St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-30
SAINT PAUL.
Additional city News on the E ghth Page.
MEN WHO TALK.

Prof. de Henzel, who fought all
through the Franco German war, eX-
plains the present situation at Paris in
a manner which throws new light upon
affairs in that hotbed of revolutions:
Prior to the Franco-German war;
said the professor, there were not
more than 10000 or $4,000 Americans Ill
Paris. To-day there are three or four
times that number, and the majority OF
them are Germans who have become
Americans in order that they may live
i'm France. Had they gone there as
Germans, they would have been SuS-
pected of being spies, but by becoming
American citizens they not only OBJ
tanned the protection of the American
flag. but the French authorities are not
so likely to subject them to surveil-
lance. The majority of these pseudo
Americans, men ana women, are scat
tered over France, and through them
correct information concerning the
topography of the country, details of
the Notifications. and the character ana
political leaning of almost every man IN
France is reported to the bureau OF
espionage at Berlin. | hope Boulanger
will not obtain more power, as he would
like to precipitate war with Germany.
I1G Is dll uliUlllOuS NiiN NV
the proper person to exercise any in
fluence over the destinies of country"
~
Bill Nye is Just as amusing in con-
perSaton as in his writings, and as he
is brimful of spicy anecdote and dry
humor, he is a delightful companion.
He was talking about Bret Harte yes
terday, and said that in his opinion
ic tI,n rraatao fl nf fhp
day. He has originated new school in
fiction, the purely Western American,
and | am glad to see that he is appreci-
ated to fury as great an extent in En-
gland as in America" Referring TO
certain passages in Bret Harte'S writ
ingS in which he mentions Bill Nye,"
he said that he had never met Bret
Harte, and did not know whether he
was the Nye referred to. He spoke
very strongly in favor of an interna-
tional copyright law, and denounced
the OutragtS of piracy on both sides OF
the water as being crying shame. He
has been agitating the subject in New
York, and thinks that there is hope CT
bill being passed by congress to pre-
vent literary larceny"
~
In reference to the recent dispatches
from Chicago and Detroit stating that
many thousands of Poles had rebelled
against their bishop, under the leader
ship of their priest, G.. Grygla says that
the whole trouble arises out of the all
tagOnism of certain priests to the Polish
National alliance. A large majority of
the Poles who come to this country are
ignorant men, and this alliance was
formed to help the newcomers. ire
Spective of creed, by starting them in
business or loaning them money. In
the alliance any Pole. be he Catholic,
Lutheran or Jew, is welcomed, provided
that his character be good. Some of
the priests who, hitherto, have led their
fockS like sheep. became jealous of the
Influence the alliance was exercising
over them and denounced it.
Senator Whiteman is back from Du-
luth, looking no worse fer his narrow
escape from sutlocation. "A Duiuthian,
who witnessed the senator's escape,
says that but tor the peril of the Situa-
ton it would have been very iudicrous.
After jumping out of bed and finding
escape by the stairs impracticable, he
grabbed the first things he saw. which
happened to be fur coat and a silk hat.
Hastily donning these over his pajamas,
he climbed cut of the tourth-tloor win
dow, and along the cornice to the cor
her. He was soon reached by ladder,
down which he climbed in hurry,
nearly fainting from smoke and cold
when he reached the ground.