New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-11
GAMBETTA'S MOTHER
urp DEATH A POLITICAL EVENT.

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xeu6ed with political consequences which are beng
-trCng,v felt And yet that lady was old, led very
retired life in an questionable corner of Nice ana
only acknowledged revenue of 5000 francs
wear. As she was in her seventy-frst year. hci
Heath was an event to be apprehended before "
took place No doubt the manner in which IL nap,
pened was sudden. But an insurance actuary wouiu
have calculated on it happening even sooner '"''n
IL did In no instance but one did near iei''.,
of Mme Gambetta survive the sevenue'" -
The exception is an old maid, who is no" 'is"S
She is first cousin of the deceased lady anu
keeper to an equally aged priest at NlSinoS'
Umav he asked how the death OF Nine. Oaillpe'''
soaId be attended with polineal .eohSouuo"oc
some touch of nature makes the Whoie "oiiu nm
Camhetfa in not being ashamed OF MS 'i'ai siio''
and vet IN not trying 20 parade II, mas ieVNeu Sym
x,sthies which were supposed TO he oeao' VIII no'
ma Y that he has reconquered popularity. Inc CHAR
.c,er Of the mother Is venerated in all Roman
Catholic countries. In France the sentiment Is
mingled with exquisite tenderness. One may con-
s.antly read in the newspapers that some puonc
mau-perhaps he is a general, admiral, savaht OF
pnb,,cist. has had the great SORROW TO lose MS
,no,her and that the whole staff OF 'he
v,aper making this announcement sympathize Pi"-
foupdly with him Occasionally we near Vi so'"o
notable person losing his grandmother, VIM
althoug Oh she had exceeded eighty preserved 10 'o
last her bright humor and amlaolhy' III n"''0"o
of Teutonio origin the old mother grandane Sinks
unnoticed to the grave If she is poor ana ouIueN
10 posterity or if she is rich enongh 10 c"' up
well y there Is 10 genuine sorrow 1Or her uePaisu
from this life. The phrase ITO cut up wen
pscul;arly English, and borrowed from the sham
6les I am not aware that its equivalent Is
TO be found in any tongue OF Latin STOCK.
The event which has plunged Gambetta into the
de, est affection was communicated in the lobby OF
the Chamber by one of his young henienahls, III.
Emmanuel Arene Deputy for Corsica, who mao
come from ST. Mande with the tldings. lie went
M TO Gambetta who had not the courage 10 ASK
him what report he brought, but looked al MIN as
if irving to divine the news IN his couhlehahce.
After short silence NJ. Arene SAID Its all over
lToat est fn0. Clemenceau, who was passing heard
the laconic intirnation | asked him how Garnbetta
took it, He looked crushed with grief thre"
himself back against the pedestal OF statue
and putting his hand before his face
,ohbed and wept | went up 10 him. and when the
hands had fallen took them both and wrung them.
An immense number of DepGtes between whom
and him freezing GOODNESS had sprung up acted as
did 1t was decisive moment in my life. Inc
situation is very grave and none OF MS can say now
the Conference will eventuate Inc E&'reHo Le4'
had agreed that | to not only answer YAM
betta's spee oh of the day before but to overhaul
his policy as Foreign Minister and prove hlin inc
author of this terrible Egyptian mess. but "neh
saw him there sobbing beside an open grave felt
that must entirely change the plan OF campaign
aud make a speech wholly different from the one on
which had been meditsting the whole night ana
forenoon 1t was inpossb bic to tomahawk Il man In
Ga1nhetta's profound afiiotion. He would not,
knew remain In the Chamber 20 retOrt on what
might advance against hun. had not quarter ol
an hour to reflect on the new position which was
Obliged 10 occupy. The strain on the mlnd was
fearful one and was really nj, for my health Is
ont of order However, l got through the unex-
peced ordeal by taking up high ground Oh tne
Egyptian question: which / regarded from q Truly
national point of view. The Right ana al those
Centrists who have not spocalated in Egyptians APP
plauded me Just as warmly as my own ineDds.
Clsmenceau has won a place by his last speech IN
the Chamber and indeed in European politics,
(which he never previously occupied. De is to Tar
greater degree than ne ever was previously adlreci
ing force LII the Republican party. The speech n
delivered on Wednesday was a doctrlnal one l ven
fure 10 predict that school Will arise out oil IL,
and that if will have an influence OIL the foreign
1oiites of this country analogous to that produced
Oh the slavery question by IHE IRBCNL
platform which Horace Greeley created
NJ Clemenceau did not appeal to JlnGo-
ism, but to love of glory. lie showed that
it was not by lending herself TO military violence
md Bourse greed. that France would extend her
infpencs So far from returning TO the traditional
lines of the Monarchy and Umpire, she should
etrIke ont into democratic foreign policy ann al
mural conouests and regard war as an econom
cal heresv As a cOmmon-sense view OF military
glory is beginning TO prevail in shls country, NJ
Clemenceau was unanimously applaudef by the
Chamber and not least by its koy9ilst meHOerS'
He told me that his faith in his principles was
much strengthened when he saw that he had with
HIM AT least three foUrtbs of has colleagues,
and that he was still more pleased when no
since ascertaned that all the notes he struck In his
oration on the Egyptian credits iound eeho
throughout the whole country lie was agreeabS
surprised to receive adhesions from many places
which he had deemed hOtbeds of reaction. III ois
ens,jng his speech, which. AS have shown was de-
I;vered under solemn and peculiar circumstances
should throw INTO relief the American accent OF its
doctr,ual parts CleInenceau regards Wendell
phiIlios IA the greatest orator Of molern times,
ranking him not only FIRST IN the United states ont
In Europe When the Deputy OF Montnartrt
was in the United States. he used at much ineonven
fence to 60 long journeys 10 hear Wendell fhllllpS
/ can discern an American SAVIOR in those parts Oh
the spotch in which the rights OF tho felaheeh
were asserted in opposition to the claims OF tne
bankers 70 whom the ex-Khedive practically solo
them and the Delta of the Nile. In noble terms
the Deputy of Mcntmartre vindcated the Thesis
that foreign policy basod on righteousness wa'
.de,uocratic one and the only one which
Republic processing to be founded On justice ooui
follow with permanent advantage. lie believed
that such policy was imperatiVely needed IN deal
ing with semi-cylized races France IN IN
eighteenth century owe1 her sspiended prestlg
10 her advocacy of the principles of universal JUS
,,ce Her illt,strious writer's then taught that Ia