New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE PRESIDENTS TROUBLES.
o,.rrp COMPLICATIONS At TIE ELYsEE-PRrN
CESS MATHILDE's TACT JULES SIMON
OPINIONS ABOUT AMERICA.

QUEER COMPLICATIONS At TIE ELfsEh-fN''-
CESS MArHuDEs TACT JULES sIMoN's
OPINIONS ABOUT AMERICA.
Paris, December 5.
Fates seem to be adycrs" to NJ Casimr-Perer
and he has literally been forced into the adoption
of a measure which has had the effect OF putting
no in arms against him the greater part Of both
houses Of the Legislature. When he became
President he started out with the very laudaDle
determination that everything should be open
and above board that there should be no con-
cealment or secrecy whatsoever about his life
and that no excuse should be afforded for any
maIevolent stories about him. With this object
in view he gave orders for the publication in the
nowspapers every day OF the names OF all the
visitors to the Elysee He has now been ooiiged
to countermand this arrangement, ana th"' 100
in manner calculated to give great o1ence 10
the Senators and Deputies. These gentlemen
have the ex-ofico right Of admission to the pres
ence Of the Chief Magistrate without peing
OBLIGED to observe the formaty Of previously
asking for an audience. 1t seems that the legis-
lotors who avaied themselves Of this privilege ~
the greatest extent were precisely those VINO hau
the most unpleasant and unsavory antecedents'
II may be said that I'm their hands the prerosa-
tive degenerated into an abuse. 1hey "ouiu can
day after day at the Elysee to see the PresidehV
without any business TO transact and sole'y WIN
the object Of seeing their names published IN the
,oxsnaners as having been among his visitors
Ry this means they not only conveyeh % 'he"
constituents tho impression that they were hand
in-glove with ~ Casimir-Perer ana MS intimate
friends but they also furnished an excuse 10 MS
adversares FOR alleging that he was compro""s-
ing both his name and his dignity by puohc'y
notorious
h-,,od Finding that NJ hint suf.iced to keer
,b,so unwelcome visitors away. the President. the
d,v before Yesterday. issued an official nothca-
,o, IN the effect that henceforth no names OF MS
v,si,ors will be published In the press. openly
giving as his reason for this step the statement
that Senators and Deputies have endeaVorei =
connrom,se him by affecting an intimacy VIII"
did not really exist 1t will readily he unhers''''
that this announcement has been accep'en III '''
ught of an intentional slight by the TWO mousse
of the Legislature. and is likely 10 ~ a'''"'S'
bv poltical results OF an important ana "''e
reaching nature. IT Is all the more unio' 'u''"V
"a the moor President is daily becoming more
and more unpopular. nobody seems eNa'UF "
know why So much Ia this the case 'ha' ""''
Yesterday a deputatlon Of tho proVinciai press
felt impelled 10 wal; upon him at the hysee ~.
the purpose Of assuring him OF their soou"".
and. above ALL Of their sympathy for MN IN MI
~, ah,ss md attacks with which he Is being as
sailed from every side.
Another incident which has caused graz
deal OF talk during the past week mas pesh '.e
euobt 70 which both the President ana MS WIG
1900 s,,h,ac,ed AT the great requiem service heid
-. ,ho pusa,an Church on the Rue Daru IN hohor
, ,ho Int. Gar II was n service attehdeu ~
,ho cbiaf Magistrate and his Cabinet III III"
s,,,o there being an imposing display oi "''p'
-, every arm which were Stationed III 'he "''s
horhood Of the sacred edifce ara ai'e' ""'u
marched past It's principal entrance oo'o'' ""'
officers saluting. not the President pu' '' '
hers NJ the Russian Embassy, VINO s'oou oe''''
hin, on the steps Everything nao pee" uv''
tho Government TO show how much '"e
Nation shared the sorrow Of its RUSSIA" '''e"'''
and how much II deplored the loss OF A'eN"n"'
-, w., a, rho service the Russian Charge dAf-
faires acting presumably under instructions i''''
:, Petersburg. accorded the place of honor not
/ ~ the President nor Nine Casimir-ferier' OUT
>, tho Princess Nathilde Bonaparte, BESIDE
ho,, no stood throughout the entire service
,r,o ,,d LADY looked very imposing ana maJesuc
l., anita ~ her age and embonpolnt. ana was
rraved q, deep mourning with the crimson anu
.uver-edged ribbon OF :he Russian oru'r vi 81
/ Catherine across her breast luhh! .."e
sceu. took piece az she was leaV'hS' Ne'.""e
the entrance door simultaneously WIZ" ''''
/ l,,, por,er she drew back In order To per-
nit the latter TO pass. The fresue"' WI.
mad somewhat disconnected by this act OF
courtesy and became still more so wheh the
Princess exclaimed Mime la Presidehte' 1t Is
/ vour place to pass first, ana take 'hs oppo'
! ,,,,, -, having an introduction To you. beg
cor, =, exnress To the President OF the Republic
u,y sincere good wishes Quickly recovering
loo
her Measure. and the two ladies cordially SHOOK
! h,rds after which. they passed out OF the church
/ ,oo,ber ON the following day Nine. Perer
ouaa imam the Princess at her house In the Rue
ia Rerri and | suppose that within Few Jays
ve shall see the Princess making her return WISH
M that Elysee Palace where she was In the
habit OF doing the honors for her cousin Ma
noleon Ill. until the latter married Eugene ae
Montijo.
Jules simon Is about TO undergo an operation
for the removal OF eata,ac rn me a. i with es
teem and even affection by people OF every
political shade, mainly by reason OF MS oreaatn
and liberaty Of view. There Is oniy one po .he
ON which 1t is possible to take exception 10 tne
very sensible utterances which fnd their way
from time to time into one or the other OF the
leading newspapers here ana ,s s%S s,s Is ms an
article published in the Temps some time ago
he held up Americans to the obioquy OK the CIVIL
lied world. as the destroyers OF Una, Nus III
por,ant Of all social institutions, namely IA
famille He declared that 1t was the North
Americans who were setting the pace. not alone
in the Western but also In the Eastern Hemi-
sphere and who were forcing by compeulioh' as
we'll as by example. the nations OF Europe 10
transform their easy going and deliberate gait
into a mad Yankee gallop. which leaves no time
for any such cumbersome baggage as sentiment
and Ties Of domestic affection He then went on
IN saw that It was the family institution which
alone sweetened life and rendered II pure. and
pointed out that II the Americans. by their per
nicious example are destroying the family sys-
fem OF the old world they are ipso facto also de-
stroving the purity Of Europe He declared
matrimony In the United states 10 DE u me mere 8