Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-06-23
AN GUEST
NASR-RD- DEEMS VISIT TO HIS EUROPEAN
BRETHREN.
Some Of tho Disgusting Pecuharites Of tho Persian
Monarch-hs Insults to the Emperor of
Austria and Princess Of Wales.
Netg York Voyll

Nasr-ed-Deen, Shah OF Persia, who Is
now engaged on his third tour through
Europe, is far from being considered as
welcome guest by the various courts which
he has announced his intention of visiting.
Ia the first place the royalties of Europe
have retained most unpleasant recOllec-
ton Of his disgusting and repulsiye habits
on he occasion of his first visit His char
acter is tteacherOus, crusl and deceitful,
aud MS manners are distinguished By that
utter absence of all ideas of decancy which
is such peculiar feature Of Oriental life.
Ga various occasions during the past Thirty
years Eastern pOtsntates, SUCH as the Sui
tan Of Turkey, the Khedive, the second
King OF Sam and quite number of Indian
maharai abe, have visited Europa II al
most every case they have displayed much
refinement, elegance and courtesy in their
dealings with their EurOpsOn hosts. The
latter WAS therefore but i'll prepared fer the
offensive and unmannerly ways OF the de-
CandeHt of XerXes and Darius.
After spending a couple Of weeks at st.
Petersburg in 1875, he came to Berlin.
His behavior. however, was 80 intOlerable
that the old Kaiser Withdrew from the
festivities on the plea of indispOsition and
refused to see his Persian guest any more
before his departure.
The whole burden of entertaining the
Oriental potentste fell onto the shoulders
Of the Empress Augusta, whose poetic
laundering for the Orient, however were
subjected to q most severe shock. Thus
70 this day she loves to relate in her shrill
and high.pitched voice how during the
grand state banquet given IL his honor at
Berlio, whenever be got some food which
WAS not to his tasts in his mOGth he would
coolly remove it from his jaws and place
is on Her Gsman Majesty's lap, TO the IN
tense horror of al present Her magulh-
cent robes at the close of the banquet pre-
scented a most woful aspect.
On his arrival in England he was quar-
tered at Buckingham Palace and while in
London he sOrely tried the Prince Of
Wales temper by cOolly placing his hand
on the bare shoulders Ofthe Princess while
talking 10 her. Having bSen entertained
oy the Duke Of Sutherland al the latter's
magnificent country seat at Trsntham, he
coOlly suggested 10 the Prince OF Wales
that it would be in every way advisable to
pat the Duke to death, on the ground that
he was much too powerful and wealthyfora
subject Over $3.50, 600 was required to
render Buckinbsm Palace habitaOle again
after his departure.
The furniture had all to be burned,
while not only the silken panels, tapes
.ries, carpets and psper-hangiags had to be
thrown into the flames, but it wss even
necessary to entirely remove the plaster Of
the walls and the plrquet floors Of the
rooms which he had inhabited. The
slaughter Of a live sheep for sacrihcial
pusposes ia one of the Queens dainuest
bOndOirs was but one Of the most pardon
able of all his offsnses, AID the stencil Of
the rooms Occopied By HIS Persian Msjes-
tv was so intense ana ushesrable thst
quantities of disiDf ctments hsd to be used
before even the palace attaches could mus
tar up courage to attempt to clean up
N tiers.
At Paris he was received in great state
nv Marshal MacMahon, at that time Pres
ident of the French Republic and on leav-
ing The country his baggage was stopped
On the Swiss frontier by several Paris jew
C .lers. from whom ne mad purchased pres
ents for the demimOndsines Of the French
metropolis, bat which he had refused to
pay for. At Vienna he was quartered az
the Chateau of Luxemburg, now the Tes'-
dsncs of Grown Princess S.ephanie, and
before he lett got into serious Trouble with
respect to a young member OF the Austrian
half world. whom he had subjected 70 the
most gross brutality. His presence at
Vienna was indeed a sore trial to the cour-
icons chivalrous and refined Emperor.
The Persian monarch had during the pre-
vioas portion of ms tOur developed a strong
taste for chsuragoe, ard ws3 stagg mig
about IN a mauoln state during the major
portion of his s.ay in the Austrian capital
No.hing wss move cu;i a. toan to wsien
the Emperor present some distinguished
salesman or soldier TO his Oriental gaest.
The latter would gsze with blsary eyes at
the psrsoBsee bOwing befo;e him, and then
With a short, contempuou7 laugh End
twirl of his long mustache would leave the
unfortunate courtier standing there IN
state of mingled Indignation and perplexity
until the Emperor had stepped up and
whispered q few comforting words IN MS
ear