New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

r. IRE control o. 'he thi'eu ''a'cS vi wv
W .,, - be sold TO Germany or any o'her
- ,or ready cash. the reply was unhesi-
n"u, IN favor of annexation Ivy the United
w." az the most practical way OF closing the
s'" mon future complications Of disquietins
nature r,.o,,, commercial industrial
e,ancial circles IL gaining ground tha' 'ne
"" M, thing for Spain IN the present circum-
Us ,s 10 get rid Of all her colonies IN inc
"1",t and most advantageous way she can
0o,, bankers in Paris. doing large bnsi-
leN1 ;r barcelona and Cadiz. are positive that
,s the real view Of the Spanish commercial
s -. and Of the bulk Of the Spanish people.
lutte confidence continues 10 prevail at
- Foreign Office that Fashoda will not
wv casus belli with England VI. Deicasse
no. vet received any official communica-
No., frorn Major Marchand, and until ne does no
s.,,omatic steps can be taken. Inc ffeh0h
.rr,s,er however. states that sir EdWaru
~r.,.s famous declaration that French occupa-
NV :, ,,o Timer Nile would be considered an
Wv" ,,,. az, was categorically objected 10 the
O"', e., was made by the French Amoas-
..ao, in London. Baron de CourceL Cohse-
..,,,v that declaration, says NJ Deicasse' Is
49, for discussion and cannot BE consioereu
,,,a,re upon France. NJ. Delcasse also con-
s'sors that q peaceful solution OF the Fashoua
u@,ult, can readily be reached. and that no
s,orr, need be- felt because the French ana Eng
~.A ears are planted within five hundred metres
:. Zach other there. Exactly the same 'hins
o.orrred on the Niger. whete il proved 20 be the
Gee, step toward the friendly agreement suose-
ouen,lv concluded in Paris.
IT, violent language of the London papers IN
..ninr Marchand n 1libuster. which is inter-
,ro,ei in France as meaning pirate or roo"ei'
and statements Of the German and Engnsh press
,,st France while in the paroAysms Oh tue
nrsvfps agitation. IS incapable OF attending 10
Central Africa have given dar gerous h'i'P u
french iingoism. The boulevard press MAKES
Nsr,hapd the idol Of the hour and calls nm 'he
r,ench Gordon. Impassioned writer's ike Mile
,ove Desmoulins and Ernest Daudet openly
assert that a foreign war especially win Ehs
land would be the most patriotic way OF se'''iiis
the Dreyfus catastrophe. by forcing all Frehch-
mon 70 Sin hands in the presence or common
-. Partisan sensational journalism speaks
:, .o.u,e internal dissension by plunging into
80. e. tho same Eighty vein that characterized
the official press Of Napoleon III in June 1871
Even a deliberate political economist ike fau'
LEROY Beauleu afiirms that, regarding 'he
French position at Fashoda, I'VE are not only
heat hut legitimi poSsidentes.' But ne slghm-
eantlv in the same breath admits that France
might consent 10 waive her claim to the rleh'
bank Of the Nile retaining the left shore as laI
north as the twelfth degree OF latitude II Is
upon this basis that a peaceful solution seems
likely and unless the sensational press or faTls
and London succeeds in flashing the public feel
ing into blind and reckless fury, competent
Judges say that such an arrangement az pro-
posed by NJ Leroy -Beaulieu may be adopted by
the Ouai d'Orsay and Downing Street. TINS
uor,d involve the withdrawal of Marchand from
Fashoda but such a step on the part OF the
French Cabinet will become very difficult in the
face Of continued threats by the English papers.
n LOckrOy's latest naval reform is 10 mooIS
the system Of promotion by diminishing the age
O; compulsory retirement so as TO reduce tne
average age Of flag officers in active service
from sixty years. at present. TO forty-hlne
Young. enterprising and ambitious men are
what the Navy needs says NJ. LockroY An OIL
cor Of the French general staff. writing in the
France Mfitaire" a sem-ofiicial publication
Of the Ministry Of War. who was present with
General sbafter at Santiago. says that United
States soldiers and nOn-COmmissioned officers
have proved themselves fully equal to those Of
any other army in the world and COMES 10 the
conclusion that with the organization Of the
quartermasters. subsistence, medical and other
staff DEPARTMENTS so utterly inadequate as was
the case at the outbreak Of the war with Spain,
no other result could have been expected. Blame
is placed upon radical faults Of organization and
no, upon the Secretary of War. The writer
saws. Had General Alger possessed all the
qualities Of a Carnot, these deficiencies could not
have been remedied until months after the war
had actually begun"
The Partisan theatres are beginning to profit
BY the cool brisk weather, and are now drawing
full houses "Conette." a four-act play by LIE
notre and Martin. with Nile. Leone Kahne in
the leading female part was produced this even
Ing at the Odeon, and is likely to hold the boards
for some time. il places Louis XVIII on the
stage for the first time. and the Paris OF the
Restoration period is pictured with remarkable
vivacitv and historical accuracy. The play is
rather TOO much Of n cinematographic spectacle
10 become genuine success. 1t is doubtful
whether il would bear translation into English,
either for New-York or London. NJ. Coquelin
has resumed his extraordinary success in "Cy-
rano de Bereerac" at the Porte Saint Martin.
but the prevailing opinion Of the American play
goers who have seen the play in Paris is that II
must inevitably lose its charm in English dress
NJ. Jules Claretie has decided to produce at
the Theatre Francais lie Pedant Joue." written
by the real Cyrano de Bergerac which Moliere
so mercessly plagiarized. The Mysteries OF
Jeanne dare" produced on Wednesday at
the little village Of Menil en- Xantois, in the
Nosges Mountains. AS in the Passion Play at
Oberammergau. the parts are taken by peasants
In the open air. The Mysteries" in seven acts,
Is put on the stage in thoroughly artistic
manner by Monseigneur Fourcault. Bishop Of
Saint Die. who has attempted to revive the
medieval passion plays for which the Nosges
region was once so celebrated.
Mr. Peck United States COMMISSIONER General
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