New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04

| US to a conference the condition precedent TO
eme acceptance Of which is that should for
Yer renounce all hope OF regaining lost
| p,oVinces CT Alsace and Lorraine, and for this
france Is not prepared. matter how isolated
we we may now be- 1t is no exaggeraton to say
maj the Cars proposal practically ends the
FRANCO ussian alliance.
In military circles the feeling Is still stronger
for the proposal comes at the very moment
"heh the Minister Of War IS. at an enormous
| financial sacrifice. introducing into the French
Army the new quick-Gring field gur. which Is
confidently said TO be 80 per cent more effective
than any weapon yet In existence. The vanish
! ing Russian dream is made still more bitter by
the understanding believed 70 be estab-
| lished between England and Germany in regard
to Africa and Germanys approval OF the logi-
! cal consequences of General Sir Herbert Kitch-
| eners Khartoum campaign which must eff
| lectually nip In the bud the realization OF
MarchanTs further ambitious projects in the
| Upper Nile region
NJ Lockroy is now reorganlzng the staff de-
partments OF the French Navy In the most
| drastic manner. and the Navy viii before long
he provided with general staff based upon
! the Army organization. This defat.gabe Min
! lister has already increased the naval strength
by twenty thousand men. who have been trans
! ferred from the ARM to form The nuCeus OF a
new coast-defeDCe system which will henccforth
be under the exclusive control OF the navy.
NJ Picard has decided upon a new feature Of
the Exhibition of 1900 which ia to consist Of d
gigantic fountain utilizing the hydraulic force
Of 1000 horsepower required for the
chinery Of the Exhibition. The fountain is 10
be thrty-four metres high, and its volume OF
water 200 litres a second II will be
Illuminated by electric lights in every imag-
nabe color.
The coming Of cooler weather and tie open
ing Of the shooting season have brought many
people back from Switzerland and the seaside.
William X. Vanderbilts yacht Valiant has had
her bottom cleaned Marseilles. and after
thorough overhauling has returned to Monaco to
await the arrival there of her owner. who with
few friends. intends to make trip 10 the
Eastern Mediterranean.
Homburg still continues to be very gay.
highly successful dinner was given there 10y
Baron and Baroness de Nriere on the occasion
of the tennis tournament. Baroness de Vricre
Is a niece Of Mrs, Hayward Cutting. Among the
guests We're Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony DrexcI, An
drew d. White, United States Ambassador at
Berlin; Mr. and Mrs. william Jay. who arrived
from Baden Baden: Baroness de Reuter-. for
merly Miss Potter. Mr.. and Mrs Theodore Gill
bert King Mr. and Mrs. BischoHshem and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Weinberg.
At Baden Baden, although the races are over.
cosey little dinners have into vogue.
Among the Americans there are Mr. and Mrs
Aufrmordt Miss Van Wart and Mr.. Louis jay
Pionbieres. in the Vosges is the resort just
now OF the Orleans princes. including the Duo de
Chartres the Due de Penthevre and the Comte
d'Eu Nine Cambon. mother Of the French
Ambassador at Washington. and her daughter
in-law Nine Jules Cambon, with her children
are taking the waters at Plomhieres Among
the Americans there are Mrs. Belmont and Mrs.
Farbel. OF New-Yorl. and Mr.. Apcar Of san
Francisco
Dinard has been enlvened by n brilliant
fancy-dress ball given at the new club last
night There were several dinner parties at the
club before the dancing began. Mr.. ana MrS
Eyre had n dinrer Of sixteen. Including MISS
McCrea Of Philadelphia: the Misses Hannay
Miss Lothrop and the Misses Reed Mrs Charles
Whittier invited Mr.. and Mrs. Wnslow and Mrs
Bacon. Dancing began early. and there were
several handsome costumes. Miss Van Dusen
Reed was much admired az a lady OF the early
Victorian era. with hoop and founcc dress. hair
In corkscrew ringlets and huge bonnet Miss
McCrea wore a very effective white pompadour
costume: Miss LothrOp was In pale biue MISS
lanes looked her best IA Night
Among the Americans in Paris are MI ana MIS-.
William Waldorf Aston who have returned from
Geneva: Mr. and Mrs. James II. Stebbins. from
Carlsbad: Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Simms Mrs o.
s,uick Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholas Brown
Mr. lanes Hartman and family. Mrs W. rel
lows the Misses Dudley. Mr. George H. Earle
Professor Walter Blair Mr. and Miss Blair ana
Miss Claiborne. Mr.. Jacob II vanderbilt MI
and Mrs William II. dillingham; MT ana MIS-
Isaac D. Fletcher Mr.. George Gould and family
Mr. 7 schuler Mr. II. c. Ward and Mr.. Fearing
GIL Mr. Fearing GIL will give an elaborate
luncheon at La Vesinet. in the enNrohs oi
Paris on Tuesday In order to found a society OF
Frenchmen and Americans in honor OF ha'ay
cite and 10 perpetuate good feeling between
France and the United States
Among the passengers who sailed on the Ma
,.arre arc Mr. and Mrs. Froehlich. NJ. Delnas' NJ
Rermond Mr. Longhurst. MT Deacon ana '"e
Vicomte Avenel