New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-10

latter's most trusted lieutenant, before be-
ing appointed minister at Athens whence
lie was promoted last summer to Siam
boul
! MARQUISE BARRED FROM COURT.
Another very clever ambassador at
Constantinople is Emperor Francis Jo-
seph's representative. the Marquis John
Pallaviccini, who on the occasion OF the
several illnesses of the late Count dAeh-
renthal, was summoned from the Bos-
porus to assume temporary charge OF
his office of Foreign Minister at Vienna.
PallaviCcini is married to an English
woman. "A Miss Gcorgina Reade Grove
whose acquaintance he made under rather
romantic circumstances. When secretary
OF the Austrian Embassy. IN Paris. while
riding in the Bots de Boulogne. he was
successful In stopping the runaway horses
OF the carriage OF Nine. Ferdinand DE-
Lesseps, wife OF the creator Of the SuaZ
Canal. one of the fair occupants thus
rescued was Miss Grove. who WAS then
| filling the position OF companion To- Nine.
de Lcsseps lie fell in love with her and
married her Although her maternal
grandfather was that Sir Thomas Rcada
who was second I'm command Of the island
OF St Helena during the closing portion
, Of the captivity there Of the first EW-
Deror Napoleon she was unable TO show
the necessary number OF uUDilary quarter
ings Uhat Is 20 say. exclusively noble
ancestry on both sides of the house for
several generations. which are required
from the wives Of Austrian and Hun
earian subjects. no matter what the ma
| tionallty Of their birth. IN order 10 secure
their presentation q the court OF Vienna.
| She Is consequently excluded thercfrom,
| although helping her husband To repre-
sent tbe Austrian court abroad; and had
fl not been for this disqualification, which
! extends 10 her sons and to her daughters,
| il is probable that her husband would
have been appointed Chancellor Of the
dual empire. in succession 10 his friend
and chief. the late Count d'Achrenthsl,
| instead Of Count Berchtold. the present
! incumbent Of the office
FRENCH ENJOYS ONLY eLUNDER
IN Frances Ambassador, Louis Maurice
Bompard. / feel "a sort Of fathcIly inter
est on account Of his wife, for ! used 10
carry her about on my shoulder-not of
| course. as ambassadress, but when she
| was a very small girl at Cairo, where her
| father. my old friend VI. dc Bligniercs,
| I'm the closing year Of Khcdive lsmail
reign was filling the post Of Controller
| General OF the Debt and Of Minister oil
| Egyptian Finance She was very at
tractlve child, and has developed into
very charming woman. Her husband Is
! an able wide-awake, circumspect and eN-
perienced diplomat, who has made but
one mistake I'm an otherwise very sue
cessful career. While ambassador at st.
Petersburg he had the imprudence TO send
through the ordinary mail service conii-
Dental letter TO an intimate friend in Paris
critcsing I'm rather savage tashloh
conditions in the dominions of the Car
and deploring the foolish action OF his
fellow cOuntrymen in continuing to loan
money 10 the MuscOvite government.
! Naturally. the letter was opened during
| its passage through the Russian man.
BOmpard ought to have been prepared
| for that Its contents were photographed
before II was forwarded on To its destlna-
| tion i'm Paris. The fac SMILES were
shown TO the authorities at St Peters
btrp and were made the subject OF
otIiet but extremely pressing request for
the ambassadors recall from the banks
of the Neva lie made no complaint, and
a few months later was rewarded for his
silence by his appointment as ambassador
To Constantinople.
6UssIA'S ENVOY A NEWCOMER.
with regard to the Russian Ambassador,
Michael Won Giers, he IS comparative
stranger at Constantinople, having been
there only for a few months He was
APPOINTED in the early part of the sum
mer. i'm the place of Tcharikoh, who was
removed with dramatic suddenness and
virtually disgraced for having, thanks to
his Levantine wife, Identified himself too
closely with the now discrcdited Young
o1r,,,scd almost entirely of