The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
La Marquise de Foneenoy
EoN BOURGEOIS. who has several


Chamber of Deputies. who has more
over been the principal representative
held ut The Hague. In 1899 and In 1907.
Is. perhaps. of all the members of, the
new Cabinet at Paris. the best known
abroad. If he has accepted therein the
relatively uni1nportant office of Minis
ter Of Public Works, II Is partly due to
patriotic anxiety to assist Premier
poincare in eNtrlcatlng the nation from
the unsavory crisis In which 1t has
been plunged by the tortuous and dis
honorable methods OF ex-Prcmier Call
laux. and also because his eyesiSht
is so bad as to render him almost com
pletely blind.
bourgeois may be said to have Amer
lean Affiliations, for he Is lecturer on
social science at the Institute OF So
ciul Sciences. under the terms OF the
Will OF the late conltc dc Cnambrun,
uncle OF that Comic Aldebert de Cham
brun who Is married to Miss Clara
Longworth. OF Cincinnati, and occupies
an official residence in the mansion
which had been the Partisan home of
the late Comtc de Chambrun who be-
tute OF Social Sciences. Bourgeois is
u very gifted man. and clever with his
pen, with his brush and with his chisci.
being sculptor Of no mean skill. his
statuary works having repeatedly won
prizes at the Paris Salon. he Is IA
great traveller, can boast OF more or
Tess Intimate acquaintance with all the
principal rulers and leading statesmen
Of Europe. has maze Il hobby OF Tor
cigm politics, and is wonderful ora
tor. He has been twice married his
present wife being the widow OF Il pre-
rect. and has, thanks to her influence,
emerged from that species Of NOLAN
cholia into Which nc had boon piung-
cd by the death In rapid succession
of a favorite sister, Of AN only daught-
CT to whom he was passionately de-
voted, and OF his hrst wife He has
:, sou. or the name cf George who is
about twenty-ciSht years old. anl Il
physician.
ibis. son was the subject OF rather
sensational episode at the time OF tho
Ianama scandal. liz 1892 IL became
nourgeois's duty, as Minister OF Jus
ticc. in the administration OF Ribot, to
IN the Panama scandal, when ne did
with considerable vigor. In the midst
OF this campaign, which no was wag-
Ing against ,hose guilty OF corruptiSn
newspapers 10 the eject That his only
son, George, thcsl a boy at school. had
been kidnapped from ,hr latter. II was
perfectly true that the hoy had van
tsncd from his home. and from the
Lycec which he attended at Paris, and
Tor week the air was full OF the most
ne hna been abducted By such people
us Arton. Reinach, and others merlin
mated by the Panama disclosures, Tor
tn: purpose OF being held as a HOSTAGE
10 prevent his father from continuing
Ills attacks upon the gang. Ultimately
me boy vas discovered at Marsclll.s
and 1t was then brought 10 HIGHT that
no mad ran away on mis- own account.
from Paris. owing 10 the extent to
which h. had been pulled md pcs;crcd
by his scaoo!mates, in connection with
Panama scandal
Leon lsourseois Who is the son OF
matchmaker .. the Ituc Francois
NirOn in raris. is 4 veteran Of tn1
War OF 1870, through which he fousht
from beginning TO cud. as a Young TEL
low 81 cigatccn sftcrwards cumpIct.
ing his lesal education, and becoming
a member OF the paris bar But ne
did not have much occasion to practice.
FOR from 1875. when h. became CHER
sceTetary 90 NJ CnrIstoPhic, Minister
in government scryirc. until 1887. when
he Quilted II. AZ project Of police, 10
embark apon q nol!ticnl care,r.
n sculptor OF no mean order Shout.
add to this that he Is also a VERY cley-
or posiclilst; also an enthusiastic y!O-
whenever a Cabinet minister. OF cniiy-
eninS the meetings OF the council ny
daSAinS of caricaturcs OF his col
leagues as we'll as OF Leading poiiti-
lie has published number OF BOOKS
rwns some vineyards. and small
,onntry house near. Epcrnay, IN the
department. Of the Marine. and has been
'egardcd for the last ten years as ono
II the most likely candidates for The
presidency OF the republic.
Moving pictures are contributing
:hc!r share 10 the punishment III store
Cor the Gackwar OF Barodsl, in con
1!Gciion with his insulting behavior 10
OurDnr. for the cincmatograph has re-
hroduccd, With the utmost aGel!ty,
every phase Of his rulcn.ss on that DC.
:asion. mis- curt nod 70 the King his
deliberate refusal TO bow TO the Queen.
ais swinging :, light cane in his hand
"htn aprr"achins the throne. and his
suzcrt!n, instead OF backing or, of
his presence IS did the Siccroy and
ali the vassal rulers OF India
Each time that the Gaekwar is thus
lions In Great Britain mis- appearance
calls forth a storm OF misses and other
:okens OF popular disapprovnl These
picture shows are being also exhibited
Al almost inhuitcsimui prices OF ad,nis-
sion throughout the length and breadth
OF the Indian Empire, whore the
Gackwar's rudsness is thus becoming
That his rudeness to the King and
Queen was tho result of nervousness.
pat forward BY him as an excuse, in
proved BY the acknowledgement pictures.
1t is also demonstrated by a piece OF
studied inSolence. towards the Eiceroy
Lord Hardinge. n little earlier In the
much OF in private letters from In
dia, though not in print. 1t seems that
Whcn LORD llaruinBc, ABOUT quarter
or an hour before the arrival OF tho
King and Queen, drove into the arena
in state, all the great vassal rulers
OF India assembled there rose and re-
manned standing until the Niccroy had
taken his seat. Their, was but one
exception. namely, the Gackwar OF
Baroda who, although occupying Il
front seat refrained from rising. and
instead ostentatiously stretched ont
his legs, in the most Longing aud
manner.
While awaiting the penalty that can
not fail to be inflicted upon him by the
british government. and which Will
probably take the form of deposition,
the Gaekwar has already roaped ono,
to him, particularly severe setback,
the jilting of his only daught-
err, the Princess Jndira, by the power
full Naharaiah Sclnda. OF Gwaiior, vino
had arranged to marry her, although
lie has already a wife. who is childless.
as | have on several occasions pointed
out In these letters, the Gackwar Is OF
an origin so pleheian, and of a caste