Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-21
HIS CLAIMS TO INTIMACY WITH STATE SECRETS.
soOFFED BY THE KNOWING
PECULIARLY NEEDS A POSSIBLE INCEN.
 TIVE FOR THIS SENSATION.
Papers of the Lato Emperor Frederick Not Held By Queen yictorin-The Remin- iscences of DY. MackenZie-Mr. Glad" stone Speaks the Governments Unfair Treatment of MT. ParneN.
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[COPYRIQHTED 1888.
 LONDON, Aug. 2I.-In full appreciation of the demands of tho times and incident ally, TO doubt, of his pecuniary needs M. Jean Bonnefou conceived 'Le Drama 1nl- perial," |" in which he airs his intimate ac- quaintance with state secrets, and quotes passages from the private letters of Elm presses with nonchalance which might be awe-inspiring to those who do not know NJ. Bonuefou, but is provocative of merri- ment to those who are acquainted with the man and the imposslbility of his ever having acquired, under any circum- stances, the privilege of access to any of the documents written by personages from whose lackeys, even, he could not have extracted information.
 As for the papers of the late Empe TOT Frederick, it Is well unders tood that they stlll remain In Germany. M. Bonnefou's assertion that her majesty the Queen of Erg land holds them ut tcrrore1n over Prince Bismarck is creditable to his ingenuity and may cause much chattering among the FdneurS of Paris, but no sensible man will credit this, or any assertion of M. Bonne- fou's. His final statement that if the En- peror William happens to die his mother would be appointed regent is tho crown ing statement of his asinine production, which needs no further comment.
 Of far different value are the remin- iscences of Dr. Mackenzie, embodying his experiences during tho trying days at San Reno and the dangerous episode of his brief stay in Germany. Those who have been favored with q perusal of the pages of his diary and the accompanying docu- ments are not Of sort to divulgo their contents, at any length, though many per sons of the sort who wish to be considered as knowing 1t all look wisely when the mat ter is mentioned and rehearse confidential details as a particular favor. Even pr. MackeuzIe's testimony, however, must submit to the tiercest Of lights. It is past doubt that the true history of those days will provoke as much discussion and con- troversy in the future as did ever the au- thorship of the Letters of Junius or the tdeuty of the Man in the Iron Mask.
 The English party, represented by Eng lands ruler, Germany's ex-Empress, and the plucly, but servile tool the physician, triumphed in the first act of the drama, but the German nation is furious at find ing Itself duped, and its indignation is inn placable.
 The prize wns the dowry of an Empress against the pittauce to be doled out to the widow of a Grown Prince, and the winners cannot afford to be ungratcful to the man who dared so much to gain It.
 AS t3 the 'cruel treatment' to which the London World says the doctor was sub iected at the hands of the German authort- ties-even daring to name the ministers of the Soverlgn-thcre are thousands of men whose capacity is as great as that of Sir Morrelll Mackenzie who would accept the same danger for a similar reward and un- til he dies, perhaps not even then, nc one will know how great was tho stake for which he played
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