New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN MANlA-LoNDo>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VISITORS

Paris September ".
Paris is at the present moment In the throes oi
mania for speculation which Is without paia"e'
in modern times. 1t surpasses even 'he ""'
foyer of the Panama the Union-Gtnerale anu '"e
cradit Nobier enterprises and in order 10 ''''
any counterpart or analogy II Is necessary 10 so
hack 70 the times Of the wicked Regent ana o'
Iohr law Asdn that far distant period, so AT
rr..or, re the objects Of the speculation locateo
thousands of miles away In a country conce'ni"e
which those who embark their money ana 'ne"
SAVINGS therein know absolutely nothing II Is III
couch Africa that Is to say In the gold and dia-
,ora mining regions north of the colony OF Natal
and even the most staid and hitherto ecoho"ho
bourgeois of the good city of Paris VINO nave u'''
now fought shy Of everything save reh.es VI
French Government bonds, are acting as IL oe'ei'
Of their senses in their anxiety to OBTAIN s'o'hs
which even the curbstone brokers in Londoh VIII
not consent to touch ,,,
In London the Stock Exchange Is OF very HO
oro, ,nrn Of mind. constituted as sort OF private
.u..,o, ard willing to accord quotations to
any SORT OF stock that are halfway BONA nue. VI
-.., Tho rasult &c that the curbstone broker.
tho bpcke,-shop man or the unauthorized deaiei
a. ..oors has hut little to do there, since az mat
A.. % oourse the unquoted stock in whlch ne
-. &c nacessarily of a questionable CHARACTER
- :, Paris however different state OF al
fo,rs nrevails Instead OF a Stock Exchahse Vi
soveral hundred members there is Bourse COLI
s,,tuted and licensed by the state ana coiisis""s
80 roarelv sixty agents de change or hcehseu
stockbrokers These appointed by Ministerial ue-
cree after furnishing bonds TO the uoVei"''
nd 10 the syndical Chamber or the ase"'' w
change" to the tune of 1000 francs apiece' "
the monopoly Of dealing in all French cover "'.'
"a rai,road bonds as we'll as in all stocks quoted
ON tho of3cial list THE official list, however, Is vi
q most limited character. owing to the strihse"'
guarantees and extensive informatioh eN"0
nv the French Minister Of Finance ana ny '"'
svndical Chamber Of the agents de chahse
fore quotation is accorded on the Paris bou'se -
anv foreign stock whatsoever Inc fesu'' - ''','
tho outside" or non-authorized brokers, ""o w
tms,ness as a rule, outside the Bourse building
under the colonnade are far larger ino'e "
,,,a,,e and influential class than their orethfeh
in London. They deal in every secui''' NV
o,oted on the official list. some of them euch as
49, ,.a.arcs certain American railroad bonds
being NJ an exceptionally trustworthy and Vaiu-
st,o character These outside brokers go by the
name OF "couissiers' and comprise among 'neil
,un,ber nrinces Of the house Of Murat and bearers
., some Of the most illustrious names OF France
np1vrN FROM LONDON TO PARIS.
Tn London the competition with regard to the
floating Of these South African soiu "''1
diamond mining companies Is so great that IN
- -, ~. rred,,ect,on of the English public
for "Kaffirs." as they are called. many OF 'hei''
90 ,coh,a 70 find a market. especially those
,h,oh for one reason or another have appeareu
oman 70 suspicion and have been unable 10
sat,sfv the Stock Exchange Committee as 10
.he,r bona fde character 1t thereupon oc-
,rrad IN several OF the South African promo'-
ers who had thus found themselves cold-shoui-
dored in London that It might be well to seek
market for their wares here; and to judge from
the tremendous boom which the Partisan press
has accorded them 1t must De adihi''eo ''"'
they went about their business IN slnsuiaiH
shrewd and clever manner Inc papers nave
been filed for weeks with stories or phehoineHdi
rortunes made from one day to another in the
African gold mines and with tales whlch seen
TO prove that the Monte Cristo or AieXahuer
Dumas was a mere tyro in wealth ana sasaci'y
70 such African mine vendors and multl-miiiioh-
aires as Mr.. Barney Barnato. whose origin ~
as obscure as are his antecedents, ana who"
no one had ever heard Of until ne suddenly
hurst unon the world not in q mere shower, but
in a full-Aedged cloudburst OF gold ana
diamonds Although frowned upon in London
des Mines dor" as Mr.. Barnato is called here
has found apparently an ally and sponsor IN
the person Of Sir Edgard Vincent who as
Governor Of the Ottoman Bank and chief f1nan-
cial adviser first Of the Khedive OF Egypt and
then of the Sultan OF Turkey. Is quite as con-
spicuous a figure In Paris as in London, and
they are seen together everywhere. especially at
Paillards a restaurant which has become a
sort OF luncheon room Of the Bourse For TO-
ward noon all the princes Of Partisan finance
are to be found taking "dejeuner" there and in
cidentally transacting the business of the day.
clerks and ''coulissiers'' approaching in turn to
their tables with due reverence to take their
orders and instructions Some Of these great
fnanciers. such as. for instance, the Roths-
childs the Heines the Andres the Hottinguers,
Henry German Of the Credit Lyonnais. the
Mallets and the Reitlingers, never set their foot
within the portals Of the Bourse from one years
end to the other. the nearest they get thereto
being Paillard's; while others again, such as
the two Cahen d'Anvers. the Bambergers and
the Goldschmits. appear there only occasionally
A DISTINGUISHED HAPsBURG IN PARIS.
There have been two distinguished visitors
here this week, both Of them remarkable women
and both of them bound for the South. The one
is the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia. on hei
way to Biarritz, the other the Archduchess EliZ
abeth, Of Austria. OF all the members Of the I'm
perial house Of Hapsburg certainly the most adj
mrable and the one who more than any one else
has inherited the characteristics, the appearance
and the bearing Of the great Maria Theresa
Although elderly woman-she has grandchil-
dren Of manageable age-she Is still magnn
cent woman, retaining many traces OF that noble
style Of beauty for which in times gone by she
was 50 celebrated. The mother Of Queen Chris
tina Of Spain. she is credited with the merit OF
much Of that astonishing sagacity and state
craft which have been manifested by little kine
Alphonsos mother during the last nine years
And II Ia currently reported al Vienna that there
is no one Of his kinsfolk to whom Emperor Fran
els Joseph is more fond OF applying to for advice
in moments OF difficulty and perplexty than
Archduchess Elizabeth
She belongs by birth TO the Hungarian branch