Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-25

Paris, May 24.-The retiring U. S.
ambassador Mr.. James B. Eustis. drove
TO the Elysee Palace to-day and pre-
sented his letters of recall to President
Faure. After the ceremony Mr.. Eustis
granted an interview to a representa-
tive of the Associated Press and gave
the latter his impressions of France,
expressed his admiration of the French
people and gave his openion of the re-
jected AnglO-American arbitration
treaty Mr.. Eustis said:
MY four years residence in France
has afforded me a very favorable op-
portunity Of studying French institu.
tions, and it has been a most interesting
study, and it has enabled me to contrast
the working of republican govern
ment in France and constitutional gov
ernment in the United States. There
are some points ofNdissimilarity. They
are called sister republics. but as to
fundamental principles they are not
very closely related. In advocacy of
personal liberty, France has never pro-
duced a single great man. the fact be-
ing that no matter how ardent a repub-
lica1 Frenchman may be, and how
great may have been his devotion to
the political rights of the people he
does not seem able to form the slight
est conception of what are known in
England and the United States as the
fundamental rights Of personal liberty.
They made a revolution to destroy one
bastile. but they have many to-day
upon the republican soil of France,
owing TO their system of arbitrary
arrests detention and perquisitions
which exist only under the most auto
cratic form of government To an
American such a system would render
life intolerable. 1t could be wiped out
in one day, but no one seems TO con, id
er it sufficiently important to protect
the personal liberty of the citizens.
deal of credit for having maintained
their republic in the face Of such ad-
verse circumstances, but they present
the strange anomoly Of a self-govern-
ing people being fond of the constant
and unremitting interference of the
government in their personal affairs
and their personal relations and being
supremely Indifferent TO the rights Of
personal liberty. An eminent French
man with whom | was discussing this
question, most truthfully declared:
The ignorance Of public men in
France with regard to the working Of
our constitutional government has Of
ten amazed US
AS regards the French people. my
residence in Paris has increased my
admiration for them I consider them
a most marvellous people as regards
their intelligence. their thrift the hab-
its Of s0brietv. their wonderful re-
sources and their devotion TO political
liberty. and if. as We do. they allowed
their free institutions 10 develop in
stead Of dwarfng the individuals. their
national power would be much greater
than it is now
"As you were for years a member
Of the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. what is your opinion of the
rejected treaty Of arbitration between
Great Britain and the United States?"
Il have always considered il a SEN
timental farce II is based upon false
idea. in the first place. that the intel
Iigent processes of diplomacy are mad
eduate 10 adjust differences between
the two governments; and secondly,
that the amicable process Of special
arbitration will not he resOrted TO when
diplomacy fails. Both Of these as
sumptions are falsified. even by our
very late experience; and II Is hu-
initiating confession by both govern
monts 10 admit that these potent in
strumentalities are not to he within
their reach in the future as they have
been in the past If on the other hand,
# means that the feeling Of hostility
between the two countries is 50 pro-
rounced that II is necessary TO estab-
lish a disciplinary tribunal n keep
them in order and n prevent them from
rushing az each others throats (Which
is preposterous supposition), any
permanent tribunal Of arbitration would
be brushed aside and utterly fail OF its
intended purpose.
what are your plans now:
'T have presented my letters Of re-
call and. therefore. am a private citi-
zen. shall shortly leave Paris settle
in New York and practice law there.