New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

err consequently the different sections OF the
Republican majority forming various Parha-
mentary groups, such the Democratic Left,
the Progressist Union and the Socialist RADICALS,
are combining to effect their union IN great
radical congress- which will separate the sup
porters of the present Cabinet from the Melin-
lists term which includes Natonalists. the
Rallied and the Conservative Republicans.
Thus the country will be divided between Lib
erals and Conservatives. and there will be
new-politica issue. simpler and clearer than
those which have hitherto split, up the cleo
torate The new order of things is a nearer
approach to party government as understood In
the United States than anything hitherto seen
in France, The present regime will be vigorous
ly attacked its most vulnerable point. which
is finance.
Never has motor race been organized under
such august auspices the Paris Berlin con-
test. to be opened on June - for which prizes
have been given by President Loubet. Emperor
William, the King Of the Belgians and the Prince
of Oldenburg, and for which large special prizes
offered by two firms of pneumatic tire makers
amount to 100000. The Automobile Club of
France publishes to-day the official route and
the total distance by road from Paris to Ber-
lin via Rheims Sedan, AK la Chapelle, Cologne,
Minister. Hanover Brunswick, Magdeburg,
Brandenburg, Potsdam and Spandau. entering
Berlin by the west end. The length of the
course is 1,19S.60o kilometres. NJ. Serpollet.
who has just returned from a prospecting trip
over the entire route, reports the roads in bad
condition The dust the roads of Northern
Germany. he says is frghtful, accumulated in
thick layers so that any vehicle, not TO speak
of racing motor cars strs dense clouds of sand.
German peasants, too, have an inveterate habit
of keeping exactly the middle of the narrow
Shnilf hnrn will inII a
turn aside Large tins of liquid fuel. petroleum
and alcohol. being forwarded in countless
gallons all along the road. German distillers are
makir a special effort 10 encourage the use of
the latter instead of petroleum. The Automobile
Club announces that it is doing its best to in
sure an adequate supply of fuel at every ten
miles of the route; consequently it is unlikely
that any competitor will be reduced to the ex
tremity of a motorman in France the other day.
who. having burned all his fuel, fed his ma
chine with sbsinthe and said his vehicle never
better The contest includes two classes.
The first is for flyers. of which there are 113
entries up TO date. The for this class will
start on June - and will get to Berlin in three
days with two stops overnight. The other class
is for tourists. which will start June ID The |
contestants OF both classes will meet Pots |
dam, and enter Berlin in a grand procession |
under the eyes of Emperor William. Baron Won |
Zuylen, president of the French Automobile |
Club. will follow the tourist contest with party |
OF seven friends in his new motor car. which he |
calls the Snail The Baroness who is a niece of |
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild. will also join in
the trip, herself driving the Mr.. William T.
Dannatt. the American painter and motorman,
started on Thursday over the road in his brand |
new Of forty-eight horsepower. to try the
roads. Mr.. and Mrs William K. Vanderbilt, jr..
who reached Lucerne via the Bruening Pass the
other day. also intend to travel north in their
motor car, and will perhaps go to Berlin.
c. l. B.