The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-28
PARIS G REAT AIR.
THE NATIONS THAT WILL BE REP
RESENTED AT THE EXPOSITION.

Will Interest American Readers.
From the Netc York Star.
PARIS, Feb. 16-The rising specter of
revolution, Notwithstanding the picture it
leaves on the retina of the French reaction
ist, is a shadowy thing compared to the
Exposition Centenaire. They have both
grown side by side, they came into view
simultaneously, but while Boulangism has
developed with a pace easily fol-
lowed, the exposition has material
lied as if under the magician's
wand. Little more than year ago a few
fimsy skeletons of buildings were up. Eiffel
was working with almost savage earnest
ness on the arches of his tower, while all
Paris was disposed TO regard him, caarita-
bly,, as one gone awry In mechanical art
M Albert Wolf, the first chronIcler and
critic of the time, had cOndemne the I'M
dertaking. 1t was FOOLS project, he said
intended to render the Paris school of
science ridiculous. He demonstrated, with
great mathematical skin, the fate of self
humiliation which awaited the monstrosity,
and being public analyst OF unimDeached
ability his words had prec selv the
same effect as those OF the clinical expert
whose diagnosis extinguishes the last lingcr-
ing hope at the PATIENTS bedside. Alarm
spread among the workmen. Their wages
had to be increased 10 dispel their fears
Melancholy crowds gathered on the oppo-
site bank of the Seine every pleasant Sun
day What moment ght not che big iron
pile come tumbling to the ground? Three
quarters of a million dollars were going
from the peoples pocket into it-where the
alchemst to reconvert this gold from GER
tain rum!
AT this very same period the whole world
seemed 20 have turned its back upon the
revolutionary centennial. The four dis
tressing Incidents Of the German frontier
had been succeeded by the triple alliance;
the English Neptune was feting the Aus
tr an Trtons in the Adratic; the two mid
European emperors mad apparently hyp-
Noticed Crispi and Humb rt; the car,
alarmed at seeing the Gambetta constitu-
ton torn to shreds, and angered at the
growing strength of Floquet, whom he de-
spised while dreading withheld his promise
of representation, and just then, as if to
clilch the imperial and monarchic resist
ance, the commercial rivalry between Italy
and France came very near serving as Bis
marck'S lOng-sought pretext for war.
That, within the year, the republic should
| have been extricated from its foreign en-
| tanglements, though straddled at home bv
| the BOulauger incubus, is a striking proof
Of the saying that liberals in power become
| effective conservatives. The spirit of con-
| ceSsion on every side, save that of Boulang-
! ism, has marked Fl1uuet's administration
England, estranged from German influence
| in consequence of the persecution of the
| queens daughter and the disagreeable diplo-
matte controversies which have attended it,
! is in better feeling with France. Her great
| liberal force has joined in the war of opinion
| against lie brave general, and, as an earnest
of good fellowship with the radical minis
| try is now the most active Of the exposition
| helpers.
Next to France, Great Britain will &C
| cupy the greatest amount OF space In the
variety and novelty Of exhibits she will sur
pass all. AustrO- Hungary, disposed to i'm
| itate England rather than Germany, be-
cause of fraternity of interest in the east,
| has gulped down her theocratic objections,
| and will make a grand display. Italy
Modified bySthe surprising moderation of
what was expected to prove the very tartar
| of French cabi1ets, has decided to take ad
vantage Of the chance to display her indus
trial advancement All the ultramontane
countries have pigeon-holed their
grievances against the young re-
J public and its thriving Inateralism
| and are working hand in hand to
celebrate what is, in the vision Of the
| Super-SanctimOniOuS, the infant anniversary
of agnosticism. How striking that the men
who have 50 long app lauded la reUdnche of
| the rabhle, who bauished God from the
school text books, aud who invited, by their
| antagonism to the church, the uncom-
| promising enmity of the Catholic world,
| should find themselves at the head of the
| state in this season of external peace and
| seeming benevolence! NJ. Floquet and the
| car have been reconcied in the formers
apology, aud self-reproach for the Viva la
| PolOg de' incident; Russia got her big loan
out of the stockings of the French bour-
geoise, and the objections of the Muscovite
| ruler have vanished. Germany, alone, of
| the European powers, will remain unrepre-
scented.
THE EXHIBITION IN THE CHAMPS-DE-MARS
Meanwhile the Sl0,0O0,U 900 joint subsidy
of the nation and city was being freely
spent In the Champ-de- Mars, architec-
tural wonders began to appear, as if borne
thlther III the night, after the very agreea-
bic scheme OF transportation peculiar to
Arabian tales How Lamartine dislked
this spot? Yet could he have anticipated
its present site tn pal of the past would
have seemed less severe, for here. where
anarchy raised its red flag century ago,
the republican is now erecting its two big
gest monuments-the Palals DIES Machines
aud Eiffers shaft The mournful c)ntem-
platiol of the latter was many
months ago replaced by sanguine smiles.
People now come in horles to pay
open-mouthed reverence to it. NJ. Wolf
has retracted, completely, abjactly. He
has done mOre-lamDOoned those who led
HIM, by their assum otioa of knowledge,
into his error. NJ. Eff.l is odjudged great;
his tower is great. You could alrea iy hide
the Washington monolith in it. The top is
out of sight on misty days In fair weather
the huge protruding derrick beams look not
SO large as walking sticks; the busy artisans
resemble nothing so much as anima,cllR
under weak microscopes; you see form,
slowly you discern motion-but the specieSf
Not Knowing the form was man you could
readily believe 1t to be an insect. Was that
some smokers match that just went
out All, no: that was the big blast forge
which wrinkles in its labOrs like one of the
spinning planets. A persistent effort Of the
eve to pierce the latticed work is followed
by odd effects. The 500 feet in hight of
iron girders, bars, plates AID bolts, topple
so Wy over the Jena bridge to where you
stand, you shut your sight against the fall,
rub the film away, aud look once more,
only to see this dancing dervish make mock
salaam to the Hotel de, lnvalidos on
your left. Descending from these illusory
attitudes in search Of rest the eye is sure TO
dwell at length on the spreading panorama
beneath; the tower arch, higher than the
twin steaples of Notre Dame; the Machine
Palace in perspective, its central terrace
and dome square 20 view as il set in
mammoth terra Gotta frame; on either side,
extending ward you the two arms Of the
main buil1iug "a rroi ,ntiuNr in lOfnp-tODDpd