Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-26
NOTES FROM ABROAD.
CLANCY N. DEPEW TALKS0N HAPPENINGS
IN EUROPE.


SgOloIAoLl.
NEW YORK, September 23.-Chauncy
M. Depew arrived home from Europe yes
terday. He was, of course, interviewed in
the afternoon and said he had seen little in
the continental papers about events here.
The principal American topic for the Euro
pean papers was the fight on the floor of
Congress between Messrs. Laird and Cobb.
Those two persons were held up rs leading
American statesmen, and there were
columns in the'papers going to show that
their meeting was typical of American
civilization.
~ was present." he said, Gin Paris
during the festivities consequent upon Mr..
NJ. Chcvreul's attending his one hundreth
birthday, and the efforts of prominent men
to kill him with kindness and his elastic
| efforts to resist proved the capacity Of the
French for any sort ofgoyernment. There
was q civic demonstration, and the poor
old man was taken to the Grand Opera
House, which WAS damned from roof to
nit, and RECALLED with five acts from rs
many operas and pantomime. Then, long
after a man one hundred years old ought
to be in bed, the curtain was rung up and
n huge bust of the old gentleman was
shown. 1t was on 4 pedestal about as large
as that on Bedloe's Island. The Roman
senators in gowns, saluted it, and then
Roman %centurions and tribunes of the pco-
pie, in armor, did the same thing. Then
Marcus Tullius Cicero, in toga and with
his hair banged, looking just rs he does on
bustS, statues, and coins, came out and
delivered IN grafton. | suppose" added
Mr.. Dcpew, t%houghtfully, because they
thought he might might be n familiar
| figure to the old man. The Roman girls
brought flowers and palm branches and
threw them at the foot of he pedestal,
and rs the Roman girls had to appear in
the ballet Immediately aiterward, the I'M
preston OH the French mind must have
been that Roman girls dressed rs ballet
girls do nowadays. Finally, amid frantic
enthusiasm, two ballet girls were swung
from the wings in mid air, and crowned
| tie SlslIUt Will lulCl NltiNho. ~ hNAs
day there was n banquet to which 900 peo-
pie sat down. The orators read Their
speeches, and no one paid any attention to
them. When one finished there would be
a pause rs though he were the last speaker.
Then another mans friend would surround
him and urge him to speak. At first he
would refuse, like n young lady asked
to sing. Finally he would bashfully
consent and all his friends would applaud,
Then he would pull his speech from his
pocket and begin. One gentleman noticed
the name of NJ. Theirs in his speech. The
man sitting next him made some remark
the speaker stopped, put his manuscript il
his pocket, handed his card to his inter,
rupter with the remark that airiend would
call on him the next day, and then wen,
on with his speech us though nothing had
happened. The affair was, of course, full
dress. During the evening the solutions
and dishwashers entered the room in theii
aprons and shirt sleeves. One gentleman
sprang on his chair and shouted that il wa:
an insult to the guests. A dozen Others
sprang up and stated that in the French
Republic, with the motto Liberty, equali
ty, and fraternity, it was nc insult fol
men to appear in the garb of the occupation
they honored by following. At the end O.
the whole NJ. Chevreul said that he thought
he felt much better for the celebration"
Seriously though" said Mr.. Depew,
"thc French people have made q great
stride toward republicanism as we under
stand it; republicanism is growing because
in spite of clericalism, it is growing where
it heretofore has had little hold"
Speaking of the financial situation
abroad, Mr.. Depew said: 'There is an ex'
IRENE depression with respect to European
securities, but as regards American securi
ties there isan almost complete restoration
of confidence. In the event of war, such ~
would be possible, involving the entire
continent, there would be an immense
stoppage of production and an immense
demand for supplies. The result cohC
not fail to be beneficial to this country
and there would be such an absorption o
our securities that there would not bt
enough of our real gilt-edged investments
TO meet one-tenth part Of tbs demand.
There has been a great change for thu
worse in the industrial condition Of Europe
since i was there four years ago" Mr.
Depcw continued. ''The tendency of the
wages OF artisans is downward, while TN,
tendency TO the necessaries of life for thu
%wOrkingmen is not downward. The spread
of Socialism and Anarchism, their threats
and the occasional riots that occur, ar,
alarming the large and the small property
holders alike, and excepting in Francs
there is q reaction toward absOlutism-th'
people are willing to surrender part of theil
Liberties for the sake of protection from
strong government. The whole police ant
espionage system of the continental gov
ernments, including France, are united fol
the suppression of Socialists and Anarch
lists, and the result is that these people arr
being driven in large number to this coun
try. They are now forming o disprOpor
Tomato part of our immigration. The pop
ulation of the continental nations is fast
increasing, without auy outlet in sight
that affords sufficient inducements TO sech
relief in the direction of immigration, fo
the labor troubles in America have beef
grossly exaggerated by the European pres
and though the influence there is nothing
resembling the old colonization spiri
which looked hopefully to the Unite
States.
81 am satisfied from what I saw and
heard Of the Socialistic agitation and ii
influence in creating n tendency toward
abSOlutism that the cause of liberty ant
democracy in Europe has received tn,
greatest setback 1t has experienced il
twenty-five years. There has been a grea
impetus to the military spirit in Germany
since the Franco Prussian war, encouraged
by the fear of the revenge Of France on TIN
other hand and the fear Of the fulfllmen
ofNapoleon's prophecy that Europe wouIt
eventually be either republican OF Cossack
And to-day the Cossaok holds the mos
dangerous power he ever welded. Be