New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-25
now EUsTIS FOUND FRANCE.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE RETIRING
AMBASSADOR.
SAYS THE FRENCH ARE HBEpLEss or PER
soyAi. LIBERTY AND SUFFER MANY ABUSES
ABOUT TO SETTLE IN NEw-YoRK.

ABOUT TO SETTLE IN NETWORK.
paris May e4.-Jarnes b. Eustis. the retiring
rn,,ed States Ambassador. drove TO the Eiysee
palace to-day and presented his letters OF recall 70
prcsident Faure. After the ceremony Mr. Eus''s
ave an interview TO a representative OF the Asso
sa,ed Press. in which he said;
",Iy four years residence In France has ahorueu
me a very favorable opportunity Oh s'uoS"e
rreneh institutions and II has been a most inter-
..,ins study as IL has enabled me TO contrast the
..orkng OF republican government In France anu
Constitutional governments in the United o'd'es'
There are strong points of dissimilarity' Inc! a'
called sister republics. but as to fundameh'ai pm
ciples they are not very closely relateo. III V'
Constitution personal rights. personal liberty anu
the freedom OF the citizen from the aroi'rar! III
,arference of the Government are specifically pro-
,ected In France these constitutional guarantees
are unknown, nor are all the other rieH's ""le'
are secured to the citizen accused o, crne p'o
yided for under system known TO the rrehe.
constitution such as the right TO ball, the "r oi
habeas corpus and many others. The FRENCH oo''
stution is based upon the idea OF poiitNal pe,'!
ours upon the idea OF personal liberty. In ao'o
eacy Of personal liberty France has never piouueu
n single great man, the fact being tha' ho iii"''o,
how ardent q republican a Frenchman may De, a"u
how great may be his devotion to the pohlcai
tights Of the people he does not seem able 10 form
the slightest conception of what are known i.
England and the United States as the iuhoai'ie"'"
rights OF personal liberty. ,
''They made a revolution to destroy one Basu'e.
but they have many to-day upon the repuoncai SUI
OF France, owing to their system of arbitrary az
rests, de;en,ions and perqusiiions. which ~
only under the most autocratic form OF go :.
mont The fact is that every juge dins'ruc.io" n,
invested with the power 10 oppress ihIo0' -.
gems, so tha; he may become petty !I'n' Tod
ing them Of their liberty for an ihuei"i'e ,ho,r
DENYING TO them access to any member -
aud aAN
American such a system would rendei MS "Io ~ ~
tolerable IL could be wiped out OF e~'s.'"ON -, - 49,,
aay but no one seems 10 consdeS IL su'nc'en'' M 10,
poriant TO protect the personal Ho'i" -
Gems. 49,, v.a,o, anopt-
-, ,ho,r c,osor, constituton ours had been IN sue
s,,,t orer,t,o. for over eighty-fve years ana Fe'
,bey did no, borrow single idea or copy si'e ''
,royislon OF our Constitution, Wi'oh an i'e''-, So,
..e,osuan has pronounced 20 be the greatest W.T."
q. human reason. This only Illustrates wha' So Is oD
.r,olle with regard 20 other mattors-howih'e"seN
,,.s .y,rv,hirg Is IN France. In strange con-
e., ~ his. a. = a most notable fact lha, po'n
,-,,,t ora the United States have ongraitea upon
,hcir turisprddcnce tho principles OF tne l'''''
,,yn law which havo been made 'he bhsls OF NV"
,.,,,.v inrispruAcnce The French certainly ueSe'
. .,,,t d.,l Of credit for having maintained 'he"
,erurlic IN tho face OF such adverse cnC
a., -, ,r...ot tho strange anomaly Of a sct-soV-
Ito. pe.ple being fond of the constant ana Ahre-
,.,,,t,s interference ~ tho Government III W'i,
,'ersonal Affairs and thcir personal relations ana
t,log supfsmoly Indifferent 20 tho r'sh'S OF per
f tu.,,,, An eminent Ftcuchman with WhoA
% discussing this question moH' UnlniniF u'
-. a. f,r,nee nous lemons hcaucoup legahte
-. ,,,.tt A in nhcrfe nous On hchons Inc bho-
-. IN publc men in France with regard 10 the
v,,rEina ~ our Constitutional uo'eihhe'' ""S V''
snaased me - .,,,,. a.,
j ffrN u q
..,t.r ,h,r, n most mar, eloua people as regards
go, tr,,fuverrs thslf thnn. their habits of so
t,te,v th.Ir Wondsffl resources ana ih'r aoNo'l"n
4. t,lftirni liberty. nnd a. ns "" 90 VIC. W."
,. III, &C.,, institutions to develop ina'e " ~ nWRrf-
ra the Individuals. thor nhiohA P'"'' "'"' Nv
much greater Than ~ is now
.As yo, vsre for years a member ~ tho senate
t..,,,,-a u.iatIars committee what is your opinion
81 ,hs rejected treaty of arbitration between "r'''
IIri,sin nnd tho United states
a nata always considered ~ "a sentimental i't'"
q 4, t,.,8 ureu false idsa. in tho nrsi place ihnt
a.. ,,t.ntssrt rraUeaaea ~ diplomacy are made
80. g.. adjust linsroncfs between thc 'wo t"F-
,frf.ruta and secondly, thn' the hmi'hhl" rI"''''
=, ,r,risl arbitration viii not he rrnoftod io when
siti.t,a.v faua Roth of fnfso nHeuwpii"nH "f'
f.i.in,d even hY ouf vofr late eSr"ii'nr" Hna u
=. . bvv,tliating confession hy hotn Governments
4. admit that these rotout in'irpmrntnir"7 nf"
,.t A. bs within our ronrh ~ ihn future HH ih'r
have htsn in the rHs' ~ nn ihr oih'f hhhh. "
means that thr fr,iinr ~ hnHuF between Tho
,~a countries Al an pronounced th1' ~ it ner'r-
.afv to establish disciplinary inhunn q" ke'p
thsui iu order nud io prevent u'm from tu.hi"s
NJ sseh ofhrra Wrnaia vhi.n ir rr"ro-teron'
,.nuasiiiln iu fnnf rHre .nt permanent ifihnr'l
a. ernnfafon would n. tru.h.d asIde and utterly
ftu ~ us intended rHfpna.
riNhnt sfn your p.HnH now
n have presented nf Irf'.rs - rerni, nnd there
fefr nm "a private pIf.u. Hrnl shortly leave
paris seitl, iu Nee 10fk and prac''fe law th''o