The Washington herald., 1913-10-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
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Count Ladistaus Azoesieny-Mavich Of
Azoegien and Azvelsacgyhaza. the Hun
garian Magyar. who ever since Novem-'
ber lSae. has represented Austria Hun
gary. at thu Court OF Berlin. denies en-
phatically the rumor that owing TO his
advanced age-he win be n next month
-he intends to resign his responsible
post as ambassador extraordinary and
envoy plenipotentiary Of his master. the
Emperor-King Franz Josef. and yet the
rumor which emanates from Vienna
maintains itself with stubborn tenacity.
In Berlin court circles It has been a
matter of common gossip that the fiery
Magyar. with the long name. soon win
have to step aside and that the present
Austrian Minister at Bucharest CRum-
ania), Prince Kari Emil Fuerstenberg,
brother of the Kaiser's great friend and
''Duzbruder," the oft mentioned Prince
Maximilian Egon Won Fuerstenberg. will
be his successor.
Fact Is that Germany has no good
cause to desire such a change. Count
Azoegeny has ever been staunch friend
and supporter Of the Triple Alliance ard
the Kaiser thinks a good deal OF him
and he also enjoys the entire confidence
Of his Imperial Master Franz Josef, since
as under secretary Of the Eabsburg
House Ministry years ago he showed
fine tact in the settlement of certain
unpleasant family matters. The count
also is one OF the very few men who
know the true story OF the death Of
Crown Prince Rudolf.
Furthermore, since the demise of Count
Won der osten-Sackentate, Russian AM
bassador at Berlin, Count Azoegeny is
the dean of the diplomatic corps at the
Berlin court, the former being left in ac-
tive service, though much older. Just the
same, the question whether Vienna means
to recall the envoy or not. has been pug
King Berlin officialdom for a year or
more know that, when the foreign
office in the wilhelmstrasse was con-
sidering the advisability of substituting
Baron Marshall Won Bieberstein for
Count wolff-Metternich as German Am
bassador in London, the late foreign sec
retary, Won Kinderlen- waechter. happen
ed to sit at the same table with Count
Azoegeny at diplomatic dinner given by
the Spanish Ambassador. when twice the
Count asked the foreign secretary wheth-
er the report was true that Metternich
soon was to retire into private life
Twice Won Kinderlen ignored the ques-
ton. But when Azoegeny repeated the
same a third time, he was given the
rather astounding, but weIl-deseryed reply,
uttered ''sotto voce: "ouand vous Iui
aurez donne Texempler' (After you win
have set the example for him)
Tableau!
The truthful Maharajah of Mysore does
not match the traditional type Of an Orien-
tai notwithstanding people of primitive
habits from a palace of barbaric splendor.
He has such splendor but II is modern.
Instead Of an indolent. ignorant despot
the Maharajah. a young man of culture
Is refined and abreast of the times and
anxious forEhis people to profit by the
progress Of Europe and America Think
of Hindu prince ordering a mammoth
organ for his palace in the. city Of Ny
sore, paying $4,000 for it to an American
company. A talented musician, he sent
for samples Of American sheet music,
and being particularly fond OF band
music, bought 20 the extent OF S1.00O.
Having acquired taste for American
goods, the Maharajah has added a few
iuxuries that are not SO common even
in America A Chicago firm was commits
stoned to install q complete electrical
cooking outfit in the royal palace at
Mysore-
This modern Rajah Is eIectrifying his
country. A telephone line connects the
two leading cities OF Bangalore and Ny
sore. and when the prince rolls along the
roads in one of his eighteen automobiles,
he carries a portable telephone outfit
so that he can keep in constant touch
with affairs. Here is more real luxury
than the great moguls ever enjoyed.
Electricity seemed to the prince the very
essence of modernity, and naturally he
looked around for a suitable power site.
Cauvery Falls, eighty-six miles from
Bangalore, was equipped with an Amer
lean power plant
Besides furnishing the ZOO horsepower
to the cities Of BungaIore and Mysore for
electric lighting and Industrial purposes,
this plant sends 1000 horsepower to the
Kolar gold fields, ninety-two miles away. |
The original installation cost 81 ss6, ,e67, |
and justified the wisdom Of the Mahara-
jah, for il nets his government $4,000 |
a year in profits The capacity of the
plant had to be doubled. Another power |
is now being planned for |
the Cauvery River at point only fifteen |
miles from the city Of Mysore. This is |
to be a big dam, costing s.. .e66 600. to fur |
nish water power and irrigation. Wet
crops, such as rice and paddy, are now
grown by primitive irrigation in the |