Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-06-22

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bearer of secret information for his
imperial majesty the car. The words
secret information" were an open
sesame" was accorded an interview
with the emperor the day after my
arrival at st. Petersburg, but was In
formed that II the matter I had in
hand was Of personal Importance to
his majesty l would be received at
once. l thought it best to await
formal meeting and spent the interval
In preparing myself to state my case
to the best advantage. It would not
avail me to prepare set speech, for
did not know In what mood or how
disposed toward what I desired
should find his majesty. could only
prepare myself In a general way and
make my statement in accordance with
what should meet.
At the appointed hour l appeared at
the palace and was conducted to the
czar's cabinet. He received mo with
out formally and invited me to be
seated near him. informed him Of
the nature Of my mission, the reasons
for its secrecy and then before pro-
ceeding further handed him the en-
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contract and the corners Of his mouth
drawn down. He read every docu-
ment, some Of them twice or thrice
over and when he had finished sat
PRESENTLY ne summoned an atpenu:
anI, 10 whom ne gaVe an order mat ne
desired the presence OF the brencn am
passauor' AS soon US inc atVenuaht
ha0 "lIhuraWn inc czar saiu 10 me-
since you are ulplomat you I'M
uerstand the necessity ut times OF nom
commlttais' am oDlged TO the Amer
lean minister TO france Ior Trans
mlttlng thls Information 10 me. dere
ne hahued me the documents IN
thls account ! owe MN reply but
lt VIII De neither written nor an oral
one nor 10 you LOT hiil' NOT 10 MIN
uirectly'
supposed ne would ten me wnat
KIM Oh reply II woulu De- out ne ulu
not arose 10 co. out ne stopped me.
linen he caiieu ah attehuahI anu sun
something 10 MN that ulu hoC uhuer'
s'ahu' lne attenu"ht ihotioheu me 10
Ioiio" hihl' ana l was SHOWN INTO an
hdJoining room. Ihere ] waited Tor
lurtner ORDERS Ior heariy an hOur' AT
inc emu OF tlls tllhe hearu uoor OF
inc emperors eaDihei open ana the
announcement I'D iouu voice. The
"lloass"uor from rrnhce'
Inc uoor DetWeeh the room where l
was unu 'he c"p,''et ma peen iett open
-uouDtleSS ny the ear y order-and l
henrd every WORD mat passed In the
ne tolu the ampasShdof that ne had
iehrheu thai Napoieoh was ABOUT 10
intervene III American anairs and
"uueu.
zen your master that II ne Inter
leres III 'ne struggle now going on In
'he ohiteu states VIII strike him'
Nhelher the emperor turned away
from the man lie addressed or other.
wise Indicated that lie wished no an
swer 90 nor Know heard none' but
rev moments later door was clos
CO. ana assumed that the ambassador
hhd departed In u rev minutes an
attendant appeared ana led me back
INTO the cabinet The car was stand
ing alone
Give my thanks to your chief for
the Information he has sent me-" he
sald' ana WIN this retired.
was happy man on my return
journey to Paris, having accomplished
without any effort that which ] knew
wouid dellsht my chief, the president
OF the United States. ana the American
onlonists
| prefer to write my own account OF
what was attained by my GRANDPA
thers mission
One winter morning during the war
between the states the citizens Of New
YORK awoke to lind the harbor dotted
with RUSSIAN war vessels. For time
no one knew what 1t meant Then
gradually It dawned ON the people that
It's presence denoted the friendliness
OF the car Of Russia for those who
were struggling to perpetuate the I'm
lon Then arose cry Of welcome.
Inc onlcers OF the heet were invited |
ashore and entertained royalty. Never |
before nor since has New York passed |
winter OF such unique gayety.
Inc proposed Intervention did not |