New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08

brilliancy to the remarkably youthful black eyes
whose piercing glance Is generally concealed by
dropping lids somewhat after the manner Of
Napoleon Ills. The effect OF this latter pecul-
iarity Is accentuated by the rather incident. Ian
guild gait and manner. conveying an impression
of nonchaarc e carried to the extreme and by the
fact that the Prince loves his ease above every
thing else
AN EASE-LOvING PRINCE.
This impression is one tina is certainly correct.
He permits nothing and no one ever to disturb
him, not even prince OF the blood. Thus.
have known him. while Ambassador at Vienna.
to receive a telegram from the Grand duke
Nicholas Nicholaevitch. In which that brother
OF Alexander II announced the hour Of his ar
rival and demanded that the Prince should meet
him at the station. Without losing his invaria-
bic equanimity or betray!ng any sign OF irrita-
ton at the arrogant tone OF the dispatch, Lo-
banoff contented himself with sending an attache
to the terminus to meet the Grand-duke and TO
inform him that he would be pleased to see him
at the Embassy. He would not even call upon
Nicholas at his hotel but waited at home 10 re-
ceive the visit Of His Imperial Highness. whom
he greeted on the threshold OF his library with
that urbanity which characteriZes his manner TO
high and low alike Not q word OF apology did
ne offer for having neglected to obey the behests
of the Grand-duke. and that the latter might be
under no misrepresentation as 10 the receipt or
II
graphic dispatch on the desk In such manner
that its contents could not fail TO catch the eye
Of any one entering the room.
The Grand-duke took his lesson meekly; nor
did he ever take more trouble than on this oc-
caslon to express his regard for the Ambassador.
who subsequently heard privately from ST Pc
tersburg that Alexander III had been delighted
by the snub administered TO his uncle. Such in
dependence Of character az this is something al
most unique in a Russian. and may be partly
attributed to the Princes possession Of a vast
fortune as well as Of a lineage extending back
to Rurick which IS from Muscoyite point Of
view superior even to that Of the Emperor him.
self
HATRED OF ALL THINGS ENGLISH.
Prince I.obanoff does not like the English and
I cannot help thinking that the dislike which he
conceived for everytt ing British gave Mary
Queen Of Scots during the two years when he
renresented the Car at the Court OF St James
constitutes the KEYNOTE OF his present policy He
suffered while in England from the weather; ne
suffered from the cuisine. and ne was never urea
Of expressing his establishment al the utter lack
~ nolish and form in the manners and converse
ton Of the people with whom he was brought IN
contact He used to spend good dtal OF MS
time in the British Museum hunting up every
thing in connection with Mary Queen OF scots
for whom he had a cult and who may he said 10
constitute his pet hobby. hobby TO wnlch ne mas
devoted much time and money. II was al MS
own reoIes; that Re was relieved Of his post IN
London, having announced that sooner thah re-
main there he would resign from the 6overnineh.
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the veterans his diplomatic career having begun
at the age Of eighteen now more than nfty years
ago He was Envoy al COnstantinope AT the pe-
ginning Of the sixties, when he was led 10 resign
by a certain romantic episode In which ne became
involved and which is generally believed 10 nave
been the cause Of his having remained ever since
a confirmed bachelor.
After two years in retirement he was appointed
Governor General of the Province Of Orel; and IL
was while acting in this capacity that ne earned
the favor OF Alexander III by the intelligence ana
breadth Of view which he displayed In carrying
through the many liberal reforms inaugurated by
that Inflated monarch. notably the liberation OF
the serfs So pleased was the Car that ne pro
noted Prince Lobanoff TO the post OF Minister OF
the Interior where he remained until sent DacK 10
COnstantinOple after the peace u san Siephdho'
1t is known that he accepted his present once
with extreme reluctance and only after the young
Cars request had been reiterated in yet more
fatter,ng manner by the widowed Empress, who
appealed 10 him IN the name Of her dead hushahd
With his immense experience cool head, Clear
sight and above all Independent character, ne Is
the man Of all others fitted to act as mentor ana
guide 10 so youthful autOcrat as Nicholas H.
and were ne but able to infuse as much progress
and life in the internal administration or Russia
as he has with regard TO her foreign policy, ne
might hope to leave a name in history far greater
than any Of his predecessors in the post or Chan-
cellor Of the Russian, Empire
EX-ATTACHE.