New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-20


| "a thIs obstinacy alone which prevents the Duke
<, Cumberland from effecting reconciliation Win
| Oh. Court of Berlin, which is demanded py the
| lot,er az n sine qua non il the Duke Is 10 De
! oIloyed 10 exercise his inherited rights 70 tne
! sovereignty of the ancient Duchy OF bruns"icA'
When the old King died in 1873 az raris '"o
French Government were for time In quahuary
as 70 the attitude to adopt in connectoh WIN
his funeral ceremonies. They feared that IL cleS
! granted royal honors to his remains "ei
MANY would take offence. Finally they cieVeiiS
solved the difficulty by according, as they ala In
the case of Dom Pedros funeral the other day. INC
bonors reserved for the Knights Grand Gordon OF
the Legion of Honor, distinction which DOM the
ex-King and the ex-Emperor possessed
Prince Tokugawa, the ex-Tycoon OF Japan.
| lived when saw him last, at Paris, III inc nioo'
| modest and transformations Of apartments III
dingy house Of an even dingier street IN Ohe
Quarter Latin. Although in receipt of large
money allowance from the Mikados GoVerh"en'
yet he devoted almost the whole of it to the
maintenance of those who had sacrificed their
fortunes and their future to his cause. lie seldom
went anywhere, and but few persons at Paris
were aware at the time that the hgh-bred little
gentleman who was Just as different in appearance
| from the ordinary Japanese as ful-blooded race
! horse is from cab-horse, was the same JAPANESE
| Prince who had been received fifteen years pre-
vousy with royal honors at the Iulleries Anu
when OH the termination of his visit TO faris, he
crossed the Channel to pay his respects 10 queen
Victoria il was the Prince of Wales in person VINO
WAS deputed to welcome him at Dover on landing
| At the time he was the younger brother OF the
| regning Tycoon. But when the revolution broke
| out in 1867, the latter abdicated in his favor.
and for a few months he reigned, until conquered
and deposed by the Mikados troops. Only on one
occasion did | succeed in inducing him TO accom-
pany me to a reception at the Ministry OF Foreign
Affairs and l remember the sensation wnlcn ne
| created when announced merely as Monsieur
| Tokugawa he entered by my side wearing the
| grand Gordon of the Legion OF Honor whion hau
| bene conferred upon him on the occasion OF his
first stay in Paris by Napoleon I'LL The ex-
tycoon. may add, spent over year In this coun'
try about the time of the Centennial Exhibition.
although no one save some of his cOuntrymen, VINO
! kept the secret was aware of his identity. AS
| plain Mr. Tokugawa both he and his younger
brother attended quite number of receptions ana
dinners. chiefly at Philadelphia and Boston, and IL
Is BILE that his hosts would have treated him
with more consideration and ceremony had they
been aware that the little Jap whom they were
entertaining was no less parsonage than the eX
Tycoon.
II was at the funeral of the ex-king OF
Hanover that ! was for the hrst time presenteu
to the ex-King Francis of Spain. But cannot
conscientiously say that l was impressed ny
the majesty Of his appearance his stature IL
that of q dwarf, his voice is shril and squeaKy
in the extreme, and his eyes-those windows OF
the soul-reveal his principal CHARACTERISTICS
namely cunning, avarice and malignancy In
deed he is without exception the very meanest
King that it has ever been my fate to encounter
and ] have enjoyed the doubtful honor or pres
entation to ex-King Milan of Servia. sub
seouently met him again at an official reception
where by q strange and unforeseen combination OF
circumstances he was brought face to face in
the same room with his wife, the eX-Queen
Isabella with ex-King Amadeus, and with Don
Carlos The situation was to say the least
embarrassing and the host and hostess were
thoroughly disconnected and dsmayed At length
The ex-King Amadeus left the corner Of the room
where he had been standing chatting to some of
his acquantances, and making his way up to the
sofa on which Isabella was seated, he bowed
low and introduced himself The ex-Queen at
once extended her hand, which Amadeus CALAMITY
raised TO his lips, and then an animated and
manifestly friendly conversation ensued which
lasted at least half an hour. Neither
ex-King Francis nor Don Carlos saw
fit TO initiate the tact and chivalrous courtesy of
Amadeus For they neither took any notice Of
one another. nor Of ex-Queen Isabella Since then
the latter mas become, to a certain extent recon
ciled 10 her husband-a fact mainly que 10 the
Influence and intervention of her lawyer, the late
President Grevy But they Still live apart, the
ex-King out at Epinay, and the Queen at the
Palais de Castillo the magnificent mansion which
she has built within stones throw of the Arc
do Triomphe They, however meet on state Oc-
casions. such as birthday anniversaries of the
Royal family when they affect a certain intimacy
and sympathy for one another which they do not
and cannot really feel. For without attaching
any undue Importance 10 the reports which con-
nected the ex-Kings name with the attempt made
to assassnate Isabella toward the close of the
ifties. their characters are iD every respect an
tagonistic TO one another, and no greater act of
political cruelty ever committed than when
Isabella was forced against her will to marry her
cousin Don Francis dAssissi in 184S If the latter
is avaricious and penurious in the extreme, lsa-
bella on the other hand is generous and prodi-
gal Indeed her irremediable extravaganza keeps
her in constant financial difficulties, which are a
source of perpetual modification and vexatiOn
to her royal relatives at Madrid. With all her
faults, Isabella is a very hospitable and a very
kind-hearted woman and | am convinced that
when her record comes to be read from the Book
Of Life it will be found that she has been more
sinned against than SHINING, and that her faults
have been those of a warm and charitable heart.
EX-DIPLOMAT.