New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01
TOPICS IN PARIS.
GENERALS CRITICISMS OF HIS FELL
LOWS.
r,,rv RAISE STORM IN THE CHAMBER
FASHION IN CHURCHE5-GoOD FEEL
ING TOWARD DE LEssEps

INC; TOWARD DE LESSElS
Paris June 90
All snoculation as to what course General
The MARQUIS de Gallifet would adopt with regard
- the savage onslaughts that have been MADE
unor his character in the Chamber and In the
nress has been set Mt rest since his return % inc
METROPOLIS by his announcement that ne VIII
take no notice whatsoever Of any or the ABUSE
levelled nj his head contentng himself with CALI
ing upon the Minister 81 War to thank him. as
an old comrade. for having 50 warmly Defended
him I'm the legislature The Minister deserves
good deal Of credit for 80 doing; for although
GalIfet IS very popular with the 5ourgeolsie ana
the fashionable world he Is cordially dshked by
his fellow generals. who not only accuse MIN or
having made free use ~ the press In times past
for his own glory and their derlnent but as) Dit
terly resent the manner IN which he stigmauzed
most ~ them as incompetent. mentally ana physi-
caly. in the confidential letters which he was
wont t. address - Gambetta when the latter was
IN power. as President Of the Budget Committee
az President u the Chamber. and as Prime Min
lister Some enemy of the Marquis got mold OF
these secret reports from among Gamoeti1s
papers. and was unknd enough u publish them
in fac-simile 80 that De Gallifet was unable 10
deny having sought 70 poison the mind OF the
authorities against his fellow generals. q whom
the present Minister u War was one. The scan
dal IN which he has now become involved IS
somewhat similar Certain articles have re-
Gently been published by the Figaro" on the
question ~ disarmament, AMI IN these general
who answers u Gallfets description was cited
as having given n very bad account ~ the condi-
ton II the French army. especially regards
the manner In which Il was differed in general.
There IS 50 much analogy between these re-
marks and those contained In Gafet's reports
Z, Clr1b-tta that no one can doubt for an IN
slant thar they are by the same person. and in
decd the fact las not been denied or course
the matter was brough; up f)r discussion in The
Chamber the Generals alleged remarks being
characterized "a 'unpatrlot'c trltorous and SUBJ
y.rslyr OF all military discipline" by Pascal
Gr.Ysset who was one u the leaders % the Com
mune ana The lnsurgent Minister OF Foreign
Affairs IN 1863 ne was one II the s1ciates -
Kochef0rt ouike "Marscllla!se." and It was he
whose seconds. sent e. arrange f0r n duel with
Prince Pierre B0naparte were SO badly received
By the latter one II them. Victor Nor. was
shot dead by the Prince. and his subsequent
trial for m1nslaughicr was one q the things
that contributed more than anything else - IN
Jure the prestige 4 the Empire and - bring
about fs f3ll two months later. Grousset was
condemned to death for his participation in the
Commune. but had his sentence commuted - I'm
prlsonment for lie I'm New Caledonia. whence he
managed q escape with R0chef1rt Taking up
his residence in EnghnI he became a professor
~ French NJ Kings College. IN London. and pub
lshol a number ~ b1oks-seveml II them now
standard works-ahout England. under the PEN
name OF "Philp Daryl" Since his return =
Franc, he has been ore ~ the principal editors
o. the Temps" and Is a warm personal friend
OF Mr. and Mrs Gladstone. with whom he IS
seen every time that they pass through Paris
II ~ great pity that these two men. Grousset
and Gaifct should be 80 diametricllly opposed
t. each other in politics since they are each IN
his way leaders ~ the movement for the physi-
cal Improvement Of their countrymen. Pascal
Grousset IL the president ana prime mover Of the
association for the adoption ~ athletic sports and
gymnastics by the scholastic youth on the game
lines as in the great public schools Of England
and Germany. while II there Is one general more
than any other who breaches by both precept and
example the necessity FOR soldiers to keep their
body I'm perfect trim. ana who encourages feats
OF endurance ~ horsemanshp and OF strength.
Il Is certainly that most brilliant Of all French
cavalry generals, the Marquis DC Gallfet whose
career has been one long series OF acts Of dare
devil courage gallantry ana rccklessness.
\ very smart and elegantly dressed congrega-
tion consisting mainly Of ladies' belonging to la
haute finance" and la grande lndustrle." as
they are called here. assembled at the Church OF
the Madeleine Yesterday on the occasion Of the
induction Of the new rector the Abbe HerZ0g. a
mlddle-agcd man OF aristocratlc appearance, who
succeeds the late cure, the Nicomtc de Rebours
Tho vicisstudes OF this well-known metropolitan
monument have been very strange a church Of
the Madeleine existed on it's present site far
back as the thirteenth century. but the present
cdlhce dates from the reign Of King Louis XIV
During the revolution Of 1893 1t was used as the
storing place OF the scenery Of the Theatre Fran
caisc. Later on It became a temple Of the God
dess Of Reason. and. during the Empire, Il Tenn
pie Of Glory" being only reconsccrated as a
church after the Restoration. Two Of its rectors
have met violent death. One massacred
during the great revolution hundred years ago.
while the other was shot by the Communists In
1871. together with the Archbishop OF Paris. The
late rector died from shock brought on by the
recent dynamite outrage perpetrated by an An
archIst at the entrance OF the church. In point
of wealth the Madeleine is only third or fourth
In rank among the Partisan churches the richest
undoubtedly being the Church of St Augustin
which shares with the Madeleine the attendance
Of the leaders OF the Industrial and financial
world here The old arIstocracy worships for the
most part In the Church OF Clotilde. which can
boast OF the most blue ooded congregation or
any church In France. but which lacks the ma
terial prosperity OF the aforementioned places or
worship It's financial condition being on par
with that OF the Inhabitants OF the noble Eau
bourg. II will doubtless astonish many people
to learn that the smallest and the poorest parish
OF the entire metropolis is that of the Cathedral OF
N6tre Dame. AS general rule It Is deserted. the
only time Of the year when have seen 1t In any