The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-03
OCHILT IiE ROAST
Ofthc rar!sinns--Rcfcrst o Paris asa
E City OF ,ianiacs-Gon,orrni u Lily
sand Sodom u Seminary of Parity

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snnd Soiom u Seminary OF Parity
jat Compared Whit.
I New York SerdIct; Col. ochlltree.
sage. staics.nan. traveller, soldier and
raconteur. has returned, Nine months
in Paris, two IN London, Col. ochiltrec
has had n New York absence OF eleven
months. II WIS the other day VIC met.
was the gamer. II is worth ones while
10 encounter Col. Och!lttec TO know
him Is a Joy; 10 be his intimate friend
an education. Merely 10 meet him be-
comes IN inspiration. E
What 0; Parls?" said Col. ochiitree.
repeating my question. Crazy. sir.
absolutely crazy; Paris IS a municipal
maniac. You've seen lunatic7 That
goes without question. for I recall that
you put IN nix years about Congress.
Well. Paris comes simply 10 be u luna
tic organized rs n city. II Is .camped
midway between the madhouse and the
barbados
What has done It? AbsInthe and
utter moral vi!eness. There's no doubt
OF &C. I've watched Paris for thirty
oHts~years. And II has been going
down hill mentally. morally, physically.
nervous!y, for thirty-one years; Slapped
and under dug In every particular by
!ts vile drinks and vIler morals. Per-
haps should say irnmornls; Paris has
no morals worthy OF the word.
.'Yes. the topic OF all topics Is the
Dreyfus case It carls every lip, wags
every tongue. fills every Parisinn
mouth, Dreyfus will yet prove the
rock upon which Paris VIII split.
France, for weeks. trcmbiea on the
brink OF war with England. One
heard nothing OF It in Paris. The
cafes rang with Dreyfus while the
bicker with England over Fashoda
hardly gained Il notice.
'sWhRt would England have done TO
France In event OF war. What We did
10 Spain. The British would have sent
the French navy to the bottom like Il
lot OF unviis. The French navy
wouldn't have listed as long us drink
OF whiskey a Frenchman Mt sea Is u
Frenchman lost. He should keep Oft
the water. To begin with, he fears wa
ter like cat. And he's too hysterIcal,
too fantastic To sail Il boat and light at
one and the same time Billows and
hroadSIdes In conjunction overthrow
the French reason. England would
have thr4tSied France out OF hand. 1t
was the French good fortune that some
OF their quartor-deck gang had wit
enough to see II, and get Nurchund out
of Egypt.
what OF the French army? a mere
muster OF dcgcnGrateS; nunikinS In
red breeches. The French army hasn't
the discipline OF Il g:irg Of section
hands, Dirty, dissolute, debauched:
the French army would be II popular
menace were 1t not for its weak invi-
rility. It hasn't manhood enough to be
dangerous. The army Is u thing Of
unsel us sOrdid as Its tawdry. with
morals and mentality In bitter strife
for lowest place. 1t Is RIO wonder those
blond, healthy giants Of Germany thlr-
~ years ago wen: over the French
army Hike u landslide. II Germany and
France should fight again, Germany
would In O month leave nothing OF her
but rags. and not enough OF them To
flag Il haHd-ear
Tell you OF the Dreyfus cGsc?There's
no doubt among fair minds OF his inno-
cence. The court OF cessation Will say
so. When It does. look out The mob
will rise, and the mob will be the army
recruited with III! that Is thievish,
sewer-born and mud-engendered In the
whole city OF Paris. The daiRgs OF the
Commune Will have rcdoinS, 1t vii be
day OF blood and torch and barricade
of loot--Papine, pillage and murder.
"The Jews viii be the first object of
attack. Even to-day the cry of "a
Jew, 4 Jew! Kill him! XII him!
XIII him"will assemble Il frothing mob
in minute That and .Ftve .fArmec.'
urc highly popular cries in the Partisan
streets. II were Il Jew in Paris I'd
gather my gabcrdinc about me and get
out. Russia, by comparison. IS land
flowing with civic milk and honey, so
far as the Jews are concerned.
absolutely. conditions In Paris are
hfdeous and Il horror. It's legislature IS
bcur-garden, It's press the tool of
money, its law farce. while sO-called
justice is joke when 1t isn't an out
rage. The court of cessation is the one
sole tribunal worthy II dogs respect
the one last feeble rift IN the clouds
that threaten France. And yet while
was there Henri ftochefort came out
In his paper. and said that The Judges
OF the court OF cessation ought TO be
taken and tortured 10 death by tying
them prone In the blazing sun. cutting
off the eyclids and letting venomous
spiders suck their eyes from the sock
cts This rather elaborate disposal OF
these Judges was opposed by another
editor who urged. In the name OF brevi-
ty. that they be burned ut the stake in
stead,
And Paris calls Itself civilized, while
It's papers sOberly urge such savage
baldcrdnsh on a crazy public. who lap
It mp like spring water!
NO. the French have no use for
America. They hate Il Yankee rs they
do n Jew. For myself. ] regard their
hatred as n great compliment. Paris
differs from London In that behalf. II
you want 10 hear London cheer itself
lloarsc show IL the stars and stripes.
Unless ] miss my guess, the next
few months In Paris will be worth n
worlds watching. Drcyfus, IL he cs-
capes assassination In his cell. will 20
free. Paris. on the fcather-edge of tn
multi now, Will make that the signal for
trouble. And then the very cutters
will romp with gore.
One might sum up Paris like this:
1t Is rich, frugal. ignorant, vile. artistic.
vicious, Industrious. venal. cowurdly,
narrow, cruel. frivolous. mcndaCious.
corrupt. degenerate. brauiIful-a threat
to nj. men, still more Il menace to itself.
GomOrrah was a lily to 1t; Sodom n