The record-union., 1897-01-10

character, and that the lady in question
continues even To the present day to
De charged with being in the pay of
foreign Government.
THE BARONESS KAULA'S CAREER.
With regard to the wife of General
jung, she was a woman of remarkable
beauty and of noble birth: her father
Baron Won kaula, holding a position
OF some Importance in the Ministry of
Finance at Vienna. She met General
Jung at Nice during the latter part of
the slxties--it was a year or two before
the franco-German war-and married
hlm, having little or no fortune OF her
own. whereas he was quite well off, dec
GRATED for bravery at Solferno, and APP
parently an officer with a brilliant flu
ture before him. The union did not
turn out happily. and after the birth of
two children the couple separated, the
children remaining with the relatives of
the husband, while the wife, in receipt OF
an allowance from him. repaired first
of all to Berlin, and thence to Russia.
1t Is difficult to speak with any degree
of precision with regard to her career
there. The only thing known positively
on the subject is that her residence at
st. Petersburg terminated in her expul-
sion by the police from Russia on the
charge of being a German spy. Some
time later she turned up in London. liv-
ing in beautiful house in Queens Gate
Hyde Park, snd before long she was a
welcome guest in many of the official
and political salons OF the British me-
tropolis, the brilliancy of her conversa-
tlon and her perfect taste in dress rem
dering her very popular.
Unfortunately for her, the well-known
Nine. de Novikoff, who is likewise in
the secret service OF the Gar but who
is a woman of acknowledged rank,
wealth and respectability, happened to
visit London at this time, and immedi-
ately on becoming aware of the social
currency which the Baroness had OBJ
tanned, proceeded to inform her official
and diplomatic friends of tine antece-
dents of the lady, as well as of the cir
cumstances that had led to her expul-
sion from st. Petersburg. Lord Gran
Vile, at the time Minister of Foreign
Affairs, was not made acquainted with
this before the re option which he was
giving at the Foreign Office in honor of
the birthday of the Queen, and at which
the Prince and Princess OF Wales. and
all the members of the royal family, ex-
cepting her majesty, were present AL
though the most courteous and suave of
men-he used to go by the nickname of
Pussy Granville, on account of his
velvety manners-he determined upon
immediate action, and, accordingly,
walking up to the spot where the Baron
ess stood surrounded by crowd of ad-
mirers, he offered her his arm as If to
lead her around the salons and then
conducted her downstairs, himself or
dering her carriage and waiting with
her until it came to the door. Nine de
kaula's eXpostulations We're less vio-
lent under the circumstances. For. hav-
ing seen Nine. de Novikoff in conversa-
ton with Lord Granville just a moment
before, she must have known without
any explanation on his part the reasons
that had led him practically to expel
her from the entertainment. Within
half an hour afterwards everyone at the
Foreign Office knew that the much
feted Baroness was nothing else than
spy Of questionable antecedents.
MAKING TROUBLE IN PARIS.
Leaving London on the following day.
she some months later made her ap-
pearance at Paris, where by one means
or another she became acquainted with
General de Cissey, at that time Minister
of War. She made no concealment
whatever of her former marriage, but
so strongly convinced the General that
it was she who was the injured party,
and that she had been shamefully
treated by her husband, that the Min
lister began a systematic persecution of
the unfortunate Colonel Jung, among
other things threatening him with dis
missal unless he increased the allow
ance to his wife. Indeed, the Colonel
was almost driven to sending in his pa
pers, and even thought of blowing out
his brains in sheer despair. Unsuitable
in her greed for money, the Baroness
induced the Minister of War to intrust
to her some army contracts Of a partic-
uularly advantageous nature. The
rival contractors were not slow in
bringing the matter to the ears of
Henri Rochefort, and of other journal
lists hostile to the Government, who,
without any idea of the extent or enor-