The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
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fused to give . pledge that Leopold
OF HohenzOllern would never accept At
any future time the Spanish crown.
Both Prince Leopold and his brother.
King Charles Of Panama, useo IA
as my Boys" while they in turn In
variabiy referred to her and wrote 70
her as Aunt Hoytense. Aortehse
Cornu was born In 1913. and wa; thus
,hreo or four years oiHs sr., tnah .cco p
with that of the pseudo Bar On Am
bes" as indicated by himself In his
remin iScences.
The baron in his "reminiscences states
namely. on the ist OF December. 1881. a
conference took place at his house in
Paris. enumerating the people who were
present besides himself. Now there
was no Baron d'Ambes who took part
in that conference. but the one person
Ing attended II, was NINE. Cornu. ana
II took place at her residence. accord
ing to contemporary memoirs by par
Elephants In the up-d'etat
Memoirs a tone throughout OF warm
personal affsoti IN for Napoleon. and yet
at the same time sort OF detacneo
inpartiality. which enables the writer
the Emperors acts and policy. without
the slishtest suspicion OF prejudice.
Now the only person who was wont
to do this. and moreover. the 1nly one
OF Napoleon's intimates who was wont
to speak and to write Of Empress
Eugene with Indulgence. II not with
regard, was Hortense Cornu. Eugene
appreciated this. and few hours be-
fore Napoleon's death. she eat down
at Chislehurst and wrote q long ana
nu. describing the terrible sufferings
undergone by the Emperor, and opening
her heart to her on the subject OF her
own anxieties.
Emperor, dying towards the end OF the
seventies. She left an immense number
OF most valuable diaries and mass OF
correspondence, and cannot help
thinking that II 10 these documents
that form the real basis Of the sol
pseudo Baron dAmbes.
Seba stien Cornu, whom Hortense had
married long before there was any
question OF Napoleon's obtaining the
artists of the day. imbued with rev.
dictionary sentiments of the most ad-
vanced character. 1t must be remem-
bered that in those days Napoleon III.
, himself was q revolutionary, and a
member Of those Carbonari bands OF
conspirators which were bent upon
driving the Bourbons and the Haps-
mating all the petty sovereignsies Of
the peninsula into one united nation.
Hortense Cornu, thanks to her hus-
bands affiliations. became intimately
acquainted with all the leaders OF the
revolutionary movement in Italy and
France, and 1t was through her that
Napoleon after becoming Emperor was
able to communicate with them, to ex-
plain the difficulties which he encount-
cred in establishing liberal and consti.
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fulfilling as . monarch all the pledges
which he had made in his youth as
conspirator to bring about the unifica-
ton Of Italy. Indeed. the forbearance
and those in Italy. treated him. until
Sedan In 1870. was largely due to Nine.
Cofnu'e Intervention In his behalf. and
while her association with him. with
the Empress. and with the Hohenzol-
lerns Of Sgmartngen. was well kno-n
TO the Revolutionists. yet it never in
the slightest regree affected their en-
tire trust and confidence in her. or
their difference to her judgment Gam
admirers. and benentted time and again
by her advice: while it was In compli-
ance with her Recommendations that
! the multi-millionaire Revolutionist and
Socialist cernuschi. bequeathed his
the palace which contained them. to
,..e City Of Paris.
Admiral Of the Fleet. Sir Edward
Seymour. will be interested TO learn
II the discrimination Of the United
States Government to abandon the
skeleton OF trellis-work masts Of her
warships- For when over here at the
time Of tho Hudson-F'ultor celebration
as ur.At oritalns principal represents
5e. ne gave q great deal OF attention
to these masts. carefully examined
them. and asked all sorts of questions
about them. Finally he came to the
conclusion that they were undesirable.
and calculated to prove as disadvant-
ageous in times Of peace as In action.
He told me this At dinner ono night on
board mis- flagship. lnrexible.
As Sir Edward holds in the British
navy the rank equivalent TO that Of
Field Marshal in the army, has q great
er amount Of war service to his record
than aims any other man In the
British navy. and though trained in
the old school, has kept thoroughly
abreast Of the times in all matters re-
lating to his profession, like remarks
made . considerable impression upon
my mind. and II may be timely to re-
cali them now that the experiments
with the skeleton mast on the wreck
Of the San Marcos in Tangier Sound
have proved how easily the steel lat
tice-work could be shot to spiinters.
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