The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-18
Reported That He Wants to Be
Relieved of Post of French
Ambassador to Russia.
NJ Ia MARauIsE DE roNrENoY.

III Is reported on excellent authority,
both in Paris and st. Petersburg,
that Theophile Delcasse has re-
qucsted to be relieved or the post or
franch ambassador to Russia, to
which he was appointed in February
last. While he has been treated with
the utmost distinction by the Emperor,
and by tho leading statesmen at st.
Petersburg. both he and Nine. Del
casse have failed to meet with the
welcome on tho part of the great world
Oh tho banks OF the Neva which they
had been led to expect Indeed So
ciety In the Russian capital has shown
the same Discrimination to open It's
doors to the Dclcasses as 1t manifested
to his two Immediate predecessors
NM. Bompard and Louis. on account
of their belonging to the bourgeoisic
This treatment has been all the more
unpleasant owing to the cordially
chown by the grand monde of ST.
Petersburg to tho ambassadors or Ger
many. Great Britain Spain and even
Austria, all OF whom belong tc the old
aristocracy OF their respective coun
tries. to the ENJOYS OF Belgium and the
Netherlands, of whom the same may DO
said ard even to some of tho younger
members of Delcasse's own staff, such
as the Comte c. de Chambrun. tho
Comte de SartiGes, as we'll as to his
military attache, General the Marquis
de LaSuichc
At st. Petersburg. as at Vienna, so.
ciety absolutely declines to receive in
its midst, and to admit to intimate in.
I tercourse, foreign diplomats solely on
the strength OF their official rank, and
who are devoid of birth and OF blue
blood Its relations with diplomats OF
this kind remain of the most formal
character an exception being some
times made in favor of Americans who
have known how to render themselves
particularly agreeable and popular.
Delcasse is said to feel very bittor
about his treatment by the great world
OF st. petersburg. For, when Minister
of Foreign Affairs in Paris, and even
after he had gone out of office. he was
made much of by Edward VII. and by
King Alfonso of Spain. He had been
very nasterful Minister OF Foreign
Affairs. and it was for having con-
tributed to his resignation at the time
of the Morocco imbrogiio, that the
Kaiser bestowed the title of prince
upon his Chancellor. Count Huelow.
Thanks 10 King Edward Deicassc has
many warm friends among the old
f'ranch aristocracy. The King not
only entertained him himself whenever
he was in Paris. but also caused him
to be invited to meet him at the
houses Of his personal friends, such as
the Countess Edmond de Pourtales. the
Marquis de Breteuil. the De Grief
fuhles. the DE Jarnacs. Nine. Standish
etc. by virtue of that law OF etiquette
which cribes that royalty shall always
personally name and select the guests
invited by their host to meet them
Delcasse. therefore. could not under
stand why the Russian aristocracy
should treat him so coldly; all the more
as he possesses through his wife, the
widow of his former employer, a very
large fortune, and has been decorated
with the Grand Cross of all the Rus
sian orders OF knighthood, save that
OF st. Andrew.
Delcasse is 50 very small, that he has
been surnamed lie Pou." which may
be euphemistically translated as The
Flea" and tho Franch comic papers
have always delighted in caricaturing
him in the guise of this household in
sect. Nor is his lack OF inches in any
way redeemed by his good looks. In
fact. with his walrus-like moustache.
his low forehead, fiat, upturned nose.
and extremely large ears. he is about
the homeliest statesman that has ever
held Cabinet office in France, or repre-
sented that country abroad as ambas-
sador. since the days of the great Tai
leyrand.
u
nitcly prefer to keep him at ST. Pctcrs-
burg, since. as n member OF the Cham
Der of Deputies, where he still retains
his seat. he is always q source of
danger TO the administration OF the
day. by reason of his powers OF caustic
criticism. But neither he nor Nine.
Delcasse will consent to remain at st.
Petersburg. and there is no doubt that
he is returning to live on the banks
II ~r.sI
than when he took up his residence in
ST. Petersburg early last spring. and
that me will be less enthusiastic hence
forth about everything Muscovite.
Empress Eugene is exceedingly rich.
Prince Victor Napoleon, the Bonapart-
ist pretender. has corsort worth mill
lions. in Princess Clementine of Bel
GUM. while his chief representative in
France, Prince Joachim Murat, is also
very wealthy man. indeed, through
his wife. one of the principal heiresses
of the late multi-millianaire, Nine.
Heine. OF Paris. Prince Murat, indeed.
prides himself upon the possession OF
the finest collection OF relics of the
First Napoleon. which he processes to
regard IN the light of sacred trust.
Yet neither he nor Prince Napoleon
nor Empress Eugene, will contribute
single penny piece TOR the preserra-
ton of the historic house at I.ongwood,
in the island of ST Helena. where tho
great Emperor spent the last five years
of his life, and breathed his last.
More than sixty years ago the French
nation, then ruled by King Louis
Philippe. acquired possession of Long
wood and of the surrounding ground.
including the tomb in which Napoleon's
remains had reposed during the near
quarter Of a century that had elapsed
before their conveyance to France,