The Washington weekly post., 1899-10-17
r,,yrirs, 1853 ~ Richard Naus,)

nell came TO occupy n high po-
utlcal circles, was owing, In the
frSt place. in no slight degree to
a., ssrtI,ng OF the case OF the Stolen
g-se- Re reached the British foreign
uf-t.1 FIVE minutes OF his recelv-
,sa note requesting his attendance
ss Il once ushered into the presence
I, .se then foreign secretary, Vlscount
,,--,ts-e. The viscount thanked the Hon.
,---s.rs FOR his prompt attendance, re-
..4e4 him that his father. the Earl OF
--~sar vas an old schoolfcllow OF his
"a then. at once, proceeded 20 the bust
rs,s n hand.
The fact is. Mr.. Champnell, the copy
81. frraty-lndeed. the treaty Itself
80 for the present at least, IS OF a
,---srr,IaI character and which we have
..y--sts8 with the government Of Mex
+, tes been stolen from this Office, from
.--5erres-h MY very nose"
w CtamUgeu looked what, possibly,
5, might not have felt-surprised.
Have you no suspicion. my lord, of
vs5 The taief isy'
THAT. M Champnell, is the delicate
-s-r a. the position. We have not only
vsp.e.oa We have something which ap-
.-5acacs a certainty
The Hon Augustus bowed AS yet he
81 10. clearly understand.
IlaHlug toward Mr. Champneu across
,.s table. the v!scount lowered his voice
We have only too much reason TO be-
rsve that the thief is the plenipotentiary
from Panama
The Hon Augustus began to see the
vSc0lLJs CrlfL
In that case. / presume, you de-
srz not so much the detection OF the
ME as the recovery Of the treaty?'
"EXactly-yoU have hit II on the head
Gs you are, Of course, aware, we could
70, arrest the man even II we wished;
10 is protected by his Office But, apart
from our disability, we desire to avoid
scandal. He is accredited TO US as Don
J-aluim De Coronads-which. by the way.
W have again reason 10 believe has not
always been his name"
PaGsiug. the viscOunt exchanged with
Nr Champnell a glance which was full
Q, meaning.
We have cause 10 suspect that he has
rot s''len the treaty for his own use. but
with a view Of selling or otherwise dis
posing OF It 10 the plenipOtentiary from
Caracas. You have no notion, Mr..
ClsmpneU what curious representatives
are sometimes sent to US by South Amer
team states"
80 l should imagine"
The viscount raised his hands.
Indeed, The name of the plenipo-
tertiary from Caracas is Don Martinez
S-,ierrez l Will merely observe that
Ehi.e he speaks Spanish, and indeed. for
the matter Of that, English also. with a
marked German-American accent, his
colleague, de Coronads, speaks, practi-
Clly no language but English-and that
with a strong Irish-American accent. The
stolen treaty contains a clause having
Particular personal reference TO Sutierrez,
and 10 affairs In which he Is personally
Interested. He, no doubt, suspecting the
existence Of this clause, and being con-
sci0us Of the vital necessity of his OBJ
tsiaing early and exact knowledge of its
pgTOrt, has instigated de Coronads, who
Is personal friend OF his own, to get it
mo his possession"
The viscount stopped. The Hon. Au-
Els,us considered.
4 suppose there is no doubt that de
CJr1nads did steal the treaty?"
Unfortunately. none whatever. The
tnpUdenCe OF the act was not the least
amazing part Of it, 1 assure you, between
ourselves, Mr.. Champnell, that neither
gentleman is an individual who is at all
likely to stick at trifes. The treaty had
been returned by the Queen. The Pan
ANA and Caracas plenipotentiarieS, sud-
denly arriving together, requested, in a
somewhat clustering fashion. an immedi-
ate interview. They We're shown in to
ne The Interview was of a not alto
ge.her pleasant kind. Toward the close
OF II SuuerreZ drew me aside into the
boW-wind0w there, under the pretext of
saving something TO me in confidence.
While | was standing with him, l actu-
ally saw de COrOnads lingering the papers
On my table. But IL was not till after
be had gone that / discovered that il
was the treaty with Mexico that the
scOlndrel had stolen. II was as impudent
ana as baretaced a robbery as l ever
heard Of"
When did this take placer"
Not an hour ago"
20 recently. Then, In that case, there
h a possibility Of the contents of the
uealy not having yet been communicated
10 Su,ierrez."
mere is, as you say, a possibility, but
" Is d slight one. He is only too well
aware OF the necessity of receiving early
Information"
What sort Of man is de Coronads
Personality"
a man Of about forty-fve with black
ar and Nhlskers-an mpudent-loJkins
'"o"' Very big and very broad; pos
s'SSei should think, of the strength of
hercules. As Irish-loOking a Spaniard
ever SAVIOR heard"
And Sutierrez?"
ne is about the same age, tall and
' Win lair hair and mustache. a
10y usdsre,able manner, and a dry,
-'"t Idshlon Of speech; as German a
-',."'L as his friend is Irish. To be
IN win You, Mr.. Champnell, l take IL
- o''A men are natives OF Europe who
- resided for many years in the
- states, who have obtained the
.o"S NAich they now hold during the
49, - p'Aleal commissions in Panama
-. l"'aDds' and who, for men in such
r''Oi's' r.,' nave about as bad a record as
very well could have"
mere does de CorOnads liye?"
vaI-. very modest fashion in Chepstow
- Noting Hill. Sutierrez lives in
- s!'r IN Westbourne Terrace. I
FF.,. 81 udt neither man is well-to-do.
:. are ddyenturers, who have come
rs .-S-aAa IN the hope OF being able to
,.,E-' '"elT own finances at the EXPENSE
A .'iahces Of their adopted countries
So many diplomatists come from
tr,.-, america on precisely the same
s.lr, fortunately. not all of them
AZ 'Ae same means TO attain their ends
en-. &c yoronads has done. IL the rov-
k.''.5Al Of Mexico learns that sU,itgTez
l-.,,7, s''"rl access TO the contents of tba
T,. Ts' We may have serious trouble"
nv '-on. augustus rose, as il 10 60
t,o,'' ,"' Mr. Champneu, what do Won
''Vyyse 10 dog' ~ you
"lor -.''eF Tor you the stolen treaty"
tt-... uhleFs,aLd, that, 10 be of anv
M il must ne recovered az once
10 f- "'-tIJn that the treaty is drawn
r. SPANISH, and that. as ae Corona5s'
ke.T.,ss oI that language, IKE sam
Lar knowledge OF London. is pecu-
. d. ''r our part shall be conlent II
s.agri'-.I, VI L-d 10 10 before IL reaches
rs., -r."4!erstand" The Hon. Augus,ys
..1r. " -ooE. He stood Tor a moUenJ
a.s-.lI The