New-York tribune., 1909-04-21
AN EMPEROR'S VALET
Statesmen and Great Dignitaries
Receire Their Orders Through Him.
rcapvrisht. 1909. by the brentwood Company. ]


downright 1909 by the Brentwood COMPANY
No mention appears in the pages CT the AImanach
:. c,-ha Of NJ Krotoff. Yet he is one of the most
teuerfiaI personages of the Russian court and gov
s-7rneat. not by reason Of his rank. but because
- his possession Of the of his sovereign He
., the confidential valet and body servant Of the
emperor who has employed him as such for years
I'D who accords him the utmost confidence IIv-
w. AZ 4 distance from the capital. either at Tsars-
,oe-selo OF Peterhof, and rarely visiting St
petersburg. the Car makes abundant use of the
-s1apscne ia communicating with his ministers the
generals and the principal dgnitaries of the gov
errnent while they report to him in the same way.
The telephone is in the Cars own workroom
s,d his aids-de-camp and chanberlains are in the
sute-clarabers. out Of earshot while the only per-
-, with him ii his study when he is working there
is Kroton II is Krotof who answers the calls
m the telephone, ana ii IS he, too, who calls up the
5ignitaries with whom the Emperor wishes to COM
,,,r1icate In nine cases out of ten 1t is Krotorf
who speaks over the telephone in the name of the
Gar and il through him that Iswolsky re-
ceived the very curt message of imperial disap-
n-oral which led him TO tender his resignation of
the Office Of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Krotoff
after confelring with the monarch, intimatng TO
him that the Car would let him know when he
was ready &c dispense with his services.
While of course, ministers, statesmen and gen
als are inclined TO resent receiving orders through
. valet and being only able TO reach their
,rr through him, Il is natural consequence of the
absence Of the Emperor from his capital and of the
free use Of the telephone Nor the Gar who
has found since his accession to the throne many
eases OF troachery and of selfish intrigue his
entouraee he blamed for making in confden-
tai matters Of tried and faithful who has
bAen in attendance on him for years, both by day
or5 .ri~,st ard wnOm he knows 10 be blindly and
absolutely devoted him. Thus far. however
Nicholas has given evidence Of any intention 10
folow the example OF his ancestor. Emperor Paul
Tho finding his barber more amusing and interest
;,g than mis- ministers q courters, raised him TO
ne rank Of privy councillor. of count, and OF
rrince In fact, the Princes Kutusof the de-
scsndanrs Of this trusted and clever barber of EN-
perez Paul
YOUNG BARONESS ROSEN HONORED.
Young Baroness Rosen, on her return here in the
near future will be found wearing the insignia OF
maid Of honor To the two Czarinas. which has
inst been bestowed bp the Gar upon her. on the
occasion Of her presentation at the Court OF ST.
Petersburg 1t is honorary distinction that the
Emperor is accustomed 10 confer upon all of the
unmarried daughters of his ambassadors at for
eirn courts: that IS to say. when these daughters
fulfil the requirements of presentation For the
growr-up daughter Of a MusCovte ambassador to
be without rtular office indicates not only that
she has not been presented at the court of her
sovereign but that some reason exists TO stand in
the way Of her appearance at court; and IT may
be recalled that during the regime OF Count Cas-
SIM when much fuss made of Mile Cas-
sin who Was asserted TO have been decorated by
title Of countess in her own right, called atten-
ton 10 the fact that the office Of maid Of honor 10
the two Czarinas had been withheld from her, and
that under the circumstances. being deprived Of
the customary official recognition accorded 10 am
bassadors' daughters. she not quite qualified TO
scg as mistress of the Russian Embassy
Nile Csssini as L predicted, did not accompany
the count 10 Madrid, nor did she ever put in any
appearance at the Russian Embassy there while
he was IN charge Of the mission. In fact, she was
o5 mas Tho q niSh
court which ignored her existence. She has been
living all this time in Paris, still preparing for the
stage, upon which she is make her debut very
shortly not in Paris. but in the provinces
THE IRISH "LTBERATOR's" FAMILY.
LADY O'ConnelI. who has Just been robbed of her
Jewels while travelling in Italy. is the wife OF Sir
Morgan Ross O'ConneI. of Lake View, Killarney
descended. not many people believe from
Daniel OConneI. the liberator but from the lat
,ers Younger brother Sir Morgan is indebted for
his possession the baronetcy the fact that his
eldest brother. Maurice, was killed fighting the
Beers in 1851 as officer of the crack Goth Rifles
Regiment: and may add that another member of
ne o-Conneu family Daniel John O'ConneIl. a
cousin likewise laid down his life while fighting on
the staff Of Lord Roberts in the last South African
campaign.
70 General Sir Charles Tucker. the one who is
rorr7is-Iz- known throughout the British army as
"Tarl1atfon Tucker in order to distinguish him
<ro-- an ex0eodiDglv poUs and evangelical general
of the same name who is known as Salvation
Tucker II may be added by way OF explanation
that .TDauanatfon Tucker although the best heart
ed man in ,the world, and always beloved by his
rar < famed for the character Of his language and
Of his expletives which can only be described as
extremely picturesque.
The Q'CorneIs are a very ancient family, Whicn
originally came from County Limerick, but which
fag been settled for centuries in County Kerry
where its members used be known as the OCon"
pells Of T1arrfnine Abbey. which. by the way was
The homo nf the Iibe-ator whose name still occu-
uisS 50 warm q place in every true Irish heart
The baronetcv OF Sir Morgan is Of relatively MOD
err creation and was conferred upon Sir James
CgCo,neI The Youngest brother of the Iberator' oy
Queen Victoria in 1859
An uncle Of Sir James and of Daniel OConneIl
was 4 general IN the French army prior 10 the
great revolution and afterward entered the BRUSH
arrav with the rank of colonel. He was known
zs Count O'ConneII owing his title 10 Louis XVI.
Another uncle Of Sir James and OF the hoerator
served as a volunteer under Paul Jones on board
the Rorbororne Richard when fighting the Engllsh
shin Serapis of Marlborough Head.
COUNT OWNED AUsTRIAs NEWMARKET
What Newmarket ig to the sporting world in Eng
land as the training ground for great raoehorse9'
Tots Is for the Austrian. Hungarian and German
turf Win this difrerence-that whereas New
market Heath belongs to the Jockey Cluo 1ous
is tbe rriva,e property of the Esterhazys.
II 7 mention this it is because the master and
owner OF Totis. perhaps the most haehlilceht |
country seat in all Hungary, has just been gathered
uyf6 who