New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-25
TOPICS IN PARIS.
BICYCLES IN THE PROVINCIAL ELEC-
TONS

THE RESIGNATION OF BARON DE COo"'"
NEGRO STUDENTS IN THE LATIN QUARTER
Paris. August is
Bicycles have played so important part j,
the recent general elections OF the depar'"'n
"Conseils- Gencraux" or provincial Die'S' ',"
they may be said to have modified the en'l'e
form Of electoral strategy. Hitherto most VI VIZ
canvassng has been done by agents rid'ns Aoo"'
from place to place in carriages at an eho'"''1'
cost OF time and money. Messages anu ie''e''
had to be sent In the same way al srea' n.y."
venience; and, TO make matters worse' '"e VIZ
were inclined to Judge the candidate oy '"e ap
pearance OF the equpages USED by MS e'e.
agents. those driving about IN ric"'S "pp
vehicles reaping a far greater harvest u
than those who. from motives Of economy. had
49,, content with a simpler form Of conveyance
The bicycle has changed all this. Inc kh'sn'S
-, ,Au uh.a, have ousted the knights OF the
whip. and for regular tarin rate OF eie"'
francs or 81 60 a. day. the candidate for election
could have all the professional ana an'"'.''
c,,c,ists that he required TO canvass Tor him.
convey meseages and in general TO perror" o"e
service OF aides-de-camp. 1t Is worthy OF no'e
that the candidate however. felt coEstra'neu ~
mako Use Of a carriage himself. especially VINE"
victorious as a more dignifed mode OF tra"@
nortation for a legislator than a mere o'cSc'e'
put this feeling will pass away with tme' anu ~
Is probable that at the next general eie''o"'
we shall see the successful candidate r'ois man"
from the poll to his hotel. not In sayy oe
ribboned landau drag. but on a sump,uouo''
decorated wheel at the head Of his agents can
vassers and principal supporters. all similarly
mounted.
Some uneasiness has been caused mere
especially in circles that are given 10 sooer
thought and reflection. by the announcement 'ha'
Baron de Courcelles has determined 10 res's"
his post OF Ambassador In London 10 which Tic
was appointed only last winter ana "here nc
has been a conspicuous social success. Inc
ra,son assigned for this sudden decision is that
the Government here continually places HI" !"
false position by falling to act upon his recon-
mendations. and by sending him Instructions
which are either impossible to execute. or which
uhon executed are subsequently countermanded
and otherwise nullifed at the Quay dOrsay
hero He speaks most highly OF the warmth ana
cordialltv Of his reception In England, where ne
,s rorsona gratlssima and apparently 1t Is just
because he Is continually being asked BY NJ
rI,nnoteaux to do things calculated to onend
British susceptbiities, not merely admlhisud-
tive but also social that he insists upon peihs
relieved OF his post without delay This deter
rnination is all the more ill-timed as Lord Dui-
fern the British Ambassador here Is LIKEWISE
on the very eve Of his retirement at the close III
n term which he does not hesitate to declare 10
have been the most difficult and least successful
~ an otherwise brilliant career Not even at St
petershure at the most critical moments Of the
always more or less latent bitterness between
England and Russia. has he ever been so vehe-
mentIy assaed and denounced by the prese OF
the country to which he was accredited as ne
has been at various times here In Paris.
II would be difficult to find in all Europe
two more perfectly trained diplomats two more
conciliatory Ambassadors and two more charm
ing and winning men Of the world than Loro
DufYerin and the Baron de Courcees II is
therefore felt that II they have been unable. &C
cordIng to their admission. to preserve
friendly relations between their respective coun-
tries. no one else hope 10 be equal to the
task least OF all the ex-Communist. Camille
Rarrsre who Is mentioned here as the successor
~ the baron For NJ Barrere. In spite of his
having found refuge. and not only refuse out
a,so \ remunerative livelihood In England. after
he,nr sentenced 10 death In 1872 for the leading
mart which he took I'm the Communist .nsurrec-
ton. has throughout his diplomatic career been
DISTINGUISHED for his bitter animosity to Great
Britain This is all the more strange since ne
talks English without the slightest trace Of for
eign accent and served for several years on the
STAFF Of THE Manchester Guardian Indeed IT
was as the special correspondent OF that paper
that he first made the acquaintance of Lord Sal
isbury at the Constantinople conference OF 1875
to which Lord Salisbury accredited as Eng
lsh Plen.potentary. The British Premier little
thought in those days that the young journalist
who haunted his ante-roOms In search OF news
and whom he subsequently acting as
subordinate clerk OF N. Waddinston at the Ber-
lin conference Of 1878. would one day be In
position to treat with him on footing Of equal
ity as the representative and Ambassador Of one
Of the greatest Powers in Europe. 1t may be OF
interest to mention here while on this subject
that NJ Barrere on several occasions applied for
employment on The London Times" being par
ticulary anxious after the proclamation Of the
amnesty to the members Of the Commune to sup
plant NJ de BlowItz as correspondent Of that
journal in Paris. Much pressure was brought to
bear upon the management OF The Tines to
bring this about. the influence of NJ. Gam
beta being invoked in behalf Of NJ. Barrere. But
il was all OF no avail. The Times would not
hear Of IT, and 1t has always been subject for
speculation whether the curtness with which his
overtures were received by the late Mr. McDon-
aid in Printing House Square is not responsible
to a certain extent for tn, hostility Of NJ. Barrere
to England.
With a career romantic as that Of NJ Bar
rere II is only natural that his marriage should
likewise have It's touch of romance. II was
while acting correspondent Of The Manches-
ter Guardian" at Constantinople that he made
the acquaintance Of and fell in love with the
daughter of enormously wealthy Armenian
banker Of Pera. OF course. the fnancier would
not hear Of the suit Of the penniess and pro-
scribed journalist. a fugitive from the justice Of
his country, and turned him out OF doors Years
rolled by and the girl renamed true to her abb
sent lover When he returned to ConstantinopIe
1t was as Minister Plenipotentiary of the
French Republic to the court OF the Khedve