The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-01

her people IN general, In the mldSl
of all the Wickedness and friVOlity
| into which the vehemence and VIOLA.
tility of their natures seem te
hurry them, there are redeeming
traits in the national character
which even their implacable
enemies cannot choose but admire
aye and fear. Germany fears France
to-day. Not as an armed antagonist
perhaps, nor would she be likely to
ADMIT it if she did. But she fears
her industry and undying patriot
ism. She fears the silent workings
of that Herculean power which
lifted in the twinkling of an eye
from the bowed shoulders of this
bent but all unbrOken Atlas, the
world of Indebtedness which the
iron hand of the Gothic cOnqueror
had placed there. She fears the I'M
conquerable force of that aggressive,
military enthusiasm which, in the
better days of the Republic and the
Empire, waved its triumphant
tricolor in the pale face of conquered
Europe and startled the ears Of
every despot in Christendom with
| the rattle and roar of artillery and
its frenZied shouts of "Vi09 Lepettts
CGpOrGl!" She fears the shoulder
ing fires of that ancient chivalry
and patriotic Zest which in later
times would not rest till the last
centime of war indemnity had been
paid, and the last German trooper
had recrossed the Rhine-that as
tOnishing vitality which amazed the
civilized world, that at one moment
saw France crushed and bleeding
at the feet of her proud and power
full foe, and at the next beheld her
on eagles wings shaking from her
bright plumage the dust and ashes
of defeat and imperial despotism
and soaring aloft as arepublicanized
phoenix in the proud consciousness
of her resurrection to a newer and
better life. At least such is what
a Frenchman would say, and | am
none. But there is really
no denying the fact that
France is in a better condition
now than before her fiery baptism
in the Franco-German war. Ger
many, her foe, was really her friend
in disguise, The mission of suffer-
ing is to humble and to purify.
France sadly needed the remedy,
and Germany administered it with
al unspairing hand. But in seek
ing to crush out the life of her Gal
lie rival, she gave her new life in
stead, or rather gave the old life
lew impetus So that to. day, while
the Teutonic empire is reputedly all
but bankrupt, eaten up by the i'm
mense standing armies which she
claims are rendered necessary by
reason of French agrees iveness,
and recommends as a grand contl- |
mental coup d'etGt the still further
reduction and Acknowledgement of her |
enemy's political power and dOmin-
ion, her sometime victim, having |
recovered from the effects of def, at,
with ornaments less mighty but
with internal prosperity far greater,
begins to gaze wistfully at captured
Alsace and Lorraine, significantly
drapes the memorial statue of Stras-
bOurg in black, and tightens the sim
aws of war in the early anticipa-
ton of future struggle.
But I must not soliloquize too
Iong, or l will never get to Paris.
which is precisely what l thought
while the above reflections were
much less time and
space than are now reQuired-
my Uranium. A compli-
nent by the by to said Uranium.
Suffice it that we finally reached
here aud were met at
he station-not by the Eng
disappearing guide we had paid
or and expected to be on hand to
convey US to our hotel, but by the
disappointment of finding no one to
" from whom we could communi-
,ate or receive SINCE Ineligible ,
dea, and the annoyance and per-
)lexity of pGrley UolIS ing our way
)ver Paris in quest of a suitable
,lace to pass the night. Imagine
Is, if you please and can, hunting
through the streets of the CAV
French capital for the Hotel de
3agneauX pronounced Bahn-yO), but
skiing in our innocence for bagnio,
o the CONSERVATION and amuse-
q ent of the native popu ace. Oh
l have punched the head of
Thomas Cook & Son, if 1t had only
Deen there! Luckily we met on our
amble a young Englishman who
ould soeak American, or there is
10 telling but the Morgne might
ave had other tenants besides the I
hree CHASTITY c0rpses which We saw I
there on the third follow 1
ny day. 1t was Sunday afternoon {
When we arrived in Pans, but from q
be gaily decked shops and busy o
um of trade everywhere manifest,
10 one but Il conhrMed Partisan :
you'd ever have suspected that \
uch was the case. Paris knows
ut little of tie meaning Of The
EOrd Sabbath. The churches. which =
re- pIeht fuI. have no lack of pat
Onage un that day, but, str nge to
I'll, The same PEOPLE WHO SD
evO0lly worship III the morning
ttend the theatre and race course I
Il The afternoon, and danes at
ght. They say, and perhaps
link, there Is no harm IN such
hlngs. Their argument in support
f Sabbath breaking Is strikmgly
imllar 80 what | have sometimes