New-York tribune., 1878-03-30
FRANCE ADVANCING.
PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD.

| IRON REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUxEl
PARIS, March s.-Peace. and prosperity and recon-
Citation; that the cry all Sides and in every
tone. From the East, as from home-out of doors
and indoors-a breath of pacifcation is felt all
around. While the Russian proposals take all i'm
partial and moderate men by surprise, from their
remarkable justice, and absence of all exaegeration
or rancor, the furious distraction of parties IN
France finds solution in the incredible but most
fecitous renuncaton, by the Constitutional"
Senators of the Right Centre of all further alliance
with the members of the extreme Right. 1t may
be recalled that Immediately after the election Of
the 14th of October had demonstrated the Republic
can tendencies of the French Nation. spoke Of the
influence the Senators Of the Orleanist group would
exercise, and how, in the end, they must be
the umpires of the situation. The fixed resolve to
do their manifest duty has been brought about
gradually and In spite of all the pressure Of drawing
room influences. The first motive was given by the
supplementary elections after the legislative ones
When the provincial and municipal ballots had in
an overwhelming proportion, given majorites
which will elect Republican Senators ten months
hence. the wiser and more modern minded Of the
constitutional group began to reflect that either
they must alter their ways, politically, or they
would have to forego their Senatorial honOrs.
Added to this, they found the man they had been
accustomed to rely upOn and whose obstinate con-
servatism had become almost a by-word-they
found NJ. Dufsure rapidly growing into an all but
enthusiastic Republican. devoted as fully TO the
Republic as NJ. Theirs. With each day that went
by NJ Dufaure gave uterance to greater faith in the
stability of the Conservative Republic, with the
best part of whose guidance he was himself in
| trusted.
Moreover there was another fact prominently
discouraging to the monarchical coalition;
namely the so-called "derelctiOn of Marshal Mac
Mahon. When the Home Minister NJ de Marcere,
the other day in the Chamber declared that he could
be responsible now for the conduct Of the Marshal,
he thoroughly knew what he was doing, ana, as
things now stand, he can be responsible for the
President in spite even of the Eysee and clerical
influences Two men in the Ministry have in
spred unlimited confidence in the Marshal. These
two are NJ. WaddingtOn and NJ. de Freycnet. The
Marshal has within the last month, more
than once taken occasion 10 repeat TO his
immediate followers these words: There are
two Ministers in whom nothing shake my re-
lance am positively sure of the truth of every
word said to me by NJ. Waddington or by NJ. do
Freycinet both are men of the highest capacity,
looked up TO by all Europe, and both are men of high
character and absolute yeracity-by those two men
| will take my stand, and what they advise VIII
! do"
moment it became clear that srch were the senti-
iments of the President Of the Republic the unde-
! cided and timid members OF the Constitutional
party veered toward tie Republican party. In sup
| porting the Government and the Ministers, they
| know now that they really support the Marshal,
and that even what is called the Elysee, namely,
the rGactlOnary clique, Is very uaIu llt anu soiViJ
! discounted
An incident which has within the last few days
immensely contributed to the satisfaction OF the
| Marshal with his Ministry, is the perfect .under-
standing achieved between Paris and Berlin by the
united efforts of NJ. Waddngton and NJ. de st. VAL
her The mere name of the former worked wonders
| nj the German Court, and from the hour when he
dispatched VI. de ST. Waller TO represent France on
the banks of the Spree. the relations between fhe
! two Governments became very cordial The iateSt
and most important result OF this has been the de.
cision Of the Emperor William authorizing
German artists TO participate Ill the coming tx
! bibItion. Nothing can exaggerate the effect pro-
duced here by this last circumstance. Ihere
is mixture of astonishment and delight among the
Republicansl and furious ill-wll among the clerical
retroprades that is most interesting 10 observe. All
feel that il is entirely Wadlingtons work, and
while the nation will repay him by everlasting
| gratitude the hatred felt toward him by the
Nonarchical coalition finds fresh and more bitter
expression every day. But so far as good under
! standing between France and Germany conduces 10
the peace of Europe, that be regarded as pretty
well secured There are prospects, also. tnat tno
! harmony will be increased by visit OF tie crown
| Princess of Germany to Paris this summer. her
brother the Prince of Wales taking, AZ lie does tho
most ardent interest III the Exhibition, and lnean-
ing to spend half his season here the preteX Is an
obvious for the visit OF the Engilsi-born hesSss
| 10 the Imperial German Crown, and she herself he,
ing q really trst-rate artist may, III ,hs heuFu
sn6ere of le line arts accomplish social fusion b.
| tween the leuton and the Gaui snci as 10 s.a"-
or diplomalss IL haye as bsef yss Rffa M ss
pen to know, minded to attempt, AT the same t4-.o
and by the same OCCASION manner OF truce mere IN
Paris between parties. \ few nights ago ~ g. -
pressed his opinion on thi, point in a most lively
manner to a foreign mbassador-anlmadvertntg III
strong terms the behavior OF the monaIciIeai o.
position and declaring that II he We're not "ltless
| 10 it he could not have believed II possible.
II is certain that, if the Prince of Wales chooses
he can to a certain degree, bring all parties together
upon the neutral ground of bis salons. and that us
Prince the Royalists and Clericals VIII bow down
before him. while as a foreigner he will be allowed
n sort of indirect influence that would be fatty re-
fused to native. When say this cught TO add
as a foreigner of Anglo-Saxon race for tins KIND OF
| interference however delcate) would not he ac-
cepted from any other nationality. IL is even ex-
| tremely curious to mark the way which ever
since the war Of 1s70'71 the opinion OF the Anglo
Saxon public has weighed upon this nation. French.
men now read your Nev-York or Boston or Philadel.
pha newspapers with interest, taking therefrom the
notion of what is thought of themselves in
the United States and during the late terrible crisis
of the 10Th of May, The Times, of London, may DO
said to have exercised throughout France greater
influence than any Paris paper, except The france
of Emile de Girard,n. This is perfectly new
phase IN the social and mental history OF France
and t is one of the most interesting OF the evolu-
| tions of our time. Had Frenchmen known any:
thing of foreign countries before the fatal war ~
1870 that war would never have taken piace ouS
other nations, and wfully ignored the opiuioa OF
people out-of-doors. All this is being changed, and
| it may be said row that England has lndlreetly
| -. do in France