New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-17

100 OO0OOO or a much less number OF millions 10 DO
paid out, wonld rather embarrass the quite w I
delostely balanced financial condition OF the
treasury. And there is hitch III the hegotlalohsf
Suoh some of the more promlnent apPealaicIIa O
the recently past and present state OF the buXehp"S
question - ana mot
known to an ANXIOUS exclted puolN; W. ioirs
SwO speeches in the Great Debate on forelgh a,,s
prove that he Knows little OF the realities unciyme
such phenomena or that he Us not permitted 70 M,
mart his knowledge to tho pubic. Nothing Is
palmer than that the ablest aud nearest 10 Deins
trusted of NapoeOns Ministers WIS, two weeks W.
ignOrantof, did deceIttay ignore lhe nd The
those military treaties between Prussia ana tlo
South German States concluded seven inohtis
The test of the treaties Is the most absolute %
OF the ieost elaborate anu wh1 o o i'm defense of
the foreign policy of the Government III any go ,
the publication of the treaties rs cause oI she
barFasSment TO this Government as Vi sie''"
Nanoleon is his evvn Minister of Foreign Aiians'
His management OF thenoi Iaio & 90 the Tinted
States Poland Denmark, Germany, OF even Il'y
has not had such immediate results as 10 INSPIRE con-
fdence in his capacity for such work III mas WeaeJu
con6dence in his capacity for other governing WoIk'
| Want of confidence, doubt, anxiety, dreau OF Io
imminent and further future Is now inc sore 1
of the land. Two out OF the next three men heGt
| will tell you that war ~ coming next year Assn
| them their reasons why, and they VIII give you
mostly poor ones press them closer, anu !ou IIIu
that fine underlying reason is the dread of the I'M
known with lack of faith IN the WISDOM OF theii
ruling man to use for the best the means OF KNOW,
edge and of action from participation anu eohtroi vi
which they are excluded - az.
Napoleon is his own Minister of Foreign Affairs
If the fates and folks foreign and domestic and I'll
Tardins and Jules Favres and Theirs, and other pes
tent people of their type, would quite ley MN nave
his own way, he and Bismarck might brilliantly exc
cute their "providcntal' policy of annexng Holland
to Germany and Belgium to France. The last nan
of that policy has been preached by GoVcrhnleht
paper here for six months past. lie rays began WIN
suggestion and nsinuatOn, but now presses the doc
tine with entire fTanlSnesS, and considerable Diulai
ability. You know what Government papers are IRE
The directing editor of this one Is member OF te
Legislature elected ofcourse by Government aid;
Speaking of the Legislature brings me BACK 10 that
want OF confidence IN the , emperor 1rcs MS
spoken of n paragraph ago. Within the week "a
special election was held in provincial district, to
fiji the place of deceased deputy who, IN lSb5 was
chosen being n Government candidate, by an enor-
nous majority. His successor, Government candl-
date, ran in last Sunday by majority of less than
full and noteworthy here ~ the fact that, OF the whole
number of legal electors in the district * 700 $4,000
exercised their right on tins OCCASION There Is
growing activity III the vitality OF the trench Dody
polite. The circulation OF lOO,OOO more copies OF
Thiers's speech,that is the figure OF the pamphlet
edition which is troubling the Minister OF the ME
rior-wll further stimulate it, as will the pamphlet
edition of Jules Favre's contribution to the
great debate Another sign of the changing
or Ccrce dc la Rue de FAToGdC This club IS composed
of the RetTOgrade mperiallst members OF the Legs
lative. and acts as sort OF permanent caucus OF me
Extreme Right. Its action has already shown itself
in the constitution of the committees that are TO
report on the new press and pubhG meeting Ollls'
Not only are members of the Liberal Left, but mem
bers of the Liberal Conservative Center, or Third
party, vigorously excluded. These committees II
they report in accordance with their opinions ana
feelings Will find the bills too liberal dangerously
liberal, iii the better provisions OF them. Inc
exclusion of any of the Third party, especi-
ally the determined exclusion of the cN-
Republican. Emile Olivier, who has gone clean
over to the Empire, ~ said TO be quite
distasteful to the Emperor. This is not the only
source of yeXatlOn 10 majesty nOwng from the
Chamber of his Deputies. OF the committee on his
Army Reorganization BILL only three approve 1T ~ 1t
stands: the majority or less urgent for con
siderable notifications and one or two are ready
with an independent counter substitute. could add
to these other indications of growing sense OF sell
respect among even the Napoeonic majority, sense
of power and purpose to exercise u according TO thcr
own Judgment. II France can get to the next gene
raj election of 1869 without war, the Legislative
Body will be a parliamentary body IN the modern
political sense of the word. IL will have am effective
constitutional opposition party not majority but
valuable and often controlling minority, and minis
ters and speaking minister, will become no matter
whether or not the letter Of the constitution II
changed, responsible 10 II. ~ =,
The Universal Exhibition at the Champs de Mars
will be opened next Monday April Fools day, expos
ing to the curious a magnificent array 0i empty
boxes. The Emperor made up ms mind long ago
and unlucky spoke his mind in most positive terms
that it should be opened this its appointed day
1t is not completed nearly completed, IN any de,
partment. The English who arc ahead of most "
not all other national exhibitors have not nearly all
their goods unpacked. The French themselves are rs
far behind as we Americans. Exhibitors from most
other nations are yet worse off But as j sand
last week, Napoleon cannot afford not TO
keep the show of promise of opening that
was made long ago, and has been often Tcit
Grated. The failure would be another ounce to his
graver recent msfOrtmes. His back is not strong
as il was. The opening of the great show shop has
sort of political importance Yet there Is failure
here, one rather humatng to the French who after
two years forecast, and with the experience of half
a-dozen Worlds Fairs TO profit by, are not able, with
all their talent at organization TO do what the
English did in 1852 the first time trying, have their
big show ready at the day fixed on. 1t VIII not be
completed before the middle end Of next month.
The eyes of the Imperial Commission have been,
fguratively and respectfully speaking bigger than
ther-than the front part of their back lrgreedy
ambition gTasped plan too large for easy digestion
They are charged, too with a less eXcusabe money
greed in the Exhibitors and the public, foreign
and French, complain OF YcXatiOus petty and eNtOr-
Tomato large taxation. When the whole affair is
complete not only with the worlds industrial and
artistic products, but with the flowers and foliage
and green sward of natures contribution il will be
by next Summers visitors pronounced great sue
cess" But if not the last Of its kind il is like to be the
last for many years. A great many thinking folks
come already TO the conclusion that this Worlds
Fair business-which has been very profitable i'll its
way-is getting to be OVerdOne IL is OvcrgrOwn, too
unwieldy The Inconvenience attending 1t, here in
Paris now, are very serious. The exalted and still
rising cost of living which travellers If they find il
too eXOrbitant, can travel away from stationary
Parisians with so-caedl fixed incomes" are getting
into an alarming fix about.
Our Commissioners have begun to arrive at last.
There were enough this week to indulge in the ma
tional entertainment of preliminary meeting; like
wise of an adjourned meeting. / am told they show
a f1eat deal of resolutions.
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