The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-22
Reasons for Small Manifestation
of Regard on Part of English
Royal Family.
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Royal Family.
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TT has always been subject for sur
prise that the members OF the Eng
lish royal family, and indeed, also
of the other reigning dynasties Of
Europe. who have displayed so much
thoughtful consideration for eX-Presi-
dent Loubet and for his wife since
they retired into private life after the
conclusion OF his terms of Office. should
never have been willing to accord the
same manifestations of regard for the
wife of Sadi Carnot, whose f:term as
brought to a sensational close by his
assassination at Lyons: tragedy. one
would have thought that would have
been calculated to excite the sym
pathy of all the crowned heads of
Europe for the widow. Far from
nored. and none of the royal visitors
to Paris ever took the trouble OF call
ing upon her. as they did upon the
Loubets
though it is not generally known out
side OF court circles and diplomatic
chancelleries. II dates away back to
twenty years ago. when the Kaiser. In
one of his many cndeavors to propi;-
late France. made the mistake of send
ing his mother. Empress Frederick. to
Paris, on the preteXt of busyinG her
self with French art and OF making
the acquaintance OF French artists. In
pursuance OF his object. both he and
She invoked the assistance OF Queen
Victoria TO make the visit success.
Accordingly. the Queen instructed
Lord Lytton. who was then her ambaS-
sador in Paris. to call unofficially upon
President and Nine Carnot. and to In
form them quietly how much gratified
she would be II they were to establish
friendly personal relations with her
beloved daughter. Empress Frederick
who had gone to Paris in connection
with her art interests. Lord Lytton
suggested. by the Queens directions
Empress and the Carnots. and that the
latter should invite her 10 dinner Now
the Carnots did not see their way TO
comply with the views advanced by
Lord Lytton. a the instance of Queen
Victoria. and TO oblige her in the mat
ter. They argued that public opinion
WAS not sufficiently prepared for an
interchange of personal relations be-
tween the occupants OF the Elysee and
a German Empress, no matter how
profound their esteem and admiration
for the chara cter OF her widowed Ger
man Majesty, to whom the hearts of
all Frcnchwomen had gone out during
Emperor Frederick's fatal illness. For
the President to call upon the Empress
(who made the mistake of staying at
the German embassy instead Of put
ting up at a hoteD was impossible at
that time, and Nine. Carnot having
no official rank, could not pay a visit
They could not even see their way to
invite the Empress as an artist Of inn
see Palace, and they added that they
must ask Lord Lytton 10 privately in
form Queen Victoria that any such in
vitation mus: be deferred to some flu
ture stay OF the Empress In Paris.
Both Queen Victoria and Emperor
William bitterly resented this attitude
on the part Of the Carnots. which they
rightly attributed to Nine Carnot,
n a. ~ AZ
tcrfu! naturc than thai of her nus
band. But what cmbittered them still
more was the fact that She was so in
discreet as to talk about the matter.
both prior and subsequent TO her quit
ting the E'ysee
Thu visit OF the Empress to Paris
indirectly contributed to the conclu-
sion OF the Franco Russian alliance.
the negotiation of which was already
under way. For the Carnots communi-
Gated without delay the purpose Of
Lord Lytton's visit 10 the Elysee. to
Baron Mohrenhcim, then Russian am
bassador To Paris The latter saw in
the affair an attempt on the part of
Germany and England to Illustrate his
negotiations, by drawing France into
a sort of triple entente, composed of
or less directed against Russia. Ac-
cordingly. he and the French Minister
of the Interior put their heads to-
sether to get up a newspaper cam
Is.
as to obliEe her to leave Paris. They
succeeded beyond their wishes. a visit
which she paid to the site OF the Pal
ace of st. Cloud. (which the Prussians
had burned down.. raised n storm of
newspaper Indignation which fred the
Paris populace. To avoid disturbanc cs
the Empress was forced to cut short
her stay. AS 1t was feared that she
might be attacked in the street if She
drove to the Northern Terminus in a
private carriage. she went in the Ian
dau of the German embassy. driven by
servants In the ambassadors livcrics.
The ambassador and his first secretary
sat facing her. and the whole central
brigade of police was sent to guard
the streets through which she was to
pass.
Two days after her hasty departure.
Baron Mohrenheim. representing Rus
STA. called at tho Elysee In the name
Of Alexander ILL.,. to definitely offer to
President Garnet the alliance OF rus
sia. and the treaty was concluded a
few weeks later in that same year, sup
plssslsntary articles being added two
years later. Then. when the treaty
had been signed. a French naval squad
| kronstadt, and II was at luncheon
given on board the French flagship by
President. Carnot. that Alexander III.
first proclaimed 10 the world the exis-
and Russia. That was the answer OF
those two powers to Empress Frede-
rick's visit to Paris.
Baron Burghard Won cramm. who
has just been gathered to his fathers,
was not only an extremely popular
and successful German novelist and
Haywright, but likewise for a quarter
| Of century a member Of the Federal
Council at Berlin. as ,pl6nipotentiary
~, the sovereign Duchy OF Erunswick.
His diplomatic career was. n however,
eprougft TO y close lin 1909 IN an :. ea Z