSsand Mtn the rrahc a
troops were shcn marching on Rome, and pre-
vented tnonl from entering Home because the
HtEHCA AbAStRHtibH l4Cn HUNT Dl Ut
tacking another Republic. You know FRANCE
was ii Republic then. and | did not want to see
her Constitution violated. The Itenctionary
controlled it's Miflistry Tie Government &C wus
changed before the Third Napoleon came into
power He became the Emperor over the shoul-
the secret Instructions received from the Mi,l-
istry ct that time: Twas this sweeping change
Of policy Of the Ministry, thnt enabled Napoleon
upon that memorable day. and remember
the scenes. Napoleon had plactrls put up or
dering the arrest of his Ministers and Deputies
inprisoniug your Representatives, And the cry
soldiers to Rome The faet ,s.ts the Ministry
ing war upon sister Republic, and-it was this
act TINT really mado Napoleon tho Third Emperor
ct Enee as never 1.% vent nth buck to dpomacy
my post would hnve been pcnsioned with
u, ,0oo fr1tncs q yerr. but I prefer to serve my
country from loyalty only, and retired forever
lne 90 neilrly within reach"
IN THIS conncction it might be proper to say
thnt Mons; Dc Lcsscps is not a wealthy man,
! thOugh he has made great fortunes for others,
but he, to-day, is comparatively poor,
And continued Mons. De Lesseps, '' when
st least, intended to. While arranging my ny "a farm m
heard the intelligence that
THE v1cERoY OF EGYPT
wanted me to come to him. He had Just
3sfsnacd 3esnd d1 the throne had been with his
1874, five years after had left there, that the
'@cero5 suddenly camo into power. He treated
me much like an elder brother, and he asked me
what he should do tn order to make his reign
popular. told him ut once to build the Suez
Canal hnd always heard that England was
npnosed to it. and the yceroys fther h4d hoen
vas Of the same opinion. toldhi1n then that was
L Frcnchnlan and would act upon my own rr-
sponsbility. You c.n Imagine my position OF !
hJ1 nh taArTfsipH n
ncnt, and Lord Palmcrston was Napoeons |
friend and could expect no aid from these |
:npitai. Edwin do Lem was tic % American
Consult General then to Egypt. l went over the |
treat Desert with tho Khediye, and was coming |
he Citadel, where the Grand IScccption-room |
vas thrown open. and the khetiiye met tho Cn1-
uls Of al nations on the Great Dlyan. The |
pokcn with him about tho enterprise, but did
lot suppose he would say anything about the
'nez Canal then. He was mnn Of tho most
he enterprise to ul the international rcprcsc1tt-
tives. Friends said he, Il have piece of
Jews to f1npart to you. | have given
cross my dominions, not as Frcnchman, but
8 friend. The concession had been granted !
0 me two weeks before, on our way across the
ession in bis tent. He said to the American
onsul, 'Ah. shall beat you American people
bis time. You have heen talking about making
EiENl a1lP-calIl4 OAL SlIsttt pCNt $OA Ill |
;eypt~ ! shn]l hnye my great ship~cnnnt before
on shall have bailtynnrs across your isthmus-'
hls assertion ,sr haS @ proved prophetic for the
ct be ACCOMPLISHED Tue British Consul, at the
made by the khcdiyc became
cry angry, and he didn't like what had been
Dnc, but tho khcliye ltlrtyitly turned the con-
crsation to some other subject
Mons. dc Lesseps has written q fo11r-volumc !
story OF the 5uez Canal. which is published by
idier, of Paris. He says 1t will take from six to
gllt years to build the canal across the Panama |
tll1n,1s-
At l. o'clock Mons. de .Lesseps and party made |
a VISIT on CHANGE =
here were. besides De 'Lesseps, Mons. Dionne, |
athnn Appleton, Charles 11enrotin, and Prof.
! FnntaiIe. They were driven to the Chamber
Commerce Building, where the "bulls !"
ID "hcnrs" do congrcglte, and were
once escorted to Sccretary Rantlolph's
iva:e Office, where President Dwight and
cretary Randolph, Of the board Of Trade,
IRE introduced to the distinguished foreigner.
fter few minutes conversation, President :
wight and Secretary Randolph escorted the =
ntlemun to the Presidents desk, from whence :
r. Dwight introduced M.'de Losseps in a few !,
III chosen remarks. As soon as Mr..
wight and his illustrfous guest assembled the
,ps there was q lul in the noise and din Of
sincss. There were perhnpS LOO men on the }
Or ut the timr, md they all turned towards |
Q Presidents desk. AS soon rs VI. de Lcsseps ,
.pped to the front he was cordially received. | l.
. dwight said: . =
Gentlemen we have with us to-tny gentle T
IN who .llus made worldwide reputation as u
rof 4Ec Cir |