New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-02
ENGLAND SWEnEN'S ALLY.
King Edzcard's ActiUity in ScGndina-
pian Crisis Due to Forgotten Treaty.

N-
way II is necessary to explain fact Known 10
relatively few 3eopIe namely. that there is In
existence between Great Britain and the joint KING
6onss ~ Sweden and Norway a treaty, signed at
stockholm on November 2. 1885. that is to say. In
the crimean War. whereby the King OF sweden
ana Norway solennly pledges himself to England
NOT To cede or to exchange with Russia nor TO
ns-rnit her 20 occupy any part Of the territories
s.1o,-4,1 70 the Crown of Sweden and Norway
His ma testy the King OF Sweden and Norway en-
Ypv.s further not 70 oede TO Russia any right or
rasturage Of fishery. or OF any other nature what
soaver either the said territories or upon the
casts OF Sweden and Norway
In return. Queen Victoria bound herself her sue
.rsors and Great Britain to furnish the Crown OF
sweden and Norway with sufficient naval and mill
,srv forces 10 enable the King OF Sweden and Nor
way TO resist any pretensions and aggressions Of
Russia in direction. This treaty. negotiated
by Lord PaIrnerstoz and announced by Queen Vic
toria in speech from the throne on the opening
Of Parliament on January 81. 1856, had for its
avoeed object the prevention Of Russia from OBJ
tanning either from Norway or from Sweden. any
ice free seaport washed by the Gulf Stream. and
situated either the Norwegian coast on the
Atlantic or on the shores OF Sweden. Curiously
enough this treaty, which attracted much attention
ct the time has been made topic of political
or international discussion since AS stated above,
there are even many diplomats and statesmen who
ignorant of its existence. But it has been with
The object Of safeguarding England's obligations
and rights under it's provisions, in connection with
the new situation created by the separation OF Nor
way from Sweden. that King Edward has been so
very much concerned about the Scandinavian crisis
understand that the Norwegian governneHr has
now decided 10 continue on its own account the
maintenance of all the pledges made in its name by
Sweden when the two kingdoms were united unoeT
one monarch
THE EMPEROR OF sAHARAs" COUP
In spite Of Jacques Iebaudy,s amazing eccen-
tricity in posturing all Europe as the En-
peror Of the Sahara which has led several oc-
casions 10 his seizure BY the police as lunauc ne
remains 70 all appearances an extraordinarily anIe
business man. and in financial circles n Parls ne
is credited with having engineered quite alone tne
tremendous coup by which he has ruined the says
and brought about the suicide OF the sugar manu-
fzoturer. Cronier. who had charge Of the manage
uent OF all the Say interests
Tbs two great sugar refining dynasties IN France
have always been those OF tia Lebaudys and CT the
Saws and OF course war 10 the knife has existed
between them For time II seemed as II the
Saws thanks TO the clever management Of cron1er.
had obtained the lead. but suddenly they were
ovo-wheluaed by & coup for which no provision
had been made ard which has virtually reduced
them to ruin. The engineer Of this coup as nave
stated above. is the eccentric Emperor OF the sa-
hars who it is alleged at Paris. is almost alone
among the horde q big cosmopolitan huancers on
the hanks OF the Seine 10 possess the relentless
and callous indifference 70 ruin and SUFFERING
-eorIstte to the SUCCESS OF master strokes such $
these By Il Jacques Lebaudy has qusorupled his
sY-eady enormous fortune, and incidentally that
Of his relatives whose hitherto surprising reIuc-
lance 10 place him under restraint as lunato IN
connection with his empire OF the sahaIa IS now
appreciated n its true Light
me three most severely hit by the Emperor OF
thu sahara's coup the American widow Of
Henri SAY. the Princess Amadeus de BrogEe' ~loSe
husband is q grandson OF Nine de Stael'
ard the vicomtesse de Tredern- Daughters ana
dzurh4er-n-laz respectively Of the lats Constant
Say the sugar refner, they had left the admins
tration end management Of their enormous fortune
70 Cronler man raised from the lowest rank OF
ofE Gayy sf who
he assumed the direction Of the Say refner1es-
Cronier who had endeavored TO become the sugar
king OF France the object Of Lebsudyis par
tfcular anirnosity and attack and when the latter
proved successful and Cronier was overtaken by
defeat he committed suicide.
So complete was the confidence Of the three
women IN Croner that when. some time ago, Nine
Saws two (who were in this country last
year visiting their American reIativesl became
suspicious regarding the integrity and Judgment q
Cronier. and were LED by runlors which they had
heard TO demand accounting he was actually
abe TO induce their mother 10 join him IN an ap-
neal 10 the courts placing them under judicial
control and vestng IN him the administration Of
their resources the ground OF their alleged ex-
travagance. Profoundly distressed by the knovl- |
edge that her confidence in Cronier has resulted
nor only In her own ruin, but also IN that Of her
rvvo sons Nine. Say. who was Miss Mary Davis.
Of New-York. and formerly the wife Of Count
5L5Aurse has already offered for sale her beautt
ftI Chateau of Loruoy, and is about TO dispose Of
hcr superb collection Of jewels, valued by experts
al & coyple of million dollars. by auction One
pearl necklace alone represents million francs
with the Princesse de Brogie Nina Say has al
ways been on the friendlieso terms. but with her
other sister-in-law. the Vicomtesse de Tredern. |
she has had much trouble Nine de Tredern has
been litigation with Nine. Say. whose rights TO
her husbands fortune she contested on the ground
of ALLEGED Illegally Of the marriage. The first |
husband o. the vicoutesse was the MARQUIS de |
Brissac, eldest son OF the duke Of that name and
father OF the present Due de Brissac- The Mar
rha Tecr NJ
by the wounds which he received IN the |
Franco German War and within a short time |
after his death his widow gave her hand 70 the /
vicomte dc Tredern, a handsome Breton and a |
uneal descendant Of that de Tredern whom King /
Louis OF France knighted in Egypt in the twelfth
century al the close Of the great battle Of Man
soorah between the Crusaders and the Saracens. |
The union was not fortunate one, and it was not !
long before a separation took place between the |
I'll matched couple
endowed with the most superb contralto voice in |
France acted as the social sponsor OF General |
T3oulanger. and first gave the vogue to the once |
popular Boulanger March. En- Revenant de Ia |
Revue" by singing It a grand reception heo IN |
HIS honor her house at Paris. Among her stran-
gesr possessions pocketbook made OF the SKIN OF
the celebrated murderer PranzinI and the pre1ecC |
Of police who placed az her feet this queer token
Of admiration lost his position on account OF
his disregard Of the Of propriety that should
be accorded 10 the felon dead
WHITES BLUFF.
To what extent NJ de wItte played big game
Of bluff at Portsmouth the subject Of the ques-
ton OF indemnity is shown by story which
comes to me from Paris from the 'Intimes'' OF
salon belonging 10 the only non-of1cial parsonage
visited by the Muscovite statesman during his stay
On the banks OF the Seine while his way to
America The parsonage in question is a princess
Of his own nationality. but whose name IT is not
necessary TO mention here. During the two hours