New-York tribune., 1906-11-02
A SOMEWHAT OBTr-sr BARov

Baron Mohrenheim. who has just died in con-
siderable amount Of obscurfty il the South Of
France, was. when Russian Ambassador in London.
the bette noir Of King Edward who was wont TO duh
him Baron Borenheim.' The baron will be prin-
cipslly remembered in connection with the famous
mot OF old Prince Gortchafof. whom he man
aged 10 offend in the following amusing manner:
the great MuScovit" Chancellor had just finished
debating his memorials circua. TO the Car reD-
resentatives abroad. in which the celebrated SEN
pehce occurs, La Russie boude pas ellie sc
fecuellle f'ussa is sulking: she is refectng'D
ana handed il 10 NohcenAein who was one of his
secretaries. with tho request tha: he Uoula road
II over carefully and suggest any changes that he
might mink NJ. Mohrennen:. unmindfu! of the
etory OF Gil Bias and the Bishop returned an hour
later and told tie prince that he regarded th. dis
patch as a most remarkable one and that the or,,,
sentence which he considered as advisable to alter
was that Of La Russie ne boude pas: ellie sa
recuelle' which begging his hghnesss pardon
must nave Deen due 10 the mistake of the stenog-
rapher, since II contained no sense and was ever
trivial and ridiculous" Now as the whole 7,s,,, TO-,
centred on that one sentence. which has since be-
come historic. Gortchakofs feelings may be better
imagined than described. and fortnight later the
prince transferred Mohrenhem TO one of the for
eisn legations.
At Berlin, however, he managed 70 nerforr, .
service of a confidential character for the reign
ing house, which went far further his s,bsao,,.
career He was intrusted day by his arrbseso
dor with the confidential mission ,f o;
from a professional blackmailer the corraero,,d
ence which had passed between the ,a,o c..
DUKE Constantine NIcholaievitch and n very er.at
lady Of the Russian court. Mohrenbei,, sr,,,,7aI
10 his assistance the famous chief Of tba r2arI,,
police. Herr Stieber. The latter heinz .,o,,a,.s
with the character OF the blackn,aiIar In ,,,o.
uon and being Of the mans avcees,,.o -,
ity. insisted that the lady in the case slo,,,7 -
a letter TO him. giving him TO understand 49, -
mac been smitten BY his appearance and arr,,
ING Tor a rendezvous The bIackmauer tou -,
the trap thus laid. and proceeding n ,bo -
oezFous In a quiet house in a secluded o,sr, -.
ferIln was Immediately pounced upon by tbrs. ~
Stleoers detectives, who bound him hama or5
foot. searched him. and then 1.r0crede5 70 - -.
cehce with Mohrenhern. where the en+ifa corr.
spondence or the princess and of the grand l,,ly NJ
recovered only then he restored Ia Iu,.r+.,
with threat that # he made any further -.
TO blackmail either the grand duke or the nrirc
n, would be, first Of all! punished IN GERMANY ard
then handed over for further penalties to the ten
der mercies >S the Russian police
Il was for sss recovery OF these letters the MI
Ncation Of whfia would have been disastrous T., -
extreme, that Baron Molrenheim received bis g.
decoration from Emperor Alexander H. Who ro,o
forgot thenceforth the service which The ,,o,,
diplomat had rendered TO the imperial family rh
baron, who had strong strain of Jewish blood a.
his veins. cNed much to MS wife. by birth a ga,o,,
ess Korn, who managed, when her husband ,.as
stationed at C"3enhager iIgratiate herself with
l4e late Queen :-cuise cf Denmark secreIy nepo
Eating tie na-risge between the latter's ssjIor
son Prince Wademar. and the rich Princess Nario
Of Orleans The baron was through the frauo
o. he Queen and of The widowed Czarina prrrootad
hFst TO the embassy IN London. and then TO Paris
but was success In neither place and gave great
o. e'oe TO the French government Of The da,, -
Identifying himself In a sgnay indiscreet ira1ne-
Win General SculaHscr lie was placed on the re-