The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22

Hung Chang from Canton northWard is
IN our minds, a. very grave feature of the
situation. Much will depend upon the
direction in which his influence is exer-
claed. His reticence, and the absence of
a precise indication of his position can
not be regarded as reassuring
A significant fact in the present stu
alton is that during the Chino-Japanese
war, when the japanese were infiicting
defeat upon the Chinese, the viceroy,s
central and southern provinces, in which
were a great number of drilled troops
were instructed by La Hung Chang not to
send these soldiers north, but at the pres
ent moment these troops are under orders
to march toward Pekin."
FRANCE HOPEFUL.
The French government still enter
Jams hopes of the safety of the Legal
lions in Pekin in view of today's advices
to the Associated Press 1t also declines
10 believe that any discord will break
OUT among the powers, especially between
Russia and Japan. Russia has her hands
full with affairs in Manchuria, where it
Is pointed out she has been taken as
much by surprise as have been the other
powers. The invasion of Russian terri
tory~by the Chinese astounded the Rus-
sian government, which little suspected
that the Chinese were IN such strength.
or so well armed in the territory con.
tiguous to Russia.
Ihat no political break will occur in
the accord of the powers is the general
opinion in diplomatic spheres
One ambassador explained that during
Time of storm one could find wild ami
mails which ordinarily are the bitterest
OF enemies and willing TO fight to the
death, lying peacefully together in a
single place of safety. This, he thought.
htted the present case IN China, and SO
long as the storm lasted the concord
among the powers would be assured.
After that 1t was difficult to see the out
come.
TORRID WEATHER.
The torrid weather In the United
States has had its duplicate here Dur
ing last week the thermometer register
ed between 80 and 50 degrees, touching
the maximum on Friday, 1O2 in the
shade. making it the hottest day ever
recorded in Paris. The extreme heat
continues today without any indications
OF break. The streets during the
week We're deserted at midday, and re-
manned 50 throughout the afternoon by
all except business men. Many cases of
sunstrGke were treated daily. The eff
forts to keep cool assume amusing
forms. Every man or woman carried a
little japanese fan, known here under
north wind Ladies wore big sun bon
nets, and men were attired in the most
airy clothing. The boulevard cafes were
crowded up to late at night, their fire.
quenters imbibing iced drinks.
Inc weather had a very unfayora HE
influence on the attendance at the expo
sition. Parisians kept away entirely. and
only the provincials, here for A short
stay, braved the suns rays and contin-
uously old the exposition. The big drop
in the number of visitors brought about
an instantaneous slump in the price of
tickets, which sold at Is centimes when
the shop opened They gradually drop
ped to 10 centimes, at which price thew
had been staggering for the past few
weeks. Yesterday however the haunt
ers had difficulty in securing buyers at
20 centimes, and some sold tickets at 20
centinres, equal to four cents in Amert-
can money.
This slump is a serious thing for the
Paris banks, which, on the opening of
the exposition. took over a large propor-
ton of the 65OeO,OOO tickets issued at
80 eentimes, half their Issue price. The
exhibition reaches the halfway post on
Thursday next, and thus far only IS
0O0,000 tickets have been disposed of.
There, therefore, remain $4,000, 900 tick
cts. Allowing for the natural increase
in consumption during the holiday
months, it is still apparent that the
banks will have at least 10000 coo tickets
left on their hands. This explains the
fall in the price of tickets, which event.
ualiy will probably be obtainable at two
cents each.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND.
Archbishop Ireland, who has been in