, 1879-06-13

II convtnces Parlaians what great country !
ours tnuat DO thai Mr.. Nathan Appleton st1buld
beth b lhe Only sspItalst sfd flnancier whom yoa
cou!o sbaft to represent YOU In such an n1idtt-
taking ~ the opening Of canal whlci, is to ro.,
ducc your sonttnent 10 the rank of an island and
il io ol'en dlfect waterway pAat your ports from
Ghtna to Cadfz and MarsciiIes. As am not 4
Parlaian, but merely looker-on In Paris, with
interests on your Side OF the water ~ we'll as
here. you will pcrhaps permit md to exprea1
ny own wonder Ut the singular ease with
tl!is whole transaction. You src thought. [
believe. prc.tY sharp peontc, but you hayo
Ieen no match lor u. dc Lesseps nnd the man
r. asets s undsr li'o anl Ia conHnctlon With him Of
ihat heforc Tits International Conx5csa assem-
bIcd gave you sketch OF It's genesis, with
general not!on Of IT. objects and its probable
outcome. fou Will perhaps admit TINT nv iu-
formation has been borne out br events down
to the presont hour. / told you thAt II. de Lee-
scps and bis friends meant 10 commit the Com
Kress gre to tllc plans Of u: Bonapsrte.Wyse, and
sary esser md earta5 ve9, @ eaarnnE MN eoan.
trTwoman Of yours, who, after elecersfylng New
York, dclIghtlng Imperial Paris u,d dviIIzIng
Mohamtnedau Tunis, now makes train aud fall
at London. The Princess calls her "Fau-
When .hs slsss. md nd'' the Fscmc1p 1p'atse ~he
manages the En9llah interest In the suez Canal
drnghaiu and Scarborough House. II an, not
IN crror,-aud do not think am,-it was to
influences c1crtcd on your side OF The water by
this accomplished Iauy that N. Bunbpartc-Wyho-
was mainly indebted for the SUCCESS OF hfe mis-
aon to Washington. do not know wIlethcrh
selected the naval @ representatives. whom yo,1
ss.n 9snt oas hcre, but ho certainly induced your
Government TO send them. They seem to 10
worthy men, pot lacking. at ali ri intelligence,
and full Of Information which unfortunately The
Congress did not want. A worse astoutshod set
o. men than they wore At thc upshot Of all their
elaborate efforts to provo that the canal ought
70 % cut through Nicaragua, perhaps even
Parts has never seen, and I own Tint
look forward With much interest to road the
days publish of their unlucky adventures ia
scurch OF a passage to the South Sea.
What Is the exact situation nowl III. da Les
seps and the people Of the saez Canal hare cap-
Their command Of capital ia practically unlim-
tied, but 1t Is not sure TINT they caro- abont
that They will send out Mr. Appleton doubt
less TO open list Of subscriptions In New York,
p!cton + rSoorts that te can get no subscrtpttons
III New York they will call him n very good boY
md NJ! console him with an a9cncY somewhere.
Hhy should they want American capttatl
American Interference In the management ut
tue schctnc, md that they do not By anv ucaus
want on the contrary, qulto the reverse. ALI
ready ~. DO Lesseps has secured more than half
9nirc. dnd with that he can 70 comfortablyabout
the great business Ut " how not to open canal
Which may Interfere with the business and profits
OF The suez Canal.' In other words. tho Dari-.
II will DO cut mt cut, opened Or not opened. as
may suit the interests Of The suez Canal, Of En-
gland, and Of the Mediterranean States, Menu
wh1le, It tb not likely !hAt anybody will 20 into
sumc, or hurry up furlously rival cut through
Nicaragua.