New-York tribune., 1905-11-06
y COURT INTRIGUE.

If is with a decided feeling of relief that certain
circles ir England have learned that Sir Horace
Kumbold, former Ambassador at Vienna, has
reached the end Of his diplomatic "reminiscences
in the work lust published entitled Final Recollec-
tons of a Diplomatist' For in spite of the cen
sure administered to him by Lord Lansdowne after
the publication of his first batch of memoirs, he
reveals in this latest work of his things which
can hardly prove palatabe to those affected
Thus he furnishes explanation of the fact
that while Minister at The Hague no fewer than
five of his juniors appointed over his head to
embassies. Bitterly resentins what he regarded as
a gross piece of injustice he set to work in 1894 to
make cautious inquiries through foreign diplomatic
friends in London. with the object of discovering
the reason for the treatment TO which he had been
subjected. and learned that story had been circu
lated at in England ard at the Foreign Office
the effect that he had had violent alteration
with one OF the royal chamberlains at some court
function at The Hague, and had very nearly if not
actually, come TO blows
Assuming the story be true. it naturally
considered that diplomat Who possessed so little
control of his temper was untitled for the role of
ambassador.
The only foundation that there for this story,
according 10 Sir Horace had been that some years
previously he had on one occasion left the railroad
station Amsterdam, and had given up his ticket,
when he told by his footman that Lady Rum
bold and of his children had come to meet him.
He tried to re-enter the platform TO find them, but
was roughly seized by ticket collector, who, when
he shook him off, grossly insulted him. The Dutch
Minister Foreign Affairs apologized to Sir Hor-
ace for the rudeness of the ticket collector, who
would have been dismissed from the service but for
the envoy's intervention in his behalf
Sir Horace intimates that the distortion of this
story and the Transformation of the ticket collec-
tor into one of the chamberlains at court,
niece of petty vengeance the part of Queen
Wihelmna's English governess-Miss Winter-for
having nv accident been kept out of her usual
at the English church of Amsterdam at the mem
orial service for the Duke of Clarence. organized
b,, the English legation the time of his death.
Sir Horace brought the matter TO the notice OF
Queen Emma at that time the Regent of Holland,
who was indignant what she described
a gross piece of fabrication and not only caused
Foreign Office but likewise wrote herself to Queen
Victoria to set Sir Horace right in the eyes Of
his sovereign Almost Immediately afterward Sir
Horace was promoted to be Ambassador Vienna
and was thus able to wind up his career of fifty
one wears in the diplomatic service the head of
his profession instead OF being compelled to retire
on the score of age as Minister Plenipoten-
which he now enjoys. This sets rest all the
stories w1ict, were for long time to the
effect that Sir Horace's promotion had been re-
tarded owing the fact that Lady Rumbold had
AT one tinle forced by straiened circumstances
prior to marrying him earn her living a pro-
fessional concert singer Her first husband was
Captain Caulield, OF she Life Guards