The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-16
FIRST EDITION
EURoPI.
CLIPPINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES
The Harvard Crew.


get their oars in too deep, and the stroke oar
sits too low in the boat.
The Telegraph of August 2 savs:-On Satur-
day morning the Harvard four took pull to
Hammersmith and back again. In the afternoon
they went to Staines regatta, where they were
regarded as the lions of the day. Mr.. Simmons
the stroke, who is a nephew of Mr.. Sumner was
introduced to the master at EtOn, who, while
the Oxford crew were training there, was their
principal advisor and mentor.
The DGjLy NeiCS of August says-As regards
their style of rowing here is no percepGbe inn
provement or change in the American cham
plons. They pull well together, and their regu-
larity OF stroke speaks of loug and frequent
practice as n crew, but their stroke appears
somewhat short, and the dip OF the oars too
deep for great speed. They have, however a
good three weeks before them in which to over
come all defects, if there be any,
Land and Water of July 81 savs-The Amcr-
can boat is quite seven feet longer than our
usual run of boats, and though built with eX-
treme nicely as piece of cabinet work, she car
ries wood in the bows and stern where canvas
might reasonably be used, and rides high out of
water on slOping keel in front, so that with a
side wind she would offer much resistance, and
require continual use of the rudder The rig
gers nave a wide span, and the oars are short
1nboard and heavy out making the men DIG.
The style of rowing is deficient in any mark the
catch of the water is slow, and the recovery
sluggish. The men themselves seem lusty and
sit up well, with straight backs ands fair reach
forward; but the lift together and power in
unison have yet to be learned.
The Ddlty Nel1S of August says:-The ina
daptability of their own long cedar boat to
Thames work could scarcely be more thoroughly
proved than by the easier style and the improved
pace they made in the London four. They were
evidently quite delighted with the change them
selves, and went far to prove, in this their first
trial with 1t, that the defects which have been
urged against them are due much more to their
craft than to any inherent weakness want of
experience in themselves, Once or twice they
attained very decided racing speed which, if
maintained nf ipln 111us ifyy
our first impressions of their capabilities, and
place very hard task before their competitors.
Hugo, Rochefort, and Favre.
From the London NelCs.
If any one wishes to understand how parties
are disorganized in France, and especially how
difficult seems to be the task of organizing the
various divisions of what is in the French Legis-
lative body called the Left, let him look for a
moment at the controversy which is now raging
about NJ. Jules Fayre. letter written by no
less man than NJ. Victor Hugo, to his son
Charles, has just been published, in which the
illustrious exile reproaches the great orator for
having hindered the election of VI. Henri Roche
fort by placing himself in his way. Rochefort
be it remembered, is treated by Victor Hugo
as his own son-he calls him his third son. And
in this letter NJ. Hugo says of the claims of the
two-Favre and Rochetort the orator and the
pamphleteer-"Were one a Mirabeau, one has
not the right to silence a Beaumarchais." I'm
dohbtedly NJ. Henri Rochefort would be useful
to his party by hisgdash and intrepidity; but, on
the other hand we are not able to join in the
charge which he and his friends bring against
M. Jules Fayre of want of activity. NJ FaVre
has some right to appeal to his antecedents.
Even when publishing the letter written by
NJ Victor Hugo on this subject the Rap
pei is obliged to refer to them. No one was in
fact, bOlder in his opposition to the coup detdt
than M. Favre. He, with NJ. Hugo, was
member of the committee of resistance, and
braVed imprisonment and death in his efforts to
oppose the dictatorship of Louis Napoleon, until
all hope of success was lost. On the 11th of De-
cember, nine days after the blow was struck, all
hope seemed lost. Then NJ. Hugo and others
Withdrew into exile. We do not blame them,
but we owe some admiration also to NJ Jules
FaVre, who remained ut his post and who never
despaired. After this, it is hard that he should
be accused of want of energy because he is not
willing to cast prudence to the winds and go all
the length of NJ. Henri RochefOrt. At the last
elections NJ. Favre cried passionately, The man
of action and of combat 'and prove it. On
the I'd of December | member of the
committee of resistance to the coup d'etGt. But
now the son of NJ. Victor Hugo reples:-"The
man of action and combat jules Favre was. He
is so no longer" This is how the radicals, who
polled majority of votes in Paris at the late
elections, speak of the most determined orator
of the Opposition in the late Parliament. Yet
the speeches of NJ. Favre are still energetic in
opposition to the Empire, He has made no
marked change in his opinions. The disaffection
of the extreme radicals to the leadership of such
a man is not to us an encouraging sign. 1t shows
in the Left lack of that spirit of internal com
party itself n mere rope OF sand.
NnpOleOn's Change of Policy.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
writes-
1t is now felt that we are going through
peaceful but effective revolution and that the
imperial system is decidedly vanishing away
from the eyes of men. The true question,
anxiously debated everywhere, and which is
present in every good citizens mind, is whether
il be possible for the same sovereign to go
through this great change and to appear, after
so many wears of uncontrolled power in the
new light of a Constitutional King Louis XVI
failed to do il, and, to be sure, 1t would have
been better if the reign OF that unfortunate heir
of so many misdeeds could have lasted its natu-
raj time and bridged over the abyss which sepa-
rates old France from the new Napoeonl tailed
also in his work of transformation, and his Ad-
ditional Act was brought to an untimely end by
his complete defeat before the trial could be fairly
made whether France would accept or not It's
despotic ruler in the character OF the lno1ten-
siye guardian of public freedom. This time we
: have the comfortable assurance, at least, that
the trial will not be disturbed by external trou-
bes. and the experiment will be made as 1alrly
os Is permitted by the uncertainty OF human
events The difficulties OF this wholesome work
ore greater than one who Is not tully ac.
nnainfed with our national preJudlces and
6ohits of mind could believe. Reasonable men
are ready to accept, and even 10 ASSIST, IL Ihey
CON i'm the transformation OF the empire INTO
! ;baraI Goyernment; but many Frenchmen-
and not only leaders OF parties, Dut larg(
masses of our working populauon-consldel
th;e Imminent change only as a IaNoraDle Occl
SION To surprise and overpoWer thelr Zoe; anC
fbev now look on the Empire turning towards
liberty as eagerly as they would Watch hos!ll'
army making difficult movement nlu on =
itseif nv a flank march. Such is Tue IeeInS y
IIsoil ~ 800 ond there is no doubt that Paris