20 TH3S FBAKOISOO CALL, SUNDAY, MAT .7, 1899. c,OOOOOOfiOO«OOOOQCK!»OftODflflOC(O000Ofl 5 PLAIN AMERICAN GIRL \u25a0 PRINCESS SALM-SALM, iPLAIN AMERICAN GIRL \u25a0 « i Was a Circus Performer, g Now Vlsitlna This Country. Was a Soldier, « » | THEN A PRINCESS. 1 SERVED UNDER THREE FLAGS AND EARNED THE GERMAN IRON CROSS 3 NURSE AND DIPLOMAT odoooooooBQooooooooooooo»oo»ofieaoooa plans to force his way through the en- emy's lines. But one night his favorite staff officer, Lopez, a second Iscariot, who often . embraced the Emperor i!i public— a man Carlotta had so honored and trust- ed as to make him colonel of the "Em- press Regiment," which she recruited and— equipped with her own private funds betrayed the camp to the Mexicans for a price, and Maximilian was overpowered, lighting desperately. Soon after he reached Maximilian's camp Salm-Salm volunteered on a scout- ing trip to the interior. Hia wife also volunteered, and appealed to the com- mandant of the detachment, a gallant Belgian colonel. He agreed to take her along, providing she could keep cool, carry a revolver and not use it until the troops camo to close quarters. To this severe test of coolness sue proved equal, and rode at the front with the leaders as ready and self-possessed in the tire of battle as she had been in the councils of diplomacy. When Maximilian personally abandoned the City of Mexico and retired to the in- terior town of (jueretaro, the Princess was left behind with the German garri- son. This separation from Maximilian's suite led to several startling and dra- matic adventures, which displayed both physical courage and diplomatic nerve. It was plain to every one that the Emperor was lost after the desertion of his French allies, but the Princess, fearing that her husband might have to share the fate of Maximilian, set about the most desperate plan to ward off the impending peril. City of each. gan Queretaro and the of Mexico wera cess Salm-Salm made the most In the summer of 1P62. after he had both besieged -by overwhelming numbers The Prince lacked the diplomacy neces- borne himself gallantly at the battle of of Mexicans. She first proposed to tho sary to make headway In the circles of Cross Keys and fully year. German him lasted a When Mexican commander that the capital intriguers. Fortunately for jthe order for muster out, or so-called dls- garrison in the City of should entirely different char- Mexico his wife was of an |missal, was hanging ovei his head, liable surrender without fighting and Maximil- acter. She had been educated under the to strike his name from the army roll at ian in consequence, to go free. guidance of a Cabinet official, was thor- any be. allowed moment, his wife hurried the In passing back and forth through the y schooled in the secrets of official from our Government, recalled Bazain© ; front to Washington, upon securing and lines, bent on this errand, the Princess life and she recognized the possibilities of bent his troops. But important act , his appointment to a permanent before this !several" times exposeu her life to danger. her power, by her husband's title. com- took place misled shielded mand. The Princess made a personal ap- Bazaine had Maximilian Once she was detained in the city until peal Into a step which sealed his doom. The Proud of Her Diplomacy. to Senator Ira Harris of New York. after( dark, and on approaching the senti- Princess was proud of He declared the case hopeless. French Marshal represented that his ,nel the besiegers she answered the Salm-Salm her arms had of • said that she saved dispersed the champions of re- \challenge. "Who goes with the Mplomacy and always Successful Intervention. , there?" publlcanism; that Juarez, the head of the word "enemigo" (enemy), inadvertently the Prince from threatened dismissal from "Governor Morgan," he said, "is a whole battalion accompanied her to New !' duration of the punishment, and he only cause, was a fugitive beyond the , York. Balm-Salm duly commissioned could counteract that order. The culprit liberal spoken for "amigo" (friend). The senti- the army. General Blenker was relieved stern woman-hater. Your was border, and that only outlaws and rob- fired, blandishments. colonel, and he took the regiment to the suffering cruelly, and the Princess :nel but missed his mark. if his command after the battle of Cross smiles and entreaties was bers were in arms against the empire. vrill be wasted upon West, where it served in the field until severed the cords which bound him, fed After the verdict of death had been pro- Keys, in 1882, owing to a disagreement him: you Bazaine demanded an enactment declar- nounced Princess permitted had better not take