The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-26
JJNFRIENDLY POLICY
RESENTED BY FRANCE

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ny Ia sIARaU1sE DE FONTENoY.5
-. RANGES relations with the Dual
Empire are in very parloms con-
dltion Just at present. She re-.
sents the unfriendly policy. pur.
sued by Vienna in the Southeast OF
Europe, especially in Turkey. and gave
expression thereto the other day when
the Hungarian Treasury was prevented
from floating a sorely needed loan In
Paris, through the refusal OF the gov
eminent there to permit Its official quo
tat!on on the Bourse. a diplomat OF
great experience. discretion, and above
all, tact. is needed. thereIore, 70 take
huller. who died fey days ago as
ambassador on the banks OF the Seine;
and among the two or three whose
names have been mentioned In con-
nection with the post Is that OF Baron
iHengeImuiler the dean OF the diplo-
matte corps at Washington. He stands
particularly high in the confidence and
Friendship of Count d'Aehrenthal. the
masterful Minister OF Foreign Affairs
at Vienna. who has on several previous
, occasions been commissioned to handle
difficult situa lions, notably In Servia, at
the time of the compulsory abdication
of King Milan, and also in London
mier. after having while In opposition
gone out OF his way to publicly as
sail and insult Austria.
With .Rudi'' Khevenhuller's death
there disappears from the scene dip
lomat who was believed by some to be
possessed Of the "evil eye. 2 who in his
younger days was noted for his good
looks and for his fascinating manners.
and whose entire career reads more
like a romance than plain statement
FFs.., 80 MIN tyars
sixth Prince ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
the mediatized and formerly petty SOY.
ereign house OF that name. Rudi,
Khevenhuller first came to the fore
1870. His chief. Prince Richard Met.
ternich. had left the capital along
with the other foreign ENJOYS, and
young Count Rudolf Khevenhuller
then twenty-six years old. was left In
charge d'anaires.
the capital was finally blocked by the
German besieging army the multi.
Duchess q GaIlsaara at
to see him, and begged him to take
charge OF small box OF valuables, on
the ground that she was afraid she
would be robbed Q. them Il she at
and that they would be equally in dam
ger II they remained In her Partisan
mansion: in one word they would be
safer in his care at the Austrian en-
bassy than anywhere else that she
coded to her wish, and the box In
question was brought to him that same
afternoon by confidential servant OF
the duchess. For the sake of safety.
Kheyenhuller placed 1t unde + his bed.
pening, such as his being forced by
might to leave tho building In con-
sequence Of It's being struck by a
German shell or fired by the Partisan
reach. He Kept ns Il there shroughou i
the entire siege, and the sangulnary
Commune insurrection. which resulted
In the destruction Of SC. much lie
!. a n, property In Paris. " hen every r. !,
the box to- the duchess, who there
upon remarked. DO you know, ~
dear count, what that box contains?""
land on expressing his gnorance,lh he
was inf rmed by her that Its contents
| tune o.. $40 100000, representing almost
1.-the whole of the immense fortune
accumulated by her husband. the great
Italian railroad contractor and creator
declared that he was grateful to her
Efor having kept, him, in ignorance as
TO the value Of this treasure until he
| restored y to her, as his repose would
the Siege and the Commune. If he had
known. that he was sleeping on q for-
tune Of s40.000.0 900. ss S ss
h me duchess never made much, fuss
ABOUT q,o the matter nor did Il the count.
But when ~he died. 1t was found that
sho had hequeathed her superb mans
sion In the Rue de Varennes, withSits
vast grounds, shaded by mag nificent
4 trees, to the Emperor of Austria per-
soma It'll view to j is use as his
II EN- baS Ia, Esaf,, a
It's there that this same Count .Rlldi''
hheyenhuller has now. died. 4 a fter oc.-.
Icupylng It for some seven years OF
more as ambassad or. 35$S5 lss ssi
one or the lost extra I'd mar ~ epis
was Austrian minister planipotentia ry
a. Bel grade I'M he early ell ghties IIe
was accounted one of the most ardent
aatamirers OF Queen Natal q, then. n
the eSday OF her be u ~. and the TO-
mantie attachment between the. Queen
mon tai k, not only in Belgrade @ y tself'
4 put also in foreign ca pI tails {: nor vas
lt.dlscountenanoed for O. time ~ ~ s !
own government which relted upon y
e. Keep n check the pronounssd w..
4 70 q limaXi during the war Of Seryle
Land Bulgaria in ! 8Sb. 3. rince# Al exam
GER ,. after lgnomintous " srou ting lS1ns
Milan at the bait or e ssliYln TIA, w ~
Belgrade, whom ones II u Natalie. realis;;
\ Ing that her husbands crown and
\ her own, as swdllaas the suocessi on q
i lar son @ the seyYian thr2 l .,,g s
at stake. induced Count Is heyennpl !s
|auarters OF Prince Alexanders an q SIG
INFORM him that 40 must no. aYa q J,
|anotler step In the a tree Ion OF BEL o.;
ilgrade but withdraw his army a tso ace
EsfoInIy ,, the 80 beiaas,