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,vpou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
'D'' LONDON. February o..
II ia noticeable that of the articles on Gampo'' -
toe three leading monthly reviews. The forfHg""S'
The Nineteenth Century and The Contemporary no'
"a bv an Epglishman. Yet there are Ehg''nnon
capable of writing ON french e."'e'"
knowledge and point. Mr.. Frederic 20 o"e
ryr,o ,vos when Mr.. Frederic Harrisons views OF
French affairs were strangely perverted by sympa-
tbv with aVommune in which he saw merits IL diu
not r,alv possess But the mist which tnen cioudeu
HIS vision seems to have been dispelled On sunday
no road lecture on Gambetta, which is neat,
striking and admirable performance; basng his dis
course on these four cardinal facts: First, Gam
hstta was the true creator of the Republc second,
he was typical statesman OF the people; third he
xvas the representative of the union of order and
uroqress aid fourth the representative OF the secu
lar as opposed to the religious idea OF lue MI
Harrison in his antithetical way, says: Ihe week
before his death the Constitution In france seemed
as much matter of course as the CONSTITUTION III
E,o,and The week after his death everything
seemed anopen question: almost as much as on the eve
NJ sedan" Idoubt whether either of these propo-
sit;ons could be successfully supported. GamoeHa
himself was n favor of a revision OF the Cohs,itu-
ton. and he quilted Office because he could not IN
duce the Chamber to reorganize the whole electoral
Constitution but the Republic what he says Is still
too sweeping, The Republic, solidly as Gambetta
had founded it was not quite free from remote peril
when he lived, and the peril of to-day. though IL
.eems nearer is not very real peril. we make 700
much of the storms that rufe the surface forgetting
how deep and fest the anchor holds peiow' !" n"'
Gambetta did was to establish the Republic III INC
aactons and convictions of the French people, ana
N their interests also TO which last they are seldom
6ckle. great deal of work which he deemed OF
the utmost need, be left unhappily. unnnlshed' Da'
the most urgent work of all had been dohe Ahe
Republic. it is true, presents just now put sorry
spectacle with its I'D interim Ministries us CLASH "
selfish ambitions sts Chamber of Deputies incapable
90 constituting majority and ITS centre of political
authority undetermined But the facts OF the situa-
t;on are pretty much what they were before Gam
hetta,s death. except that then they were over
Swallowed by that one vast individuality; now they
stand ont in clear iew While Gambetta lved !,
mattered less that The Constitution left 1t douDtul
whether the Chamber OF the President OF the
Republic or the President of the Council was 10 DC
the deno,itory of power The Constitution may be
said TO have reflected accurately for the time ben
the real condition Of things 1t established no one
seat of power because the real power asGamoetta'
and YOU could not very well put Gambetts INTO
Constitution. M. Harrison truly says ne
Ministry. Whether in or out Ut office be
was the real governing force OF france.
.Deatb. the true measure of genius, had revealed
with startling force what was the Republic with
Gambetta and what was the Republic without him."
There ia. admit, a panic now that he is gone now
that the depth and breadth of the void left by the
abstraction of that vast intelligence become visible
To every eye Republicans IN France are dong and
saving weak things but 1t does not follow that the
panic will be permanent or that wise counseis may
not presently prevail.
A Clerical organ in Paris thinks 1t convenient 10
contradict the story that the personal relations be-
tween Gambetta and the Papal Nuncio Czackl were
of an intimate kind. But the contradiction, In Its
source which is the Figaro and In It's character
which is that of the jesuit, rather confirms thah
discredits the original and generally believed story.
The writer's account of the beginning OF the ac-
auaintance is an admission that the first converse
ton lasted three hours aud that each was enchanted
with the other Nor is any reason gwen Tor Dreacn
between them except that Gambetta one day told
the Nuncio he had rather for political reasons call
ON him at his own house than receive him at the
Palace Bourbon, where the visits of aPapal Nunclo
were sure TO be remarked and criticised. MOnseig-
neur Czacki who was O man of the world, Is repre-
sented Az indignant at this, which is nonsense. 1t
is admitted that they saw each other often after
ward and the theory Of alienation can serve no par
ticular purpose, except to soothe the shocked sus
ceptibllities Of ultramOntane exclusives In
France. no doubt, political opposition implies. IN
most cases personal hostility, but the Italian
suppleness of nature allows friendly relations toexlst
between eminent men whose views on public affairs
are antagonlstic
NJ Camille Barrere is the author of the article or
Gambetta in The Fortnghty Reciec, to which i re
Gently referred. NJ. Barrere has had checkeret
history. the darkest spot in which was his connec
ton with the Commune of Parsin 1871, Escaping
to London he wrote a series OF letters which at
tracted much notice, signed 81 Communard," ant
published in The Pal Mall Gazette. Sir Charlie
Dixie much befriended him. and as n. Barere wa
aman of pleasant and and plausible address he wa
well received by people in London, whom his com
munardism did not shock, or to whom the extent Of
it was not very clearly known. Presently he found
his way back TO Paris, and by some means-perhap;
through Sir Charles Dilke-became known to Gam
BETA Nobody had keen an eye as the great
tribune for capable and useful young men, and he
soon found NJ Camille Barrere a serviceable ad
herent; an agreeable companion also. After some
years work in Paris as one of Gambetta's many lieu
tenants, the exCommunst wasappointed representa-
tive of France on the Danube Commission; pos
of dignity and profit which he still retains. He il
at this moment in London to attend the sittings o
the Conference on the Navigation of the Danube
over which Lord Granville presides and in which
the Ambassadors of the various countries concerned
will take part 1t is, suppose, for some scrupl
about diplomatic conventionalties that NJ. Camille
Barrere chose not to sign the excellent paper whc
he has written about his former chief.
Mr.. Brownings new volune of poems entitled
"Jocoseria" is out of his hands He has read tn
proofs and the book will appear early as may sui
the convenience of the printer and the binder; tn
latter parsonage having in these days much to say
10 the date of publication in nearly all cases. Th
title has been complained of as bad Latin If Their
Ia anvtbipo the matter with the Latin the man {