New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24

and intended to injure French interests.-!nter-
ests which have yet to be particular!zed' NJ
Hanotaux's was a speech which left Europe
aghast: 90 wanting was 1t IN reserve and IN the
decorun Of phrase which are always expected
from q diplomatist and from Foreign Minister
above all: no matter how angry he may be unless
he means his anger to blossom and bear fruit In
open war
Such are the circumstances in which NJ. Niars
sends 10 the Figaro" dispatch as we!ghty az
K IS brief instinct In every lire with that good
sense Of which NJ HanotauX showed 50 NUE.
with dignity courage and the resolve that the
truth should be known. You remember the con-
certeI declaration Of the leading French papers
on the morrow OF the Foreign Minister'S written
harangue to the Chambor.-that in presence or
the unanimity Of the Chamber and the strength
OF public feeling. England had nothing 10 90 out
abandon the convention and renounce her prof.
Gets AGAINST France in Africa. NJ Villars meets
that very quietly with the remark: 1T IS inuch
TO be feared that VI. Hanotauxs speech may not
nroduce the effect expected from it in France
THIS he follows by a tcrse statement which NJ de
Dloyvitz iudIciousy teegraphs back from Paris to
"The Times" and which hope you VIII think
interesting enough to print in New York. says
NJ. Villars: "In the first place. the EngHSh III
general have been somewhat astonlshed al tue
bitterness OF certain phrases. They nave Dee"
equally surprised to learn from the speech OF the
Minister Of Foreign Affairs that Germany ana
1urkev had made express reservations on the
Anclo-Congo arrangement. Their surprise ulu
not last long since some hours later SIT bu"aru
Grey stated in the House Of Commons that Ter
many had merely made reservations or detail as
10 which she had already been given sausiacuoh'
o,d that tho Ottoman Government had simply
I NOT Nt y
understand how in a written speech a Minister
could commit such serious mistake III olHcidl
circles there is greater reserve. and there Is hesi-
tation in giving an opinion on the speech OF NJ
Hanotaux. 1t is easy. however TO see that II -
fot that bv the very vigor Of certain expressions
The French Minister has made It difficult Tor
british self respect to make certain CONCESSIONS
which but for this might have been made Win
out so great effort"
That is perfectly decorous in form pefiecuy
consistent with boiling the extreme french we"
on the substance of the issue. and about as uan'-
aging criticism on NJ. Hanotaux as couid De
mt into print. The very tone OF II Is crluciSn'
It has Just the diplomatic quality when NJ nam
otaux has not. and the power or saying d"h-
ward things in terms which II Is impossloe 10
resent 1t Is a true though guarded account 81
the state OF English opinion NJ NiliarS cou'u
not well explain to MS leilOW-Cou"I! '"V' ''''1
ENGLISH opinjon IS I'm fact contemptuous ana
amused at the tremendous outburst IN the
chamber and elsewhere. But he tells enough 10
give them fair warning. How they VIII accept
the warning IS another question How the
"EIgaro" itself may deal with such matter IS
rot ouite clear The foreign articles In that ex-
.raordinarv but very able AMI sometimes power
full paper are written by gentleman of Hebrew
birth who signs himself Jacques ST. Cere. Ihey
are clever but 10 call them serious would be
misuse Of terms. He discourses Of foreign poll
tlcs in the manner Of the Boulevards; studies
peorranbv in the Grand cafe and international
law nj Durand's in the Place Dc la Madeleine.
II will be interesting to see whether this Jour
nal Of the Boulevards goes on printing dispatches
Of the kind VI. Villars has now sent. NJ. Mag
nard its editor. is a man'of sense ana sagacity;
resDonsihIe nevertheless 10 a set Of shareholders
whose idea Of a newspaper IS something when
paws large dividends; as the Figaro" In TACT
does And when he has 10 deal with an eX-
citabe and irritable constituency, who might
concelvably stop buying his paper. the most
sensible and sagacous editor may find himself
obliged 10 swim with the stream. Give him
time and he will accustom his public 70 the
sanity OF NJ Villars. and TO this new method OF
dealing with news from England. / hope. In
deed. that he Will perscvere. for nothing In The
long run would so much cOnducc 10 the i'm
provement Of the relations between these two
countries: and for improvement in every direction
there is the most ample room. G. ". S