The herald., 1897-05-16

CONDUCT
Rightly Held Up to Public
Execration
SOCIETY MEN OF PARIS
Strike Down Women at the
Bazaar Fire
THE PUNISHMENT PROMISED
IS THE REJECTION FROM HIGH
SOCIAL CIRCLES
THE PUNISHMENT PROMISED
IS THE REJECTION FROM HIGH
SOCIAE CIRCLES
The English Public Is Not Pleased
With the Greco Turkish Situa-
tion-Great Interest in the
Queens Jubilee 4
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, May 15-(Copyright, 1879
The inquiry into the fire at the charity
bazaar, Paris, on May 4th, has been fol-
lowed with the keenest interest in aris-
tocratic circles at the capital. This has
been especially the case with the evil
dence throwing light upon the cowardly
conduct of many of the men. The ex-
aminating judge, M. Bertelus, minutely
investigated the circumstances, and it Is
asserted the names of several men,
guilty of brutal cowardice, are known,
and that they will never again be admit
ted into Paris society.
Nine. Rafeali, wife Of the painter, Jean
Rafael, and who distinguished herself
by making several heroic attempts to
rescue her daughter, who subsequently
escaped, says it is quite true that several
young men, three or four of whom are
known, behaved miserably.
A friend of DR.. Feulerad, who died
while rescuing a lady from the flames,
declares that he saw three ladies struck
NY ulCAs OaC ldQy, WIN 10 Oy AASp was
standing and holding a ladder which had
been let down from the Office of La Croix,
newspaper, when a man, in order to
make her release her hold, struck her
hand with his walking stick, breaking
all her fingers. Another account how
ever, says she was paralyzed with ter
ror and was blocking the exit.
M Achille Fould, banker says that
two men whose names are known,
crowded past his wife and one Of them
struck her in the face.
A member of the ladies' committee
asserts that man who is being held up
by the newspapers to public admiration
was seen slashing right and left with
stick at ladies who were standing in his
way.
The Temps, in an article on "Mascu-
line Self1shness," comments upon these
statements and on what 1t describes as
stupid and shameful conduct of the stu
dents of the fine arts schools, who made
disorderly demonstration on Friday
evening against the decision of the gov
ernment to admit women to certain
classes. The police had to protect the
girls.
One sequence of the Paris fire is the
closing of numbers of small theaters and
cafes-chantants. The Place de Glace
has also been closed.
A majority of the Paris theaters are
deadly fire-traps and need structural
changes. Even the stalls Of the opera
house are not safe, owing to egress from
them being obstructed by additional
seats.
The Figaro's relief fund reached the
sum of 1,15S9S2 francs today, and the
Rappels' reached 1926 francs.
While Emperor Williams telegram to
President Faure, expressing sympathy
with the families of the victims of the
fire, made an excellent impression, he
made false step in contributing 10, 900
francs to the relief fund, as his so-called
patronage is greatly resented and has
elected anti-German articles from a
large section of the French press, which
is suspicious of the motive of the gift.
TURKISH TROUBLES.
The sultan's reply to the note of the
ambassadors at Constantinople, Offer
ing media ton, saying he would be ready
to discuss the matter after the great
Bairim festival, which ends on Sunday
night, justifies the fears that the powers
nave uIdWH SGltIdl Oul VI tuS WdI
that will not be easy to get back Abdul
Hamid is cool to the point of insolence
1t is that of a sultan with a powerful
army behind him, and he is disposed to
treat the powers cavalierly.
Articles published in the semi official
press of the continent shows that the in
crease in the prestige of the sultan il
the chief concern of European cabinets.
and that the prospects of an effective
enforcement of general reforms for the
Turkish empire are thereby relegated
to the very distant future.
The Journal des Debats declares that
the result of the war has been to place
Turkey in position she has not held for
the past half century, adding: "Her tre-
mendous military effort is largely in ex-
cess of what the struggle agaist Greece
required. 1t was done to refute the alle-
cation of decrepitude and to demon
strate to the sultan's own subjects and
to those of the smaller states and to
the great powers that Turkey Is able to
hold her own against a war with
Greece
The British, Russian and Austrian
newspapers re-echo these remarks, and
1t is generally felt that this fact will
have to be reckoned with In the negotia-
tions upon the conditions of peace. In
the meanwhile the postponement Of the
sultan's reply until after the great Bal
rim festival is interpreted as meaning
that his majesty intends that his army
should continue its victorious advance
until every strategic point on the othrya
mountain range Is In the hands Of tho
Turks and that only then viii Edhetn