The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23
PLEASANT LITTLE ooURrEs1Es.

tel3IlOnS Between the
German Emperor and Frenchman.
After all the bitter battles ON paper
between France and Germany during
the past twenty years. it is cheering to
find little rainbow in the war cloud
Emperor William has just received the
sincere and Weil-deserved compliments
OF Frenchmen, through the medium of
the Figaro, for the courtesy which he
extended to the French excursionists
who went to the North cape ON board
the General ChanZy of the Trans-At-
lantic line.
The details of this interesting Incl
DENT were furnished to the Figaro by
the arSist Eugene FORBADE The party
arrived at Stalheim on the night of
July 8. Three days before their arrival
rooms in the hotel were engaged for
| them, but the emperor came and the
proprietor was perplexed. He was
AFRAID to offend his majesty by the
presence of a mum Der of Freuchmen be-
longing to the Societe des Voyages
Duchfnin. so, before he could accom-
1nrLate them he had to see the en-
peTor. His majesty told the hotel man
that he was a simple tourist and did
not wish to make trouble for any
travellers, and especially French trav-
elers. That removed the difficulty The
excursioGists took possession of their
rooms.
The next morning the emperor, not
wishing to trouble the passengers of the
General Chanzy by his presence in the
dan1ng-room, had the time for his
breakfast put back, a delicate attention
which the tourists fully appreciated A
plumber of them, however. prolonged
their breakfast for the purpose of see
ing his majesty. At last he came from
his apartments with his suite, but find
ing that the feeding-room, as the
French call it, was still occupied, he
walked slowly out of the hotel and
moved about, chatting with a few of
his companions. The French tourists
a1l arose, went out and saIuted him.
The perfectly courteous salutes of the
Frenchmen seemed to please the en-
peror very much. After returning their
salutes he went in for breakfast, and
half IN hour afterwa1d he was on his
way to Gudwangen with all the other
guests of the hotel. Surrounded by the
French tourists, he walked along to
the cascades of Stalheim, and seemed
10 take pleasure in advancing to the
extreme edges of the precipices, as if
he wished to show the Frenchmen that
he felt perfectly safe among them.
The tourists then returned and once
more went on board the steamer, and
on the night of that same date the
General Chanzy ran on the rocks in
the Nordfjord. Her passengers were
taken off by an English vessel, the cap
tain of which charged 100 francs per
head for each passenger 1.-The Eng
lish, says the Figaro, don't save lives
for nothing, and we are bound to say
that i'm this instance the conduct of the
English captain was the very reverse
OF that of the captain of the German
cruiser which was sent by Emperor
William to the assistance of the Gem
eTal Chanzy." The name of the cruiser
was the Gefon, Captain Won Eickstedt.
She pulled the French vessel off after
considerable difficulty, and the chivaI-
rous Won Eickstedt refused to accent
even few cases of champagne for his
generous services. An exchange of
coufHtesies was all that followed.
Commenting on the difference be-
tween Englishsnan and German, the
Figaro remarks:
The captain of the English ship in
sisted upon a high price for his SER
vices. Doubtless he would also have
accepted the coal of the Chanzy if it
had been offered to him. The affair ex-
h1bits difference of manners and Gus
toms that is quite characteristics
The General Chanzy is now in Hayre
undergoing repairs.-New York Sun.