The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-01
DUB FRENCH LETTER.
Especial correspondence of the HERALD
PARIS, June 6, 1888.

government, during period CT three
months, to recast the 600 judges
Those that are obnoxious to the
will be pensioned off. I'm
nense patronage will thus be-
brown into the hands Of the min
stry. If the whirligig of time
brings about its revenge by replac
ng the republican form of govern
nent, the 600 Solons will In turn
ne Suspended. Thus the more things
change in France the more they
-emain the same; the provisional
alone becomes enduring.
There are too many judges IN
France, because there are no cir
cults: some courts have nothing at
all to do. The remuneration is not
excessive, the average salaries vary
ing from $1,000 to 10000 francs a
year. The position, socially, is ex-
cellent; if the occupant of the
bench be a bachelor he can catch an
heiress without difficulty. The
French will not listen to the cleo
ton of magistrates by univGral
suffrage. Clearing the bench, from
en- bGltt en- bGS, as the sweeps cry
their chimney services, once III
twelve years may be nearly as
good.
Though the law allows citizen
to be d judge at % years of age,
Solomon himself could not eX-
peet that honor before he
had six lustres. Talent goes
a certain length in obtaining the
high Office, his influence is more
omnipotent and the shortest road.
The candidate must have private
income, so as to be independent.
Only politics affect judicial decis-
ions. At 60 years of age and after
thirty years. service the judge must
retire; he is entitled to a pension
equal to the moiety Of his salary,
the state having previously retained
5 per cent. from his income. If in
capacitated through accident Or i'll
ness, and " it'll credit of ten years
service, a pension equal to one
sixth of the salary is granted. The
presiding judges must not be kins-
men, and if by marriage relation
ship thus becomes established, a dis
pensation from the chief of the
state must be obtained. In the
case of a criminal condemnation
only can a Judge be dismissed.
The French are very uneasy
and uncomfortable about Tonqpin.
The next to certainty of having q
war with China is not seductive.
China is not the antique power she
was q quarter Of a century ago; she
does not attack her enemies now
with painted dragons, but with
Krupp cannon; torpedoes replace
stink pots, and alliances tam tams.
a power that checked Russia may
well cause France to reflect. Ton
quin is not Tunisia, nor Peking
Stamboul. Tu-Duc Is not likely to
sign bard's treaty before demand
iGg instructions from China, and
so long as the latter coun-
try closes her frontiers, France can
not expect to find the Anam en-
pire a"bonanEs." Then the European
nations will hardly remain silent
spectators if Franco by her blunder-
ing policy, blocks Chinese ports.
And China will certainly issue T.
tres de MargUe. France has been
culpable in leaving the brave
Bouviere shut up in a castle of tn
dolence at Hanoi, and rash to disow :,
the negotiations of her Minister
Bouree. II. Ckallonel Lacour ha
told his story of diplomatic imbro-
glis, but the vice-roi of China has
not yet published his yellow book.
Then since the Tunis raid, and the
Bathelemy ST. Hilaires declarations
as to the Kroumirs, the statements
of foreign ministers must be &C
cepted cum grG7l0 sails.
The Anamites are an inferior class
of Chinese; they adopt some of their
manners and customs: they wear
not one, but two watches, the better
to take note Of time; they call their
call their children insects" and
designate their wife "the thorn in
the rib" each family has a canal
barge, brilliantly painted, and that
serves as q villa residence, and max.
ing circular tours round the city: I
refer to the capital Hue. The ish-
eTmen employ nets, but rely on
herOns to catch the fish. The bird
sits on bamboo raft, dives when it
spies take and deposits the fish in
a bucket of water. The owner
then removes the muzzle, two bits
of wood, from the bill to prevent
deyouring the fish, bestoWs en-
coniums on the heron, and
rewards it with ball of
fish pate, The bird then INDUCES
in forty Winks, after which
Richard is himself again.
The triumph of "Fronten" III the
Grand PriX was a S2ETSlg1s cordG fol-
the French, after losing on Arab
and seeing the odds against them at
/ TOnkin. Never was sucn q crowd
ever witnessed at the Long Champs
race course. IL was the grand re-
view at the close Of the season of
all that Paris likes, toilets, euui.
pages, celebrated men, fashionable
ladies, pride, luxury, True Parisians
care little about the horses and their
jocks; they remain at the entrance
to the course, seated on the grass tc
witness the costumes in all their
virgin freshness before being
powdered with dust. Another grour
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