New-York tribune., 1906-07-11
10 CLEAR BAZAINE.
p,aesdisgs TO Rshabiitate the Nor
sBol Who Surrendered Nets.

shag w no N@'Fchnefe0 liefS.
-.zea By the rehabilitation or Captain
= E. Elphonse Bazaine who was sponsored az
fls,.-ss.snine by old Queen Isabella of Spain and
b 80 Alfonso XII, and has served with dis
=, IN the Spanish army, in which he now
t,s che rank os colonel. has Instituted proceed
-, France 70 clear the reputation OF his father,
- ---sneh field marshal who surrendered the
p-Aola Of Metz. with a splen6idly equipped
- "a nearly 10000 men. TO the Germans in 1870.
49,, Bazaine has retained Afaitre Peyron, one
=. LADDERS Of the French bar and another
.-,1ent lawyer OF Mines. to take charge OF the
ona has intrusted to their care documents of
e-.-rlinary Importance. which, it IS said, have
- bsld until now only because Il was considered
-, she time was not ripe hitherto for obtaining
-, and dispassonate review OF the efTair.
strange chance, the move made by Colonel
...s.1e has conceded with the publication IN Ger
.v Of the memoirs OF Count Bernstorff, who.
---sion Affairs at Berlin. was German Ambassa-
- n london at the time Of the war. in 1870
s-ong the most interesting chapters OF these
--s-,ors are those which deal with the interviews
= ,ie ambassador with Empress Eugene at Lord
-lsx,s house. in Albemarle street In London in
- month Of October, 1sT0-fhat is to say after her
s.b, from France-interviews which Rad for their
,os the suspension OF hostiltles. the negotiation
u p,sce. the raising OF the siege Of Metz, and the
--,steat liberation Of Bazaine and OF his be-
s...,srel army, and TO restore both imperial au-
..,-stv and order The interviews between En-
- Eugene (vho. owing TO the captivity Of her
tNand at Wilhelmshohe. stil considered herself
sed with the direction OF the imperial interests)
,,s Count BernstorH came TO nothing, owing 10
~ hesitation consent 20 any alienation OF either
sfaoe OF Lorraine. In spite OF the efforts OF the
,mryess Of Count BernstorT and Of General Boyer,
80 had been dispatched by Marshal Bazaine TO
Ion6on at the request Of the Empress and with
- permission Of Bismarcll-in spite. too of the
remarkable letters which passed between Emperor
william and Empress Eugene ana between the
r,uer and Count BeTnstorff, letters published for
fs arzf time in his memoirs. the entire project OF
rssos came to naught.
On October "A, Prince Frederick Charles, COM
--snang the beEiesing army around Meta wrote
.seF receiving Information TO that effect from
rsndon and from Versailles, a note addressed 20
Fssaine stating that 'since the political negotia-
sgns had proved unsuccessful, and the future OF
fhs Imperial cause was in nowise assured by the
srirude Of the French nation and OF its army,
thsre could be no longer any question OF Marshal
pnElines army playing the role which had been as
tlgned 20 II. namely. the restoration Of the i'm
pshal authority and the maintenance OF order
during the final arrangements for peace" Conse-
rusnty he, the prince would from that moment
s5Fth push forward the siege with renewed vigor
II Ens after receiving this letter and in conse-
rBsnoe thereof, that Bazaine oapitulated
The memoirs OF BernstOrfR therefore. clear UP for
Ire arst time the mystery which has always pre-
vailed with regard to the mission OF General Boyer
10 London and the negotiations between Empress
Eusenie Bazsine and Bismarck, and at the same
tine they demonstrate the falsity Of the plea, al
vaE put forward until now. in favor of Bazaine
numsly that he had eapitulated Metz the definite
understanding that he and his army were 10 be al
loved 10 place themselves at the disposal OF the
nWe % the Napoleenic Empire, for the purpose Of
hs restoration SO as TO enable Empress Eugene, as
regent 10 conclude peace with Germany.
Colonel Bazaine is Of the marshal by his
ss,snd marriage with a Mexican woman OF most
Nas-blooded ancestry. Emperor Maximllian and
Empress Charlotte were present at their wedding.
which took place in Mexico The marshaFs first
wife 10 whom he was pasaionately devoted. was
numbered not long after his departure for Mexico
n shocking fashion. at Croissy. near Paris, by a
lundescrpt adventurer, with whom she had been
hiiEeTeet enough TO involve herself ia a most un-
HEOTy intrigue.
A ROMANCE OF ERINs PEERAGR
One OF the many romances of Irelands peerage
les been recalled to public attention through the
fatal fall from tramcar at Dublin OF old Robert
William Frederick Lesson. claimant 10 the dor
naai eaTldom OF Nilltown and 10 the viscounty
ana baFony Of RussboEough- honors. it Is
hua since the exceedingly valuable estates which
f'TnsTly belonged TO the eaFldom are now in the
possession Of the widow OF the sixth Lord Mill
s. chandes-Pole.
The romance may be said to have begun with
ne fourth earl Of Milltown who was the original
a Lucas MaIets sir Richard Calmady" For, al
though in other respects fine powerful man, he
bad merely the rudiments of legs. This did not
prevent him from enjoying life, from moving in
lNnaen and Dublin society-in an Gnvalid chair
ard from leaving a family OF three and or
TIN daughters He was very strict with his chill
oTsA and therefore when his eldest son. Joseph
lsFd Russborough. fell in love with a pretty girl,
daughter Of farmer on the RussboTough estates.
sns wanted 20 marry her. the earl drove him from
lis presence.
The vlseount led with the girl to Scotland.
saeFe taey lived together as man and wife under
4e sane name. this being, according to Scotch
.s' sufficient 10 constitute valid marriage. A
Wy VS. boTH % the union Bgt when the child was
&ogt two years old il disappeared mysteg!ously
sfa It's Eloths- during fortnighvs absence
y tae father, and he never able to obtain
any tTecs OF what had become of them, although
sasa sDritea away at the instance OF his parents.
L course of iime his father died. in 1865. and he
succeeded 20 the honors ana estates fifth earl
|. sias;oWh. But he never married again. In fact,
= &c not feel himself free 80 50. and six years
.A@ le eisd. and IN the absence Of his missing
-'a eao her his brother Edward became sixth
- TIE latters marriage TO Lady Geraldine Stan
-'pe Daughter of Lord Harrington did not result
- issue, ard his Death. in 1890. his only suFviv
g Brother. Henry. became seventh EaT2 Mill
.0"h dying ten months later unmarried. The
ssaefh theTeBpon became dormant, owing to the
-sAnTs Of sny Of TIE claimants for lack of means
establish their rights to the succession.