The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-09
SITUATION
FACES JUSSERAND

II
some oifcr of compensation. b. means
OF when Spain could be induced to re-
IRE from the position which she has
already acquired In Morocco, and which
she refuses to surrender to France:
u refusal which has become more and
more determined
II VIII be the duty OF NJ. ,Iusscrand
at Madrid to press the claims OF France
| with greater vigor. to show that she
Is unyicldins IN her demands for the
n"n , OF Morocco. and to and SONS
means OF compelling the Spaniurds 10
Withdraw from the positions which
they assumed last spring at the in
stance. 1t is said. of the German For
eiSn OGicc. in order to afford Germany
q pret.Nt to dispatch the Panther TO
AEadir.
Popular sentiment is SO strongly
IL Is very grave question as to
whether the people will allow a Cabt-
net to remain IN Office that consents
/ TO anything in the shane OF n siir.
render. lnaecd. King Alfonso risks ais
throne in the event OF his making any
concession calculated TO offend the
national pride OF Spain. From this
II VIII be seen that the task intrusted
70 NJ. Jusscrand Is as difficult a one as
II Is possible to conceive, more cs-
ptcialiE as he il well aware that the
overthrow of the monarchy in SPAIN
, !hrouSh undue pressure on king Al
iohso ana his government. would ex-
cite the i'll tvill OF Great Britain. Ger
many, Austria, RUSSIA and Italy
il ia singular that NJ Jusscrand's
predecessor at Washington, NJ Cam
! poil, was also transferred from this
country to Spain at an cxcccdinriy
; critical moment, when the presence or
u diplomat of altogether remarkable
;aloiiiiy was needed at Madrid, namely,
me period immediately following
opalns war with the United states
ctinbon did so well for his country
especially In securing for France the
honors of the International conference
at A1geciras. that lie was sent to Ber-
I'm. where, although arriving with the
reputation of having downcd Germany
IN several diplomatic bouts. he has.
ncVcrthciess, become the most popula.
'oreisn ambassador In the Kaiser's
capital. and this. too. in spite of his
having once again got the better of
with the Moorish trouble of la st sum
! NOR Hr
With regard to Antony Klobukowski.
who is reported by the cable dispatches
| to have been selected as the Successor
OF NJ. Jusscrand as ambassador at
Washington. he is very capable man,
Just itfty-eight years of age. who has
owes his success in life to the fact
That he married the daughter of paul
l Bert one of the most celebrated
third republic. who was Minister of
Education and of Public Worship i'm
Gambcttas Cabinet, where he ach' eyed
special note as the leader OF tho move
inent for the standardization of educa :,
ZION. In 1886 Bert was moved by
financial necessities and also nv scion
INC tastes to accept the post of Gov
he succumbcd to the climate dying nj
hetcho, in the same year. He had
taken out with him to the Far East
his son-in-law Anthony Acknowledgement
as chef de cabinet, that Is to say. as
sccretary-Scneral. who as such had
much 10 do with the administration
Oh the colony during. Berts illness
ana the months immcu lately following
ms death. Afterwards he became con-
| sul.Seneral of France at Yokohama
and was transferred from thence in a
similar capacity to Calcutta, where his
jurisdiction embraced the entire In.
nlan Empire. Promoted In turn to tho
post OF minister plenipotcntiarv at
Bangkok, at Lima, and in Egypt, he
! was finally selected somo seven years
/ ago for the post of Governor-,iencraI
or French indo- China, the very office
iiormeriy filled by his father-in-law.
II is satrapy even more important
IMAM that OF Governor-General of AL
Seria, since owing 10 the relatively
small distance between Paris and AL
SicrS the Governor General is always
more or less under the thumb of the
cabinet on the banks of the Seine,
Whercas the Governor General OF Indo-
China is so many thousands of miles
away that he has to decide things ON
his own responsibility. and the govern
ment at home Is confronted with the
snip OF Indo-China Is also the most
lucrative OF these colonial Offices. tho
salary and especially the allowances,
being very large
/ Having fulfilled his term as Governor
General most successfully Klobullow-
SKI returned home and was forthwith
appointed French minister at Brus-
Sels, pending an embassy becoming
vacant. since governor generalship Of
,ndo-Chinn is almost Invariably fol.
lowed by an embassy. Klobukowski is
,,,a s,GGguinriy skilfml fonccr. is com
inanucr OF the Legion OF Honor and has
an excellent seat in the saddle. being,
exceedingly fond of rioing.
nristorcrary by birth find any pernla-
ncnt career on the stage In every
instance that can recall they end by
, ncc0 ON, disheartencd and disguised
ny me hnrdships which they are called
upon TO endure, no matter what their
means OF livelihood, and whereas nm.
DER their parents roof they We're free
In measure to choose their acu,Iain,
ances. they have, as actresses indi-
vidunis thrust upon them in the nature
OF fellow Thespinns. stage managers
ana even imprcsarios. with whom tbcv
lind themselves utterly out OF harmony
owing TO difference OF birth ana breed
ing.
I mentioned in these lettors tho
9thcr day that Lord Seafeld's sister
Lady sydney Ogilvie Grant. after a
hricf experience on the stage in Lon
mGn; had forsaken it. to become the
mistress OF quiet country yicara.re
And now Miss Eleanor Montgomerie
granddaughter OF the fourteenth Earl
or Eglinton and Winton, after going
through all sorts of experiences rs
member OF the Gaicty Theatre IN
London and of provincial tours. has
abandoned theatrical life forever to
wed Thomas Arthur, who has a fnc
pace In Scotland and n large villa In
Nigeria. He Is an amateur actor Of
note and Is exceedingly rich. his moth
er being the eldest daughter and heir.
ess of Sir James Coats. the Cotton
Of 81,
was married to Theodore F'reylinu.
hausen. of New Jersey, another is the
wite of George Gordon King. of New
port; y; J.. while her brother Alfred
IS the husband of Miss Elizabeth
Barnewan OF Flushing, Long Island
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