New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
PARIS.
DEICAssEs SPEECH PLEASES ALI
POLITICAL PARTIES.
FRENCH ABUSE OF THE QUEEN-THE
ANGLO-AMERIC AN TREATY-NOTES OF
DRAMA AND SOCIETY.
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po-,s Nov ON. Delcasse's moderate and
,,atesnanlike speech is heartily Endorsed by all
| rolitical parties. except the noisy factions OF
The Nationalist and the Clerical fanatics.
Seldom has declaration by any French Mlhis-
,a- ~ Foreign Affairs been received with such
ra,r,ne satisfaction throughout the country.
Il has done for the French foreign policy wha'
General De Gallifet's recent speech accom-
rlished for the French army and home AFFAIR s.
l. has cleared the horizon and lifted II above the
influence Of the frenzied paroXysms OF cuTo-
stone politicians and professional agitators
NJ Delcasses speech is all the more signih-
cant coming at a moment when the bouieVa'u
rress teens with libels on England, in which
even the private nrs OF the Queen is not spared.
This weeks issue OF the "Rire," for instance
was bought up so eagerly that to-day not
copy can be had al the news stands. 1t is filled
with disgusting sketches and insinuatons SO
indecent that they could not be published any
where outside OF France. NJ Delcasse's speech
is welcome antidote to this malicious attempt
10 poison the public mind
During the last few days China has monopo-
lied attention al the DUAL d'Orsay, and crafty
ing assurances are now made there that at
the new French concessions OF Kwan-Chau-
Wan. which France takes a lease ex-
sctly similar 10 that by which Germany holds
Ktao-Chau. there Is no intention 10 establish
any discriminating tariff against the goods Of
other foreign countries. This amounts TO a
practical acceptance Of the open door"
Although the French selected Kwan-Chau-
Wan mainly because. unlike Kioung-Choou and
Pakoi which were at first proposed, Kwan-
CHAIRMAN is not a treaty port. all existing
treaties between China and the United States
or other Powers will be respected in spirit and
letter. France has already large a share OF
colonial possessions and interests as she can
digest and. according 10 statements made at
the Foreign Office yesterday II is the firm policy
Of the government cordially TO cooperate with
other nations in keeping China open impartially
to all foreign capital and commercial enterprise
Meanwhile China has entered into a formal en-
gagement with France not 70 ALLEVIATE any terri
toEy contiguous to French possessions.
The Tariff Committee OF the Chamber Of Dep
titles has examined the text of the Franco
American commercial treaty, and 1t is under
5000 that majority OF the committee approve
Inc treaty the only serious opponent TO which
IS NJ Neline, al OF whose attacks upon the
cabinet have so far ANONYMOUSLY failed. 1t is
not likely that the treaty will be discussed In the
chamber until after it's ratification by the SEN
ate at Washington.
After spirited debate by the Municipal Coun-
CT OF Paris last evening regulations were adopt
ca Tor the running Of motor carriages in the
bols de BoulOgne and the Bots de Vincennes
"here the maximum speed will hereafter be re-
s'ricted TO twelve kilometres an hour instead OF
twenty as hitherto.
Inc Paris papers publish humorous descrip-
IONS cabled from New-York about the public
controversy in the United States regarding Ad-
mTal Deweys transfer Of his house The
Figaro and the "Gaulos' think that any
want OF tact on the part OF Dewey is put entirely
n the shade by the outrageously bad taste OF
he Admiral's critics in making any aIlusion
10 the matter whatever.
The theatrical event OF the week is a new
comedy called lie Faubourg" by Abel Her.
mant. author OF La Meute." LA Carriere
and Les Transatlantiques," which was pro-
ouced on Thursday at the Vaudeville Theatre
IL Is the Odyssey OF young couple moving IN
ultra fashionable Partisan circles. who. after haV
ing made what they supposed was love match
ial out with each other the day after their
marriage and remain irreconcilable when inc