New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-09
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE ANNEXATION OF TAHITI.

| [FRoM THE REGULAR CoREEsToNntN OF THE rkI"'N
PARE Sept. 15.-The annexation of the society
| Isles to France does not seem to have eNcl'eu so
| much as q spark of enthusiasm here hocheior'
| mites The Tahltans for being drawn INTO closer
| guartcrs with French oilicasm lie deVotts an
article in his most pungen style to TINS new frehch
| ,olonv in the Pacific which he says has long been
i'm dsgu scd bondage to the Mariste Coniraterhty'
| which. according to the LantcInicr the bugs OF
| the Society Islands, The French commissioner out
| there for many years NJ. Ronciere de la Noury
brother of the admiral He was taken out OF n
house of correction to be III all but name Governor
| of Tahiti. The offences of which he had been
! guilty were serious OneS-emhczzlement ana the
| violent abduction OF young lady whose fortune
he wanted. He thought If an aspersion were cast
mon her honor she would he oh. gcd to marry
him but she and her father had the moral courage
to prosecute and 10 appear against HIM at the
| Asszcs of Anglers and NJ. Romcicre de Ia NourY'
| having been found guilty without any eNtcnua'h9
circumstances. was sentenced 10 lOng term oI
penal servitudc. His family having been Bona
partists of old date, Louis Napoleon quietly TOOK
him out of jail and sent him To Tahiti
ADV anced Republicans IN general are not us
posed to concedc NJ. de Freycinet and Admiral
Iaurrruihcrrv any honor for adding tins new
| colony TO the territories of the Republic. They
suSpcct that the annexation is in the nature oil the
red herring used in England 10 throw hounds on
their scent Was it. they ask TO divert attention
from the DEGREES and the relations OF the Church
and Statef My own impression Is that NJ. dc frey-
cinet intended this emp theatre as dlvcrtIS--
ment from the JcsuitS, whom he has been wishing
for some time past to let down casv'
Dr Cleinencean demands the censure and recall
of the Official who on-as IT Is said at the Qual
pOr,av and the Ministry of Marine--his own
La. frt,flp Gf
Pomare In making this demand. Clcmenccau
cites an article of the Constitution in which the
executive power is forbidden to annex territory
unless authorized u, the Legislature. Moral order
journals favorable to NJ. &c Frrycinet because OF
ms halfconeSscd wish to cmaSculatc the DEGREES,
hold their tongues about P0marcs ahdicaton III
favor of the Republic Franchise. To celebrate this
event with display OF rockets ana Roman
candles would be to honor a regime winch they
deteSt.
VAGUE KNOWLEDGE OF TAHITI
Tahiti is also such long way oh that ParisianS
are not interested in its fate Very few of them
realize where IT is, or the advantages which could
be derived from it,, possession. These few are
Communists. WHO returned from Nodmea by way
OF san Francisco. and naval officers. The ONLY
clear idea they have about the gem OF the Pacific
over which the Pomaic dynasty has rclgued dates
from ISL when the Pr!tchard affair SHOOK the
unstable thron. OF Louis Philippe. The French
then got II into their heads that Tahiti was the
realization upon earth of Mahomct's Paradise.
Tn, annexation Of Tahiti would. if Louis Philippe
copId have effected it, have obtained for him
pohfical capital. The chauvinist spirit was much
stronger III his time than II is now. lnmedlatel"
after the war there was reaction here against
co,mopolItaui,In and lntemauon"ilsts. But 1t
soon died ou. The universal force OF things was
against it,
THE UNIUD STATES OF EUROPH.
At the Worlds Far IN the Champs de Mars, a
lesson was forcibIy taught which Richard Golden
often tred TO inculcate. 1t was that little states
are happier than BIZ ones Their populations are
IN a more sound condition; they are better edu-
Gated. better housed. and IN better moral coud-
Ton than those OF the great empires OF Europe.
one of the reasons is. that the temptation OF mill
tary glory is far removed from them. They hang
together 10y virtue OF elective aintics and are not
kcpi I'm their national form by military consiTllnt
Swedish peasants m rvcIt respect are better Oh ana
more Gn,ly developed human beings thaa lIthrH
nra.ants who have been hrd OF no ac"uuht uy
their rulers. imperial and monarcmcaI. except as
food for the ca mon NAV. lcioT Hu3os hcd Oh
tine Tinted states Of Europe Is certainly gaming
ground and especially among the Worh1nG classes
Artisans feel that their home Is wherever teS earn
GOOD WAGES ana are allowed 10 i've I'D freedom
The wealthy classes have one foot abroad ana tie
other al home; and it often happens that they nave
1IO
am English Earl VINO does net Ien'mp'I Mhffh
England was ~ithout IRON roads tells me that he
never knew what IL wa, to be homeslck 9ecauNc
Dr., parents were always moving about Wneh ne
was "A boy. English ladies OF RANK have spoken to
me OF their noble country seats 9N Weali>oht III
cumhTauccs. which tied them down when iheV
wanted 10 he travelling in SUMMER lands than Eng
land Americans are very patriotic, but they are
ais, very fond of turning their faces toward
Europe and those who have settled III the Oid
World are legion lhcy DC not NINA unu'I NIal
Gag they live provided they enjoy under IT'S shaIe
the best blessings OF clVlliZduon rejoice 10 ho'e
the utter Indifference with Wllch the fTrHCh
ncoulc are receiving the news That lahltl Is 10 ne
ruled 10y a French Governor. The son journals
which entirely circulate among the voting masses
make no feature of it-unlcSs to point Copdehite
moral and TO ask qHOl bJHY
1HE PARTISAN POMARE
The Pomare dynasty is curouSly associated
with a celebrity of MabIlle who helped to natur-
alize the polka and who invented that fast and
loose variety OF the quadrille known as the can
can This Venus of the dancing gardens was at the
zenith of her popularity in ls42-the year III which
the Pritchard incident took place and IN which
the Duke of Orleans was killed by a fall from his
carriage She was girl of extraordinary animal
energy and physical grace. Her features were
plain, Of the blackamoor type, but her physlog-
nomy was splendidly expressive She had black,
lustrOus eyes. smooth dark SKIN, ana daZzllhg
white teeth and a very fine form. Her hair was of
extraordinary length and Insurance. 1t tell to
her heels and was waved all the way down. She
had that KIND oil anlabllll which - SuppOHtu W
he one of the most attractive qualities OF the Hour
IN the Mahomctan paradise. Admiral Dupett
Tbouars saw her. aud to give some great people
with whom he was acquainted an idea OF the de-
l0hts of Tahiti. told them that she was not
,1,rtLv tborgh of n Society Island type. to fasten
the sandals of any ordinary Talntlan daInsel. One
of his officers said that she might pass Tor twin
sister of Pomare. She heard q doubtful complcc
ment. and was pleased with if. and called herself
after the Tahitan Queen Pomare for SIX wears was
he H0nne of the dancing gardens and the theatres
and the greatest writer's OF the ptrOd III WHICH shc
tourished burned incense before her.
4 RLdCKGU1RD VHO cor HIS DESERTS
To the razor Of fhe TrtbuHe
SIR: An imaginative account has been