New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-08

portant conviction dating from April. 1890, when
ne was sentenced by a Paris court to n term
" Iour years penal servitude for forgery and fraud
New-4ork Monte Carlo, Lucerne. Geneva Ma
uiio ana Calcutta, Ostend and London. have all
peeh IN turn the scene of his fraudulent operations
While at San Francisco finding that no under
mo observation OF the detective police. he man
"eeu TO induce them 70 believe that he was him.
SCH one or the principal officers Of the secret ser
vice Of Austria fraternized with them, and actually
induced them to holp him shadow some absolutely
innocent foreign tourists staying at the same hotel
"s hlmself whom he declared he had been In
sructed to watch behalf of his government
lie Is very good looking. well educated and pos
sessed of the most charming manners, while no is
also a brilliant conversationalst, making friends
az easily with men with
CHARLES DICKENs's MSS.
With regard TO the dispatches which appeared
the other day in the American papers to the effect
that j. F1erpont Morgan was making sort OF lit
erary corner in the MSS. OF Charles Dickens and
was gradually acquiring possession of all or them'
II may be Just well TO state that this Is quite
impossible. For with the exception OF the original
MS OF Our Mutual Friend" all the original manu-
scripts OF Charles Dickens's novels are in the
possession of the British government and preserved
In the South Kensington Museum, in London, TO
which national institution they were bequeat hed.
The MS. of Our Mutual Friend" was owned by
the late George W. Childs OF Philadelphia, to
whom the late Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen offered on
behalf Of the English government the sum or
$4,000. so to complete the collection at South
Kensington. But Mr.. Childs could not make up
his mind TO part with the treasure. which either
remains In the possession of his widow or else
was bequeathed by him to Of the public in
stitutions OF Philadelphia From this It will be
seen that. at the best. MI Morgan might obtain
some MS. OF a magazine article written by Charles
Dickens.
SEARCH FOR THE AUTHORS OF THE WAR
1t is generally admitted that the war be-
tween Japan and Russia, which has caused such
immense amount of suffering and less Of lfe'
resulted from the failure OF Baron Rosen, the
Muscovite envoy at Toxic. to receive in tine the
instructions dispatched to him by Emperor Nicho-
las and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at St
Petersburg and containing the consent OF Russia
to certain stipulations and demands put forward
by Japan. Had these dispatches arrived In time
there would have been war. But they did not
reach Baron Rosen until after Togo's attack on
Port Arthur.
It has frequently been asserted at st. Petersburg
and in other capitals of Europe that tho transmits
sion of these dispatches was purposely delayed by
certain distinguished personages at st. Petersburg
who preferred war to yielding jot to the de-
mands Of Japan, since any concession was bound 10
effect their pecuniary interests. So much popular
resentment has been caused by this that Emperor
Nicholas has now appointed commission in order
to clear up the matter. to ascertain the respon-
sibity for the delay in the transmission Of the
dispatches to Baron Rosen and to place the blame
| where 1t belongs no matter how 1t be to the
| throne.