The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16

TIE Madness 81 che R.prsss oa-isssa.
70 rBs Eprroa OF Tas suN--Sr, No enc
ssp have read without pity and sympathy the
ssble gram which tells 10 that the Queen OF
Ma Bslgians was thrown into state Of dan
serous physical and moral prostration By .
s,ormy interview on Monday. Aug. g. at
iaoken. with her unhappy aistsr.in-law. the
,idov Of Macmillan Of Mexico. Men and
vomsn are quite 20 much disposed In this
rnodern world Of progress and political econ
amy - ever our ancestors were 70
SIT spen the nsor
A.l tell strange stories Of the deaths d Kisea
And surely never was stranger Or kadder
story than that OF Charlotte. Princess OF Boil
.ium. Archduchess OF Austria. and Empress Of
Mexico. Isaw her for the frat time at the
hsisbt Of the most magnificent season
which London has witnessed during the long
reign Of Victoria and on the crowning day Of
that season. Perhaps London will never see
IA like again. for who knows what the issue
NAV DO Of the next great Europsan WARP The
"ssuson" OF which speak was the season
AZ 1856 and the day was the glorious summer
dsy a day quite 40 beautiful a. that Of the
Queens Jubilee In 1887. on which the English
sovereign and her court. surrounded By all
PARK tho victorious British army returning
from tile last great war In which Eng.
land has taken q part All London
vas in the streets and one might
almost say that all England was In London.
On that day 1t was that I hrst saw the young
princess Charlotte flushed and delighted with
,hs spendor and the emotions Of the scene,
driving in the carriage with her Majesty and
Prince Albert along Constitution Hill to tho
,sview Buckingham Palace In those days
vas Inhabited. Queen Victoria In those days
vss the living centre OF London society. and
Tho Young daughter Of King Leopold. 80 the
.usst OF Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace.
mad all tho pomps and vanties OF this world at
mar feet The royal souipsRs. remember.
haltsi for moment just within the archway
an tho Hill. whore glitterinR group Of Gensr-
Ala awaited the Queen. Lord Vivian. the father
o,tbs present English Minister In Brussels.
conspicuous among them by his restless gray
charger and his picturesque scarlet helmet and
all eyes were fixed on the charming young girl.
Ten years aiterward in Mexico l cav her
again. an Empress and . wife. 1t was near La
soledad on the way from Vera Cruz up TO tho
capital, and she was returning from . visit to
Yucstsn. Not ten. but twenty years. seemed
10 have d. sod over her, and the lines OF her
and doubts and fears which had como to her
with tho realization OF her ambitious hopes
and dreams. Ono OF her Belgian officers called
ber attention to group OF Msxieans In their
brn sd. low. crowned hats heavily ornamented
with silver. and said In French. All, MADAME.
hero We are again among the sombreros." for
the sombrero has never boon In favor with the
Yucatecos. Yes" she replied, In tho same
language. and am sorry for II. Where tho
sombreros begin the honest people end"
There was a moro intense bitterness In the
tone OF her voice than In the words. bitter a.
they were. How much reason she had to utter
them will never be fully known till the secret
history Of the Mexican adventure comes to
b. written. in the light OF documents and
memoranda such IS tho representatives Of mon
like Father Fischer and NJ. Eloin may some
day have 1t In their power to make public.
But the unhappy Empress wss to learn that
human honesty 10 not matter OF hsadRear
alone My notes Of visit made not long be-
fore his death to my iriend. Admiral Tseethofk.
the hero OF LISA. who brought away the re-
mains Of Macmillan from Mexico to Austria.
ars full Of curious and poignant details - to
the history of Maximilisl's widow. not only
during the year which SAW the end Of his reign
and OF his life ct Qusretaro. but from the day
Of her embark alton ct Vera Crus on her des-
perate mission 10 Paris and 70 Rome down to
the terrible ending Of that mission In an ante
chamber OF the Vatican. do not yet feel ct
liberty to make public use Of those notes In full:
but the incident now reported from Lscken
SHARPLY accentuates and suthenticates ono
most interesting statement made to mo By the
Admiral. 1t has bsen commonly reported and
taken for granted that the madness Of the III.
fatsd Charlotte Was first brought to the acute
stage BY the alleged refusal Of the Emperor
Napoleon to receive her ct all at the Tuilsries
on her arrival at Paris In 1858; and all manner
Of tales have been told Of the ooldbloodsd and
selfish treatment accorded to this heartbroksn
lady bent on saving the throne. the honor and
the life OF her husband. by the sovereign who
more than any other man WAS responsible for
Prise. Admiral TsRethon had NO particular
the Austrian Prince had been treated By the
French Emperor with much imsgnanimity:
but he told me most positively that Napoleon
received the Empress with the most scrupu-
lous kindness. and went a. far - It was posi-
bio for him to 60 In his efforts TO persuade her
that no hing but tho Irresistible logic Of events
made 1t out Of the question for him to
continue to support Macmillan In Mexico
against the declared hostility OF the United
States. When tho EMPRESS Charlotte landed,
I think 1t was At Brest she was not only re-
seivsd with imperial honors BY the French
authorities. but she found awaiting her A.
rival there two high and confidential Officers Of
the French monarch. charged to facilitate In
every way the execution OF her wishes - to
her movements In France. The courtesy and
confederation shown By Napoleon III. we're
the more crsditable to him that he at that
time beloved. or thought he had reason to
believe that tho American Go<ernment was
encouraged In it, hostile attitude toward the
French policy In Mexico By the Onsanist
ntsndstn France Of the Belgian royal family.
Vie Empress Charlotte being. ON the mothers
sds' granddaughter OF Louis Philippe.
YHtwas at Brest that the reason Of the
Empress nrst visiby gave way. For 1t Was at
brsst' and upon nor landing. that she was con-
irontsd with the COLLAPSE of the very founda-
uons Of the plan she had framed In Mexico for
feseuine. sven at that eleventh hour. the en-
plfe OF her husband from the ruins to which 1t
sssmsd to DO doomed By the Withdrawal OF the
french forces How was this2 Let mo sx-
pain The cablegrsms tell us that the violent
outbreak which took place ct Lsoksn ON Mon.