Arizona republican., 1899-05-27


 war department of ether foreign coun- tries, with the result that Russia, Aus tria. Italy, France, Belgium and Great
 Britain have issued similar rules. much to the d1smay of the epauletted Don Juans. It is fortune, cn the
 whole. that this neE regulation has not as yet been extended to the sister branch of tEe service, as seamen are DTCYerbiaIly tickle in their dealings with the fair sex. and the attempt to enforce any such rules among them might possibly lead to a mutiny Seri- ously speaking, however, there is no doubt but that the military authorities of the various countries in Europe are thoroughly justified in taking some step of this kind. Nearly every one of the acts Of treaclery and corruption peTpetrated by officers, and which have developed into public scandals have bcen instigated by members Of the fair sex. There have been women in every single case Of the kind that has come before the public since the war of 1870, commencing with the senile infatua- tion of old General de Cissey. whi.e minister Cf war at Paris, for the Ger man well-bOrn adventures and spy, l Baroness de Kaula. whose cleverly trained d0mestics were won't to take
 
 ministerial portfolio of the general while he was lunching with the baron- esS at her residence adjoining thes Fly see palace on Thursday at noon. after meeting the weekly cabinet council
 Women. too, brought about the fall ! cf Boulanger, and were likewise re- | sponsible for the disgrace of nos one, l but several French generals. in connec- tion with the so-called Legion of Honor scandal that culminated in the surrender of the presidency Of the T0- public Of Jules Grevy
 Women. too, have played a very inn- portant role in the entire Dreyfus con- i troVersy and it is worthy of note that | Rt least five of the officers most promi- l nen1y concerned therein, namely, General Panizardf, Colonel Funnke. the German military attache: Colonel ! Plcquart, Major EsterhaZy and General l BoisdefTre. are largely indebted, for the extent to which their names have been dragged into the mud, to their indiscretions with women who were rot their wives.
 It Is imperative that the example Of obedience should come from these highest in rank and it is the generals who must furnish the young heuten- ants, comets. and ensigns the lesson
 
 custCmed role Of Joseph to the design ing and lovely Mrs. Podphars who are at the bottom of every military scan dal. and who constitute the mos inn portant secret agents in every act of military treGchery and espionage.
 Mention of General Bculanger serves to recall the fact that a lady who played a very important role in the latter portion Cf Lis military career. and who was mainly responsible for his intrCduceiCn to mOnaTchical so- ciety, namely. the Fiscountess de Fred ern, is nov engaged in a most unseem- ly strife with the widow of her recent ly deceased brother, the great sugar l rcdner. Henri Say. The quarrel is or | account ot money matters, the wis countess charging her sister-in-laW | with fraudulent designs. and so Out- l rageouS are these accusations consid- | cred by the other members of the fam l fly that even the eldest son of tn wis countess, namely, the young Duke de | Brissac, and her only sister, the Prin- | cess Amadius de Broglie have appear cd in court against her, fer the purpose Of supporting the recently widowed Madame Say.
 The viscOuntess is one of the least ik and has been mixed up in all sorls oG unsaVoiy affairs. in fact, her ac- with General Boulangar, when the latter was minister Of war was brought about through the serV- ices which he is alleged tC have ren- dered to her in recovering from 1le Judicial authorities 9 rather compro- IliSing correspondence that she had carried Cn with PTado, the mysterious Don Juan. Whci was beheaded for the murder Of the demi-mCndaine Marie l Regnaud. This circumstance was dis cGSsed by the Parisian press at the time i'll such a manner as to leave no doubt as to the identity of the wis and this igncble taffa;re da occur" was subsequently, made che theme of some exceedingly coarse and ribald verses by the popular poet. Tail hade, verses which became a favorite song in all the cafe chantants and in the Latin quarter
 CuriOusly enough the poet a year later was the victim of a mysterious He was in the habit Of talk ng his dinner q the well known Cafe 1 FOyot one of the mes quiet and un- -jtrusive resorts in Paris, close to the senate palace. He had just left his seat al the table and the room in or der to send some message, when sud denly q bomb exploded at the very place which he had occupied. An ef- fort was made to ascriba the outrage to anarchists. But the poet WAS a friend of the anarchists and singe- Of their doctrines, just about the last person, therefore, whom they would nave sing.ed out as their victim while 1t is we'll known that he had been threatened with Fetribution Cn several occasions by signed and anonymous letters. written bv the friends of the and bearing reference to his poetry about her ~ Her first husband was the Marquis ie Brissac, eldest son of the late duke lf that name. The marquis died on the battle field in 1870, and within q 2 short time after his death she coa- ferred her hand once more upon the $ -I i