The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02

1878, at which the premiers and chan
cellors of the various great powers of
Europe took part, there was given to
him Dy them an advance copy of tho
treaty concluded at the congress, and
he was thus enabled to secure a Won
derful beat for the Times over all
other newspapers, each represented at
Berlin by the cIeverest and most astute
members of it's staff. The statesmen
assembled at the congress likewise pre-
scented to NJ de Blowitz for his wife
an altogether unique token of their re-
gard for him in the shape of a fan, on
each stick of which one of the dele
gates had signed his name, the late
Prince Bismarck, Prince Gortchakoff
Lord Beaconsfield and Count Andrassy
heading the list.
OF course NJ de Blowitz has had enc
mics, and to some of them may be
traced the report that he has not been
wholly incorruptible. But there is not
the shadow of foundation for aE< such
suspicion. His wife, who left him her
entire fortune at her death, was an
extremely rich woman, added to which
he received a. princely salary from the
Times, as well as a large allowance
for entertainment under the head of
table money" Moreover I know of
at least two instances where an at
tempt was made in the most ingenious
fashion, but unsuccessfully, to inf1u-
ence him. One of the cases was the
proffer of an honorarium of $4,000
down by the Monte Carlo gambling es-
tablishment if he would refrain from
writing against it in his dispatches.
Had there been any shadow of truth
in the calumnies of this kind he would
never have retained the confidence of
the makers of contemporary history,
or of his employer the Times Far
from taking money, he has, on the con-
trary, been most openhanded with his
wealth. and there are few French news
paper men of any prominence, and lit
erateurs at Paris, who have appealed
in vain to him for assistance of more
or less temporary character during the
last 80 years.
His nickname of ambassador of
the Times" has been something more
than a mere empty title. For he has
certainly been treated in the official
and Diplomatic world at Paris as the
representative of a great power rather
than as a mere correspondent and
French cabinet ministers, foreign am
bassadors and statesmen have been
wont to gather around his hospitable
board in the Avenue Marceau to meet
royal princes and even crowned heads,
files for which his table was celebrated.
King Edward has often dined att his
house; So too, has King Leopold, while
the late King of Spain never visited
Paris, officially or incognito, without
calling upon NJ de Biowitz who has
among many autograph portraits of
that young monarch one expressing "af-
fectionate gratitude" The sympathies
of NJ. de Blowitz for Spain have. per-
tt. i -
the late King, been always very strong,
and they were especially apparent at
the time of the peace congress at Paris,
following the war of 1898, when he used
all his influence with foreign states
men, with the foreign press, and in
connection with the framing of public
opinion in Europe to assist the Span
ish peace commissioners in their eff
forts to obtain more favorable terms
from the United States than the lat
ters plenfpotentiaries were disposed to
cOncede