The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-25
A BULL FIGHT COMPARISON.
The Bitter Joke Upon Emile Olivier
Gambessa on Simon
THE OPERATIC WORLD.
IIew xieolini Shoeked The visnuese- Fashioa
xes-Rusxian Priaets.


Hrsatp BrKEsr. al AvE~rE pE LOvERA.t
PANS. March ~. 1871. !
Anxiety regarding the Eastern question h ~
vi,inr here. n l.. % course. conceded that the
present negotiations hinge the decision Of Eng
land. but . feeling has taken posseSslon Of the
shrewdest observers here that IN tins comforting
and desparehinr Of couriers hshcr and ihiihcr be-
tween the various capitals have little OF
mo- influence ON the great question Of war or no
war. French dplomstisss ridicuIc the quhhies
OF the English Foreign once and the sinserly cr.
cumspection with winch they touch the disputed
points In the Russian protocol That jaunticst Of
jaunty dplou,atsts that Dcmocrus Of Nachiaveilia,
General Ignatien. returned 20 Paris ON Thursday
night. lie seems I'm the best Of humor over the
progress OF events. which alone h enough to make
Others feel uneasy. NE laughs knowingly when
doubts are expressed a. to the possibility Of .
peaceful settlement I'm response TO the direcs
question as to the probabilities Of pacinc soiutoa
he said:--
ssThc English have IL all In their own hands,"
It cannot he said that this Is reassuring. the
protocol is looked on here as trap to catch British
squcamishness, 50 that the consent Of EarIs Bca-
consneld and Derby 10 IL In any shape h noe
regarded as conclusive that Russia would feel
herself bound to refrain from protecting" the
Christians In Turkey by sending a lew army
Russia reserves any night land might, on
the frontiers, to back the right Of coercins
the Porte, and holds In her hands the
means OF irritating the Moscms beyond
endurance. 10 long all hslfhcsrtcd protocols are
waste paper TO make an illustration suggested
by French diplomatist long stationed ct Madrid.
Turkey Is the bull Montenegro, the Iierzegovinans,
the Bulgarian Christians and, II necessary, servta
and Greece are the picadores; Russia IL the mafa-
dor. Russia, with drawn sword, engages only 10
paving of the earth for hosting the psoadorss on
ITS horns
.Undcr such circumstances It seems very likeiy,"
says tho diplomatist,. 'that there will he . dead
bull or gorcd n,atadcr, with the chances against
the bull"
This is the pith OF the Eastern question:
oLLIvIERIsx IN TURKEY.
The best Joke OF the season is the announcement
that M Emile olivier is the author OF the new
Turkish constitution. when II Ii recalled that u.
constitution which was to transform the despotism
of the government founded OIL the coup det0s by the
"Man of December into liberal parliamentary
regime the bitterness Of the sarcasm will be sp-
parent. The government OF Napoleon III. on tho
famous 2sd Of March, 1870, was In tottering po-
sition similar to that Of the absolute power
of the Sultan, and the story Of Oli-
vier's connection with the attempt to
repeat In Turkey what came to so
rapid a close in France is really meant Ia
concessions by tyrannical governments must
be. As Napoleon had to seek safety 10
the terrible alternative of q foreign was
which ultimately shook the Empire into dust, al
though Olivier entered upon 1t with so light
heart" so, surmIse the wise and witty, Olliviersm
| in Turkey cannot lead to any better results.
TOO MANY COOKS
NJ. Leon Gamble ia, who, like Achilles In the "lad,"
is sulking in his radical tent since MacMahon gave
the Brlseis Of the Premiership to NJ. Jules simon,
refuses the lattcrs invitations to dinner. He
says the cookery is bad there, he Ia opposed to
compromise cuisine.
RUSSIAN PRINCES IN PARIS. 49,
! The dongs of two Russian Princes have occupied
a good deal OF public attention this week. One Of
them married rich dowager, the widow OF
patent medicine man the other was sentenced 10
two months imprisonment for some unprincely
peccadllloes Public sympathy is equally divided
between the two.
OPERATIc JorrINGs.
The operas "Cinq Mars" and lie Roi de Lahore"
will be produced during the second week Of April
Mile. Albani took her bene6t at the Italiens on
Tuesday night 1t was bumper" The house
was crammcd Mr.. eye presented the fair Amerf-
can bcndfciar with diadem Of diamonds.
The Italian opera at st. Petersburg is still going
begging for a director Have you no old material
OF this kind on hand warranted to draw full houses
and keep the expenses down.
NAUGHTY NrcoIIxr.
signor Nicolini the wicked tenor. has shocked the
prudery OF Nlenua. Leu IL oc remembered mat
Vienna In spite OF all Its alleged ooseuess In moral.
ity has good deal of prudery to shock. WELL dur.
ing performance Of "Romeo and Julictr In the
Austrian capital the other night, Nicoini who wac
the Romeo, kissed the hand Of AdclIna Patti, who
was the juliet, no less than twenty-onc times. As
kiss succeeded KISS the excitement became intense
until at the close of the performance 1t was found
10y matronly Grain, who had Kept tally, that the
wicked tenor had kissed the prma donna fifteen
times more than was set down in the stage "busi
ncssn
A DANGER TO REAL ESTATE.