Arizona republican., 1898-10-25
FOREIGN NOTES
 AND COMMENT

The presence in the United States at the present moment Of the Marquis de Breteuil, who a couple Of years ago had the good sense and patriotism to cut himself adrift from the ridiculous policy of the duke of Orleans, serves to recall the extraordinary encounter of his younger brother, Count Gaston de B:eteuil, with Michael Ephrussi, which resulted in the resignation of the latter from the Rue Royale club. and his do- nation of million francs tc' the pcor of Paris. It seems that Ephrussi, Russian Hebrew who hans from Odes- sa, who is married to a daughter Of Baron Alphonse Rothschild, and who is generally regarded as the biggest wheat operator in Francs, recommend ed the Count de Breteuil and some cf his friends to go in cn Q sure deal rms transaction instead of beneftting the count, left him loser to the sum O. some S2O0,O00. Several of the count 5 friends were likewise heavily mt Ill the affair. The count paid half ct ms losses, went cut to South America' where, in eighteen months, by 1ortu- nate speculation, he amassed suHl- cient sum to pay the balance, and then returned to Paris, where, according to the story current in club circles at the time, he encountered Ephrussi at the club. and twisted the latter's nose with the bank notes representing the bal ance. the pin with which they were fas- tened together severely scratching the proboscis Of the great wheat operator.
 The reason for this assault upon Ephrussi by the count was that the latter WAS convinced that beth he and his friends had been purposeiy let in on the wrong side of the market by Ephrussi for purposes Of his oiwn. AS Ephrussi failed to demand any repa-a- ticn Of the count for the indignity to which he had been subjected at the club, taking the ground that he was in too poor health to fight duel, the count declared that he would person. ally chastise Ephrussi the next time he met him, and submit the entire finan cial transaction net only to the com mittee of the Rue Royale club, to which the count belonged, and with which Ephrussi. as the owner of one Of the largest racing stables in France, was likewise connected, unless the wheat king presented a million francs to the management of the Rue Royale club fer distribution among the poor of the metropolis. To this condition Ephrus- si reluctantly agreed. While loudly protesting his innocence Of any unfair treatment Of the Count de Breteuil, he gave the sum demanded for distri- button among the poor, and likewise resigned his membership Of the Rue Roya1e club, which Had been the scene of his execution" Tn fact, Paris be- came so uncongenial that he spent the remainder Of the season in England, scratching all his horses that were en- tered for events on the French turf
 The Count de Breteuil, is very gay, cheery, frank and sympathetic. In fact, he is infinitely more popular at Paris than his elder brother, the mar Quis, wilo is reproached by his friends and acQuaintances with a shortccming very rare among foreign noblemen whc have married American hsiresses, namely, economy carried to the degree of downright avarice. It is asserted that he is the most close-fsted noble man in France The marquis is about 45 years of age and below rather than above the middle height. He is 2 thcr- ough sportsman, exceedingly shrewd and self-controIled. and possessed of so much tact and skill that he manages to remain on good terms with the prince Of Wales and with his brotheT-in-law, Sir William Gordcn Cummings, Of bac- carat and Tranby Croft celebrity at one and the same time. He is great favorite of the Russian grand dukes, frc1 fIyy mi fer-<e inc T by him both at his house in Paris and cn his estates in the south of France.
 One word more on the subject of the Ephrussi-Bre.euil episode above de scribsd- The novelist "Gyp" and other writers who make a point Of asaiiing the Jews have used the incident in question to illustrate the relations Cf the old aristocracy with the Jews and to demonstrate the way in which the Hebrew race are Tuining the Christians under the guise of friendship. The incident cannot be set dawn, however, to racial antipathiss, fer the de Ere teui1s, in spite of their ancient name and lineage, have a strong strain Of Jewish bIcoG in their veins. beth the marquis and the count being grand sons Cf that Hebrew statesman, F'ould, who played So eonspicucus a role as minister of finance during the reign Of Napoleon III. The aftermath of the episode in question occurred a,mcst a year later cn the race course Of Chan lilly, when, ewing to the suspicious character Of the running Of Ephrussi's $ horse, Turpin, which should have won, but was unaccountably beaten, he was so terribly mobbed by the public that had it net been for the timely inter ference of the police he would in all proba ability have been lynchsd. Indeed, his escape from injury was exceedingl narrcw, and the fright which he un- derwent took him a long time to get over
 If anything were needed to intensity the unpopularity Of Lord Wclseley it would be the fact which has just be- come known that he bitterly opposed the grant Of peerage to Sir Herbert