The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-06
4 Diplomat OF THE OLD scnoo1.
Retirement or NJ. dc tchioexer. Hisrnrck's
Envoy TO the Eope.

| Retirement OF NJ. dc schioeser. Hisrnrck's
| Envoy TO the Pope.
ROME. July 1S-Baron Kurt Won Schlozer
| tho Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Holy See. one OF the most characteristic ng-
ures. is about to quit Rome and the political
stage perfect legend has boon formed
around his departure. rs II It presented the
character OF a protostation against tho rerub
| lican and democratic policy Of the Pope: but In
| reality. the Prussian Government has recalled
| him because. rs an intimate friend and ad-
mirer OF Prince Bismarck. he committed the
| offence OF visiting the great stricken oak OF
Fricdcricksruhc William H. has determined
| to finish with the old school, he wants new
sup and nothing else.
| AS Prussian diplomat NJ de Schl0Eer was
tho shrcwdest and most Intelligent of the last
period OF Bismarck's power He was some
body. historian and literary man. he knew
tho eighteenth century thoroughly. French.
| russian. and German. A lover OF music and
art no delighted in noble intellectual on
joyments. Witty and satirical. imbued with
that elegant simplicity and facility OF relation
| which he acquired in the United States. he
| was caustic talkcr. and his conversation,
| seasoned with smiling irony. recalled some-
| thing OF the Merbisto OF Goethe. As a
diplomat in Rome he was u marvel OF elasticity
and activity. Always on the lookout Ell route
| at an carly hour in tho morning. Sinking no
dlsagroeb'e visit. paying court to the small
| Try and tho Jrct. seeking to create cur
| rents OF opinion from trires. always armed and
In earnest. probing to the depths all questions.
ana gaining Information from tho prclates
whose confidence he had won. NJ. do Schl0zer
has played II prepondernnt role. For an entire
winter he was the lion OF Rome. To look at
| him one would take him for IN old notary:
| but clOSply Stulyipu hail opv nd ncoont-
uated face. with its eyes that look like two
.Eimlots. and lips beraying cunning and a
| Noltairean spirit. ono discovered tho head OF u
| German Merhstophccs.
There Is n sort Of intellectual family re-
semblance between Bismarck and do
Schl0zer. Both despise mon. believing that
1t is impossible for them to resist their in
stincts. D" Schl0Eer has often said in his
| pleasant moments. when at evening he tipped
| glasses with his friends: Man has three
divinties. vanity. fcar. and money. We cnn
always catch him with one OF them." Both
have the passion for work and the worship Of
Prussia. That Is the reason why the two
| natures have been 80 closely welded together.
They understood each other. and they became
| partners.
| When Bismarck made his evolution In 1873.
| he thought from tho first moment that Kurt
| Won Schl0zer was just the man TO represent
| him at the Vatican. where he doomed 1t neces-
sary to capture the Pope by storm. The Baron
was tho only independent Diplomat OF tho
| Bismnrckian era, The ex- Chancellor was in
| the habit of making use of this nbraeo re.
| called by Busch the Danpeau Of tbe preat
| man: My ambassadors must march (einsch.
| ,rcnken like sous officers" NJ. de Schl0zer
was especially a favorite with Bismarck be-
| cause the latter preferred hardened bach elors
and dreaded the politics Of petticoats.
| In the month n, March 1900 tho tou,,or.
Of IN, Vatican were nnz,lsd nv this stran..
visitor who always coms NV ,ha omnihus ,nJ
nevcr in n cn-rioro No vas courtoons ma.
| III. simnI. md .,sv.yoinr Whn uo. hi,
| sinrnIar nerson,re who soamaJ NJ hon,a
| evarvwh.ro who tnew bnu tn toss n oop,n,;-
| mont RI ovo,vhodv who v.a ov.rno,,,r. With
| proiso ALWAYS mastar q, bims.,r nr,isin, h,s
| chief nraisnp tho pons anil Jor,ino nm, n
| cunniny g,anca NJ satisf.c,ior ,yh.novar H..
helieyaI hIs nottarv yjc,orinusp This ,,.s
| tho R,ron 4. schlnv.r iJntroMv sorvad ,,v
his suhordinates, hs was the idsai ~ n Min.
ister At tho Ho,v See. r. be had hear n C,tbn-
| lie ha vould b,ve hoen irresistib,. u.o Iw.,.
reminded me Of the Due de S,yernois and his
,iouant embassv Mt Rom. In tha eipht.anth
| century. Like him he snw ot tho nrst pIanca
| that Rome WAS IA peculinr ground. n marvel.
lous observatory. an uneoun,lel checker
hoard In Rom, nsith,r ,ha din,om,cv
Of IN, salons which +, leuortirp NOR
that OF tina Democracy which leu,s
upon the great currents. is fashionable
or successful. The citv has nr..,ry.d ira
| archaic traditions with sono,bing bi.rotic
and cmineutly progressive. which Leo XIII.
| las be.n able to dsyelop with such pnr-
| fact ort Hare H. ia not nv currving thc favor
Of the great. or by creating an opiuiou feius.
,hot tho pnms nf cbecters With man is ,,I.v.J.
|