New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-29

With the exception OF Henri Rochefort's I'm
transigeant." nearly every Partisan paper has
taken part against the United States, and that,
too. In the most violent manner, In the present
war with Spain. Among the most vehement in
its attacks upon this country has been the
"Gaulois.' the organ Of the Royalist party In
France, and the cditOr-in -chef OF which Is
Arthur Meyer The Figaro" having likewise
strong monarchcal trend. and regarding itself
as essentially the journal of Partisan society,
has adopted a similar attitude toward America,
while the most hostile Of all Is undoubtedly the
Petit Journal" which has a circulation Of over
100000 a day. among the petite bourgeoisic,"
to the Interests of which it is devoted. There
is an enormous amount Of Spanish bonds held
by small investors in France. In fact, almost
the entire foreign debt Of Spain is in the hands
of the petite bourgcoisic" and. inasmuch as
the United States by declaring war on Spain,
has seriously affected the value of these bonds.
IL is only natural that the Petit Journal
should display marked animosity toward this
country.
Far more moderate in their opinions the
Journal dcs Debats." the "Republique Fran
caisc" and the "Temps" Of which the first two
may be said to voice to n great extent the
Views Of the French Department Of Foreign
Affairs. while the Temps" which Is the French
newspaper that in prestige. influence and I'm
portaLce possesses most analogy to THE Lon
don Times" represents. as does the latter, the
great financial and commercial interests Of the
nation The Temps" IS essentially the organ
OF the "Haute Banque" and OF the sober re-
spectacle. well-to-do French citizen. Its editors
. have recently come to the sensible conclusion
that French interests might be damaged by
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States and accordingly there has been distinct
evidence during the last two weeks Of ten
dency on the part OF the "Temps'' to take tack
TO windward. and TO diminish. II not entirely
abandon. It's championship OF the cause OF
Spain.
The other Partisan newspapers are Of but lit
tie weight or importance. There IL not one OF
them that is able t. make both ends meet on the
proceeds OF the circulation and advertisements
alone. Their existence is cphemcral and they
are Obliged t. resort to methods Of raising the
wind that would not commend themselves to
any respectable American newspaper tn"
Panama Canal Company. for Instance. while 1t
lasted. proved a perfect gold mine to THIS Sec
ton Of tho French pr.s' and the cdfying dis
closures which were made concerning the deal
ings ~ ID, Latter with the company AZ the time
when the scandal Was aid bare served To dem
onstratc the true value 81 It's editorial utter
anccs
In conclusion It may hc pointed out that there
are only two English newspapers that have
held aloof from tn. expressions OF cordial sym
uathy for the United states tina, have been con
spicuous and go universal in the English press.
one Of these journals is The ST Jaincs's Ca
zctt-" and the other ~ The Saturday Review"
Neither Of them can hc said 10 represent Eng
Iish opinion in any sense - the word. For The
81 Jamcs's Gazette" which was once the In
nuential organ Of the Conservative party. is
now owned by German merchant established
In London. bearing the name OF Stcinkampf
His social aspirations having been ignored BY
the present Government which declined to rec
ognzc the services OF his paper to the Conserva-
tive party even with knighthood. he has In
consequence become sourcd. not alone against
Lord Salisbury's Government. but against
everything British. 10 such an extent that he
can no longer find English journalists OF any
standing to work on his paper THE St James's
Gazette" Is to-day regarded In London as the
champion not Of English. but or German. IN
terests, and az deriving It's inspirations not
from the British Government nor from the
Tory party but from Berlin. As for THE Satur-
day Review" since II has parsed into the pos
sesson Of It's present owner II has been making
a vain endcavor to attract attention and TO
emerge from the obscurity into which ii had
sunk by attacking everything and everybody In
the most scurr!lous mann r. and by taking on
every question OF the hour n Numerically OPP
poste view to popular sentiment. 1t has none
Of the prestige influence Of the old "Satur-
day Rcview"-nothing. In fact. bur the mere