New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-09
TOPICS IN PARIS.
POLITICAL. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Britain at Cairo are said 10 nave Deen teIeHi"Phou
by Garnbetta from Cretes in Switzerland To inc
foreign editor OF that paper. If so he has made
prieyous blunder The object of this article is to
| menace England with the breakdown OF Fenten1
corddlc if she does not that exploded nstitu
ton the Control and indeed il she fails in all that
does not regard the Egyptian army to go back to
the status quO ante. The position of La RePHotique
| Frdpcdse is that Lord Granville should evenly
share with VI. Duclero any chestnuts that Generai
Woseey may have drawn ont OF the fire. sir
| Edward Malet Is reported to have said land be-
| leve did say) TO the French consular agent that
Egypt should belong 20 the Egyptians. The
Gambettist organ wants to give over thai country
to sharp bankers L" II this is not done, the entente
| cordidle will be impered." Egypt has brought
Ganibetta into vein Of bad luck which clearly is
not yet exhausted. II was the cause of his eviction
by the Chamber in January from the Premiership.
In quarrellng with England for the sake OF NJ. dc
Bligneres and the bankers he will not take the
wind out of the sails of Rochefort and Clemenceau.
because they both preached that JOINT nterven-
| tion would lead to a dspute-and n serious one
between John Bull and the French Republic.
In commenting on the mot d Ordr0 of Egypt for
| the Egyptians which Sir Edward Maet has
| given La Repubiique Frdncdise saws that Downing
Street-as IL under the influence of an enchanters
wand-fnds itself ranged with FIntrdnsigeant.
| " This transformation scene on the stage OF
European diplomacy is an amusing one." adds the
journalistic mouthpiece OF the Opportnnist chief.
| TO this -. Clemenceau replies: And did l not
always tell you the kind OF amusement that would
be in store for France if she joined in military
expedition II you laugh. it must be on the wong
side OF the mouth. The Control is dead and
buried, and will not rise from its grave. 1t de-
served to die for il was the cause of the war which
EN- led in the triumph of Great Britain. The
Chamber having refused to be the ally of England,
NJ Gambetta wants it now to be ner accomplish
We prefer to leave everything to Europe. by
doing so we have thus far kept out of hot water.
AS the French Nation is animated by no lingo SEN
tment with regard to Egypt, NJ. Gambetta
breaches in the desert"
The Feyghine tragedy has dashed NJ. de Mornys
prospects in far as the Rothschid match is con
ccrned. The young Duke will probably fall back
upon his cousin Alexandra TroubetskOi, who has
been ten years in the matrimonial market, and is
the daughter of the Princess Lse and sisterin-law
of Prince DemidOh. The drama with which the
Dukes name has been associated has philosophi-
cal side which is interesting to dwell upon. Not
only the anoIent arstOcracy has been swept away
in France by the Revolution, but it would appear
as if some hidden law were IN operation to prevent
a new aristocracy arising. The vista opened upon
Partisan "high life" by the suicide of Mile
Feyphine shows it he life of the basest kind In
the foregi Ound are Prince DO SaRan, whose
grandfather and father rallied 10 the first and
second Empires and had their rewards Prince
Murat the grandson of King Joachim OF the
name; and the Duke de Morny. The three ap-
pearcd at the funeral Of the unfortunate actress
co-widowers," aud walked through the most
public streets OF the in that character. behind
her hearse. Two OF them are married and one of
them TO a paragon of beauty. Prince de Sagan. it
is true is separated from his wife, Those pretty
fellows act as il there no such date in the
annals OF their country as 1s7Ol71. They are
exclusively taken mp with pretty actresses. horses,
dogs rings. pins and gambling. One of them under
took. when the little Duke" bored by the
sincere passion of the Russian actress. to set her
against him and pass her on to another friend or
friends She was to have been precipItatel into a
career Of vice the first glimpses OF which filled her
with horror ard Disguised her with existence.
None OF the precious band seems ever to have
thought of making fortune and name TO which
social prestige is attached lever for accomplishing
great things or even for defending their privi-
leees which are menaced on all sides by the bar
bariaus of the Faubourgs In sooth. the most
extravagant Red orators of the rubc meetings are
"a thousand times mere worthy and truly respect
able than the Duke Prince who POrcs IN his
that of the goAmom. Louise Michel and her
friends discuss great principles and IDEAS They
have vitality in their souls and warm blood in
their hearts. II one cor pares the discussions
which are carried on even in the filthy wine shops
with those winch take place in high life circles
all the ADVANTAGE is seen TO be the side Of the
fern or. Belleyille is superior in thought and in
its aspirations to the Champs Elys6e Had Nile
Feyghne been in love with decent wOrkingu an
II
trials, and both would have been ennobled by an
attachment that would have ended in marriage
Life would have been sweetened by the daily
necessity for quiet berosm and by mutual apprecia
ton of well-susaned efforts Material conditions
would have boon soIdid. But there would have
been that purest light of heaven. dealism and |
moral sunshine. Out OF every hundred artisans |
or indeed mere work ngmen. there is a very large
proportion who read traEslatiOns Of the works of |
La,alle and Karl Marx. In a cercie there IS not |
one in hundred who takes the smallest interest In
Catholic schools and congresses. or who has read |
the Conte dc Pars's book the manufacturing |
centres of England.
In the year OF the war lodged in the cottage of |
an engne-driver ut Tours. There bookcase |
there filled with excellent and very expensive
books, which he had purchased by instruments.
lis mates, when he had "a spare hour, often came
to talk with him scientific and literary as well |
political subjects. Their discussions noisy.
But they were earnest and showed mental life 1t |
often delighted me to listen to them. even though |
sometimes wished their voices more tuneful. On |
the other hand let one euttr into the dwelling Of
King Of Chic or indeed OF any gommeur. You see
about you elegant horse WHIPS, exquisltey carved
dog-collaB choice pipes. cigarettes neat foils,
scented letters from pretty actresses cocottes and
cocodettes Those from the cocodettes, or fash.
onabe ladies who ape the cOcotte arc written in q
big, clumsy, masculine hand on fancy paper Here
there Is something in the form of q book by the