New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-14
FRANCE.
s>. pves,dept,s Return Material Improve
-e.ts-Iscidents- Operatic Prospects-mr'
Rryan's Private Gaiiery-ur. D1a'cS
Mnwn and the Russian Government
crcafv etiuulatfous.

The President has returned from Stras-
burg. In order TO give as much effect TO his
.ntyv a. possible the military in vast force we're
csnsd ont. From the Madelane through the
hole extent of the Boulevards troops were
densely ranged, with pioneers even and military
hands. | did not wait to see the reception, as 1t
was not within time, but in opposition to the
statements OF cheering, pers.n informs me that
where he stood there was marked silence. The
pepers are redolent Of accounts Of popular enthu-
siasm where nothing of the kind exists. IL is q
right royal way of doing business to call out hosts
of armed men on such an occasion, but it is only.a
link in the chain of proofs that an army and
democracy cnnsot exist together. The opening
of the railway TO Strasburg Is an ahiIr o.
European significance. That town is one Oh 'n'
Oldest in Europe, antedating the Chns''an V'a'
IL was seized on by the Tuifaniy Lou' ~
a time Of profound peace and has cost s'o"'
to fortify it. At present It's TRACE WIN '''A'1
is null, but certain Government iho"s''Iv'
= Tbe nen,aeonal citadel, built by |auoah IN
1900 caches the bank of the Rhine, and conlefS
,,sat strength on the place. The po"eiS o'
En,o,e being as regards their mutual a'ti'uueS III
, o,ate of nature, il is OF course matter u
iron. inheritance that splendid line OF ran
nav. thoroughly engineered, upheld ana 'er
fsd sbould reach from Pars 10 SCfas'u
because in that very strong iortie9s "''y NC
contained any amount Of troops for sudden
;,r,ntion into Germany. On the other hahu
II is in connection with the other hines, m'Itar.
sling for throwing troops at pleasure mo Idrl' rs
terminus. or as a point between liayre or bo"-
Iocre The strength Of q country, other thinss
equal, dep ends on the concentration OF the p'Pn
Istion with the means of rapid lnteIc0lnhuhlca-
fion Our own policy since 1916 has been oiSperSo'
with comparative decenson OF means 80 ma h7u
that the great State Of Pennsylvania, Sd rcH'y
lowered by nature is at this moment loan asker
for the bepgary sum Of five millions OF doIdrs,
Will, the error in our national policy has certainty
csused us to lost thousand millions IN the iasC
SIX Years if Mr. Ex-Secretary WalKer estiiiid az
in IS47 of our national resources as o,VoV,ooo,ooo
annually, with the power OF doubling III Twelve
ves,s be correct Our craftsmanship should con-
sfantly hear in mind that the Europe oil 49, is
not that of 1915 that railways OF MODEL stenSth
now connect the great capitals aud that various
Others are in prolection that the centrai iuea Vi
these railroads is the transportation Oh t'oops
and that the hatred of America grows each year
with the desperate position OF the powers, whom
fears make allies. ANY Stratford- Avon, West
mlnster-Abbey lackudaisical belief III the TREND
ship OF England is equally hostile to our interests.
Every political act OF the British government mas
been retIoerade under the Russell Administration.
The Free Trade measures have no significance
so long as every attempt at extending the suffrage
is seculously sust aimed by the fetlshnongery OF
that branch OF quacks. In Liberalism the wings
are as bad as the Tories, with the sin hypocrisy
superadded. m
Among the spectacles OF France are the military
funerals In proportion as the officers deeds are
70 aks humanity shuduer they
clude desperate battles in Spain and Germany,
with the vast dssOatOnS OF the Russian cam
paign, are the tributes TO the deceased magnih-
cent. The shows Of this Lind have been two; Mar
shall Excts who was buried at the invahdes,
the sight witnessed by the President and ms house
hold. great dientsrits and thu old soldiers whose
eyes we're not roasted out of their heads. The
other was that of General GOurgaud, who pre-
vented by his presence OF mlnd the Emperor ana
his body guards from being blown up by burning
match connected with 100000 pounds OF powder
in the Kremln. lie also saved the Emperor life
by shooting a Cossack at BreLDe, IN 1914. lhe
streets through which the procession passed were
lined with soldiers and national guards.
Among The highly interesting artistic facts 10
the certainty OF the arrival Of Madame SOntag at
New. York next autumn. This LADY mas the per-
fectIoD of vocal Zation. With her, art seems to
have exhausted ITSELF About some other artists
there are differences Of opinion, but about Mad
ame Sontag s skill there is but one opinion. on
should hear her in the second act OF In SOHndm-
buLa TO Judge OF her dramatic powers. In every
respect she is most admirable person, and Is ds-
tiDgUIshed for good ding as well as goOd-heart-
edness.
MIR. Il. J. Bryan of Philadelphia who residsd
many wears in Paris, occupied himself sedulousiy
in making private collection OF paintings, which
would exhibit in historical connection tor about
five hundred wears the rise, progress and triumph
of the art. Aided by an acumen altogether hlt
own he has collected large number Of paintings,
including undiSputable masterpieces. In point OF
historical interest he has paintings which the
Louvre cannot surpass-nothing lees than the ear
lest specimens of Italian art when the alteration OF
the Virgin was naveiy wreahed on canvas III the
gildea touches OF the Byzantine school-with the
early Flemish school ia which Raphalesqoe mus
inss are ioreshadowed a century beforehand, out
which the world knows not Tor
Vi11unt tcrtGs aHie Aganennon
and n conquered nation has no literature as lndex
to its art with, too, the boyish attempts OF Ra-
phael himself, the roe productions OF keubenS,
Tenners, WouyeTmans, and others. TINS cOllec-
ton has been the subject OF an elaborate cntique
OF three columns IN Il French paper, and have
onl, 10 add for the qualification of the artists and
amste1Is IN Newly Ork, that Mr.. Bryan has set
sail Tor Newly erk with his treasure, which he IN
tends shall hot be jealousy held private gallery
there. bur shall be freely accessible TO students.
Your attention may be particularly called TO
the following incident which has Just occurred,
Involving the nights Of sn American citizen OF EN-
inent distinction, Dudley Mann, tate Envoy to
Hungary and SPECIAL Agent to Switzerland. BY
the FIRST Article of tie treaty between Rus
STA ana the United States made, December,
1892, it is stipulated as follows:
There shall be between the territories OF the
'bieh contracting Parties, reciprocal liberty of
commerce and navigation. Iae sata5itgHtS Of
Their rtSpectire SioteS smell, maHal'y hare no
'eTty 10 eater he ports, places, dad rt0eTS Of t4e
territories Of e0cA parry, trkererer foreign
commerce as pcrmihed They Sh"H be oth6s'fy
'f0 SQg0urR and RESIDE ;a az parts whatSocror 81
ss0id ferrifOcuS ~ Orier 10 0ueRd IL mir 0l-
'taiyS and they stat e5Oy, TO that cttct, &e SGme
'secuyt1y and protection as nations u ne country
'TAer,M Mes rcsIie 0~ consideration 81 their
sspbrun,Rg 20 ilCi aES GgI 0rdsHoN ceS Mere pre-
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