New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
PARIS.
RADICALS INSIST ON A GREATER SHAKE
IN THE GOVERNMENT.
FOR THE DRBYFUs COURT
MARTrAI-GAYETY IN THE AMER
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Paris Tune 1.-THE collapse OF the anti-he-
nuh,,can opposition which suff1ced to rally Re-
nub,icans OF every grade on one broad PLATFORM
~ defence ia not SO complete but that the sec
t,onal iealousies Of the Republican majority
have reasserted themselves and have deiayeu
fhe formation of Cabinet. The Radcal anu
Socialist groups exhilarated by their imposing
demonstrations of last Sunday. Insist upon
larger and more direct share in the Government
than they have hitherto demanded. Radical leau-
ers like Sarrien and Isambert declare tna'
they would rather meet death on the parri-
cades than accept a Cabinet dshonored py 'he
presence of man like Barthou Wheh M
Poincare last night gave up In despair 'he Ohi-
nese puzzle of reconcillng the extreme RADICALS
he exclaimed: "Barthou was merely preteHt'
I feel sure that had I consented 10 ABANDON
Barthou the Radicals would also have refused 10
accept Ribot am confident that have offereu
to the Socialists the extreme limit or the cohces
sions that can be made to them without endan-
gerng existing institutions"
Amid this sectional strife the only man VINO
seems steadily to gain higher place in pubic
estimation is President Loubet whose personal
preference is said to be for Waldeck-Rousseau'
a strong favorite with the Senate, but 1t Is not
considered likely that President Loubet VIII
consent to veer so far toward the extreme Left
as to call upon Sarren, for instance. until all the
resources Of NJ Waldeck- Rousseau or NJ. Con-
STAINS shall have failed.
1t is interesting to note that Benjamin Harri-
son. Chauncey NJ. Depew and Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, who are now in Paris watching
the present crisis with the light OF their wide
transatlantic experiences. regret to see the In
crease Of the Radical and Socialist influences,
which seem to be the outcome Of the events OF
the last fortnight 1t Is also interesting to note
that the three prominent Americans referred TO
are most favorably impressed with President
Loubet, who is spoken Of by one of them as
fulfilling the highest American conceptions OF
what a good Republican President ought to be-"
According to the latest arrangements, July IL
Is fixed for the opening of the Dreyfus court
martial, the presiding officer Of which will be
Colonel Jouast, of the engineers who was born
at Rennes in 1870 and who. since his gradua-
ton from the Ecole Polytechnique, in 1858. has
been constantly employed in the technical
branch of his profession in France and Algeria.
He Is q hard-working officer belonging to solid
midde,class family Of moderate means. He Is
modest and reticent in disposition, and Is the
fifth colonel; he stands No. on the list Of Off
GERS of his arm for promotion TO brigadier-gen-
eral. He has been stationed at Rennes since
1894. The small band of irreconcilables who
with blind fanaticism still protest against the
Judgment OF the Court OF Cessation evidently
mean TO make q last desperate struggle at
Rennes, and Ernest Judet, in leading articles In
the widely circulated Petit Journal" as well
as Drumont, Mevoye Rochefort and Quesnay
de Beaurepare in their respective organs leaves
no stone unturned to prejudice the Rennes
court-InartiaI in view Of the coming trial. Mean
while discussions about this ourt-martia have
given rise TO a crop of dues between officers and
university professors at Brest and Etampes,
which recall the days Of Louis XIII; but out Of
half a dozen encounters none have proved fatal.
Notwithstanding the continued refusal Of the
authorities to reopen the Puteaux Club, there
| has been an unusual amount Of social gayety in
| the American colony. Two most successful
dances have been given by Countess de Sers
| formerly Miss Niven, the niece Of Mr.. Chauncey
| NJ Depew. Among those present were Mrs
| Aston Mr.. and Mrs. John Munroe, Mrs Girls
void Gray. the Marquise de Talleyrand. former
| ly Miss Bessie Curtis; the Vicomtesse bangle
mont nee Thomas; Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Bin
! ney, Miss Blackington. Baroness de Bresson
and Miss Hegermann.
The wedding on Thursday OF Miss Gertrude
| Van Dusen Reed to Viscount de Chezelles took
| place In the Church Of st. Pierre eros Caillou
| Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs. George
w Vanderbilt Miss Dresser. Mrs Henry Drake,
Mrs. Frederick Sherman, Mrs Cuyler and Mrs.
and Miss King. small reception was given
afterward by Mrs. Van Dusen Reed at her house
| in the Rue Pierre Charron. There was an Amer
| lean wedding also on Thursday that of Mrs.
Eugene Cruger 70 Captain Morichon, who ac-
| companed Prince Henri of Orleans to Abys-
sinia Prince Henry and number Of Americans
were present at the ceremony Another Amer
| lean wedding looked forward to with great in
| terest Is that Of Miss Susan Leroy Dresser to
Vicomte d'Osmoy which will take place on Mon
day at the Church of St. Philippe de Roule and
| will be followed by q reception given at the
Hotel Bristol by Mr. and Mrs. George w. Van
derbilt the brides brother-n-law and sister.
Among the dances were those given by Mrs.
| Sharon and by Mrs. Frederick Sherman. The
Pavilion d'Armenonville, in the Bots de Bou-
! logne, since the Socialist episode there last
| Sunday, has become favorlte resort of Amer
| leans for open-air dinner parties Among those
| there yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. James Low
| Hartman and a few friends; at another table
were Mrs William Moore Miss Lillian May and
| Miss Emily Yznaga~ At other tables were the
guests at the dinner given by Mrs. George Law,
among them being Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Haynes Miss King Vicomte Charles de la
RochefOucault Prince GalitZin. Mr. J. D. Shep-