The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-02-04
PRINCE GoRTsc4.KopF.
The Career Of One Of Europe's Gost
Able Diplomats.

NJ European statesmen He WAS born
81 i79S. At period when the state Of
rffairs ia Franre had plunged all
Europe inia = ssaI Of profound anxiety
aud vast confusion. Three wears after
the ovcishrow Of Napoleon Mt Water
100 he abandoned his studios at the
vc~um Zarskoe and entered upon the
diploaInfsc careers. which has since
made him enc of the most rcmal kable
men n Earope. In 1894 he was sent
IN London as the Secretary fo$he Rus
sian Embassv Two wears later found
him rlenipotentiary st Vienna. where
the death 81 bis official superior threw
power into lbs hands which h. util-
lied fnr the sake of his country and
nota lifsle for thai Of his own personal
acknowledgement. Ii wss in Vienna
that Gortscbakor first showed himself
> powcr IN influencing the affairs Of
Europe. in 1871 he proceeded TO
Stuttgart as Ambassador Extraordi-
nary. and conducted with delicacv the
negotiations FIR The marriage between
tho Grand Duchess Olga AMI the
Prince Royal Of Wurtembnrg. InlS50
Il was suspected that he used the in
formation &c had previousl. obtained
in Florence for the purpose of causing
the downfall Of Ferdinand l., and the
upraising Of King Francis Joseph. lie
returned to Vienna as Ambassador in
1854. in which wear the Eastern ques
lion. which he. had helped TO fan, burst
into the blazeiwhich was not CNtin-
guished untilswO years later, Sebasto-
pol fell befete the sllied powers.
fiortschakofk cousin was the General
who conducted the memorable defense
Of that powerful stronghold. In 1856,
whom the PHnce was still at Vienna,
the conferences of Paris was held. and
IT was owing y his influence that Rus
STA consented 10 accent the four great
points which formed The basis of the
IL w That Vas there discussed and
signed. Infhe same year he superse-
aed Count Eesselrode as Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and proceeded TO ST.
petersburg.io assume The Office. When
France was at the feet of Germany, and
|weien fise miller country had been ex-
hansted by a terrible war, Gortscha
Ief saw BIS way to strike a diplomatic
Row for the advantage Of Russia. He
ssued his celebrated circular TO the
representatives. of Russia in the CAPT
Is of Europe, Informing them that
ussia no longer intended to abide by
lat portion of the treaty of Paris
hich hound it 10 respect the neutral
~ Of the Black Sca-one Of the very
points which he himself had adviso1
his Emperor to accept in 1856. The
Turkish government considered this a
. ,district mennce to its independence.
f hint England did not consider it expe-
dient, WITHOUT having the aid OF
France agsin, 10 go to a second wa
with Russia to compel it to keep tho
treaty of Paris inviolate, Diplomatic
negotiations on the subject ensued Of
a more or les sub-acrjmonious nature.
and finallfa conference was held in
London which resulted in Russia
agreeing to modify her intentions.
Gortschakonss last prominent public
action was his taking n scat in the
Reriin congress Of 1879 rs Russian
Plenopiienfiary There he struggled
!. long aud soutly to secure terms Of
peace which would have practically
f>trrac5 The Turkish Empire into a Rus
sisn Province. As it was. his pertina-
city seemed for Russia terms more ad-
tSantageoas than the Turks could afford
10 paw. end up TO this date they are
rot WHOLLY fulfilled, and may possibly
form thcbssis of another war.-New
;. York Tines.