The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-12
FRANCES BAD DOSE
CALLED BY SELECTION OF COUNT
Won NvALDERsEE.
WILL HAVE TO ACoUIESCE.
TRENCHMEN CANNOT FORGET THE
EVENTS OF 1870.

French Press Is Bitter in Its Anath-
emas-AnnOuncemen That France
Hns Acquiesced Is Premature, But
She VIII Put the End Sought
Above Her Prejudice-It Is Purely
Political Says an ON mciaI-Exposit-
ion Evils Remedied.
Copyright, 1900 by the Associated Press)
Paris Aug. u.-Though official France
when forced to a decision win gracously
admit the superior rank of Field Marshal
Count Won Waldersee and acknowledge
him as generalissimo of the allies in China,
the Paris press and French citizens will
accept the situation with a grimace such
as bitter medicine produces
Though years have passed. the time is
not long enough to efface the memory of
the day when the German troops marched
along the Champs Elysees and so 1t is
even thought an expeditionary force un-
der a German commander will be sufh-
cient to throw the anti l-Republican press
into qualms of resentment. Naturally the
government is the objective at which they
hurl their anathemas. La Libre Parole
says:
I'VE will be considered a nation of the
second part-in fact part of the German
| confederation while the Echo de Paris
speaks of the humiliation of the French
soldiers and the sacrifices therein i'm
posed.
What makes the dose more nasueating
is the fact that General Negrer on July
"a pleaded to be sent to China, but his
offer to go was not accepted. He out
ranks Count Won Waldersee, and thus it
would have been permitted to France to
hold the leading office.
Announcement Is Premature.
The announcement made in Berlin that
France has acquiesced in the selection of
the commander-in-chief is, at least, pre-
mature. No such acknowledgment has
| been admitted, so the foreign Office In
| formed a representative of the Associated
Press; but there is no disposition to stand
out against the other Powers in consent
! ing when Count Won Waldersee shall
| have reached China.
This hubbub," said member of
Frances official family rs purely poIiti-
| cal. and is not disooncerting. We have a
: phc@tfit hutS 10 DGIIuFIis WHICH iE IHe Inn
mediate relief OF the Christians in Pekin
Surely none expects in the face OF the
| appeals for rescue that the allies will
| camp out while the ministers telegraph
| urging immediate assistance II will be
| the middle of October when Count Won
| Waidersee arrives. Is there any one who
| counsels inactivity for that time? We
must march, and all Frances influence
must be brought to bear in this direc-
ton. We need no generals to accomplish
this"
Exposition Evils.
| M. Iepine, the Paris prefect of police
| has taken sternly in hand two of the
| most annoying evils 10 which strangers
| in Paris are bound to submit-trickery
and overcharging on the part of the cab
drivers and the pestering of promenaders
on the boulevards by persons bent upon
| the sale of transparent cards, salacious
! literature and other articles, the sale of
which would mean immediate imprison-
ment in any city in the United States
! So vigorously has the latter class been
assailed by the police that many innocent
newsboys have been arrested; but the re-
| suit of M. Lepines efforts has been very
noticeable on the boulevards the last two
! nights.
| For the regula tion of the cab service
and the doing away with the maddening
| faults which oause many an American to
use unprintable words he has issued a
| long series of rules compelling cabmen
TO notify passengers Of the exact amount
| of their fare before starting, prohibiting
| the favorite pastime OF the drivers-that
of smoking while on duty. and compelling
| them to accept passengers.
Mad Dogs Were Numerous.
The annual report on the subject of hy-
drophoDia, which has just been presented
to the council Of Public Hygiene by Prof
| Poust. showes by statistics that the num-
Der of mad dogs in Paris end the depart
ment of The Seine is steadily increasing
| The Pasteur Institute treated 294 persons
| who had been bitten by rabid animals
between the first of the year 1900 and
| June 8.
Next Saturday the official announcement
Of the awards of the exposition juries will
be made The occasion will be very i'm
posing. The ceremonies will take place
in the Sale des Fetes and the President
Of the republic. his cabinet and other
| functionaries will be present.
| MOT TILE DEAL AnuhMHE