New-York tribune., 1900-07-01


laries for the same purpose. The transport
Nlve VIII serve as hospital supply shin. and
"lIi De provided with supernumerary doctors
nurses and the most complete medical sanitary
stores"
In military circles the unanimous opinion is
tnat the campaign in Northern China will prove
lar more difficult and will last much longer
lhan predicted and the cosmopolitan arrnv OF
elshty thousand men will by no means be ade-
HN"'e 10 accomplish the task Of setting up a
new chinese ruler and guaranteeing obedience
10 ms authority. There is a strong undercurrent
ol opinion here that 1t is a mistake for France
tc Cooperate more than noninalIv with the
other Powers at Taku. because her interests are
exclusively in Yunnan and Southern China The
Natonallsts and Bonapartists nevertheless de-
rnano strong military naval participation in the
cosmopolitan army at Taku. Jean Jaures and
the Socialists urge the Government to wash its
hands Of the whole business in Northern China
which, they say. Is merely an act of aggressive
imperialism under the guise of protecting the
lives and property of French citizens This is
also the view Of the Rev. Hyacinthe I,oyson
who, in a speech made yesterday at the Amer
lean group of international schools OF the F1x-
position attended by large number of Amer
lean Iadles' denounced the American and French
missionaries for aggressive proseIyting and stir
ring up anti-foreign animosity in China, and at
tempting to force down the throats of the
Chlnese Western ways and customs, manners
ana thoughts This, said the Rev. Hyacinthe
Loyson is the real cause of the Boxer move
ment- Father Loyson's remarks were en-
tnusiasticaly applauded by all those present
including Mrs. Potter Palmer, Miss Jane
adams, Mrs. Ole Bull and Mr.. Tarte member
OF the Canadian Cabinet
Almost innumerable are the garden parties,
1sy,yoa
olhners dances. o'clock receptions and musi-
cal teas that have taken place each dav during
the last week Among the most successful were
the dinner and dance tonight given by Prince
Munster Won Derneburg at the German En-
bassy, and attended by a smart selection of the
american dancing contingent and the enter
talnment given by the Countess GreffuIse to
near an amateur choir composed of people of
Farlsian society who sang most creditably
under the direction OF Countess de Guerne.
Among the dinners should be mentioned that
OF ninety at small tables given by Mrs Moore
at the Polo Club in the Bois de BouIogne,
where. after dinner, a large tent was trans
formed into a theatre. Among those present
were the Due and Duchesse de Luynes, the Due
and Duchesse de Noailles Prince and Princess
J. Lucien Murat, the Marquis and Marquise
Loys Chandteu. the Hon. and Mrs Michael Her
bert, Mrs. Paget and Miss Lillian May.
M CASTOR Deschamps, who visited New-York
ana Newport last season, is giving a charming
series OF dinners to his American friends here
Last evening, for instance NJ Deschamps's
guests at the Pavilion d'Armenonville were Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Coleman, Miss Margaret Alb
bott and Mr. Eugene Higgins Among those
who put IN an appearance regularly at the
Venetian fetes at the Cercle de Puteau, on the
Seine, are Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mr. and Mrs
John Munro. Miss Hunt, Mrs. Wilmerding, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ridgway Mr. and Mrs Ralph
Curtis and Mr.. James Gordon Bennett Mrs
Terry's dance at her residence in the Avenue
Bois de Boulogne, where quadrille Of Spanish
dancers with Andalusian orchestra opened
the ball, a brilliant affair, and we'll at
tended by many we'll known Partisan women of
society, including the Duchesse de Rohan, Prin-
cesse de la Tour d'Auvergne, and the Duchesse
de Bassano. The cotilion was led by Count
Marius de Galliffet and Miss Merry.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. De Young, of California
gave an American picnic up IN the trees at
Sceaux Robinson. Hundreds of sadded donkeys
were in attendance at the railway station, and
the guests mounted them and rode to the break
fast, which was served platforms erected
high among the leaves in the branches of trees.
The guests were almost exclusively American,
including Commissioner General and Mrs Peck
Mr. and Mrs Clarkson Potter Mr. and Mrs
Thomas F. Walsh and Miss Marion Cockrell.
the week was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh in the Bos de Boulogne. Mr.. Walsh took
over for the entertainment the entire establish
ment of d'Armenonville. More than two hun
dred guests dined at small tables of eight. and
the profusion Of rare flowers surpassed anything
seen here for long time. After dinner Nine
Nordica sang dozen songs in French German
and English Dancing kept up until daylight
The women wore their hats. Their gowns were
exquisite noticeable feature of the enter
tainment was that the little world OF the Ex-
position Americans and officials were conspcu-
Gus by their absence, Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh's
guests upon this occasion being restricted to
the smartest among the set Of Partisan society
and of resident Americans. Among those pres
ent were the Marquis and Marquise de Luber-
sac Prince and Princess Charles d'Isenberg,
the Danish Minister and Mile. Hegermann Lin
dercrone Mrs. Waddington, Miss King, Miss
Pauline Forbes. Count and Countess Raben
Levetzau Countess de Kergolay, nee Carroll;
Countess d'Aramon, General Horace Porter.
Miss Porter, Mr.. and Mrs John Munroe. Mrs.
Henry Munroe, Mrs. Harjes. Mrs. Griswold
Gray, Miss Fanny Reed, Mrs. De Weertz Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Wilmerding and Mrs Potter
Palmer
Passengers on La Gascogne include Emile 5.
Dufot J. L. Vincent, Henri Jacquet and l..
Boisseyant The following sail on the K6nigin
Iuise from Cherbourg on Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs.
D. S Ellsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Prentice,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs.
John H Hawley, Mrs. William M Thacher Mrs.
7. ]. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. a. c. Jones and
Frank GaIliera. Among the passengers booked
in Paris to sail on the Campania ]. W.
Snalding. B. J Shaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Lemoyne
De Martigny Miss Anna Sands, Miss May
Sands Mr. and Mrs. William Sackett, Mr.. and