New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
FRENCH AFFAIRS. e
THE HERIsSON CORRESPONDENCE - THE
LYONS SCARE.


lrRou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNEI
PARIS October p.
The seizure Of Count d HerssOn's book has made
n good deal of noise this week. 1t taken under
press at the great publishing house of POn d Sons
in the Rue de In Garancierc The title Is the Chi
nese expedition according to THE Confidential
Correspondence of Count Palikao" In this CORE
spondence there were many things which NJ. Du-
olerc and consorts thought would be unpleasant for
England. Their idea that IN suppressing NJ.
dHerlsson's correspondence they would at cheap
confer an obligation on the English Govern
ment and so bring them round to reesabsh
the Control under another name. Ii they
succeeded in this, Egyptian bonds. which arc very
dull would go up, and all those members and allies
of the Cabinet who possess them in quantities could
dispose of them advantageouSlg Count dlIeris'
son was authorized by General Fare to take copies
of the Pahkao correspondence at the Ministry of
War. But General Billot at the instance of VI.
Duclerc now comes forward to say that his pre-
deces3or did not grant II. IL tIerss)n leave to PRINT
any of the copied documents. The publisher and
compiler applied to the tribunal of rttGr6s
to have the scquestraton removed NJ Paul
MERCER, the attorney for the War
Ministry, sustained boldly the raisoa
d Etqt. Government has a right he said, " to
prcventioualy PyereairamTt forbid the publ
cation of n work Of a nature TO niure the good in
ternatioual relations OF France and the security Of
the country THIS is precisely the theory in virtue
of which Kings Of the Bourbon line issued Iefircs
de cacLa When ". Ncrcier had spoken
Count u Ucrsson stood up and read
letter addressed to nun 10y General Tarre.who al the
time he wrote il was Minister of War, and the mis-
siyc 10 which it was an answer. Tho entire Object
which, il was stated lii the latter Count d Hors-
son pursued was to throw the fullest light on the
Chinese Expedition TO which he was attached Ia
terp.e er 10 the Ltii NlOr OF the general in
prcme command.
Their, could be no doubt that before the printing
presses ut the Rue dc In GamnclGre were set in
movement, pcnary authorization had been given
by General Fare TO publish. Finally the advocate
of the aGthor and printers as,ed in virtue Of what
legal text the seizure had been made The senior
judge or president of the tribunal, who hal no doubt
been previously instructed Ivy tAe Minister of JUS
tice Doves. said in a stcntors voice. "Why, there's
decree of 1881" "Sicncd Fouquer liuvIllc.'
interrupted tn q yocate. why not, in virtue Of
another decree Of The same date once more
setup permanently he guiloinc in the Place de la
ConcordeF On the authority of this decree the
seques ration Of the documents set UP in type at
PlOns was maintained.
have unveiled the principal reason of the
seizure. IT is entirely a Stock EXchahge one.
There has been rmncSs in its pursuit, because the
Prince of Wales, when last here, was profuSc III
civility 20 VI GrGyy and 10 Gambcttl, and cuc0ur-
aged VI. Duclcrc INDIRECTLY, for he dil not him)
TO hope that England might he drawH Ivy gentienc,s
and persuasion to give satisfaction to the French
bondhodcrs IN Egypt. The day after His ROYAL
nighncss left Paris the forthcoming publication of
Count dIleris~ou's book announced. Duclerc,
who is above everything else a Bour.e man, was
f.Hl -.
fire. He hastencd to the War Ministry TO see Gen.
eral Billot, who had just come back from tour Of
military inspection on the eastern frontier. They
both talked for three hours upon the matter and
brought their long conversation 10 conclusion in
which nothing was concluded. / suspect they both
talked upon the advances which Germany is
quietly making upon Luxembourg. The opin-
ION of NJ. CamcscISse, the Project OF PO-
lice. was then asked by the Premier. He
had no opinion to give, but suggested consul
tation with VI. Aubepine, the president of the
tribunal before which the has since been
brought. This obhging judge remembered tho de
cree of Fouquior Tnyie, who WIS IN the Reign o.
Terror Director of the Committee Of Public Safety.
YOu'know the rest
But what is there in the correspondent cc of Count
Palikao 10 vex III, English Government Nothing
believe. that would rutlt Mr.. Gladstone any of
his associates at Downing Street Blu; NJ. Duclerc
does not know how uscnsbe Engshmcn to
the praise or blame Of outer barbarans.
What the publication of Count d'Hersson
might have eff -cted would have been TO render
an entente cordiaie with Great Britain unpopular.
The Count III bringing to the light the documents
when have been lying IN the archives OF the war
Ministry wanted TO show that If England may be
an agreeable friend she is certain to prove danger
Gus ally to France. Count dHersson attempts to
make ont that the loot of the Summer Palace was
the work of Lord Elrn. and done TO fulfil a predC
ton which he made behind the back OF the French
plenIpotentiary Baron eros, TO the Chinese. After
the orming of the forts of lakour peace negotia-
tons were opened at Tien-Tien. Lord Elgin
in the name of Great Britain, and Baron
eros in the name of France without
any troublesome hitch and by COM
mon accord presented Il draft treaty to the
Chinese plenipotentares Some weeks later the
Winter Palace piIlaged. In the
study of the Emperor soldier got
hold of casket which he saw
contained English dispatches and took them to
General Cousin de MOntauban (afterwarl Count
Palikao. He found they were letters from Lord
Elgin written to the Chinese Emperor few days
after the draft treaty had been sent to
his Majesty's plcnipotentiaues at Tien Tien.
HIS lordship forwarded another draft treaty about
which the French knew nothing. Lord Elgin spoke
of Montauban and his troops as being in the pay OF
England and offered peace on terms contrary to the
interests of France. He also said that they were
unruly merccnares, and that finding thehi so he
was anxious send them back TO Europe as soon as
he could pos ibly do without them. 1t also be-
hooved the Emperor of China that means should be
taken to get rid Of them quickly as the French
officers coveted the treasures stored up In the sum
Pal his lpft
the Ministry of War it shows that Lord Eigin was
treacherous ally but 1t does not prove that he got
the Summer Palace looted to establish reputation