The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-05
THE FRENCH
WORLD FAIR
The Jingoes Willing to
Ruin 1t.
ANXIOUS TO BRING WAR
A Bishop on Convent Scandals
Doomed to ExiIe--EUgenie's
Singular Arrest,

PARIS, Dec. 21.-Is the Paris Expo
sition, after all, going to be a failure?
The question is being asked with some
concern by very many who, even in
time of all the boycotting schemes,
would have said that the success of
the great show was assured. The fact
is that the everlasting changes of
French politics have created a situa
ton which would make it to the in
terest OF certain party-and very
powerful party at that-to have the eX-
position fail This requires a little eX
PLANTATION.
The French jingoes, like the jingoes
of most other nations, believe that the
only national policy of true worth is
TO treat all foreigners as scoundrels-
especially those foreigners who are
rich and prosperous and constantly
good customers.
Now the Government of France sees
quite well that if the foreigner Is to be
asked to come as the guest of France
TO the exhibition he cannot be treated
as necessarily scoundrel; he must,
on the contrary, be treated with GER
tain degree of politeness and decency.
England Hated Most Of All.
The nation most directly concerned
is. of course, England. England is
Frances best customer and sends the
greatest number of visitors to all her
shows. The number of English tour
lists visiting France each year prob
ably exceeds that of all the other ma
tons put together, for the return fare
from London to Paris is only $40. That
is why Nj. Delcasse the other day made
a conciliatory speech, deprecating the
incessant press attacks on England.
The Government evidently recognized
that the policy of constant, If Hide
fined, hostility to England would in
the end be sure TO bear fruit-part of
the crop being the ill-success of the
exhibition. But England is the jingoes
pet buga-boo.
Thus the incompatibility of adhering
consistently at the same time to the
policy of shaking the fist at every
body" as Delcasse put 1t, and inviting
everybody to the exhibition. Then
said the lingo, perish the exhibition!
Rather than surrender the glorious
policy of hostility to England, Ger
many Italy and America, the great
show of 1900 can take its chance Be
cause, let policy of general friendll-
ness with our neighbors once be ac-
cepted by France, and the raison detre
OF the Nationalist, the lingo party dis
appears. And in that case, say the Pa
triots, what becomes OF u.s."
But there is also something more. If
the exhibition is failure there is pref
Of nd
the more because many thousand work.
men will be thrown out of employ
ment. The trouble might possibly be
induced 10 take the form OF a revolu-
ton. which the Nationalist 50 much
desire.
Actually Anxious for Failure.
Thus it happens that large and in
fiuential French party, from being in
different about the success OF the eXhi-
bition, has come actually to desire its
failure. They now begin to tell us that
it is undignified for France to turn
herself into sort of caravansary. that
the people benefited will be mainly no.
tel keepers and the railway companies
largely foreigners and Jews.
Offended at Apologists.
Desiring to get an Independent opin-
ion in the matter, saw the other day
the director of one of the most infiuen-
tial papers in Paris-a paper which has
from the first been interested largely
in the exhibition. What he said in eff
feet was this: II do not think that
failure is to be looked for But at the
same time am afraid it will be very
monotonous, and probably 1t will mark
4. n, ito. Of fnt n n
entertainment. There will almost GER
tainly be general strike afterward,
and very probably serious trouble"
The conciliatory attitude of the Gov
eminent. toward England has been
particularly annoying to the National
lists, because they say: Now is our
chance" They reason thus: "A few
thousand peasants have compelled Eng
land to put forward all her strength.
This shows that the Wanted power OF
the English is all n sham. A good
knock from Russia and France would
cause the might of England to go down
like a pack OF cards. The Beers have
nut us to shame. All this time Eng
land has been imposing her will upon
half the world, and we have stood by
in fear. Strike now, ana we have Grip
pied our hereditary enemy forever,
and taken away once and for all her
capacity to do us any harm
1t Is recognized, however, that the
balance of power is held by Germany,
and Mr.. Chamberlain's speech on the
alleged Anglo-Teutonic alliance has
come as a very cold douche.
Curiously enough, America is not
much considered in the matter.
FrenChmen pay Americans the dubious
compliment OF believing that the
United States would never come to the
aid of England in any trouble unless
America had something very substan-
tial to gain. They do not see that this
Is the case, and so the Anglican
can alliance is regarded as quantlte
negligeable. Mr., Chamberlain's refer
enee to 1t, however, coming on top OF
whitelaw Reids speech, has given
caase for reflection.