Show WITTES WIFE A JEWESS la of obscure birth but Is devotedly attached to statesman husband kew york tribune countess Coun tesa witte wife of the eminent statesman who has just been appointed by ho czar to be his principal plenipotentiary in the peace negotiations with japan at portsmouth N II 11 Is i jewess a fact which I 1 have biot seen mentioned in any of the reviews of the career of the count published in connection with his nomination those who recall the treatment ot the jew ish race in russia by bourt government and people will be able to appreciate preci ate the extent to which tills union has handicapped de watte tho rendered still more dlf by the fac that the countess besides being of humble birth was formerly the wife of the obscure official of do watte to wed whom obtained a dissolution of her fars marriage it is true that the countess is a woman that her second marriage was a match and that and her husband are a devoted couple M moreover ore over her salons at st petera burg are frequented by la haute finance born russian and foreign which has led on more than one occasion to totally unfounded and slanderous rumors circulated by her husbands political toes to ane effect that the ot her salons used them to hatch coups de bourse on the money markets both at home and abroad with official information and secrets obtained through her from the count on one occasion the charges of this kind took such a pronounced form that de watte demanded ot tha czar an independent inquiry into their foundation which resulted in the establishment of the groundlessness of the accusations with all that fmc de witte has until now not been received at court and the great world at st petersburg has followed suit that Is to say the feminine portion thereof in tact the late demitri sapia guine who was murdered a few years ago while holding the office of minister of the interior incurred no end of ill will not only in society but also at court when not long after his marriage to princess ho wi led by bis warm friendship tor de witta to take his bride to call upon the batters lat wife indeed the czarina did not hesitate to manifest her displeasure in a marked rebuke to about the matter |