The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-20
OUR PARIS
NEWS-LETT 7 I TER
France Feeds Russian
Anglophobia.
HATRED OF THE BRI7ISHER
The French Commission Wants the
Americans to Make an Exhibit
of'War Relics.

PARIS, Feb 6.--Paris, which is nor |
mally in the throes of party strife, Is
hardly recognizable this week, SO de- |
void has it been of political excitement. |
The senatorial elections, which might
have given the Nationalists a strong
following in the Senate, or the gov
ernment an appreciable increase IN
their forces, did neither, but left the
composition of the two parties prac-
tieally unchanged.
The most notable outcome of the
elections was the Introduction of Gen
eral Mercier, to whom the Nationalist
look to take an important place in as
| saults upon the government. General
Mercier took his seat at the re-opening
OF the Senate on Friday. If there were
any doubts as to his uncompromising
antagonism to the Dreyfusard support
ers of the government, he dispelled
them by his initial act on entering the
Palace of the Luxembourg. On taking
his seat and finding himself next to a
well-known Dreyfusard Senator, he i'm
mediately changed his position and
took place at the farther end of the
row.
This momentary absence of internal
conflict has given the press and the
political world a chance to concentrate
attention upon the general European
situation evolved from the crisis which
the British Empire is now traversing.
Diplomats are discussing nothing but
, the clouds which are hanging over
Great Britain's horizon. Beneath the
insubordination of Egyptian troops in
Khartoum, as reported from Cairo, is
dimly discerned the intriguing hand of
an enemy of England. The suspicious
> movements of Russia on the Persian
and Afghan frontiers and her dispatch
over sea OF important feinforcements
of men and material to the Chinese
frontier, which continued this week, Is
interpreted as an evil omen to the
worlds peace.
1t is universally recognized that Rus
sia never had better moment than the
r present, when she has the sympathy oi
France and when the hands of her
only redoubtable pponent-England-
: are tied in South Africa
According to information published
here, the Franco-American reciprocity
treaty is arousing deep anxiety in Jap
: anese commercial circles. The silk pro-
ducers of Japan are especially alarmed
fearing the treaty may hit them. Il
+, is said the Japanese minister here has
been instructed to make representa-
tions to the French government witt
= view of preventing the ratification o
;. the treaty. He paid visits to both the
: Foreign Office and the American EN-
u bassy Friday.
: A relic of medieval times has beer
u u swept away by a decree by Presiden
y Loubet abolishing the use of fetters IL
;. the French navy, which nowadays Il
y frequently inflicted for ordinar!
;, offences. The decree was received viii
u great rejoicings among the sailors
= Several reforms in other out of dat
j.: punishments in the navy will sho tly b
e urged upon the Chamber of Deputies
\ The details of the government bll
y to lay purely French cables betweel
s. the French colonies have been mad
,: public. The bill provides for four nev
u lines. One is to run from .Oran. Alge
r ria,, touching Tangier and Teneriffe t
q st. Louis, Senegambia. The secon'
= cable IS to run from Uahue, Tonquln
y to point north of Hongkong. A thlr
le cable is to connect Tamatave, Madag S
= car, with Reunion island, one of tn
!! Mascarine group. The fourth line WI
2. be between Benin. in upper Guinea
and the French Congo possessions.
AS the time approaches for the open
" ing of the exposition the work wh'c
'e devolves upon the American commits
r sion taxes the abilities of its otficial
~ and employees. Prof Benjamin L
. Woodward. assistant United state
comm ssinner to the exposition. gees 7
Rouen to-day to see If 1t is possible 70
TIE United States auxiliary cruise
Prairie to reach that port. II this ca
O., he done II will save much time and 0
l. an economy in freight CHARGES.
For the first time. the French con
mission has made a suggestion TegarC
: ing the American exhibit a7nopncln
= its wish that the United States TAI
part in a retrosneotive exposition
a-mv. navy ard historical relics ~
idea is on account % the preSenfaF,n 20
Of the Lofavette monument and on
l. events significant Of the good Teellr
)f hotveon the two countries. thus r.