New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-29
TOPICS IN PARIS.
PENAL -ToNQUIN-FRENCH AND
RUSSIAN MOBILES.
IRON EEoUIAE CORRESPONDENT OF rae TKrDUSE.'

human materials for french eolonlo9 IA 'i"I'o =.
and Tonauin. The political men VINO nave Ooeh ul
yiding the official loaves ana hSheS among 'n'
selves since 1878 knew with the exception OF NJ
Iyodd;rcton very little of the world outside OF
Er.rcc They all believed that the United States OF
Au,orieo Australia and New-Zeaand were created
r. pr;tisb conyicts There used to be penal serVl-
+nda In the Southern States when they belonged 10
Enoland in the British Antilles, and until twenty
wears ago in Tasmania and the insHar continent Vi
the Southern Hemisphere. But the class OF Ehghsn-
men who were sent there because 100 weak 10 Keep
in the rank and file of honest hard-workng laDoIelS
and artisans did not rs rule prosper wheh llpei-
ated and increase and multiply. The law III Fn'uo
30 ,hib tba 6ttest persons for the struggle up to
higher plano survive in the battle vi me-
in America and Australia as it does in Europe Ihe
darin scoupdrel wrests legality and makes it an in
strument for his advancement. III weighed III INC
soolos of fanltless Justice, he might be found 10
,ori+ Aogoinq even to DEATH But he IS not llkely
90 ,o+ ontanpled in the mcshcs of nets laid for nm
nv vulgar detectives and police constables' an"
therefore Is not likely to become the deniZen Oh
penal colony. The lstless neer-do-weels ior every
social purpose are the ones who are doomed 10 M
transport vessels. Latterly the OpportuhS''
thonght IL might be i'm short time opportune 10
shin off turbulent Republicans TO places liAo l'n-
orin and Madagascar. 1t was revelation 10 'hcl"
when Clemenceau stated in speech Delivered III
the Chamber last spring that England had gwen up
transporting her criminal population Tor now lnore
than twenty years.
NJ Cballcmel-Lacour has gone for his health 10
Cannes and also to throw upon VI. Jules Ferry the
undivided responsibility of the action which inc
V,o,cb Government is about to take in dealing with
the Tonouin affair. The Minister of Foreign Affairs
was 70 some extent publicly disayowed by the Pre-
Data la xNna
the bnuckles by the Chamber there is no reason he
onines for throwing up his portfolio. The situation
NJ Foreign Minister is splendid one, and its titular
! criovs the cmolumcnts which are attached to H.
He has n very fine salary, the whole OF when ne
saves can be lord over many of his old friends ana
enjoys the occupancy Of the big. we-heated rooms
! in the Palace of the Quai fOrsay
| NJ ChaIlcmcl- I acour suffers from n chronic dis
case of the liver and the stomach. He il cold man
with m irritable temper and there are times when
| he cannot help being dsaTeeable TO no matter
! whom. II Is n mistake 10 think that he ana Tam
betta were warm friends. The great orator prized
| Challcmel- Lacour's scholarship ana also ms con-
s,orcr. in odberinc 10 the Republican flag. But he
was very tired Of working with him In the office OF
Ia PfppBHoue Franchise and in Parliament, and had
him sent as Ambassador TO London to avoid friction
| with him NJ. Cha!leme- Lacour there made himself
very disapreeable to his patron. 1t was the time
when the French Consul Ring was intriguing with
! Arabi 70 upset the Khcdivc. and France and Eng
land secretly struggling for influence at caro-.
Gambctta was under the impression that he wouid
be able TO talk over or ont -mln@nvre England.
| CbaIlemel-I acour informed him with merclleN'
trnth that he was indulging in illusions. lie stated
fine English case with trcnchant clcarneSS-and IN
dispatch which was 10 figure in the Yellow Book
NJ Challcmel-Lacour IL was agreed, was w be th'
diSacrecablc partner Of NJ. Ferry In treating WIN
tbc Mandarin Tscng. In short, he was 10 " try II
on" 10 resort to policy Of unyieding resistance
and hanchtncss When lac went too far or thought
another line cxpcdicnt, he was to throw the racket
to the Premier, who was 10 try the cordial dodge.
The Chinese envoy against whom they have botl
heon pitted Is a man Of rare diplomatic talents,
which have been sharpencd by the European pre-
ccptors under whom he was placed ~ lns youth
They were Jesuit Fathers. TSeng has played hi'
cards with singular address. He protltcd by the
sharp competition for news among the French an'
English journals TO get 10y making communications
10 it, the press TO his side. II was impossible Tor L.
portcrs and correspondents 10 whom he granted
~intcryiows" not to treat him kindly, and not t.
show q Chinese bias in dealing with the event
which are going forward AT Tonquin.
There has been an impression that VI. jules Eorr'
will not 90 to the last extremity but that he vii
/ !
in a salon where had the advantage Of conycrsn
, with him about two months ago, what would be tn
minimum Of the French demand. His reply was
J do not dare tell you, for if tho Chinese knew /
,yould render them too cIactng" On this occasion
e NJ Ferry complained of the English Government
which, he would have il, was behind Tseng an
epg.d him on to be insolcnt 20 France. He callc
4 the Chinese envoy a trick,ter, and appeared {
think that his sojourn at Folkestone would rcndc
him more tricky, Earl Granville being IN the neigh
u borhood at Wamer Castle. The complaints were
2. however made with good temper. The French lr'
G micr could not understand why England haym
y moro colonies than she can easily protect, shout
d prudcc the valley Of the Red River to France.
IS NJ. Gr6yy las been to shoot this week at Ran
" boullct, along with the four Russian Grand DUKE
10 who are visiting Paris One Of their Imperial lliel
nesses is said 10 be here as sutton of the Princes
If Amclie of Orleans When he called on the Pres
dent at the Elys(c and was shown into his sttsl.
room. NJ GIGyy in shaking hands with him hcl
himself back little and galcd on his Imperial NJ
itOr for some moments.
"Whv do Won look at me 50 r. exclaimed Alexis
A Because you are the finest looking man that
have ever come across. believe the fair sex woul
, adopt my verdict. The Princess who makes a col
II quest of you X To be tclictatcd"
nc No doubt the Grand Duke sensible of Oh
q feigncd. NJ Gr6vy then had some chat with hin
- about the state Of political parties IN France and -
- pressed To him conviction that the Republic WI
nc ON a durable basis. He also said that hc did NJ
10 know why any monarchica Government should !
I'd afraid of IT. Universal suffrage a conseryay
~ force because there five millions of pcasaI
., electors who all owned the ground they live upol
" in France.
n 1 am not aware that the President tried
H. dissuadc the Russian Prince from matrimonii
nj alliance with the eldest branch of the House of
l. leans Bs this il may lac did not tO the great dl
- appointment OF the Count and Countess dc Parl
= attend the grand hunting party at Chantilly. ii
o. three brothers and the Grand Duchess Nadim
a went The two daughters Of the Due de Chartr'
and the three daughters of the Count de Paris fo
at lowed the hunt OF horseback in company with the
n mothers and the Princess de JOnvillc. These lad
III are admirable cqucstricnnes. The Prnccsscs of Il
Il Paris branch wore blue habits and those of q
ls | Eharlrcs llght brown. The GRIND Dmchcss Nlnd