New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20


of French diplomats namely. the Comic
d'Aunay. who has shown his excellent taste by
selecting a singularly charming American girl
for his wife came to grief and was suddenly
deprived Of his mission at Copenhagen TOT
having corresponded direct with President Car
not without cognzance Of the French Cablnet.
1t was not the fault Of the Minister. President
Garnet had, toward the close OF his term OF Of
fee become imbued with that species or mon
archical falling which leads constitutional SOW
ereigns to correspond directly with their am
hassadors and ENJOYS abroad over the heads OF
and oftentimes unbeknown to their foreish
Ministers or to tn ir Cabinet. 1t was In con-
nection with the negotiation of the Franco-fus-
sian alliance and as the late Car was at the
time at Copenhagen President Carnot sent 10
him, through Count d'Aunay, several cohEoeh-
tal messages and letters, the replies to which
were transmitted to the Elysee by the same
channels of communication On the Cabinet az
Paris becoming aware of this the Count d'AuEay
was at once dismissed, and nothing that the
President could do say could preserve him
from losing his post
NAV add here incidentally that Emperor
William Of Germany. the late King Alphonso or
Spain, the late King and Queen OF Holland, and
above all the King of Belgium. have repeatedly
esident Carnot in this matter, while it is not
so very long ago that the Crown was called
upon TO defend in the Italian Senate and Cham
ber of Deputies the action Of King Humbert in
communicating direct with his ambassadors at
Berlin and at Vienna in defiance OF the stipula-
tions Of the constitution, which prescribe that
all intercourse between the sovereign and his
ENJOYS must pass through the intermediary OF
a Cabinet Minister responsible to the Legislat-
ure.
Baron Magnus, whose cleverness was such
that Prince Bismarck selected him for duty az
German Envoy at Copenhagen, most difficult
post during the reign OF the late Car, by
reason OF the influence exercised by Queen
Louise against the Berlin Government, lost his
place in the diplomatic service. well as all
the laurels Of a long and otherwise successful
diplomatic career, by mprudently attending
dinner at which Sarah Bernhard was present.
He had no idea that he was going to meet her.
otherwise he might have stayed away. While
h. was engaged in conversation with his next
neighbor at table. she gave toast in which
all united and in which he instinctively joined
with much gusto. 1t was only afterward. when
he sat down. that he learned too late that he
had been drinking the health Of France, and TO
the latters recovery OF Alsace-Lorrane.
The foreign envoy is required to be most care
full and crcumspect, not only in connection
with his own conduct, but also with regard to
that of his wife. Thus the late Duke OF Per-
signy the most intimate friend and conhdant
of Napoleon ILL., was relieved of his office OF
French Ambassador in London at the personal
request Of Queen Victoria. The Queen. while
approaching all the good qualities of the Duke,
cd he n ptric
Duchess in sapping the face of a woman at
ball honored by the presence of royalty, the
in question having given offence to the
Ambassadors by appearing at the entertain
ment in dress identical with that of Her Ex-
cellency Nor must 1t be for6 often that NJ de
Kalomne was removed from the post Of Rus
sian Minister to the Court OF Darmstadt be-
cause his beautiful wife had managed to in
vegle the Grand duke into ENHANCEMENT
which eliminated In her divorce from her hus-
band and in a morganatc marriage with the
Gre duke.
Only two years have elapsed since the Swiss
Government gave passports to the Envoy Elk
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Of
the Uruguay Republic at Berne, and insisted
on his leaving the country, because he had
failed to don his hat to Colonel Frey Chief
OF the Federal War Department The envoy
who bears the name OF General Nine and who
is regarded a distinguished soldier and
statesman in South America. had been sub
jected to a good deal Of discourtesy by the
head OF the War Department. in connection
with the refusal Of facilities which the mission
had requested for the witnessing Of the annual
nGr1uyres and sham battles of the Swiss
Army
In consequence OF his refusal to bow to Colonel
Frey AS they passed on the street, the Swiss
Government requested his recall on the ground
that he was no longer persona grata to the
republic.