New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
PARIS.
MAKING Fun OF CAMARA'S INGIORlOI'S
MA\ETVRES
DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OF SPANISH WAR
ENTlMENT-COMMENTS ON THE BOt'R-
GOGNE DISASTER SOCIAL. NOTES


lBr cAnir 10 THE rninryEl
Paris. July 9.Nothrg eve" euccecde in Paris
like success. especially when spiced with dash
Of humor. Not until after the destruction of
Cervera's ships at Santiago Bay did folk here
begin to realize that the determination to send
United States squadron ~ attack the Spanish
coast might. after all. be more than Yankee
bluff" and to-day the comic aspect Of the stua-
tion is kecnly appreciated Ivy the Paris papers
in their comments on SPANS pathetic abandon
mert OF her Quixoic expedition to the Philip
pines. Hawaii and San Francisco. and Camara's
return with his armada from the Red Sea after
rejoicing the shareholders OF the Suez Canal by
paying into the companv's Golfers double tolls.
amounting to about 1.iOO0G0 francs. Camaras
naval Coun'ermarch is subject to numerous
Partisan skiis. and is compared 10 the evOutiOns
of Offenbach's carabineers and to the exploits
of the King OF France who went up the hill
with twenty thousand men and came down
the hill and neer went up again" The Figaro"
even goes far TO express ? fear that Ca
mara's fleet may eventually share the same fate
as those Of MontOio and Cervera
Meanwhile, the fact that Spanish bonds are
quoted as high as 81 on the Paris BOurse means
that the leading fnanciers have sanguine hopes
that Spain will soon consent TO ask for peace.
This morning a prominent banker showed The
Tribune representative letters from his CORE
spondents at Barcelona. Valencia and Malaga.
assuring him that the war feeling In those places
was confined to Government officials and func-
,ionaries and army officers and tina, the great
masses Of the population. and above all the
commercial Classes were unanimous that the
time had now arrived TO end the war at any
reasonable sacrifices. Blu, this does not at all
ba
French diplomatic circles. which indicates that
the military party each day gains ground. and
that even the peacefully disposed Sagasta cab
met will not listen to any advice TO open direct
negotiations for peace with Washington so long
as Havana is intact and the Spanish army IN
Cuba remains unconquerod. Sagasta himself IS
reported 10 have said: Even II peace shou!d De
proposed to-day on the basis of the indepehu-
ence Of Cuba and the withdrawal OF spans"
troops from the island any Madrio 'a"in''
whether composed OF Liberals or CohserV"'Nes
would be absolutely powerless to ENFORCE suoh
conditions in Cuba or to face the national in
dignation that such a proposition would ca"
forth at home.
So firm is the belief at the DUAL ID orSdy '""'
such Is the true keynote Of the SITUATION ~
Madrid that yesterday, when NJ 'au'"''' "
Clagnv gave notice OF his intention 10 au''"0"
the Ministry in the French Chamber aoou' '''
advisabiity OF French mediation al Mau'iu' "'
consented to postpone his motion a''e' 'o"'
nrivate conversation with NJ Delcasse' the MIL
,ster for Foreign Affairs. who pcrsuaueu III"
that such a debate at the present moment "'"''
do far more harm than good Inc piospe0'
,hat Commodore Watson will soon be carrying
on operations in European waters ana 'ha' nv
great naval battle Of the war will be fought OF
In he
already cause a profound impression IN france
and NJ Gauthier de CIagny. who may best he
described as a sort OF French Sir Charles DIXIE.
in the course Of an interview to-day sa'u
There is no longer any reason 10 u"up' ''"'
Commodore Watsons feet Will be abe to over
whelm any further Spanish naval "ppoSluoh'
and the result will place Ceuta and the Cahafies
in American hands. The great Danger 'oi
France is that the United States IN eNchahse
for the Bermudas may cede those strategic
points to England. which would chaDe u'a'
Power to bar the Mediterranean to french
ships and to cut at VIII our route /" ""' PO'''
sions in West Africa
Much unfavorable comment In the American
colony was called forth by the appearance yes
terday in an American newspaper pubNshed III
Paris Of narrowing details embcllished with sen
s.,,onsi headlines describing the desperate
al .
American soldiers breaking under the strain ana
-, american defeat imminent unless immediate
=, rai,rorced hv artillery" This forecast OF an
american military disaster is reproduced In all
IN. French papers to-day and was teesrapheu
4, ,,u IN Madrid where IT Is being USED by the
yar party to nip In the bud any Suggestions VI
peace.
The most imp,rtan, naval lesson Of the war 50
faIl OF
ACCOMPLISH anything in the presence OF n'ode'h
20 ,d fire artillery and since the French Navy
az now organized. relies more upon those III
o,,,os ~ tbe s..a" than does any other navy III
nronortion TO It's strength. it Is likely that NJ
Ioc,,rov the new Minister Of Marine. VIII miro
ouce reforms remedying this defect. WIN this
object he has decided to ask the Chambers TOT
an additional sum Of 1G0,0Oo.~~ francs for MS
naval budget.
Imrat,ent crowds still collect about the "frces
-, ,ho Erencb Transatlantic Company, aud IN" |
por,e nancrs publish with imparualiy ful oe-
,aus c,bled from New-YOrk, including the ac-
.a,,ons ~ eve witnesses Of the brutality on the
nav, of the crew and the Italian Storage pas
sen yers No one here IL yet convinced that ''e
Rreton crew Of La Bourgogne Is gu'itE Oh
such crimes as are imputed 10 II. NJ r'ie"'' !
president OF the company, promises Hi"S' ''s'"
Investigation and NJ Daymard, chicf engineer
of the company. states that the DO" Vi '"' W.
nartvshire struck La Bourgogne exac'iF a' NV
no,nt where the partition Of a buikhead "onId
he crushed and rendered useless. NJ. Daymard
.,so savs that "A proposal is already drawn
nm 70 amend the French navigation laws requ'-
inc boats 70 be lowered automatically IN case OF
danger. and that each number OF cabin Sha''
CORRESPOND with a number Of place IN poa'
or a raft
Among the first visits to express sympathy /
,h tho French Government at the loss or LA |
,,o.,. ,yoe TINT of Senior De Leon Castillo. !