New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-30
IRANCE.
NHW-yHAR's DAY IN PARASITIC Army BILL
FRENCH TIEATER.-
Prom On Ovn Correspondent

Ngw-yEAR's DAY IN PAEIs-THE ARMY BILL
FRENCIh THEATER
0aF Own Correspondent
The exchange of compliments between the
Emperor and the members OF the Diplomatic Corps on
NewYear's Day strictly limited within the unnean-
ing proprietes No ingenuity Of newspaper cOrrcspon
dents or spectators ia stocks extract any nGica
tons Of the future from the few words Of carefully
guarded commonplace which Napoleon gladly seized
the opportunity" the King Of Prussia through
that Eonarchs ntatiye-now for the f.st time
presenting himself also representative of tho North
German ConfedcIatlon-of his becoming sent mcEts His
Majesty could not have wen sad oss and yet less well
their utmost to push the Army bill through the Leg
stature. 50 urgent Is Government Tor It's passage that
legislature have been interrupted puy tn Christmas ana
New Years Day ~ no Other debate have acting minis
trs greatk part In other has te Government
shown inspect for the House NJ OTHER Dill las ever
provoked many amendments proposed by members Of
the Ioaorty other has been laborlosy dis
cussed, has brought ont from the ordinarily silent
OF the acquicsc OF majority omlny new speakers
They are quite that the measure a. unpopular, and
stand between two fears " meeting their constituents
present as Government candidates the next election II
they do vote for IT, so they nre aiming To get credit
ments Que or Of which Will probably he accepted by
Government but they will by large II rot quite the
customary overwhelming majority approve the bill when
it comes TO the tnal vote.
Napoleon Ia quite as well aware as members OF the
unpOpuarity OF the measure and quite Us we'll aware as
Opposition pubcists that It's effect would bc not merely
10
ty but weaken instead OF to strengthen France and,
In the long run. 10 defeat itself 10 temporary
| day when he said "when Europe turned INTO
sort armed camp and running herself to arm herself
who think that such state OF things can end only
war DO not know whether II will be put end 10 BY
war but convinced that II will end by peace-that
the world will be wearied by this state Of things"
For Napoleon to have added 20 the meaningless CON-
hoursh Of peace trumpet would have turned the
holiday spectacular performance at the Tuleres to In
Several Of The theaters brought their
oosss amewcrE OF plot into which are introduced by
alhgory buresque, parody and other egtimaees anu
popular PLAYS noted actors etc. which hive the
attention OF the town during the year There have been
SSsy FOR some years past Those Of this season ans for
the part hopelessy stupid The literary part con
with but single dirty sense The authors managers
depend for their chief attraction ON appeals to the eye
through It the lower story Of the Imagination IL
" credsbe to the Parsisns that they are finally show.
ing WEAKNESS Of these mere show pieces Il is not
entirely the fault OF the plsyrghts that they do ao do
political events all alusion political themes, and to
nercessiy prunod of BY tie dramatic censorship con
deInns them to safe dizziness and lubricity and
s sOS ''' does Dtsrysne 10 the in.eres.
decency Tsus when Two Or three wsefs ago Gvne
spectacle got up at expense Of 10000 piece
the vsssnss: q .Ds wss attempted & b insde
snip some other authority. did IT lie said, order an
additional supply OF clothing 70 the ballet griA The
bars expenditure Is st great and will doubtless DO
Nv AZ profitable 10 the managers and author Ot
d-iIIon who ecantccthed over the stage for
four hundred and CITY nights altogether and brought
10 the Of the theser more than three millions Of
rsncs They say the BiSAe q. Boo was equally bare o.
eat and considerably better deserved peeuniay success
siy what with bis authors rghts that and other Of
his compositions performed in iss7 and with hs pronts
pockeled In the year ~, 900 franco
Il was q great year for thssters and some dramatic
sufhors-ths haryestsseason running through the Sum
mer and early Autumn, owing TO the thronng audience
Of strangers brought here pretex Of Visiting the Great
Exhibition. The summer and the first pleasant Fall
mouths are generally the dead season with managers
fair night oycghsad IN rorga state VI PArs thinel