The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-30
The French Republican Demonstration.

The meeting held last night at Cooper Insti-
tute by the French residents of this city, to
manlIesG Jnelr adhesion to the republican gov
eminent established-as we hope-in France,
was one that accorded with the sympathies of
the vast majority of our people. While the
French empire was Enthusiastically on the path
of aggression the cause Of German unity and
freedom from foreign interference had the
earnest approval of nine in every ten Ameri-
cans; but the position has changed since the
surrender of the Emperor Napoleon at Sedan
and the capitulation of his last grand army at
Metz. The world now beholds young re-
public struggling for national existence and
upheld by the devotion of armed citizens
against the combined forces of monarchical
alliance.
These sentiments were fully expressed last
evening, in more than one language, by able
and popular speakers, and their words were
applauded to the echo by an assemblage of
three thousand persons. At the same time
ferocious and vindictive words were discount
tennnced and the honest appeal made on be-
half Of our ancient ally, the true people of
France will ring throughout this country and
across the seas, and cheer the hearts of the
gallant men who to-day along the valleys of
the Loire, in the recesses of the Vosges and
under the walls Of Paris defend their honor,
their homes and their liberty.
Ronmanian Indcpcndence-The Eastern Nues-
tion Excitement.
Nv fa1orrapoc datad -, r o,1oc 80 C...4.-
tinople and forwarded through the Atlantic
cable we have the important intelligence that
the Roumanian government has thrown off its
suzerain position toward Turkey and de-
clared its independence. The inchoate rela-
tions which the executive and people of the
territory have hitherto occupied in legislative
and administrative matters have been aban-
doned. A new nation claims association with
the great families Of the world. Such, in
fact, is the substance Of our telegraph reports
to-day. The Roumanians repudiate the
Treaty Of 1854, and claim both the &C.
acknowledgement and support Of The European
protecting Powers. AS may be supposed,
Turkey is deeply excited. Shall we say that
Constantinoplo is alarmed? The feeling
which prevails in the Turkish capital is
termed one of profound sensation" and very
correctly, too This sensation may effect the
most serious consequences. We may have
the Eastern question reproduced in a still
wider range than before. At all events the
London Conference will not assemble zone
moment ere Its time" of absolute necessity.
'MlsFoRTUNEs CONE not single spies, but
in battalions," is the apt quotation to use in
reference to the unfortunate proprietor Of the
Globe theatre, In Boston, Mr.. Arthur Cheney.
Fechter and Wallack have just finished their
damaging rumpus in the pet theatre Of the
Hub, smashing things generally, like two veri-
table wild bulls in that Cheney shop, and now
comes another distinguished foreigner, Mr..
James Schonberg, who sues the unfortunate
and unmanagerial Cheney for three thousand
dollars for alleged breach of contract in the
| production of Fernando" Really the school
| for art that was to regenerats the drama Gin
such an out of the way place as Boston, too)
| 0aas the idea very difficult Of realization.