The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-11
PR b Y OST- T-PARADOL.
The New French Minister,
His Expected Arrival.
A Sketch of his Life.
His Warfare on the Empire.
His Mission 10 the United States.
Opposition to the Appointment.
TTs. Eooliprs IL AL.~
A Sketch of his Life.
His Warfare on the Empire.
His Mission 10 the United States.
Opposition to the Appointment.
His Feelings Towards this Country.

Not long before his death the Earl OF Clareu.
don said to Parliamentary committee
that he ''would never hesitate to
60 out of the service to appoint anv
man whom he thought particularly qualified
to fill any post for which he thought him ft.n
The appointment of NJ. Prevost-Paradol by the
French Government to the position of Minister
to the United States is an evidence that the En-
peror and his Prime Minister are of the same
way of thinking as the late English Foreign
Secretary. NJ. Prevost-Paradol enters the diplo-
matte service in a manner quite without pre-
cedent in modern Europe, and something after
the fashion so long pursued in this country.
AS long ago as last February, it was reported
from Paris that NJ. Prevost-Paradol was to be
rendered the American Missions and, although
the report was received with much favor in this
country, it was scarcely credited, because of the
infraction involved by it of all the long-esta-
blished customs of European diplomacy. On
the 18th of June, however, the Journal OficieL
of Paris announced the transfer OF NJ. j.
Berthemy, the late French Minister to this coun-
try, from Washington to Brussels, and the ap-
poiptment of NJ. Prevost-Paradol as his successor.
This appointment, as already stated is so much
out of the usual course of events, and the posi-
ton of the new Minister is so peculiar, that the
event has created an extraordinary sensation in
diplomatic circles throughout Europe not less
than in official and other walks in this country.
On the I'd instant, VI. Prevost-Paradol, accom-.
panied by one of his daughters, aged eighteen,
and son about ten years old, embarked at
Havre for the United States on the steamship
Lafayette, and his arrival at New York may be
expected in day or two. His advent viii be
the signal for such an unusual demonstration on
the part of the American people, that the events
of his life become of passing interest
Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradoli is the son OF q
French naval engineer and talented lady
connected with the Comedie Franchise Theatre.
and was born at Paris on the Sth of August.
1929. He is therefore in the very prime of
life, being not quite forty-one years of age. His
early education was of very thorough and su-
perior character 1t was commenced at the
College Bourbon, where at an early age he dis
played distinguished abilities, and succeeded in
gaining number of the highest prizes. After
wards he entered the Ecole Normale, from
which he graduated in 1851, securing, when but
twenty-five years old, the prize for eloquence
from the Academic Franchise for his "Eloge de
Bernardin Saint-Pierre." The degree of Doctor
in Letters was conferred upon him in 1856 as a
qualification for a professorship, and the same
year he was appointed to the chair of French
literature at the University of AK, in Pro-
vence.
Having decided inclination, however, for
journalism, he abandoned his professorship in
1856 to become an editorial writer on the Jour
nal des DebatS, with which he has remained in
connection ever since, except for few months
in 1850, when he occupied an editorial position
on the PreSse. The Journal des Debats was an
exponent of that particular faction of the oppo-
sition to the Empire which still adhered to the
claims of the Orleansts, and embraced within
its ranks some of the ablest men of France.
NJ. Thiers was the recognized leader of the
party, and extreme opposition to the Empire its
cardinal principle. The paper, at the time,
was on the verge of ruin, having barely escaped
absolute destruction several times in its pre-
carious career. One writer after another had
attempted to keep it afoat by waging as bitter a
warfare upon the Napoleonic regime as was
possible without subjecting it to fatal attentions
from the Government. All had failed, and the
paper was struggling for existence, when NJ.
Prevost-P Paradol was invited to become its lead
ing editorial writer. He accepted the offer,
and, entirely unknown to fame in political cir
ces at the start, soon excited general attention.
His task was both difficult and discouraging,
but he displayed so much tact in its execution
that it was crowned with success. With con-
summate skill he assaulted the Government
and all its belongings, yet in such an
adroit, insinuating way that his attacks were all
the more CALLING because they were too care
fully phrased to present a tangible point for
warning from the Government. He became a
contributor also to other journals, especially to
the Courier du DimGnche, a Sunday journal,
in which he was given freer hand, and attrasted
great attention by the violent and sarcastic vein
in which he combated the pretensions of the
Government. This sheet, after several warnings,
was at last suppressed in 1896, on account OF
NJ. Prevost-Paradol's venomous contributions,
and his course in the columns of the Journal des
Debdts at length became so vexatious that 1t is
said the Government resolved upon its suppress
sion without preferring any specific charges,
but simply for reasons of state" This despe-
rate course was not resorted to, however, as the
proprietors preferred modification of its policy
to its annihilation.
So for long time the name of M. Provost
Parade. ceased to appear at the end of the po-
itcal articles his contributions being restricted
to literary subjects, but displaying such high
order of ability that there was sufficient demand
for the reproduction of the greater portion OF
them in permanent book form. Indeed, through
out his journalistic career, he found time TO
write several elaborate works, among which the