The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-20
Tux WEATHER YESTERDAY was clear al
Republican Etiquette.
AN ENGLISH VIEW or TIE ALFONSO INCIDf
IN PARIS.

AN ENGLISH VIEW or TIE ALFONSO INCIDENT
IN PARIS.
"Were we right or were we wrong"
saws the Paris correspondent OF London
Truth. "to treat King Alfonso TO Dutch
concerty Both. perhaps; but on the whole
more right than wrong. Members OF
reigning families have for nearly thirteen
years been too apt TO proclaim in Paris and
amusing French watering-places sympathy
for comedy state OF things, which could
never be restored without national con-
yulsion. II was high time to put q stop 10
their hauteur. which was brought TO the
extreme point where it became I'M
derbreeding. How often have we not
seen royal pcrsonages coming here in
an incoqrito which was no disguise
nj all. in order 10 afford their wives pre-
text for not calling on Nine. Greyy! In
deed. with the exception OF the Prlncess
OF Wales, the daughters-in-law OF Queen
Victoria have agreed TO treat the Presi'
dents wife as Mrs. Bishop or Mrs. Arch
bishop. who are honest women enough,
but do not share the high rank OF the lords
spiritual, their sp0uses. The future Queen
Of England has never In her many visits TO
Paris attempted to impose royal etiquette
on the republican family at the Elysee and
never avoided treating them SIS q represen-
tative family because their ways were not
her ways; but the Duchess Of Edinburgh,
fhe Duchess OF Connaugbt, and the Duchess
OF Albany have always ignored Nine.
Greyy. Their husbands wen. ~ sons OF
Queen Victoria to the Elysee. But their
wives. who were Royal Duchesses, unless
for The purpose | have mentioned, kept as
carefully away from il rs il it were half
hidden st. Johns wood establishment. The
Duchess OF Edinburgh went into society
which is rabid in ITS Bonapartsm. As she
and her husband enjoy heavy clyil-list
pensions granted by the House OF Com
mons. they are in decency bound TO follow
the example OF the Prince and Princess OF
Wales or keep away from Paris. VI. Gr6vy
has pushed loDg-suilering further than he
should in meeting royal and imperial airs
with dignified civility. VI. Theirs would
have never stood hall OF what ne has put
sp with.
GREvT'S RESOLVE.
ellis long suffering was broken down
oy Queen Christina, and he determined
from the time he saw her to pay back i'm
pertinent royalties in their own coin. His
son-n-law. Wilson, enabled the public TO
understand why Mr.. Grcvy felt 'repug-
nance TO 90 and meet the King OF Spain
at the Northern railway terminus. lie also
let il he known that the President went
there because IL he stayed away there
would have been ministerial >crisis.'
Owing to NJ. Wilson it also be-
came notorious that Alfonso had been
.poking fun at Republican France,
and. until the recent pronunciamento
took place. has never lost an oppor-
tunty to be insolent and bad and disa-
greeable neighbor. The manifestation OF
the people OF Paris was small revolution.
1t not only was intended to resent Alton
SOS entrance into the Central European
,cague, but to put "a stop TO the absurd
rectice in republic OF adopting monarch
ca etiquette in dealing with royal per-
sonages visiting Paris or other French
towns. The Swiss Federal Council Sneycr
guilty OF such foolish establishment when
kings, queens, and emperors travel i'll
Switzerland. NJ. Grevy is only the first
citizen OF the French republic and the
chief OF a republic executive. He felt that
il would have been contemplate and ri
dcuIous for him to have taken lessons from
some lord chamberlain or master OF court
ceremonies when he had agreed to receive
Alfonso at The Northern railway. The
ground that he has taken up and means to
stand upon in future is that OF ciyilitv "a
opposed to etiquette. The measure OF civ
ility which he metes he expects to be re-
turned TO him. III there is no return he
in future will take not the slightest no.
tice OF the defaulter, whether he be en-
peror, king, heir apparent. or royal duke
or duchess. In France illusirious visitors
viii be expected TO ne governed by the
laws OF good sense and ordinary sociabli-
fy. OF course NJ. GIeyy does not lay down
the law to his ministers. He only intends
to be law unto himself aud to set an eX-
ample, TO which the people Of Paris will
continue 10 give their enthusiastic APP
proyai. The President on saturday was
most cordially greeted everywhere that he
was recognized. In few days he has be-
come really popular"