The record-union., 1891-02-27
Ex-Empress Fredericks Visit to
Paris Proves a Failure.
FRENCH ARTISTS WILL NOT ATTEND
THE BERLIN EXPOSITION.
Further Particulars of the lombard
ment at Iquique-Two Hundred
Women and Children Perish in the
Ruins of Sacked BuiIdines-Appre-
hcnsions OF an Outbreak in the
Argentine Republic.
Special to the REcoRD-UxIoN.


PARIS, Feb. 26.-An increased feeling of
anxiety lest sudden disturbance should
occur before the Empress Frederick leaves
Paris prevails here. There was a plan
which was looked upon as settled, By
which the French artists were to exhibit
the products of their art in the Berlin
Exhibition, bat it has been abandoned.
Detaille, the French painter, finally
yielded to the pressure brought to bear
upon him, and to-day announced that he
made a mistake in consenting to send
some of his works to the German Exhibi-
ton, adding that he feels, upon refiec-
ton, that it would not be patriotic to 90 to
Berlin
Retaille also says that all brother artists
who are F'renchmen will abstain from be-
ing represented at Berlin. The artistic
question outlined by the statements made
by Detaille and other French artists is the
chief topic of conversation throughout
Paris and the provinces.
AT a reception held yesterday evening
by Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Won Munster, the German Embassador,
threw the whole blame for the unpleas-
antness arising from the visit of the EN-
press upon Hernette, the French En-
baSsador at Berlin.
This has given rise to a considerable
amount of diplomatic correspondence bv
telegraph and otherwise, the outcome of
which, 1t would seem, is that Hernette
will most likely be recalled from Berlin.
That the action of the Parisians and the
tone OF the newspaper press of Paris will
be deeply resented in Berlin nobody for
an instant doubts, and there are many
people who look forward, not without a
feeling OF apprehension, to the effect the
present unpleasantness may have upon
the mind of the Emperor of Germany.
Calmer minds, ever since the project to
get French artists to exhibit in Berlin
was mooted, have been specializing upon
what the effect would be on the people of
Berlin, for instance, if the celebrated
pictures of Detaille, giving from the
French point of view the incidents of the
Franco -Prussian war of 1S70-71 and glori-
lying the French arms, were exposed in
the exposition in the capital of Germany.
The Bourse was weak owing to reports
that articles unfavorable to France. aris-
ing from the feeling here over the visit of
the Empress Frederick, were printed in
the Cologne Gazette and other German
newspaper s.
Empress Frederick and daughter
visited the Cathedral of Notre Dame. the
Cluny Museum and the Luxembure
Gardens to-day.
! Excited groups gathered in the lobbies
OF the Chamber of Deputies this evening
discussing the Cologne Gazette's article :
Some of the French newspapers are
running riot in their remarks.
The Jour says: ''Our army is ready:
our armament complete and our reserves
thoroughly trained.''
The Empress Frederick has remained
calm, and has no fear of untoWard Incl
dent marring her visit.
BERLIN, Feb. 26.-The Post, comment
ing on the Partisan incident, saws: at
Will evidently bring the necessity for q
struggle nearer. The sword would have
been lowered long ago were it not for
Russia"
A Vienna paper attributes the agitation
in Paris to Russian designs, carried on
through De Roulede and his followers,
The Cologne Gazette, commenting on
the conciliatory overtures Emperor Will
lam made to France, of which the visit of
eX-Empress Frederick is regard as proof.
says the French have right to think of
revenge, but they havesao right to iniure
the feelings of the head of this empire
and his mother by insults that could be
expected only of scoundrels. The Ger
man people feel deeply the outrage upon
the person of their Emperor, and they
have right to expect the French people
and the Government to give ample salts
faction and wipe out the stain upon the
honor OF France by energetically calling
to order the miserable wretches who have
lnsulted ex-Empress Frederick.