The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-22
~ LA MARQuIsE DE FONTENOY.
LTHOUGH FRINGE RADOLIN

LTHOUGH PRINCE RADOL1N
N was generally supposed TO be
w persona grata at Paris and was
expected to remain there some
years longer, having recently made n
number OF arrange ments with this end
in view. 1t now turns out that his
position on the banks of the Seine has
suddenly become so intolerablc that
his immediate retirement was impcra-
tive. Like SO many other statesmen
and diplomats who have taken part in
all those international negotiations
and political manoeuvres that are con-
stantly being carried on behind the
scenes. instead Of before the footlights.
negotiations of which the general pub
iic remains in happy. ignorance. be has
been in the habit of keeping a diary
Having been ambassador In France
ever since 1901 he has lived through
many storms. that is TO say. political
crises in France Itself. and conflicts be-
tween that country and Germany,
when the two appeared to be on the
very brink of war. The descriptions
| OF these incidents. as jotted down In
OF a very candid character. that is to
| say. candid with regard TO the French
statesmen with whom he was brought
| into contact. and candid also in their
fact. they are said to be Infinitely more
| disconcerting and caustic than the
diaries of Prince Hohenlohe as they
| first appeared, before being censored
| and Bowdlerized.
The palace in the Rue de Lille. once
owned by Empress Josephine's son,
Eugene de Beaunarnais, V!ceroy OF
Italy. and which ever since the bat
the Prusslan representative on the
banks of the Seine, has never been
we'll guarded. despite all the precau-
tons on the part OF its occupants
n 1at, f.- 90 nd al nv. ISc6n
est servants from the embassy and
sold to the general stan OF the French
army were the cause and origin Of
all the Dreyfus scandal. Other con-
thence from time to time, and now 1t
| appears that portions, at any rate, of
Prince Radol!n's diaries have been
stolen. that, to his dismay, have van
| they are liable to appear In print al
any moment. All efforts to recover
them have failed. although II Is said
that some Of the particularly unkind
remarks about French statesmen have
been shown TO those whom they con-
Germ.
%. OF course this condition OF affairs affairs
Radolin as ambassador impossible. And
that is why he has been SO suddenly
and unexpectedly retired, on the plea
of III health aud old age, although he
Is in remarkable mental and physi-
cal condition for man of his years
! hear that Emperor William is eX-
tremely angry about the matter and
Is disguised beyond measure at this
! unpleasant habit which German states
men have of keeping diaries. He has
suffered SO much from them, through
the publication, for instance. of the
: Hohenlohe diaries; of those of Profess
sor Gefken, the intimate friend OF
his father. Emperor Frederick. and Of
the diaries of Prince Bismarck. In
deed. the Kaiser has still hanging oyer
him the possibility of the publication
OF the third and concluding part OF the
Iron chancelor's diaries and memoirs
dealing with the reign of Emperor
Frederick, the first few years OF the
present reign. and with the circum-
s5anaes Of his h, own dismissa The
marck. and all the documents connect
Cd herewith. are deposited in the
Bank of England. that Is to say be-
yond the reach OF the Kaiser. and all
that he has been able to do about
the matter is to notify the bismarck
family that not only would the vol
M Jun II published. be Immediately,
would be most speedily punished.
and bis
number OF the houses of the French
aristocracy. for Princess Radolin's
mother, was daughter of Alexander
&c Ialleyrand. Perisord, Due de Dino.
=. Nao Ills lHdL lea MIN 10 ITonuent
the Faubourg St. German rather than
) the official world in Paris and on
/ several occasions he was criticized for
: lmanifesting his preference for the
society Of the Royalists, that is to
say, Of the foes Of the republic to
that OF the adherents Of the govern
Q mont 70 which he was accredited. The
!. princess first wife was an English
woman. a daughter of Colonel Howard
t Wakefield OF the British army.
: Scotlands tribunals at Edinburgh
t are Just at present engaged once more
IN the determination of one Of those
disputes which carry one hack to ante
I reformation times. and which involve
the ralllne up of history shrouded by
the cobwebs OF antiquity. The suit
In question Is one brought by the Duke