The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-12
The FRENCH.
Gambetta's Mistakes as a Rspubli.
can,
Society Matters and Idiosyncra.
oies.
New Operas and Notes.
Correspondence of the HKRALD.)
PARIS. January Is, 1882.

must possess either an excess OF Ru-
dacity, or an unusual degree of
blindness. It is the cause of the
gods inficting the infirmity before
destroying the individual? So long
as the intransigeants only COM
planned, opinion had no reason to
specially read, mark. learn, and in
wardly digest, but the moderate re-
publicans indulge In alarming growls
at Gambetta naming so high cost
and place, men furnished with hos
tility to republicanism, like General
Mirsbel, or such political tight-rope
dancers, as NJ. Weiss. The republi.
cans are very angry and divided, and
| believe are more occupied about
getting rid of what is ironically called
the grand ministry" than in up.
holding it. Edmond About leads the
van in condemning the appoint
ments made by Gambstsa. Indeed
TO enjoy the republican leaves and
fishes, one must not be 90 much g
capable and life long republican, as
the foe II the present form OF govern
ment. This is known as the TACTICS
Of ThieIs-a..republio without republi-
cans. The policy is making the Or
tune OF the radicals.
The sending back of II. Russian to
Tunisia, has been blunder, that
according TO Forche or Tallyrand is
worse than crime. The present4-
ton of addresses, the mutual admir-
alton speeches, and the burning OF
Bengal lights in connection with that
unfortunate Generals return, amuses
the French, and there is no reason
why it ought not to do the same for
the intelligent foreigner.
When the father Of Paul de CassaE.
nae was uphanded with his SWIes
zeal in serving all parties, he replied.
Il serve the governments of France.
The anti-republicans whom Gam
beta pitch iorked into Office, no
doubt satisfy their conscience with
the same saive. Rocnefort un-
questionably is obtaining more in
hueroe of late, in the sense that
people who hitherto did not read his
journal. now do. His Hannibal hate
against Gambetts and his followers,
is as fresh as ever. He has ohal-
lenged one of the latter, who declines,
because Rschefort will not concede
to him the choice OF the weapons.
Those who have the right to such 8
choice are considered to have been
the party insulsed. Though now
getting old. and having been pierced
By foil and ball, Rochefort is still an
able dusllist and wears a charmed
life. He looks upon a meet ever az
business and never concsals his inten-
ton to have serious affair with his
antagonist His influence on French
institutions believe to be baneful,
and hence al acts that keep him
prominently in front are to be deprs.
Gated.
1t is surprising that no French
man has pnt the negotiations OF the
English Commercial Treaty into
Vaudeville. Hardly are they re.
neweaIbut they are broken of. After
a first sitting, Sir Ohas. Dixie flies
back to London as if escaping a
round shot or an obus. He is to be
followed By his co-deIsgstes, some OF
whom have hardly had time to enjoy
q ChAuleaubriand beef-steak or q
trufled pigs foot at their dejeueuer.
The whole affair is becoming broad
farce. People concluded that the
difficulties would have been discussed
and arranged, before the meeting Of
the high contracting parties to-
break up. The idea is general now,
that no treaty will be executed, be-
cause Gambetts is Rot strong enough
to cope with the protectionists in his
camp, who are surley and sullsn at
his recent nominations. There is
another idea craven lin the French
mind. that England will never aban-
don free-trsds, and hence, France
has no obligation to make concess-
ions to country that necessity com
pels to keep open ports. The vast
msjor OF opinion in this country
desires no treaty with England; the
enlightened and interested traders
do, but they are the minority. Also,
England ought not to count upon
bringing the French to fitting state
of mind by any retaliatory measures.
The people here would not compre-
bend why their exports had dimin-
ished, and setting tho cause down,
not to bad political economy, but to
hard timee, would produce and spend
Iess. hoping like Mark Tapley, that
ia time something would turn up.
New Years like Christmas Day,
was remarkably fine. The streets
were crowded from an early hour 6y
people going to pay their ceremonial
visits, and to present those gifts
ushered n with more tears than.
smiles. It is bossted that the
ereunes are every syear becoming
more artiatic. People do not appear
to pay much attention to this point.
out are pretty unanimous in con-
demning the whole institution as the
most bare faced of begging nuisan.
ces. Strangers merely pay, and
express the wonder how a nation
claiming to be SO high-spirited can
descend to such positive meanness.
An important functionsry refusing to
be bIaokmailed thus, saw himself