New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

iofceu 10 leave France. and the aIssr ass,
oHered 70 her Of setting out within -
hours Tor America or Coppet" Her raI,,..ssa I
30 INTO exile made her write to sar-fsa
Munster OF Police. asking for an intar,'' d,
Napoleon, but this favor was rafusaa Ss
returned TO her Swiss chateau, but for =. 1 =.
Delng abandoned her political int-,. q.
length. however. the enforced sojourn +. -
land displeased her. and she succeedsa %.
ting permission TO change her ra.;a. 3.
Geneva The new resident, Capelle ~
have been pretentiOus person. easa- '~
his zeal and pleased to do a little n.,,oN a.
He charged himself with the duty ~ 49,. VT
spy upon Nine de Staers actions ar "a,
He wrote to the chief of the imperial ~
letter full Of official vanity. and reported ~
mad -ried to enlist her clever pen in the -
OF Napoleon He added: AT the soi.r
which 1 am urgently invited. and wbi.s
tend because 1 can there best study r.
OF Geneva, / have already met Nina
several times. and yet in spite of the a..
she must have observed how carefully
her she absolutely insisted on approach
She has so little moderation OF nannA-.
conversation was about the public...
"L' 'Allemagne." concerning which the -
was very secretive and CapeIle very inou'-'~
The latter wrote:
She has employed every means bay +an-
and has made me talk TO get me 10 receivs w. s@ Q
have men visit her for interview. n p
that l shall consent to the latter: il pvsSs
quite necessary To have a conversation in ls;9 q
hindered by any one, she can deliver berSsis -
abandon which is natural to her and show ne I,
joys no real consideration here 81 rsSl SIC
makes visits because she is a-l1r1si,r- - - g
Of (.ap h4 md f1a Err4s
Of her conduct. and blame her lack Of restr,i. a.
Another confidential letter from Canau.
ported an evening visit that he had ma.
Nine de Stael. She was restless becausa -,
exile and wished 70 go 70 America =. y
rather than to be imprisoned in Swiza,l,..
Her glowing imagination represents Ganar,
Coppet as a prison. They are places wbi.s
detests for their mOnotony Because n,
forced TO live there. that which to anv ona !.
would be a petty annoyance is 70 her ava,
mind a matter for despair This remind, :.
of NapOleOn's remark To her son: Let h.
wherever she likes, 10 Rome Naples Van.
Berlin Milan or London, even to composa III
Your mother is the only person who copl4
unhappy, with the whole of Europe accessbl
For a time it was proposed that she ss,-s
leave for America on the warship Constt-i.
which was at Cherbourg. but her hope Of -s.-
TO France was too strong. NJ. Chapuisatz y,
rative closes with three letters written H
CapeIIe, telling of Nine de StaeTs fight y,
giving a version of her intrigue with The vars
full Rocca Unable TO procure a passvs- =.
herself, she resOrted TO the ruse OF impe,y'r,.
ing a certain Nine. Cginet, and thus mad. :,
escape from Geneva This Nine. Ugnet Il,
sort OF femme de chdmbTe in the househogr
Coppet, and resembled Nine de Stasl sufes,.-
for the latter TO make use of the false pauer
Almost simultaneously with the pubEeat,
of NJ. Chapuisat's brochure appears an a,ss
in the '-Bibliotheque Universelle'' containing II
ters written by Nine. de Stael to the vaGd
elandamman" Pidou. These were found in i.
archives of the Chateau de COppet and th
publication was authorized by the CONF
d'HaussCnviIle the present owner The eo-~
spondence dates from June. 1915, Just after L.
battle of Waterloo. If Nine de Stael found
Napoleon a redoubtable enemy, she enjoyed Il
friendship of the Emperor Alexander OF REza
OF the latter she writes: Il have received u
letters from the Emperor Alexander. Il
the second he says that France must have Z.
English constitution. and that he earnestly +
sires it for her" The Dix AnneeS d'ExiF u
written some years after the events recorded
that volume and these newly published repori
of Nine de StaeFs contemporaries are Of b
in forming an estimate Of her complex charal
ter, her inconsistencies and her alternats
moods of subterranean intrigue and impruie1
frankness.