Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-25
FROM GER THE SEA
Manoeuvers Of De lessep's
Weak Young Wife.
POSES AS A STARVING SAINT
Her stspsons Have Fought Many Dusls
"a Her Account TO Preserve Their
Old Fathers Honor.

Madame DeLesseps 10 popular sympa-
thy a the last week have proved fall
ure. Her description OF esstle Ia
Chanaic as . bare bsrn lnsaihcientiy
heated and furnished, 10 contTadIcted
bv hundreds OF Parlssns who have VIA
ted the DeI.esseps family seat IN the
last two years. The fact. as allowed
IA Parlaan hign life. knows tina, the
aged president OF the Panama Canal
company has surrounded himself with
all tbe luxury that his soe.al ststioa
required. and has prded himself
especially upon the richness of the
comfort which ne nas been able 10 al
ford all visitors al MS present residence.
Madame De Lesseps has been especi-
ally anxlOus 10 same a. an entertainer
a-d nss spent, as .he still spends. the
old mans money with lavisn hand.
Sle - tnerefOre hated cordially by the
poor people ~ france. who nave lot
heavily by Investment IN the Panama
canal enterprise. Al the same time
sne gets little sympathy IN Paris from
friends OF the D-Ies-eps family. VINO
have spread lndustrinusly, N the last
frw DAYS, some astonishing statements
as 10 her Interference IN breaking down
the mental and pnyslcal strength
Of her husband. They say that for the
iass twelve years. or ever since the in
cept.Oa Of tne canal enterprise, De-
L-s.cDs has been 80 hsrassed and be-
trsycu ~ ais young wife tina, ne nsrt.
iv has nren accountable for his words
or actions
A Dsyoiee of Pleasure
she was l6 years OF age when De-
Lesss ps married her, and ne had passed
90. For the first seven or elght years
their lie was happily spent. Then she
began 4 career ot wreckiess unfavorit-
Isnf aCder her husbands own roof. At
her Instance ne entertained lavishly a.
castle La Chanalce- Under the pretext
of exceptional hospitality she made cx-
carslOns with the guests winch always
resulted with small scandal within tue
household. Ouce. friend of Charles
DeLesse2s says, she ran away with a
French senator To Nice. and did not re-
turn anll Charles De eLesseps, who hast-
ened after the couple, had driven away
ner companion a. the point OF reyol-
yer. aud had gwen her the choice be-
tween divorce and immediate departure
for home-
Charles DeLesseps, 10 Is said, has
stready fought duels with men who had
cast doubts upon his relationship 10
the youngest three children OF his step
mother. liz fact, IN recent years. every
one IN Paris society mas understood
that 10 was perilous matter to men,
ton Nine. Ferdinand DeI.esseps in her
stepson's presence. That her husband
was tosmented day and night, by her
conduct. WAS generally known, and Il
was equally apparent that he failed,
mentally and physically, under his do
Hestlc burden. several times he was
driven aim ct 10 the polut OF suing for
a divorce, but every time deslsted IN
the iaterest OF the canal company,
when ne believed would suffer from
the stigma placed by the scandal upon
ms name.
Germsoy's sch.me-
Before ms arrest, Charles DeLesseps
SAID. sgnI ticsntlv, that ms father had
been too much occupied with private
matters 10 observe the Methods of the
company. lie referred undoubtedly to
the painful distraction afforded 10y the
necessity OF guarding Madame DeLes-
seps At present. Madame DeLesseps
poses aS y heroine at her disgraced
husbands bedside for several reasons.
She - ANXIOUS 90 get AS much as pos
soie OF nls money when he dies, and
-ne wishes % conciliate Charles and
Y CtOr DcLesseps. sO that they will
leave her in peaceful possession.
There = no doubt tnst the Panama
revelations have estrsnged Russl a from
France, aud have facilitated the n-gO-
tistiCns between Germany and RUSSIA
FOR new tariff convention. The pros
pcct Of revival OF historic Russa-tier-
man friendship, 70 believed by German
Optinlsts tO Dc assured Il the reyeia-
,ions in France We properly exploited
by Genersl Won WOrder. the new Ger
msn ambassador IN II. Petersburg. An
incessant correspondence by telegraph
has been IN progress between the Berlin
Office and the -. Petersburg embassy
during the lsst four days And it's
be eeved IN Berlin tas, the biting crit,-
cisri- n.ssed bv the Russian press on
the Psnama revelations are Tire uiti-
mate result of Information thus lnG!-
rcctiy conveyed 20 the trsr.
fpercs-inx the Army.
Toe report that the Austrian army "a
20 os increased bv g. 600 mea, conten-
porsueouslv with the introduction OF
the tN0-Year service term. causes con-
~|t+"f N't' 7aHatTt NNAiAfH ~ ENtAA 'tft
Rome. Ii France sers not com pleteiy
upset. the report would cause cor
responding Z ssstsfscfon in Pa
rls Eniperor Wihsm. during
hs lsg vsit TO Scosnbr0nn,
= said to have talked plainly with En-
peror Franz Joseph. ss to the imme-
n.ate necessity of preparing 70 hght
the r~xt var without ilaiy. He polnted
ont that tfermanV wouii 80 tre lions
SHARE Of tRis preparing by sdding 10. 900
men 30 her stsuding srniy hut could
not TO e AL. la view ~ the pYince
B.usFcks attacks upon Austria. I'D
ia accusation th.f -ue VS. unloading
her burdens on Germany. Emperor
William sad it v.u't bs q ficuls for
Csnrivi t0 push the army bii. pro-
pos ~ such an Increase. tnrgusa me
rsich-tfx. unless .ne members war-
convinced that Austr va resdF 81
msss equal edofG IL consequence
uf trs pira nc Austrian sovsrnneu
hss s.lowed the present fspost O. go
ogt. b order tust Chancellor ven
Csprv msv have as once the mora
support d-rired sifRough the sefusl
increase 81 The Austrian army ~ uut
hs proposed for three or four muntns.