New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-09
and Alfonso in the south. The Due Decazes Is no"
nlire TO the hnnder he made and deplores IT.
SERRANO MAKING PEACE.
FRANCE, SPAIN AND GERMANY COMING To
AN UNDERSTANDING.


official and nou-ofical assurances OF Marshal Ser
rano appears to have entirely blown over. Mar
shal Serrano who is n sufficiently great parsonage
at Madrid 10 say, like Wolsey, l and the hlhg'
dropped in yesterday morning to the Elysee W sec
the President, and to have an informal chat WIN
him, and was kept to luncheon. He had goou dea !
to say about Spanish politics. home and foregh' anu
succeeded in convincing the President that the Vi''1
of the German Crown Prince to Alfonso was no'
TO be taken as a sign that Spain would De giau' II
rood opportunity presented itself for doing So TO
n;c,- . ouarrel with France The Marshal was not
apthorized TO sneak in the name Of Germany. Nor |
could he say TO what extent the Marquis Vega dc
Arniio had gone in entering into the views OF the
Cabinet of Berlin on questions of European policy.
But he was certain that no overtures from tha1
source had been received by the Poseda dc herrara
Ministry for a military alliance, and he was equally
sure that if they were made in the future lhey
would be rejected.
The Princes visit to Madrid had long been pre-
arranged Before the treaty of commerce between
France and Spain had been signed it was agreed
that Don Alfonso IN returning from visit 10 MS
wfe's relations in Austria and to his sister who re-
sides in Munich was to call on the German Emperor
and to be visited at Madrid at the end OF next Jan
nary by the German Crown Prince. LII rs posslolo
that the return visit was fastened to produce wnat
at Berlin would be considered a good effect on the
new Spanish Cabinet before it was committed 10
distinct foreign policy Indeed the haste SHOWN san
indication that in German eyes Spain Is only 100
well disposed TO keep terms OF the BEST hegiooI-
shin with France, and that in this respect TIE ne"
Cabinet is the exponent of national ieellhg'
Serrano also told NJ. Gr6vy that he had been sen,
here because il was remembered that he was charged
IN 1877 with delicate mission to the Court OF the
Tueres and was so fortunate as to execute IL sue
cessfully OF course one shoud not receive as gos-
pel the declarations of military poticlah ol 'ho
Serrano type The Marshal is soldier OF fortune
whom the tickle goddess, because perhaps he under
stands how to take his own part has steadily
favored. But he is intelligent, and knows Europe,
and understands the country in which he nNeS'
think it may be concluded that his reason mas
brought him to see that Spain could gain nothing
by the breakup of France and that she might lose
great deal Giving him credit for Intelligence
ON, disnoscd TO credit him with sincerity when lie
was talking TO NJ. Gr6vy.
Serrano though seventy three, is still animated
and active am told that i'll his family circle ne Is
not so lively as when he is playing part be1ore Cd
servant strangers. He has the drectness OF speech
of n man of bold and enterprSing disposition anu
the fuency of Southerner The new spanish Am
bassadOr and NJ de Lesscps are able to talk at the
rate of forty miles an hour and to appear TO say
great deal in saying nothing. An inexperienced
|
upon their sleeves and that if davis do not peck al
the organs so exposed it is because they are kept
away nv some innate virtue of the wearer. SerranO
is of middle height He has still the agile and the
yiry figure of tOreadOr. His hair ana mustache
are blanched. But as he cuts both short thelr
Wilderness does not strike one; The inner man mas
an exponent in the eye, which Is twlnKllng' very
shrewd extremely wide-awake, and II not good
natured good -humored. man with such nm eye
has very few convictions and IL incapable OF STRONG
hatred though he might from motives of policy or OF
personal interest be capable OF any amount OF
crnety. The mouth Is well shaped and enunciates
clearly Serrano has a dstinctness OF pronunciation
which ono only finds in very honest persons-law-
yers actors or accomplished .knaves who nave bech
often obliged to talk much in order to hide what Is
in tboir minds He is accessible aud free from every
sort of a1ectatiOn. 1t is not true that no IL
wealthy, he having spent all the fortunes when
! luck and intense cleverness as politician ana
wire-puller brought within his reach His last
haul" was made in winning Cuban heiress, Sc
0orita Mercedes Martinez Campos for his son. The
Marshal keeps the 1000 900 francs Of his daughter
! in-Iaw-her husband from whom she has separated
not vet being of age-and allows her pension. HIS
eldest daughter Conchita is married to the brother
! of Mercedes who has also an equal number OF
millions The second girl, Pepita, is engaged
| 10 Prince Katchonbey nephew-in-aw OF
! All, Rressont formerly an actress Of the The
atre Francois and now Madame Paul OAR
! tignes
! Madame Serrano, Duchess of Tore Is
! Cuban. 1t is vulgar error that troplcaI
beanties fade rapidly La Marechela Serrano il yet
! a woman to grace ballroom. and TO command adj
mration. Her figure is still of sculptural graceful
ness. Spaniards tell she is proud as Luciier'
and her husband having been Regent at Madrid,
she III brooks the superiority in point OF rank OF
the Queen and the Infantas. She could not endnrc
that of the Italian lady, nee Della Cisterna, who
shared the throne of Don Amadeo, but had not been
born in the purple. In ordinary society the Duchess
of Tore is the very incarnation OF womanly slav-
ty and Is naturally given TO hospitality she Is IN
the habit Of wnterngt at Blarrz, where she y
surrounded by quite brilliant court Inc spanish
War Minister is her nephew. dare say the KING IS
Glad that all the distance between Paris and Madrid
Is to be between her and Queen Christina, while
the new Government lasts. Madame Grevy VIII
not make the Duchess feel that she is no longer
Regents wife, and there is no Queen-nQther AT the
Palais de Castillo to take the pas on her grace al
Elysan balls. A first cousin of the King the Mar
Gns of Val Carlos has been sent to act secretary
TO the Marshal. 1t is expected that brilliant fetes
will be given this winter at The Spanish Embassy
Serrano. was at some pans to explain to Greyy
why military alliance Of SPAN with Germany Is
not and can be popular In 9s fSS s sRd
in her foreign policy. She has only two near neigh
bors-Portugal and France. 1t bohooves her to
be on excellent terms with them. Neither OF them
does or can, menace her. A Western empire re-
constituted under German head. as in the time
of Charlemagne would in this period of railway
locomotion, threaten her Independence She
therefore has a direct interest in trying 10 main,
tain a just balance OF power among the states OF
Europe. If she had any advice to offer to the Ger
man Crown Prince it would be to let his sword rust
in its scabbard and to retain the name he has &C
ouircd by his moderation
Prince IIohenlohe, the German Ambassador, was
at the last shooting party at RambogIllet OF ne
NJ. Gr6vy that the visit of the Crown Prince to
Spain was an act OF courtesy TO King Alfonso, and
that it was agreed that It should be paid when the
treaty of commerce between Spain and Germany
was being negotiated. In many respects this treaty
places German merchants and manufacturerg at an
advantage as compared with French. Prince
Hohenlohe told the truth, but not the whole truth
| rHr OF Tn dnihf his