The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-31
Has Been Our Good Friend From
the Start.
NOW WANTS TO MAKE UP
IRRESPONSIBLE PRESS TALKED
TOO MUCH.
Knew We Would Win and the Real
Sentiment Has Been Friendly to
Us-America May Take the Phil
ippines Or Anything She Wants,
and France Will Not Object.

Paris. July 3Q.-IneIe Is d SUI -
sire in French official circles to BRING
about a, complete resumption OF the
pleasant relations with the United
States which existed previous to the
trouble between Spain and the U2lteo
States. and which were disturbed by
French newspaper utterances. 1t is
nointed out that the nearer the Span
ish-American war comes to a Close the
clearer it is to sober minded trehch-
men that public opinion IN America hel9
been mistaken in regard 10 the Ieai
o,,inion and feeling of France towards
the United States. 1t is added tnal III
snite of what was written in the news
papers here or discussed in social CT
Giles when the war began, no DOUBT was
entertained anywhere in france as 70
the result of hostilities- Inc weakness
ARD inferiority of Spain were SO eNi,
dent that. it is claimed mere, 1t would
he Unfair now to assert that the Amer
lean victories have caused a change Oh
public opinion in France, and that TIE
French newspapers today MINK II
wiser TO favor the conqueror-
In explanation of the tone Oh the
French press towards the Oi--le9 I
States, it is said that the lahSudse us?u
bv the newspapers at present Is, IL
ei,bs+ance the same as used three
months ago, and that the reason tIe
American people have been under the
innression that the French newspapers
were hostile to the United states aHu
favorable to Spain is due 10 the go
that only the less sensible para OF Iiie
French press was quoted III lhe -
dispatches. while such papers as the
Journal Des Debats, the Figaro a--u
the Temps and some others nave HoI
favored either side in the war, anu nave
furnished their readers with honest ac-
counts of the different features OF Ihe
host!ities.
Continuing, it is. argued that some OF
the leading members OF the
press were interviewed during the -,
and their statements leave no room ioI
dorht that they entertained a corQidl
feeling towards the United States, Whlie
French business men who were SINH
larly interviewed were even more en-
nhafic in their expressions OF 1rlehu-
ship towards America
PROOF OF FRIENDSHIP.
FINALLY. the Frenchman say that the
recent celebration of the Fourth U
InIv here was the occasion of bringing
forth additional proof of the coTolal
feeling entertained toward Americans
At. the banquet of the American cA dIl-
her of commerce there were ma:y
prominent Frenchfnen present, includ-
ing some of the highest state oiIlcla-s'
and NJ. Aruojoule, the minister OF com
merce. speaking for the French gov
we have been told that far away
on the other side of the Atlantlc lheIe
are those who have listened TO cdluIilh.
iators in France, who asserted thdl
France was forgetful of her duty, ana
that we have become not only aoVer-
caries but. according to some reports,
even discourteOuS toward America.
protest against such an impression
NV word is sufficient to dlspel sucn q
ridiculous idea, and l hope that ti4e
echo of what 1 say VIII be caIIieu "a
from this banquet hall to the other size
of the Atlantic, as an indignant pro
fest against the false report as TO the
sentiment of France towards America
T1t if this is not sufficient, let me as
s,Ire your cOuntrymen that not a udy,
not an hour, not minute mas e-SDSIu
dll,.ine which the harmony Whlch en-
lists between US mas ever run lhT T lien
ri being broken. France has always
been for YOU second country, ana no
one knows better than your ambassa-
dor and minister of the French CABINET
the degree of cordially manifested IN
connection with our reciprocal rela-
tiol.s.'
This statement of the French minis
ter of commerce is reproduced mere. aS
If is being freely used by Frenchmen
in their arguments tending TO prove
that France has not been unfriendly to-
ward the United States in the war with
TI,ev also argue that there is no rea-
son why France should side with SPAN
as during the past century there mas
been "a common ideal between tne
80 countries. and Frenchmen OF today
orc NOT led by clerical considerations
mr. nv the theory of so-called Latin
races which ii is further asserted IS
M longer taken seriously by any sensI-
BILE man.
sEMI-OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
From a semi-official source the fol- !
lowing statement was made:
From a commercial standpoint |
France is as much interested in Ameri- |
can as in Spanish trade, and conse-
ouentlv she has no reason to jeopardize |
her friendly relations with the United |
states. Still she feels sympathy for her
unfortunate neighbor, and rejoices !
heartily at the fact that peace is to be |
arranged. and that the French ambas-
sador' NJ. Cambon, has been the mes
senger Of peace.
AS TO the terms upon which peace |
will he arranged, the French govern /
ment and public opinion in France are
Perfectly aware that the Chlted states |
viii no longer be satisfied with the |
mere independence of Cuba, consider
ing that the war has cost her consid-
cradle. Consequently the French press, |
the Journal de Debate and |
Temps. are already taking into account |
that important element in the settle
rnent of peace. They only hope that |
a noerica will not claim too much. Not
that France feels envious in view of |
the increasing power of the United
States. but simply because too onerous
on the part of America
would make peace difficult. In fact, it
deserves to be pointed out that France
does not make any objection to the
United States increasing either its
strength or its domains.
The reason for the quiet feeling of
France in this matter is that she is
that if such an increase in
any way threatens European power
She is not that power. Even. the an
nexation of Hawaii, which gives to the
United States an important posses
sion in the Pacific, has not disturbed
France in the slightest degree, her pos
sessions in America being small and
consisting of some little
Stands and French Guiana. Therefore,
she feels sure that the Americans.
whom she considers to be a practical