Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-15

he commenced lie as private ScCTcldIS
to old Nine. de Mortijo. mother Of En-
press Eugene, to whom he had been
recommended by Ferdinand de Lesseps.
On the strength Of Nine. de Montijo's
influence he entered the service of the
department of foreign affairs at Paris.
was appointed vice consul at Naples.
but was dismissed in disgrace for hav-
ing taken part in preposterous at
tempt on the part of the late Prince
Murat to place himself upon the throne
of Naples. This, of course. got Her
bette into no end of trouble with En-
peror Napoleon, who was on terms OF
such close intimacy with King Victor
Emmanuel, and likewise greatly an
gered Empress Eugene, who was at the
time endeavoring to secure the recogni-
ton and friendship Of the late Empress
Elizabeth of Austria, sister of the ex-
Queen of Naples.
His dismissal served to disgust Her
bette with royal personages, and, ac-
ccrdingly, he joined the republican
movement, wrote violent articles
against the court of the Tuileries.
which resulted in his being sent to
prison, and took part in the overthrow
of the empire after the battle of Sedan.
and in the establishment of the repub-
lie, his services in this connection VIM
ming for him his restoration to the SER
vice Of the department of foreign at
fairs. He acted as private secretary to
several foreign ministers, and finally
secured his appointment to the post of
French Ambassador at Berlin, which,
at the time, was one of such difficulty
that no one cared to assume it. For
time he did very well there, although
numbers of stories were told of his odd
solecisms. But he ended by being sub
jected to no end of abuse by the French
press, which used to describe him as
the turnkey of the Kaiser, and in order
to relieve himself of this imputation, he
rendered himself guilty of two or three
such gross pieces of discourtesy and
breaches of ettiquete at the expense OF
the Emperor that his recall was de-
manded, and his place taken by the
courtly old Marquis de Noailles, long
French envoy at Washington.
Stamp collectors will be astonished
to find that the new Italian postal and
revenue stamps, just issued to the pub
lie, are adorned with an eagle with out
stretched wings, bearing a strange re-
semblance to the heraldic eagle OF
Prussia and of Emperor William, and
they will be tempted to believe that
King Victor Emmanuel has adopted
new armorial bearings, and that, fol-
lowing the example of the United
States, the now defunct French Empire.
the kingdom Of Prussia, and the en-
pires of Germany, of Austria, and OF
Russia, he has selected the eagle as the
horaldic bird most fitted to represent
the kingdom of United Italy. This is.
however, a mistake. The appearance OF
the single-headed eagle on the new
Italian stamps and coins does not in
6icste any adoption by Victor EN-
rianuel of new heraldic emblems. The
eagle with extended wings, and holding
in it's extended talons a serpent, was in
times gone by the armorial device OF
the senior branch of the house OF
Savoy. indeed, of the founder of the
dynasty, namely, the Count Of Pied
mcnt, Prince of Achaja and Of Morea,
and in using the heraldic bird in ques-
ton for his stamps and coins King
Victor Emmanuel has merely revived
the me st ancient of all the armorial de-
vices of his house. The eagle in ques-
ton bears on it's breast the shield
showing the silver cross on the red field
familiar tc all who have seen Italian
flags, while the head of the bird is sur
mounted by royal crown from which
depend two streamers bearing the word
fert," the mysterious motto of the
reigning house of Italy, concerning the
meaning Of which so much difference Of
opinion prevails.
We have heard a good deal lately
about the kidnapping or attempted abb
duction of the president Of one Of the
South American republics, and every
body will recall the sensational abduc-
ton of Prince Alexander Of Bulgaria,
who, having displeased the late Car,
was seized at night in mis- own palace at
Sofia by officers of his body-guard,
who had been corrupted with Mus
covite gold, and was carried off into
Russia, where he was kept a prisoner
for several days before expostulations
on the part of the foreign powers led
to his release.
A somewhat similar instance has just
been brought to light in connection
with the reorganization of Manchuria.
1t seems that some years ago a colony
of adventures, recruited from every
nation in the world, including the
United States. established itself on
| Chinese territory bordering on the
| river Amoor. attracted by the richness
| of the gold fields. The Chinese gov
eminent made no effort to modest them
| and in course of time, realizing the
necessity of some sort of government,
they evolved a regular system of ad-
ministration en- republican lines, with
president at its head, in the shape of
IA young Roumanian of the name OF
Eassi. who had spent some years as
clerk in one of the great shipping firms
at Odessa. The Russian government
did not relish this establishment of a
| republic on its very borders, and after
having ,endeavored in vain to induce
the Pekin government to send an army
| against the republic, which had its
capital at Ignashina, proceeded to deal
| with 1t in its own characteristic fash
ion.
The governor general of Eastern ST.
IBERIA sent his principal abide camp
Prince Wittenstein, to Ignastrina, in
wiling the President of the republic tc