New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-06
PARIS.
RELIEF AFTER SIX MONTHS OF NERf
YOUS TENSION.
FAsHODA AND THE QUESTION OF REVISION
THE NEW CABINET-THEArRl-
CAL AND SOCIAL NOTES
[pY CABLE 70 THE rRIBuSE.l

(BY CABLE 70 THE TRIBUNE.1
Paris, Nov 5.-The abandonment Of Fashods-
the gratifying prospect that the Dreyfus case
will be thrashed out by the machinery of the
Court Of Cessation without street fights or
manifestations. and the Ministerial affirmation
Of the absolute supremacy Of the clvll authority
have restored public confidence Contrary to
the hopes Of thu Nationalist and 81 al VINO
wish to fish in troubled waters, contrary also
to the popular expectation. the Kew CABINETS
maiden battle in the Chamber last evening ie-
suited in a signal victory for the party OF re-
publican concentration. Indicated by 4lo votes
against ~ In political and nnanclal clrcleS
there is at least a general feeling 81 rell~i az
ter the nervous tension of the last SIX months
French > DIR cent rentes al the opening Of the
Bourse to-day. made a steady rise OF nearly
frame carrying all the solid investment secure
ties with then.
The Dupuy Cabinet has won popularity. Its
position Of vantage was apparent yesterday
when among those who pressed forward to well
come NJ de Freycnet the new War Minister
upon his entrance into the Chamber were men
representing such diverse political opinions as
NJ Ribot. the Comte de Nun. NJ. lie Myre de
ViIers NJ Rouvier NJ. de Lanessan. VI. Leon
Rourgeois Admiral Meunier. NJ. de Monti0rt.
NJ Marueiouls ". Etienne. NJ. Barthou ana
other solid Deputies. ranging from Royalists'
Conservatives and Republicans OF every degree
down 10 the most trenchant Radicals.
In regard to Fashoda there remains great
deal Of suppressed feeling against Eng
land. but no one pretends that any patriouc
Frenchman could have acted otherwise ina"
NJ Delcasse has done in frankly and feari@ssN
abandoning an untenable position. lie mas,
moreover in his tilt with Lord Salisbury eNhoea
diplomatic qualities OF the highest order We"
set off with terse phrases, pointed IRONY ""
and sarcasm, so appropriate to one VINO OCCUPIES
at the Quai dOrsay the armchair OF IaNe'.
rand This diplomatic brancy has so gll"eu
the pill as 10 have made il acceptable To ths
French public. The abandonment OF Fashoda
was virtually decided upon when Count Mufa'
vieff brought to the President 81 the Repup"0
and to the French Cabinet emphaiicaly peace
full messages from the Emperor of Russia pu"
az the Figaro points out to-day. France mas
been confronted at perously close quar"'
with the spectre Of a maritime war IN Wh'0"
the French Navy would have been oplSed "
onnose alone and unaided the strongest fleet
in Christendom, and France is glad that NJ
Delcasst's unequvocal. categorical decision mas
nipped in the bud such conflct Inc n'"''S
is ended. AMI well ended"
Partisan theatre goers had harvest OF ne"
plays this week. Among the most Emporium
are Judith Renaudin." at the Theatre Antoihe'
by Pierre Lott: Papa la Vertu" al the Am.
bgu by NM. Pierre Decourcelle ana he"'
Maizeroy, and "Struensee." by NJ. Paul Meufl'e,
at the Theatre Francois: 10 say nothing ..
Dams la Montague" an equestrian and nau"'.
pantomime, which. with its polo players on "
cycles. It's well-trained horses and negro 'io"".
was we'll received last night at the NouNe'
Cirque Pierre Lofts first dramatic effort apVs'
which there were great expectations no'"''
standing the high praise accorded 10y VI
Figaro" and other Partisan papers has tu'"N
out to be lamentable failure. The ta'e"
author OF Les Pecheurs d'lslande mas group
together u number OF picturesque hsures u ",
might be very effective in a descriptive "0'
but which on the stage have neither acuo"
life The story of Judith Renaudn takes w.
! during the "dragonnades that follower
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