The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-30
FROM FRANCE.
Our Regular Letter From the Gay
French Capital
Deals With a Variety Of Subjects
This Time,
And All of Them Of Interest to the
Reader.
PARIS, December s. 1888.

courage to tell the people disagree.
able truths, and to avoid fatterlng
their vanity. Tnis would accustom
the French to the fact, Of which they
are inwardly conscious, that there are
other people, just ss good. at least. as
themselves, and who at the same
time care very little about them
Deputy Amsgat cannot be too highly
praised for his timely pamphlet on
1.-The Perils of Colonization" His
republicanism cannot be called in
question and his independence never
was doubted.
III. Amagat lays down that France
in her craze for new territory, canno,
found colonies, she cannot rival Eng
land, and has to choose between
irritating that nations interest, o. be.
coming her colonial subaltern. The
role OF France is, he asserts, to. main.
tain a first-class position in Europe;
this she cannot do If she fritters away
her resources in foreign expeditions.
NJ. Amagst, does cot consider the
republic to have accomplished all it
might have done since 1871; it has
sacrificed individualism to cosmopol.
itanism, and patriotism to universal
Maternity: 1t has weakened the mil
itary spirit OF the nation, By false no
tions about peace and philanthropy.
It has secured no allies for France,
and be desires to know where are her
friends now? He ironically ssks NJ.
Ferry. in whs! strata o! the popula-
ton he expects to find emigrant,.
pioneers OF civilization" for his
bran new colonies, having failed to
obtain them for those that exist.
The anarchists still keep going
about like stormy petrels. They have
a weakness for organizing open air
reunions, but the authorities have
arrested the leaders Of such gather
ings. A Hyde Park or q camp meet
ing might degenerate into revolution
and that is kind of occupation at
which, in France, the play could not
be counted upon the but too real
suferings which exis: ia the country.
In themselves there is nothing dan
gerous. But the sheep?
Respe citing Tonkin, the French
would be delighted to get out OF that
mess in any honorable manner.
Time. and the chapter of accidents,
will duly bring the solution. Had
ministers been as wise now a. at the
commencement, they would never
have made a descent on the Red
river. 1t will prove heavy BLOW and
great Encouragement to the doctrine
of "protectorstes." The Australians
will not incur much opposition by
throwing the @gis of the Southern
cross over the Polynesian archipelago.
They have only to m" ke thugs pleas
ant with the king of the Sandwich
Islands. France would have no OBJ
lection to cede not only her rights on
the New Hebrides, but would throw
New CAlendonia into the bargain.
E"For whatsoever the carcas, is,
there will the eagles be gathered to
ge.her." The prevailing crisis in
trade and commerce, has eDgendered
swarms Of userers, who disguise
themselves under the nsme ct bank
ers. Real bankers are very eciecsic
in the paper they now discount;
where they gave hitherto sccomoda-
tions for ninety days. they now lin.
it the period to 80. Small trades
men have NO chance; they simply
must 60 under if they cannot wsather
the storm. The chauvanistic press
attributes the stagnation Of afairs. TO
the importation of the German, Aus
trian and English. As the Chinese
would say, "the foreign devils" are
the cause OF the mischief. France lie
not passing through so mucn q crisis
az undergoing an evolution. where
her productions, if they are 10, must
compete, in point of price. with
those of the foreigner. This implies
the REIMBURSEMENT On the part OF en-
ployers of portion of their fa.
profts; on the part of the workmen
all, overpaid, acceptance of smaller
salaries: and of the state, economy
in the administration of the country;
no unproductive expenditure either
in the shape of berths for the Barna-
cle's tribe, useless public works and
dangerous path findings in Tonkins
and elsewhere. All manufacturers
OF France are handicapped by SO per
cent OF home taxation higher than
those of Germany.
But, reCenous q nos m0uton3. The
usuriers in Fsanca are of different va
rieties, the real 'Ebrew Jew being in
the minority. The Gentiles eclipse
him. The provincial usurer is gen
orally a man who in bis lawful call
ing, has saved some $4,000 francs.
and has retired from business. He is
cheerful, dapper and venerable look
ing. and sympathizes with fast young
persons, whom be invites to walk
into, not his parlor. but corner of
his fsvorite cafe. He is an habitue
OF ce fes; it lie there that he finds his
quarry, and can keep a steady eye
on his victims. Perhaps the happi-
est moment OF young mans Lille.
after that OF definitely quitting school
is that when frightened by his fire..
debt M q few hundred francs. he nh.