The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-13
Prince and Duke August Aren-
berg Quits Position after
Twenty Year Service.

~ IA MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY.
~ RlNCE and Duke August Aren-
berg. now In the neighborhood
OF eighty, has Just resigned the
presidency Of the Suez Canal Com
pany. which he has held for twenty
years, and Charles Jonnart has been
appointed In his stead. The onice is
one Of such world wide Importance. es-
pecially 10 all maritime nations, that
It IS useful TO explain just who Jon
mart Is. since he is relatively unknown
abroad. From 1852 TO 1890 nc was
head OF the Department Of the In
terror in Algeria. In the early nine
ties he Was a member OF the Chamber
OF Deputies for tho Department of the
Pas de Calais, and for twelve months
was Minister of Public Works In
1900 he was appointed Governor Gen-
cral Of Algeria. and held that Office
without interruption FOR an entire de-
cade. lie insisted on rcslgning when
the Cabinet OF Arst!dc Briand. one of
his most intimate friends. was over
thrown in 1910, and last year when
BRAND again formed a Cabinet he took
charge of the Department of Foreign
Affairs on the Quai d'Orsay for "A few
! months. He is very rich. very inie-
pendent Gcvout Catholic, and q
thorough man Of the world, married
to a daughter of NJ Aynard, the ex-
trcmely influential deputy OF tho De-
partinent of the Rhone. and owns not
one, but several beautiful chateauS in
France, his principal country seat be-
Ing in the immediate neishborhood of
the Due de Luynes's chateau OF Dam
pierre
England. as every one Knows. has
possessed the controlling interest and
the majority CT the stock in the Suez
| Canal Company ever since Lord Sea ;
! conSf"ld bought for s20.0o0oa0 the
| $4,000 hundred d ollar shares of Khe-
! dive Ismail which would now sell in
| the open market for five times that
amount. II would have been. there
| fore. only natural that the headquar-
y ters of the canal company. especially
/ after the downfall and death OF old
/ Count Ferdinand dc Lesseps should
\ have been transferred TO London. ana
that tho administration should have
! become entirely English with Brit
/ ish chairman. That the mana 81 ment
/! Shouts have remained wholly French,
not only In Europe, that is to say. in
| Paris but also in Egypt. ana that the
! presidency should have rc ined vest
| due to the diplomacy and tact or
| Prince August Arenbcrg, and also
| the complete confidence as man OF
! tho most scrupulous sense OF honor
| and integrity. with which he was able
To inspire the English government.
i The esteem in which he has always
been held IN Great Britain is best
| shown by the fact that King Edward
\ some years before his death bestowed
upon him the Grand Cross of the Order
! OF the star OF India.
The prince was a close personal
! friend o: King Edward, and on the
death OF the Due &c La Rochefou-
! cauld -Doudeauville. was elected TO
/ succeed him as president OF the French
! Jockey Club. but declined the honor,
! preferrnr 10 remain vice president,
and nominating in his stead the Due
4 dc Fezensac. lie is regarded. how
ever. as the dean OF the French rae
ing world as the principal pillar OF
/ the Jockey Club. ard as the acknow-
4 lodged head of the French aristoc-
racy. He is a member OF the Insti-
\ tutc OF France. president OF the Phi
!anthropic society az Paris. and OF all
sorts of charitable enterprises. and
conceals his Kindness of heart beneath
4 certain affectation OF brusluerle, of
impcriousness and OF dryness, all OF
which dc cs rot, however. prevent his
manners from being characterized by
! old fashioned courtesy.