The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-18
BY LA MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY.

ana question on both sides OF
the Atlantic with reference to
the action of the French govern
mcnt in conhding to Claude Casimir-
perier an official mission Ia the Unit
ed states, while accompanying his act
rcss- wife, Nine Simonc, on her pro-
fcssional tour in this country, that It
may be as we'll TO explain that French
Cabinet ministers make very little DIM
Guilty about entrusting missions of this
kind To applicants-mis sions that arc
a source OF no end OF trouble and an
noyancc to the French embassies and
legations abroad.
Sometimes the Cabinet ministers give
these missions TO political adhercnts,
or TO personal friends. paying them
from funds OF their departments; and
there have been recently cases brought
to light OF persons who had received
such commissions involving voyages
to the Orient, or to South America, but
who had never left Paris. although they
had drawn in advance all their salary
and travelling expenses. That this Is
no cxaggeration is shown by the fact
that Partisan journalist is now be
ing sued by the government fot inc
recovery OF money thus obtained
Still les. difficulty is made by the
Cabinet ministers In cntrusting
friend or acquaintance with an official
mission abroad, when he does not ask
for any remuneration, or even en-
penses. and offers to defray the entire
case with the young Frenchman who
now styles himself the Comte dc
perigny, who is familiar figure In
New York society, and who owes much
water to the fact that he obtained from
81 French Cabinet minister. the official
mission to report on conditions In Cen
trail America
that has been conhded to Claude
ir-Perier, in spite OF his many
legal difficulties, both with his family
and with his creditors In Paris-tror-
bles of a somewhat sensational nature,
and which attracted all the more at
tention and regret. owing to the fact
that he IL the son and heir of the late
President Casimr- Perier, who preferred
to resign the chief mag!stracy of the
French republic rather than give his
sanction to measures forced upon him
by the Cabinet of the day. and which
he did not consider consistent with his
notions of honor.
Young Nine. Claude Casimir- Perier is
the Partisan stage. and was formerly
married to the actor lie Bargy from
whom she is now divorced.
The mission with which. casimir-
by nj. Couyba Minister of Commerce,
and is. to make careful investiga
tfon and report on the principal sea-
ports of tho United States. and OF the
object of improving their means oil
communication with France. am not
aware whether the dramatic itinerary
of his wife will coincide with that
which would be most propitious to the
success of his mission. But be that
as 1t may, 1t Is we'll to emphasize the
fact that NJ. Claude Casimir-P erier, al
though here as an official emissary of
the French government and entitled
to all the honors. consideration and
welcome as such, Is travelling around
the country as an adjunct of theatre
cal company, of which the star actress
Is his wife.
From the revelations now being
published at Belgrade. by Asia Navoko-
Witch, who was one of the leaders OF
the conspiracy that brought about the
death of King Alexander and Queen
Draga. and the accession of King Peter
to their blood-stained throne. ii would
appear that the regicides, when they
reached the palace at Belgrade, on the
night of the tragedy. had with them a
considerable quantity of chloroform
with which they proposed to render the
ill-fated monarch and his consort UNI
conscious, and then to carry them OF
in that condition to country house
belonging to Navokovitch. in tho neigh
borhood OF Belgrade, and standing
considerable distance from any other
habitation, In the midst of extensive
vineyards. They were to be kept there
under the influence of anaesthetics un-
It'll after Peter Karageorgevitch had
been proclaimed King. and 1t was only
after Peter was definitely Installed as
ruler that 1t was to be decided whether
they were to be, detained as prisoners,
expelled from the country, or quietly
killed The large bottle of chloroform
on the night OF the murder was car
ried by ono of the conspirators of the
name of Guertchitch.
Through the betrayal of their inten-
tions by some Of tAeir confederates,