The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-12
THREW AWAY HER OH CHAgCR
GEN. NEGRIER WANTED TO GO TO
CHINA, But WAS RE
FUSED
THE PROTECTION OF VISITORS
Rapacity of Cnbmen and FaI<irs
Vigorously Repressed by the De-
partment of POIice-ReIfef
Over Latest China News.

SOpNTiRnIeO DN the ASSOCIATED G16SS.
PARIS, Aug. u-Though official
France, when forced to a decision, will
graciousiy 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 Ely
gees; and so II is even thought an eX-
peditionary force under German COM
mander will be sufficient to throw the
anti-Republican press into equal terms Of
resentment. Naturally the government is
the object anainst which they hurl their
Rnat1emas.
La Labre Parole says;
I'VE will be considered a nation Of the
second part-In fact a part of the Ger
man confederation" while LIE Echo de
Paris speaks of the humiliation of the
French soldiers and the sacrifice therein
imposed.
A BITTER PILL.
What makes the dose more nauseating
is the fact that Gen. Negrier on July "a
pleaded to be sent to China, but his Of
fer 10 go was not accepted. He outranks
Count Won Waldersee, and thus it would
have been permitted to France to hold
the leading office The announcement in
Berlin that France acquiesced in the Sc
lection of the commandments Is at
least premature. No such acknowledge
ment has been admitted, so the foreign
office informed a representative or the
Associated Press, but there is no DISPOSE
ton to stand out against the other pow
ers In consenting when Count Won wal
dersee shall have reached China.
PURELY POLITICAL OUTCRY.
This hubub," said a member OF
Frances official family, rs purely po-
litical. and is not disconcerting. We have
a present duty to perform which Is the
immediate relief of the Christians III
Pekfn. Surely none expects in the race
of the al,peals for rescue that the allies
will camp out, while the ministers tele-
graph urging immediate assistance. II
will be the middle Of October When Count
Won Naldersee arrives. Is there any one
who counsels inactivity for that time?
The cable dispatch from our minister 10
Gina. NJ. Pichon, leaves no question as
10 the ACCESSIBILITY of action, for II Is
evident that the dynasty is paln1uiiy
anxious to rid itself of the foreign MN.
listers in order to arrest the march oL
ITO allies on Pekin. 1t is equally certdth
a. means almost sure death to all lot
aia,,,ars ~ order the legations to accept a
Chinese escort, which would propaply
,,oesacre Them. We must march ana all
T,anca influence must be brought 10 pear
An This direction We need no general
issimo to accomplish this.
PARISIANs ARE RELIEVED
Paris. which began seriously to doubt
that M. Pichou or any of the legation
staff was living, was intensely renewed
on Thursday, when the minister's mes
sage arrived. The tone of the dlspatch
was warmly applauded, as indicating that
the official position OF France was not
one of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT but Of simple re-
gard for the lives and property of the
Chris tians.
CONFERRED MANY DECORATIONS.
The recent announcement of decorations
conferred gave the reactionary press an
opportunity to recall the proceedings of the
high court which exile NJ Deroulede
anu Guerin In the list of those orna-
mented are found the names OF nearly
all those who were prominently connected
with the prosecution before the court,
thus permitting the suggestion That they
have finally received Their Salaries. The
courts lIlS N6Gh llSAN Z S1SO AlelN' q ONNN4iAA
Of the high court IN the proceedings
against DIR. Devilliers, charged with IN
sulting DIR. POzZi, after sentence had
been passed upon DR. 1'eroulede. DIR.
Pozzi was a member of the court. The
men met at Actub, and DR.. Devilliers
said Il am sorry to see you, since you
dared 10 condemn Derouiede, whom a
Jury had acquitted" The result was a
duel In which Dr. Pozzi was wounded
Although a reconciliation was effected
the government decided upon a prosecu-
ton on the ground of protection of the
courts verdict and DR.. Devilliers was
fined 1900 francs.
PROTECTING FOREIGN VISITORS.
NJ Lepine, the Paris project of police
has taken steTnly in hand two Of the most
annoying evils to which strangers III
Paris are bound to submit: Trickery and
overcharging on the part of cab drivers,
and the Fostering of promenaders on the
bOulevards by persons bent on 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 as
sailed by the police Snat many innocent
newshoys have been arrested, but the re-
suit of NJ. Lepines efforts has been very
noticeable on the boulevards the last
Two nights. For the regulation of the
cab service and the doing away with the
maddcning faults which cause many an
American to use unprintable words, he
has issued long series Of rules, COM
polling cabmen to notify passengers of
the exact amount of their fare before
starting, prohibiting the favorite pas
time of the drivers-that OF smoking while
on duty, compelling them to accept pas
sengers, and in many other ways re-
stricting his highness the monarch of
transportation facilities"
1t is undoubtedly due to the arbitrary
acton of The cabmen during the exposi-
lion that their strike is receiving no sym
pathy. and. though they have decided to
continue the strike the bottom of that
has dropped out, and transportation is
scarcely impeded<
IINDROPHOBIA STATISTICS.
The annNal report on the subject Of hy-
drophobia, which has just been presented
10 the Council of Public Hygiene BY Prof
Poust, shows by statistics that the num-
Der of mad dogs in Paris and the de-
partment Of the Seine IS steadily increas-
ing. The Pasteur institute treated 294
persons who had been bitten by ra bid ami