the trouble." the wax i him from the colonel's mess and sent him the was to with General Fremont, his superior ofli- courageous ended. ing all rebels outlaws and acted up to its , Maximilian and husband in ' But the wife hastened to the In New York j to his quarters. Salm-Salm never heard see her cer. The removal of the general left the executive Society. of the until after the war was provisions before it became a law. The prison, and she at once began to plot for military family chamber at Albany. She an- During ! incident Emperor opposed it, members of his without the winter uf 1563-64 the Prince ; over, for the adjutant was afraid to re- and after four vic- their rescue. A bribe was arranged, but itlon. and an order was issued to nounced her intention of sitting down and and his consort tims had been shot virtually rescinded it. I waiting became most conspicuous veal the truth, and the poor fellow was there was no cash to meet the demand. muster them out. according to the rules until the Governor found a Ger- in New York Bocial life. They gTaced all When the French withdrew Maximilian Incited by her tireless exhortations Maxi- visit of Princess Salm-Salm. dismissal, man regiment so grateful to the Princess that he of the army. This was not a without a commander and military functions. No ball, reception or order, informed Juarez,- chief claimant to the | milian gave two one hundred thousand- who arrived In New York last \u25a0..I ' promptly obeyed the obnoxious and Wednesday, to the United States, and all of them re-entered the service. delivered into her hands In sword presentation was a success without the colonel supposed that the punishment disputed Presidency, that he would aban- j idollar notes upon the imperial house of Prince Salm-Salm chief of staff to a command unique mission, re- was for Prince Salm-Salm their company. He was the lion and she brought him to don the empire if Juarez would promise .Austria. Had there been $1000 in cash the as well as her as colonel that regiment. bad terms. only an in- General Blenker and held the rank of of the belle of the hour. One of their diver- amnesty to the imperialist leaders in plan might have been carried through. calls to Americans not Through Her tactics prevailed. A few Adventures In Mexico. tensely interesting personality but colonel.. the efforts of his wife hours later sions was spiritual seances, which attract- Mexico. Juarez refused. Maximilian de- .As it was, the notes were too dangerous THE to she had the Before coming to America the Prince he retained that rank and was assigned desired commission and ed attention at that cided to remain and protect his adher- ias evidence. Salm-Salm and the Empe- a^so a chain of unusual and exciting Pnncr wide time. Amedium had been soldier lady. the colonelcy of the Eighth New York. Salm-Salm resigned honorably, to celebrated among the non-prof a In his native apuntry ents. A strong conservative party, repre- iror were hopeless of escape, but the keen events connected with the muster again essional Prussia— also In army of General Blenker's original command. in as colonel of the Eighth. spiritual ' the Austria. senting church, urged him stay. witted woman, who was for a time free Th" regiment communicants with the world The enterprise of the Prince, the to Who Is the Princess P Blanker s staff officers were deeply in- was one of the few enlisted embraced in her circle the Princpss Salm- Austrian He put himself at the head of the army !to approach officers and guards, knew for years, Maximilian, in Mexico at height She baa been a circus rider. ted in ilt> love romance of their royal two and In 1«63 was discharged Salm. The manifestations were purely was it? and centered all his energy to carry on that gold, and gold only, would open the from service. a when the war in the United States 'i. She has been a rope dancer. ule. whom they familiarly spoke of The Prince was again with- matter of scientific study. Before the end< the war. Carlotta, his spouse, went to Mexican prison bars. In the end Esco- out any and Salm-Salm offered his She has been a soldier in three wars. as "Salm," pronouncing the word as emmand. The colonelcy of the winter ended the Prince West sword to the jEurdpe to plead with the powers, with bedo suspected her Intrigue, and sent her Sixty-eighth, was ordered imperial cause. His Bervices were ac- Juarez, She was r»-guiarly commissioned a cap- though it were spelled "Sam." When the another German regiment with his command and the Princess was | Napoleon and with the Pope, and to se- I away under guard to the Presi- was to l cepted, and he was appointed on the staff tain In the War of the Rebellion.