New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
TOPICS IN PARIS.
A PIECE OF BLUE RIBBON.

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Paris. July 4.
| II there is one period OF the year more ."a'
any other when the authorities can amor" :.
relax the constant vigilance ana care neeu
| to prevent any disturbance or popular as"a''o'
| :. 4. ,ust NJ tho nresen. moment, when the hsh-
inc eeason 10 once more open. There are no.
whore else in the worlo more fervent disciples Oh
1zaak Walton than In France. especially IN the
neighborhood Of large cities. and Tor the last
| ten days the banks Of the Seine ana OF us CUT
| nuents both In and around Paris nave oee"
lined with fishermen OF every condit'on Vi ".e
| all absorbed In patient contemplate" u '"e
floats attached to their lines Hitherto ,he oi'e'
have been few and far between the ca''"e'
rarely exceeding the size Of full-growh "''"-
nows But this year the sport mas uhoe'so"e a"
entire change. The action or the au'no'i''e' "
literally stocking with California oalmon the
various streams that traverse the metropoH.""
department has borne fruit to an extent when
yurpasses even the most sanguine anticipa'o"S
and from all parts comes news Of extraordinary
catches OF salmon weighing six, eight ana ten
mounds the local and suburban newspapers De-
| ,rg filled with enthusiastic accounts OF psca-
tor.al achievements Of this character. NOW the
man who goes out with the expectation OF
catching at most a mere "friture" OF minnows
and who brings home instead a couple OF hne
| raIn,on is naturally filed with the klndliest
| sentiments toward the Government. which has
| IN such A truly paternal manner improved this
| favorite sport OF It's citizens. Such fisherman
| would be willing to do almost anything Tor
| government OF this kind. Hence 1t l. that the
| Administration rcJoices in an unprecedented
popularity TO which the United states mas
largely contributed by means OF It's young sal
| mon. - n,o~
| u ,s \ bit OF ribbon that has constituted one
Of the leading questions OF the last week one |"
which the press has devoted whole columns OF
discussion. TIE question has been as to
whether the Duke OF Orleans should wear az
the wedding Of his sister the light blue ribbon
OF the Order Of the Saint-Esprit Trivial IN
| itself the matter had been elevated to the rank
| OF a political problem. It was held that II ne
donned the ribbon II would be equivalent 10
proclamation Of his adoption Of the principles
OF the right divine" professed by Kings Louis
XVIII and Charles X. and the adherence 10
which constituted the main obstacle 10 the sue
cess ~ the pretenslons OF the tate Comte de
| ChambOrd. All the leaders Oh INV "i"""'N"'
nartv hero were summoned TO London and
graveiy consulted about this weighty SUBJECT
and ND 70 the morning II the wedding no one
knew for certain what decision had been
reached. When. however. the Duke. who Is still
crippled from the mishap at Seville. was borne
into the church at Kingston on an Invalid
chair. II was noticed that CT all the princes
present he alone was arrayed In plain frock-
coat un.dorned save by a flower In his button
hole and without any vestige OF ribbon or
s.cora,ion Immediately the news vas tele-
grained over here as the most portentous In
cIdent OF the entire function. and II was solemn
Is announced that the Dukes failure to don the
order 81 the Saint-Esprit was due to his desire
10 be known. not ms the prince OF the classes
but OF the masses. and 10 follow In the pohti-
cal footsteps Of his great-grardfather. Ming
Louis Philippe the constitutional King. rather
than In those Of the Kings OF the Restoration
who claimed TO rule by right divine alone IL
indicated. 30 the Royalist press alleged. that the
! Duke Of orleans preferred the title Of "Roi des
Francals' TO that O, 'Ro! de France"
MICH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
II does not seem to have occurred to anybody
that the Duke would have rendered himself
supremeIy ridiculous by donning the Order OF
| the Saint Esprit. To possess an order OF this
| kind and to wear 1t In public. 1t Is surely neces-
sary that II must be conferred upon one. and
| certainly nobody ever conferred this dignity
upon the Duke OF Orleans. since the last sover-
egn who had It in his gift to confer was King
| Charles X who was deposed or rather abd-
Gated. in 1880. more than quarter OF CEN
fury before the Duke was born. There Is at the
present moment only one surviving knight or
this celebrated order. the Duke OF Nemours.
who was invested with 1t by King Charles as
far back as 1922 But even he could do nothing
to help his grandnephew to the legal possess
sion OF this order. which. according to the ac-
cepted doctrine OF the various old world courts
in such matters. can only be granted by a
reigning King OF France. 1t is true that pre-
tenders sometimes don orders to which they
have no earthly right. and even go to the length
OF comforting them upon their followers, Don
Carlos. for instance. being particularly liberal
| I'm his distribution OF the various Spanish or
ders which can only properly be granted by the
| Queen Regent OF Spain. acting In the name OF
her little son or course no Government would
care TO go TO the length of Furnishing pre-
tender such as Don Carlos for wearing the
Spanish orders OF Charles III and the Golden
Fleece. But any OF his followers to at
tempt to don insignia conferred by him at any
public function In Frame. Germany. Austria.
| In fact. anywhere on .he Continent save In
Switzerland. they would be quickly arrested.
fined and even imprisoned for that-in Con-
tinental eyes-peculiarly henous offence port
| illegal dune decoration"
THE NEW RIcHELIEU."
Among the statesmen who are coming to the
fore In France Is NJ. Hanotaux. who Is gradu-
ally developing into the strongest Foreign
Minister who has held office since the beginning
OF the century He has won for himself the
sobriquet Of "Richelieu." and In his policy and
character presents many points Of analogy with
that most celebrated Of French ministers. He
has the keen and incisive speech Of the great
Cardinal. and when a discourteous member OF
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