The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-06

why tho Empress u ltus,iA Cannot Az
.oelnte with the P%re.ldrnr. Wife In
Pubiic. 2
Copyright, 1906, by the Associated rrcssl
PARIS, Oct. h.-Suggestive dates CO.
incide with the cars two great visits
to western Europe. Az he lands ut
Lelth. his wifr's grandmother, the
good. the true. the constitutional Queen
Victoria, completes her slxtIeth year ON
the throne and the longest reign OF any
British monarch. or Of any other
arch a V Louis the Fourteenth, who,
however, Inherited the crown OF France
at the age or four. His effective reign
was not therefore 20 long AZ that or her
British majesty.
The date TINT comedies with the land
ing In France Of Nicholas AMI Alrxan-
ORA is the hunlrtJ aud seventh a%nuIver-
Sary Of the march ~ the market women
OF Paris on the palace OF Versailles to
bring back the king. queen and their
children as hostages of the revolution.
Their capture was effected the next day,
October &, 1883, on the anniversary OF
which the cEar enters Paris for the first
time and with that spectacular show
which the French are 50 skilled In ar
ranging. The blind worms now In
power nero are doing what they can 10
diSCIt the dat. which IL ~ far as VI.
HanutauS and Prince Lebanon twhO
skctchad the ceremonial) We're cOncern-
cd, OF Its rus Significance. The severe
lesson :haj II should inculclte Is being
hidiIcn away, DcspOtlc monarchS Irr.
humanity speaking, assured Of implinity.
Tho power that chaps the er%iS " ma
lions a. Of Individual men and women
catches up such r.teutaIeS In their pos
tcrlty and often the seemingly Innocent
are made TO pay Tor thu guilty as In the
case NJ Louis the Sixteenth and Marie
AntoineiiS.
Lesson to Heed,
This lesson should al the present time.
when. with the tacIt completely Of
Franc. and Russia. ArmrnIans are be-
Ing massacrad and sxIled in tens OF
thousands. come home With awe4nmc
force 10 the minds OF Nicholas and Alex
anIra and make them trrmhl- for them
selves and for their infant daughter, the
darling Z their hearts.
The czar and czlrlna will not b" rS-
cnr;pd to France by Russian war ships.
I'll" French government was most lnN-
iouS that they should do 10 and give an
nhjec: lesson In the roads OF CherbourS
1T the naval strength OF France and
Russia united. But Nicholas was too
much OF the gentleman to lend himself
10 that game OF brag. which doubtless
would have been mos; gratifying to the
president. who wants 10 tigur in The.
cyesn f Europe a. the Sea King and head
OF the French army. He never, TO place
himself on the same maritime level as
Victoria. misses Il opportunity 10 make
excursions In mrn-of-war, with 4
whole squadron in his wake. The czar.
seeing through his purpose Of posing as
a rival OF the queen an the watrTy ele-
ment. sent word that he would he mere
~ escorted by the sister yacht OF III"
Standard. In which he and the czarlnu
cross from Portsmouth 10 CherbOrg,
To make up for this disappointment fQr
Prince lebanon had come into the Idea
OF a Franco Russian review on Cher
bours) u. Felix Faurc, whose vanity
grows on what it feeds. caused a part
~ the Atlantic and Toulon s%quadrOns
TO be ordered round Cherbourg. There
will be, therefore. a grand naval Specta-
Gle In honor of thu imperial visitors
". Faure has. however. been able, 10
secure the presence 81 the car. In rom
uany with himself. ut u review OF 10000
soldiers at the Camp OF ChalOus. Tie
tries. on the other hand. to revive the
ElorIes. Of Versailles (of which more
presently, and ON the Other 10 revive
The military. clortes Of the empire At
Chalons, where the emperor Napoleon
III. annually held" as the French used
10 say. Prussia and the Germanic con-
federation In respect" N. Faure'S de-
par.ure at the Grand West-of- France
m]auoeuvres OF last week prepared
Franc 70 see him on horseback along
with the car.
Tn Blot On the '>cntrhron.
Madame Faure has no national or
International rank and the Presidents
many journalistic enemies. whose envy
he Is constantly arousing. have made
Il, impossible for the empress to ignorr
n olack page OF the good lady'S family
history. About Il fortnight ago they
returned tr the charge and published
the sentence by default passed on VI.
Gcilnnt, her father Ga lawyer by pro-
fesslor), with the contract Ot marriage
of his daughter and a jOurn-yman tuu-
ner. who Il now President IL the repub-
lie, The first document recorded TWEEN
Is years Of penal service on Bellnol.
who had He'd to Spain. then out NJ the
reach u eXtradIiiUn. for r1hbinG II eli
cent by Il forged paper: the second
showed that ". Felix Fanre got as n
dowry 1000 francs out Of the assets
Delln0t left In dying.
The exposure was mean and spiteful.
But the court NJ Russia had to take II
into account. The empress, according
", IL not to associate with Madame
Fa,Ire IN public. She IL only TO see her
when size calls at the F:lysec and dimes
there. Great efforts are being made
here L. get this fiat altered and to
bring out the Faure ladies' at the Fran
Gals and the Opera fiOusc when their
Imperial Majestles so there. VI. Faure
will await them Mt the Francois and
Opcra House. They have arranged to
20 by themselves to the fOrner and to
Versailles. The road thither has II cen
trail pavement III cobble stones. thirteen
miles long. 1t Is 10 be thickly sanded
the whole way 10 make ii smooth for
the Imperial carriage. The whole garrl-
son OF Paris nre under arrns and post
ed along the road. An imperial levee
will be held In the gallery OF mirrors,
which has been furnished as in the
time OF Louis XIV.
But physioEn0mIes and the costumes
will be 80 different. ard. alas. the
manners. too. Ambassadors In the
eighteenth century were never profess
s,onal diplomats. affcctcdiy reserved,
but men born 10 great stations and
chosen for their social gifts as we'll as
for their clear heads. bright Wits and