The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-01
OUR FRENCH LETTER.
Correspondence of the HERALD
PARIS, September I.

rather accepted as a necessity thar
as a solution. The terrible division:
in the ranks of the republicans, the
instability Of its cabinets, the alb
sence of practical and defined pro
grammes, the want of statesmen
who can command respect at home
and influence abroad, the next t.
the break down of parliamentary
institutions-all these causes have
made once earnest friends, luke.
warm, and the once lukeWarm have
become unbelievers.
The promised serious reforms OF
the bench, the administration, yea
the army even, the executive and
the election machinery remain about
what they have been. Rivalries
have supplanted patriotism, and
personalities reforms. Yet the Third
Republic has been fortunes pet. Its
monarchial enemies are powerless.
The Comte de ChambOrd is still
waiting, as he has been since half a
century, for "the hour of God" to
place him on the throne. The Comte
de Paris lives retired at Eu,
fishing, writing magazine ar
ticles and experimenting the
education of his children.
The Due d'Aumale leads a retired
life at ChantillY amidst his books,
his objects a. art, picture gallery and
park. Napoleon ", who might
have initiated his predecessors in a
IS Brumaire or a I'd of December, is
no more. The republic has no RI
walls, yet it seems to have become
not retrograde. but stationary. Per-
haps its tail, composed of extreme
politicians, socialists Of every color,
communists of all audacity, exer-
else 8 fatal influence on the pros
poets of the republic. They have
already secured the isolation of
France in Europe, and her next to
complete obliteration in the east.
1t is from this class Of eccentric
politicians, with whom passion re-
places sense, and abuse, argument,
that the howl has been raised
against English action in Egypt,
and many easy-going souls to es-
cape being teazed, have as usual
'.hurled with the wolves" But
facts are coming to the aid of COM
mon sense. Excepting Italy. Hol-
land and Spain, along with the
Anglo-phObistS here, no one believes
that the SueZ Canal will be in peril
if in the hands of the English, who
can by their naval superiority close
both ends of the route if the neceS-
sites of war demanded. The par
ties in France that make capital by
stumping on some century preju-
djces. resemble the dog and the bone
they cannot touch it themselves,
and would like to prevent others
from doing so, Invited to
stand by their demands at Alex
andria, the French sailed away; So
licited to occupy Ismailia, not SOL
der nor sailor was permitted by
their government to land. England
has had the courage to be the sole
European power which refused to
bend the knee to Bismarck, and so
checked him at the conference,
while demonstrating the nullity Of
such reunions; she has gone single
handed into Egypt to back up her
threats and crush Turkish influence
and platonic claims on the Nile, and
roll back Mussulman fanatacism.
These ends + as much. if not more
| so, in the interests Of France, as of
England. But those are most blind
who do not wish to see. Old John
has startled Europe by his rising
up and proving he has plenty OF
fight in him, and is perfectly indie
pendent, while resolved to keep
clear of entangling alliances that
represent so much dead weight for
him. Now it is precisely that un-
expected, manly attitude, Of being
able to do without them, and being
Indifferent alike to their deprecia-
ton or their praise, which creates
the soreness among the French,
rather than the revival Of medieval
jealousy. England has the will to
do and the soul to dare; France has
neither, at present at all events, and
the future tends to keep her so.
The prognostics Of military critics
here on the conduct of the Egyptian
campaign are being verified the con,
tingent they laid down as necessary
was 1000; they accuse Sir G. VOL.
seley of undertaking the enemy and
of rashness in pushing forward
when unable, for want of supplies
to follow up his blows; he had nc
right to count upon Arab leaving
the railroad and the canal intact
and camels or asses. ought to have
been secured in advance. OF the
ultimate success, judges here have
no doubt-save, perhaps, NJ. DeLes.
seps and his lady. 1t is whispered
that England and France quite
understand each other; the latter
will have Tripolitania and the for.
mer will keep Egypt, while Morocco
VIII be left to Spain. Thus the
grand Turk will be improved out OF
Africa. Greece is likely to be
played against Austria and Russia
The Euphrates Valley is to be left
to the chapter of a -cidentS. AS FOL
Italy, she has Disguised everyone
by her ingratitude, if not also by
her impudence.
Two points have been cleared up
Arab never was a charcoal dealer
hailipg from Auvergne nora runne-
for a Paris stock broker. I have {
friend who swearS he had tina
Egyptian once in his bank as al
GRAND boy.