The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-12
Che aohita Daily eagle: Sunday gornuo yaul 2 1901.

her eye Reinhard sent letter TO Prince
Kurakin protesting against the measure
of which he was a victim. Kurakin sent
him word that his letter had been given
70 the Tsar. and on the 18th Of January,
1907, he was released from prison The
emperor informed him that his arrest
was due solely 10 the precipitancy Of
certain officials, and expressed his re-
grets.
Among the many incidents OF Rein
hard g return with his wife and their
two young children from Russia 10
France. we VIII note only their meeting
with Goethe at Carlsbad. They were
both Germans by birth. and could not
help feeling much pleasure in making
the acquaintance Of the greatest German
poet Madame Reinhard judges Goethe
IN these terms.
/ have spoken 70 you already OF our
interest in contemplating this man Of
extraordinary and universal genius. I
say contemplating, for our relations, 50
far as I am concerned at least. have
never been cordial There is in him TOO
much preparation. a want OF naturel.
which does not excite confidence. :
Professor Huber says truly that Goethe
shuns all individuality. and this is why
hs has never moved my heart; he scars
above an human niseries. Ike an inhabi-
tant Of other spheres. He never speaks
If himself; I have never seen him inter
ested In the joys or the pains OF others.
one rarely obtains from him q mark
Of appreciation OF Of dispIeasure When
one speaks to him Of the suferings and
receptions Of people he knows. he looks
upon it al Is fats divers. and cites SINH
lar eases. Nothing moves him. lie lives
In the Ihere Of his ideas and Of his
knowledge. an immense sphere. which
embraces ali sciences. and he finds
amusement In the most abtrlse matters.
lie occupies himself ardeut1y with bot
any. chemistry. mineralogy. astronomy;
everything is familiar 70 him. The theory
OF colors is his present hobby.
Admired as he is. no homage surprises
him During 2 conversation in which
Goethe expressed himself with unusual
fire, ray husband told him that though
he had found himself at different times
in contact with remarkable men, he had
never found in such a wealth Of ideas,
such harmony. such elevation Of feeling,
50 perfect an ensemble as IN HIM he
confessed that he sometimes found it
difficult 10 follow him. and was often
d8zed by the business and the audacity
Of his conceptions. This homage did not
seem to astonish the poet. who replied
that it was. in fact necessary 70 be
accustomed TO his language TO be able
10 understand him; that he himself on
account OF this. had given Up taking part
in conversations. and that he talked
only when he found men Of his own level.
Reinhard. ever after his conversation
with Goethe at Carlsbad maintained a
correspondence with him, which has
been published, at least il part.
Reinhard was sent on his return, TO
Cassel. where he represented France for
six years in the new kingdom Of west
phalia- The letters written by him while
he was the intermediary between Napo-
leon and his brother jerome do not ap-
pear in the volume just published, and
win be subject 90 another publication
These correspondence. after this interval.
begins Only in 1913, when Nap0leon's en-
pire had begun TO totter. and when the
French had TO abandon Germany. Rein
hard made diguifed retreat from Cas-
sel he had no illusions. and felt that
the days OF the empire were numbered.
HIS wife kept her faith in Napoleon
fortune TO the end She wrote. how
ever, in IN4 when she heard that
Bourbon had been proclaimed king in
Lyons. Must we regard this news as
the end OF the awful slaughter, or as the
beginning of other bloody struggiesz'
For a moment, she saw the star Of Va
poIeon shine with new briliancy."
That was after the victory Of Champau-
bert. but when Paris vas taken by the
allies when the end came. she could
not help writing Thank God. II IS all
over Tanerand had no difficulty in
reconciling Reiuhard with the old dy-
nasty. and when he took the Foreign
OHce. he attached Reiuhard 70 himself
as Director at the Ministry OF Foreign
Affairs"
My husband" writes Madame Rein
hard. "foresaw that the Prince Of Bene-
veuto would re-appear on the stage. He
had recalled his wife. whom he at first
seut away On the confusion which fol-
lowed the arrival or the allies before
Paris and the flight Of the empressl. and,
On Wednesday morning. my husband
heard him express himself with great
freedom Of mind THE end is near
SAID he. and / VIII 50 away Pressed
by the other high functi0naries. be made
believe he was going; but he had taken
his measures. and his carriage was stop
red at the barrier by national guards,
who begged him not 20 leave the capital
Vow. Taueraad has put white cock
ade on his hat He has convoked the
senate ana the Tsar lies in his house.
Madame Reinhard died in the spring
Of 1915. worn out by the fatigues and the
emotions CT the preceding years she
did not see the triumphant return from
Elba and the hnaI downfall Of the man
who Ter her had always been the