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Potomac steamer. Discovery regarding an assertion in Mr. Sunmer's speech 

 on Santo Domingo ; his injustice. Difference of opinion in drawing up our 

 report ; we present no recommendation but simply a statement of facts. 

 Reasons why the annexation was not accomplished 483 



CHAPTEK XXIX. As COMMISSIONER TO THE PARIS EX- 

 POSITION 1878 



Previous experience on the Educational Jury at the Philadelphia Exposition. 

 Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil ; curious revelation of his character at Booth's 

 Theater ; my after acquaintance with him. Don Juan Marin ; his fine char- 

 acteristics ; his lesson to an American crowd. Levasseur of the French In- 

 stitute. Millet. Gardner Hubbard. My honorary commissionership to the 

 Paris Exposition. Previous troubles of our Commissioner-General at the 

 Vienna Exposition. Necessity of avoiding these at Paris. Membership of 

 the upper jury. Meissonier. n Tresca. Jules Simon. Wischniegradsky. Dif- 

 ficulty regarding the Edison exhibit. My social life in Paris. The sculptor 

 Story and Judge Daly. A Swiss-American juryman's efforts to secure the 

 Legion of Honor. A Fourth of July jubilation ; light thrown by it on the 

 "Temperance Question." Henri Martin. Jules Simon pilots me in Paris. 

 Sainte-Clair Deville. Pasteur. Desjardins. Drouyn de Lhuys. The reform 

 school at Mettray. My visit to Thiers ; his relations to France as historian 

 and statesman. Duruy ; his remark on rapid changes in French Ministries. 

 Convention on copyright. Victor Hugo. Louis Blanc; his opinion of 

 Thiers. Troubles of the American Minister ; a socially ambitious American 

 lady ; vexatious plague thus revealed 508 



CHAPTER XXX. As MINISTER TO GERMANY 1879-1881 



Am appointed by President Hayes. Receiving instructions in Washington. 

 Mr. Secretary Evarts. Interesting stay in London. The Lord Mayor at 

 Guildhall. Speeches by Beaconsfield and others. An animated automaton. 

 An evening drive with Browning. Arrival in Berlin. Golden wedding fes- 

 tivities of the Emperor William I. Audiences with various members of the 

 imperial family. Wedding ceremonies of Prince William, now Emperor 

 William II. Usual topic of the American representative on presenting his 

 Letter of Credence from the President to the Prussian monarch. Prince 

 Bismarck; his greeting; questions regarding German-Americans. Other 

 difficulties. Baron von Billow ; his conciliatory character. Vexatious cases. 

 Two complicated marriages. Imperial relations. Superintendence of con- 

 suls. Transmission of important facts to the State Department. Care for 

 personal interests of Americans. Fugitives from justice. The selling of 

 sham American diplomas ; effective means taken to stop this. Presentations 

 at court ; troublesome applications ; pleasure of aiding legitimate American 

 efforts and ambitions ; discriminations. Curious letters demanding aid or 

 information. Claims to inheritances. Sundry odd applications. The "au- 

 tograph bed-quilt." Associations with the diplomatic corps. Count Delaunay. 

 Lord Odo Russell. The Methuen episode. Count de St. Vallier ; embarrass- 

 ing mishap at Nice due to him. The Turkish and Russian ambassadors. 

 Distressing Russian- American marriage case. Baron Nothomb ; his reminis- 

 cences of Talleyrand. The Saxon representative and the troubles of Ameri- 

 can lady students at Leipsic. Quaint discussions of general politics by 



