Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-04
Tire ApecryphaI CenyersatiOn.

rBy Anglo American cabio % the Dispst,hl
I0NpON. Esq, January 4.-sir Z. y.
Norier. British Ambassador To- Russia, has
furnished 10 the press the correspondence
that h9s passed between him and Count Her
bert Bismarck 10 relation 10 the Cologne Ga
zette's charges on December 10Th SIR
r. ID. Morier wrote 70 Court Herbert,
saving that he had beard IN July
last that Count Herbert had mentioned
10 several persons Major Dimes ~
mort. published IN the Cologne Gazette. and
that while be did not suppose that Count
Herbert believed the story, be decued 10 cx-
Incident 10 write 10 General B8Ziine 10 in
quire 20 10 the truth OF the alleged converse
lion. In answer TO bi. letter he received
from BaZane on emphatic denial More
then APPEALS 10 Count llerberta as gentlcOan
and man OF honor to cause 20 be inserted
III the North German Gazette an immediate
denial Of the foul aud Infamous CalumnY.
Moricr concludes his letter 10 Bazsne. dated
July 18th. and Blzauc's reply is dated August
stb. BsZaine, sitter apol02i2DC for bis delay
in answering. which WAS due 20 hls absence
from Madrid. dcnies IT, the most unqualified
manner the truth Of the apOcrYphal CONVEX
sstiOu, asks forgiveness for his bad writing.
which be says wss due to mofal
sutfsrings ana concludes boy referring
10 bis agreeable rccOllecti0us OF Moriers
kindness to h,m when in Madrid. Count
Herbert in letter 70 Morier, dated Fred
richsruhe December 9Th, eCknOW hedges
Moripr's letter Of the 18Th and says that he
regrets that ueitber its contents nor tone
enable him 10 comply with It's astonishing
demands and step out Of the limits imposcd
on him by his official position in regard 10 The
statements made bv the German press.
Morier wrote 20 Count Herbert on Deem
her 3lst follow: d" As YOU decline 20 dis.
associate Yourself, either publicly or private
ly. from this mOnstrOu, caiumnY | have no
course open but to publish our correspon-
dence"
lie concludes by saving that, although be
does not share IL, vet tbe belief is general that
the Cologne Gazette contributor derived hls
information from official s0Urce7, and this he
says Is an additional reason for an sppeal un-
der his OWE name 10 that publicity which
his ANONYMOUS caluminatOr SO treacherouIy
uses Egsnat him.
In postscript he says: al will never
again notice the attack, Of the Cologne Ga-
zettc or analogous prints" Throughout the
letters Cleine not mentioned Boy name. lie
is referred 10 simply a. the military attscht
IoNDoV. January 3-The DAILY Tcic
graph, after expressing regret that Count
Herbert Bismarck Us unable TO give better
answer 70 Fir Il. u. horier. ssys: II there
IS no way OF Tepudiating csiumuies against
0ur ambassadors which pretend 10 be oiI-
cisl way ought 10 be found o. made 10
defend them from the kind OF Journalism
Represented by the Cologne Gazette"
The Daily News s7ys: "Perhaps Sir Z.
-. Morier's 'etter displays rather more irri-
talon than IS good for dlplomlts 10 show.
ON The other hand, Count icrberts reply
lacks appreciation Of Mor.er's position and
extreme pr0vocttion. u is a pity that
ulmor 80 absurd should De allowed TO bring
into disagrerabe prominence The smiling
lish feeling that appear, to exist In certain
Official quarters 10 GermlnV.'
LONnON, January 3-rhe Times saws:
" We regret The result Of Moriers appeal 10
Count Herbert B,marck. The rcspon,i-
biiiy for a caumny so gross ought 10 Doe
either uianiuly assumed or frankly rcpudi-
ated. There Is no reason 20 dsbeleye piue
IN consequence 81 Ral,iue's testimony.
which can be only worthless. We regret
that we are constrained 70 say that
the attack appears TO Ne part OF
system Of persecution against OIL who
we're most intimately connected with
Emperor Frederick. q system that does not
spare even those who were nearest and dear
est TO him. We may take the liberty 81
poiuting out % Prince Bismarck and bis
youthful imitstors that an easy movement OF
international intercourse Is not facilitated by
the adoption Of bsrracks-room manners ap-
parently copied from the worst DAYS OF
Napoleon, when he was trampling upon
Prussia"