Arizona republican., 1900-10-09
RUSSIAN ENVOY
 DEFENDS FRANCE

Prince Ouroussoff's recall has been firmly resolved upon ny President Leu bet and by the Fren2h government, and representation In this direction are being made at St Petersburg. where the Czar has been given to understand that his representative on ,he banks of the Seine has ceased to be persona grata. The fact is that the discovery has recently been mada through Count Montebello. the French ambassador at St. Petersburg. that the failure of the Czar to pay his promised visit tO Paris is entirely due t. the arguments Ind recom.n endations of Prince Our0ussp If, who in the office has acted altogether in accordance with the wishes and views of the Nationalist. party. which is fiercely opposed to President Iuubet and to the present French government.
 By some means the French foreign office has obtained possession Cf either a copy or else of synopsis of the princes dispatch. In the latter Pres- dent Loubet is held up ID ridicute. inc ministers denounced. and the army des cribed to he in such state uf disor- ! in office much longer it would become absolutely necessary tO abandon all ideas of any common action of Russia with France, either in war or in peace. Inasmuch as a visit from the CZar could only serve to strengthen the hand of the present government in France and to prOlOng its existence, the prince entreated the Czar to aban- don it.
 It was in deference of this dispatch on the part of the prince that Nicholas gave up all idea of going to Paris. and it was only later on, when his attention had been called by the minister of fin ance. Count Witta. to the fact that the intense disappointment of the French government and people was most in- juriously affecting the financial and economic interests of Russia. that with the object of smoothing away as far as possible the Irritation at Paris NichO- las. entirely against the wishes of his ambassador. conferred the order of St. Andrew upon President Louhet, at the same time directing Count Witte. who Was in Paris, to take part in the cere- mony of investiture a most unusual proceeding.
 The letter sent by the President to the Czar, acknowledging the honor. was exceedingly appreciative and cord ial, and SO. too. was the attitude of Francs chief magistrate toward Count Witte. But his manner to Prince Curcussoff was pointedly cold and distant. so much so. that the am bassador's position has become ex- tremely awkward and entirely useless as an agent for the promotion of friend ly relations between St. Petersburg and Paris
 NThe Prince is a little bit of a man and is a nephew of that old Prince Gortschakoff. Who for so many years was chancellor of the Russian Empire His mother was a Princess Radziwin, and his father. one of the aides de ramp of Alexander II. The OuroussOffs are of Tartar origin, being formerly chiefs of the Nogais tribes. They were converted to Christianity as late as in the seventeenth century, and the title of Prince was conferred upon them in 1901. The ambas asSador served at Blu charest, and at Brussels as minister plenipotentiary, filling in between times the position of grandmaster of the household to old Grandduke Michael. His wife is the daughter and heiress of old Abbaza, the profligate Russian ban ller who died as minister of finance, and who was famous for the scandals of his private life. She has inherited much of the beauty of her mother. who was Mile. Bernadaki. She was sep arated from her husband at the time when he was appointed to Paris. but was sufficiently attracted by the bril- | nancy and prerOgatives of Russian Am | bassadress to France, to rejoin her bus. l band. and since that time has made her l home on the banks of the Seine. where !, she has devoted her attention almost | exclusively to those particular sets of the aristocracy of literature and of i music. that are most pronounced in . their animosity toward the government l Among her particular pets are the poet Regnier who was in this country a ! short time ago featuring at Harvard. l the painter Jacques Blanche. that ex- travagant creature. the Sar Peladan. ] author of that appalling book on mod | crn devil worship, entitled La Bas;" {,