The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-05
ASSASSIN'S ATTACK
SEEMS IRONY OF FATE

and criminals who have Sought refuge
on British soil. and some years ago
one OF the cieverest inspectors Of the
department received from the Russian
government a present Of sle.eo0 for
furnishing timely Information that
frustrated a plot for the assassination
OF Emperor Nicholas
From the directOrship Of the Criminal
Investigation Department Sir Henry
wa. promoted 20 tho chief Co;nm sslon. !
e.ship Of Police, which he has row
n, Id for n number - years.
SIR Edward IL very s.ian.. unas-
suming, and withal generous mao OF
Sky Two. whom children AS. lc''ve
y ike and % whom ANN as - very
kind take He used 70 be crack polo
player and has been AZ successful in
stalking stays IN Scotland as former
" in shooting tigers IN indian Juneles'
Fifteen or twenty years ago Pile
de Cyon was one OF the most conspicu-
Gus and influential men in Paris. where
he was regarded as A particularly
powerful agent Of the Russian govern
fnent Indeed. ne was wont 70 ascribe
10 himself the initiative OF the Franco
Russian alliance. and was associated
By Nine Adam with herself In the
editor ship q her Nouvelie Revue and
by Jules Simon In the management
OF the Paris Gaulois Thanks to this,
the man. who was Of Jewish origin.
whose real name was Zien. and who
mad been at one time a professor at ST.
Petersburg, was able 70 go impress the
authorities at ST. Petersburg with his
usefulness on the banks of the. Seine
that he managed 20 obtain from Min
-. <1~arf II
title Of Councillor OF State. with the
predicate OF "exceliency." Thoroughly
INSCRIPTIONS. his measure had already
been taken by Count White before he
succeeded wychnesradski, and when
Witte became Minister Of Finance he
declined 70 have anything TO do with
De Cyon. and would not even accord
20 him an audience when he visited st.
Petersburg for the purpose.
With his head utterly turned by
the Difference accorded to him In Paris
on the ground OF hts supposed influence
at the court Of Russia, De Cyon set TO
work to prove TO Count de Witte thai
IL would be more polite fer him 70
make a friend instead of a foe OF h'nn
Accordingly ne started in TO attack
the counts administration of the An
ances Of the Russian empire, by means
newspa pers. Of the most calumniatory
and even scurriious character.
The French scarcely knew what TO
make of the matter. On the one hand
they heard that Count WHITE was the
most powerful minister In Russia. the
statesman Of the day in fact. and yet
here was NJ de Cyon, supposed TO be
an ern,ssary OF The Russian govern
rrent. and one of the principal figures.
az thew believed in the alliance with
Russia. openly attacking the Imperial
Treasury.
The consequence WIS that Russian
credit began TO suffer. It became frnpera-
tive therefore, that something should
be done TO put an end to a course OF
conduct which was rapidly developing
into a public scandal Accordingly. a
summons was sent TO NJ de Cyon to re-
turn to Russia without delay.
De Cyon. however. was shrewd
enough to realize that obedience 10
this order would be equivalent TO piac
ing his head in the lions mouth and
that II would probably result In his
being packed of 10 Siberia Hence.
on the pretext Of a sickness which ala
not prevent him from being seen at
Trouvflie Dfeppe, Nichy and other
French watering places much frequent
ed by his countrymen. he declined TO
return.
Thereupon the Csar issued orders ror
the degradation OF NJ de Cyon from
his titular rank of Councillor Of State.
derived him OF all the Russian decors
tons which he possessed, and finally
decreed the forfeiture Of his Russian
citizenship. with the result that Ds
cvon. who had been for ten years one
Of the best known and most conspicu-
Gus Russians In France and western
Europe. was rendered an outlaw.
De Cyon's French friends then began
70 fall away from him. Nine. Adam
quickly severed her relations with MIN
and he ceased to have anything what
ssoever 10 do with the Nouvelle Revue
Lack Of money led him 70 resort 20
questionable devices. and he was m
crinninated in several unsavory scan
dals notably that connected with the
Matchmaking OF the sugar msEnate.
Max Lebaudy. popularity known as lie
Petit Sucrier" He narrowly escaped
conviction although he suffered the
;ndisnity Of arrest and detention IN
nriso, and has now died in such COM
nlete obscur.ty in Paris that most OF
his contemporaries have forgotten MS
very existence
.CopyrishE. 1912. by the Brentwood
Company