The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-03
Emrress, Necklace.

To the late Count Tattenbach. who
died a fortnight ago as German am
bassador at Madrid, the kaiser.s con- n :.
sort is indebted for the possession OF
very beautiful pearl necklace. which
was not originally intended for her.
At the time of the sensational voyage
of Emperor William to Tansiers; Count
Tattenbach was minister at Lisbon.
But owing to his intimate acquaint-
ance with Morocco. where he had spent
number of years, he was delegated
last moment for the visit. and TO be
at Tangiers to receive his sovereign
onNthe iatters arrival. The count fur
filled his mission, and forgot nothing,
not even the souvenir which the MOOR !,
ish sultan, Abdul hziz, was expected
to present to the Emperor as gift
for the Empress. .
This latter matter, however, offered
considerable difficulty 1t had been
too late to get anything specially from
Europe for the Empress. or to find
anything there. Suddenly Count Tat
tenbach happened to learn that the
Sultan had caused to be purchased IN
Paris two months previously superb
necklace of pearls. for presentation
| to the wife of}the French enjoy, Nine,
| de ST. Rene Taillandier, who was about
| TO accompany her husband on a Nisl,
to the court at Fez. the sultan being al
| the time most anxious TO ingratlate
himself with France. Count Tatten.
| bach insisted that the necklace shoulo
| be handed instead to the German EN-.
| peror. as a mark of homage on the
| part OF the Sultan to the German EN-
| press, and carried the affair through
| with his accustomed Bismarcklan pri
.ttality and brusquerio' virtually Dull
doing the Sultan into making ths
| gift.
At the last minute, it may be re-
called, the Sultan himself did not ap'
pear at Tangiers. nor did William 60
| TO Fee The Kaiser instead was re
| = an Sr)t nncla Tan
siers, and the necklace was HANDED
BY him to the Emperor, who. OF course
was in entire Ignorance OF the ma
noeuyres Of his pleni looa 1haSaf ri
that when. later on, NJ. de st. Rene
| Taillandicr was appointed as minister
of France at Lisbon, Count Tattenbacf
found residence on the shores or TN
| Tagus awkward, and secured his pro
motion without delay to Madrid a!
| ambassador
Equally queer is the story of thu
superb diamond and black pearl, neck
lace presented to the Kaiserin by eX
Sultan Abdul Hamid. on the occasion
of her memorable visit with the EN-
peror to Constantinople 1t was recog
/ nized at a state ball at the court Q
\ Berlin a year later as being the neck
/ lace of the late Nine. Bonaparte- Ra
tazzi- Rute, for which the police am
jewelers. We're searching all over Eu
rope, in the hope of obtaining the larg
| reward OItefcd IOr us ieCoNelS. = -
necklace had been stolen from Nine
, Ratazzi by some of the cxtraordinar.
, crowd of adventurers and adVentur
esses who thronged her salons at Paris
t and, as Is the case with most famou
and eaily recognizable jewels whel
stolen. was carried off to the Orient
with the view of It's disappearance i
some haren, beyond the ken OF tn
police. Taken in the first place t
Constantinople, it was purchased b
Sultan Abdul Hamid. With the inten
ton of presenting It to one Of hi
wives. But he found a better mean
of sdisposing of IT by offering it to til
German Empress as a couvenir of he
stay at Constantinople., IT is needles
/, to add that as soon as the Kalserin wa
made acquainted with the real fact
~ the case she at once took steps
have the necklace restored to old Mn
Ratazzi. who was an illegitlmat
granddaughter Of Lucieni s saa r.
the Younger brother of the great Ma
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