New-York tribune., 1900-01-25
ROD4Ts REPLIES TO THE COUNT.
DE CAsTELLANE SENDS A CAUsT1C AN
swER TO THE PARIS EDITOR.

The Count and Countess de Castellane expect to
remain in this country for almost month. They
have been busy since their arrival in calling and in
attending receptions and theatre parties. The
Count when he downstairs at the Waldorf
Astoria yesterday morning found telegram from
N. Ferdinand de Rodays. the director Of the
Paris Figaro" with whom he is now engaged in
bitter quarrel result OF publication in that
paper that the Count had lost large sums OF money
speculating in Paris and had fed from the country
10 escape his creditors and to raise money to meet
his obligations. The telegram from the Paris ed
itor was in reply TO one the Count sent upon his
arrival here. The reply caustic and called
forth an equally soaring answer from the Count
NJ De Rodays's telegram was follows:
COnte de Castelane. Waldorf-Astoria Nev-Yorl,
Your denials and your menaces will change none
OF the facts which are now of public notorlety in
Paris. If the Figaro" took notice Of what is
termed your discontinue it was JUSTIFIED therein bv
me campaign OF defamation and Insult which you
which you control hope you viii succeed in get
ting out OF the affair, and your l reserve
70 myself the right 70 tell you what think Of dis
loyalty and your attitude with regard 10 d journal
kind TO you and your wife, while You have never
FER6INAYSlD DE RoDAYs,
Director Of Figaro"
The reply. which the Count sent In French. was
given out follows:
Rodays Director Figaro Rue Drouot Paris
Se 0H 65 80 Fqcglq0s and Ps6e Il is in keeping with
which you direct in the interests OF the Vi est
causes In truth you annoy me, and 1 shall with
hold any further explana tions until I see Won in
Paris upon my return from America about Febr1l-
ary 10 must say that every one should be highly
edlned Dy the absurd allegations you have made
concerning me-rnade with a grand flourish after
4; my departure rom FRANCE, and when was where
Co11u IIot ueLtlo HlyseiA Ior nine days ana could
not deny for that length of time that I had ever
sPeculated on the BouTse
You have had the bad taste 10 suggest that seek
redress from the Minister Of Finance. The Figaro
fault viii now he e6prnpeIe5 t nav a1a - GSe %
francs. interest.
ought not to be hard you, for you have a sub
stantiaI basis in the fund which you collected for
Nine. Klobb but which she refused TO accept.
l think l am very reasonable in asking that
amount Of damages after the questionable cam
paign which you have conducted in France for the
to occupy yourself with an attempt to resiscifste
the Figaro. whose circulation and standing have
with affairs which do not concern you.
1 have never inspired against you campaign
thai. as an honest man. I should regard you as
am forced to expend in sending this message.
say what you will-no one will take you seriously
Deputy
NJ. De Castellane said in explanation that n. De
Rodays didn't by his telegram that the Count
owned a newspaper IN Paris.
II don't even control paper" he added. But
am glad 70 say that nearly all the papers, except
the Figaro have treated me kindly. My sliusiOn
70 the fund OF Nine. klobb viii be well understood
raised large fund for this woman. the widow Of a
fused to accept it. upon the ground that the FTga-
TO all through the Dreyfqs trial had been bitterly
unjust and abusive toward the French army That
leaves him with the fund on his hands. He cannot
give Il the widow and he has not returned 1t TO
the subscribers. and the papers are poklng fun at
him. asking him what he intends 10 do
The Count and Countess busy all day yes
terday Ihey went Out L2r odEe I've ~, "a Ins aver 4T
Edwin Gould Miss Helen NJ. Gould and Mrs. George
J. Gould with them. They expect 70 go 10
Lakewood Saturday, 10 visit Mr- and Mrs George
J. Gould.
Thav dined IN the main dining of the Wal
dorf-Astoria last night with MT. and Mrs Edwin
Could and other friends. There were ten IN the
party After the dinner the party went TO theatre.