New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
PARIS.
FESTIVITIES IN HONOR OF THE GAR
ABANDONED

TONS GRIEF-wILD vAGARIEs OF THE
PRESS REGARDING PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT.
Copyright: 1901: BY The New-york Tribune9
IBY CABLE TRIBusEl
Paris Sept 1.-THE Of the death of
President Mckinley which did not reach Paris
until o'clock this morning Paris time)'
too late for publication in the morning pa
pers has elected such unfeigned grief as
has not been witnessed here since the as
sassination of President Carnot. Flags are DIS
played at halfmast, with draperies of. Grape.
not only at the United States Embassy and
Consulate but at the principal shops patron
lied by Americans. such the Bon Marehe,
Magasins du Louvre and Magasins du Prn
temps Portraits of the late President are placed
in the windows. with knots of black Grape about
them. September is essentially an American
month in Paris; the town is thronged with tour
lists assembling here before sailing for home
General Horace Porter seems quite Frustrated
bv the news from Buffalo and Mrs. Porter, now
in Switzerland is about to return to Paris.
There are few Frenchmen prominent in politi-
cal or diplomatic circles in Paris during the
interest centres upon Colonel Roosevelt, whose
portraits appear in to-days newspapers side by
side with those of the late President. M Ga
briel HanotauX, NJ. Clemenceau NJ. Alexandra
Ribot N Adrien Hebrard and Nj. Yves Guyot
express the opinion that the remarkable speech
of President Mckinley at Buffalo the day before
his assassination will by the acit consent OF the
American people become the keynote OF the
foreign policy of the United States during the
elf = err nj
They believe it will mark a new and most
glorious phase in the existence of the republic
in the great struggle to secure markets abroad
for American manufactures struggle which
must end in the United States securing the COM
mercial supremacy of the world From the
American point of view. says NJ Hanotaux, no
one is better fitted than Theodore Roosevelt to
carry out the magnificent programme indicated
in the late Presidents speech.
on the other hand, II is only fair to point out
that the feeling of the average Frenchmen, as
set forth in the Paris. and especially IN the pro-
vincial, newspapers, is that Colonel Roosevelt,
who is only known throughout this country by
his gallant exploits in the war with Spain, as
dashine leader of rough riders and cowboys is
sort of combination of Joe Chamberlain and Bur
fa.o Bill: that he is teeming with personal am
bition: that he is the Man on Horseback; that
he has innate aggressive hostility toward Euro
peans and that he passes his time hunting and
killing stays or mountain lions. This false I'M
pression Of the new President undoubtedly causes
no little uneasiness in France as to the future.
and is largely due 10 the graphic picturesque
ness of the exaggerated accounts published in
French papers of Colonel Roosevelts career as
a beau sabreur and mountain lion killer. 1t
is significant that the biogra phicai notices or
Colonel Roosevelt that appear here contain
scarcely any allusion to his more serious yoca-
tons or to his experience gained while AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy Governor of the
State of New-York, etc. The pictures of him
in the Paris newspapers and in the shop win
dows are deplorable They represent him in
a slouched felt hat and the shirt Of the rough
rider, with a belt and huge revolver. These
photographs, retouched and reproduced with
Fra Diavolo picturesqueness by Partisan news
paper artists, not only very unlike Colonel
Roosevelt but convey false impression OF the
new President.
The manifestations of sympathy in Paris and
throughout France is widespread and sponta-
neous. AS the news of the Presidents
death reached President Loubet. at the Elysee
Palace the Presidential flag placed at half
mast; this also done at all the ministries.
at the Hotel de Ville and at all the public build
ings throughout France. At $50 o'clock PresI-
dent Loubet, accompanied by NJ Delcasse,
eral Dubois drove TO the residence Of Gen
eral Horace Porter in the Rue de Viejust,
express his sympathy. General Porter too
i'll to the President, who was received by
General Porters attending physician. the lat
ter explaining that on Thursday a slight sur
gical operation had been performed on the am
bassader by DR.. Segonde, the Partisan surgeon,
who had prescribed absolute rest for a few days.
President Loubet. after leaving a message Of
coincidence, drove back to the Elysee Palace.
General Porter will be able to leave his room
on Monday, and his condition is very satisfac-
tory giving cause for anxiety.
The official message. signed Hay" announc-
ing the Presidents death, reached the Embassy
at 1870 %.
AS a token of respect for the memory of Presi-
dent Mckinley, all the features OF the Cars
visit partaking of the nature of festivities
SUCH for instance, as the projected theatrical
representation at the Chateau de Compiegne-
will be suppressed, and merely the state cere-
mona such the reception and the naval re-
view at Dunl1irk. and the review at Betheny.
near Rheims, OF 10000 troops, will be observed.
c. l. 3.
LOUBETS MESSAGE TO MRS. MKINLEY
Paris, Sept. 14-Presdent Loubet sent the fol-
lowing dispatch to Mrs Mckinley:
! learn with deep pain that his excellency Mr.
Mckinley has succumbed to the deplorable at
tempt on his life I sympathze with you with
all my heart in the calamity which thus strikes
at your dearest affections and which bereaves
the great American nation of a President so
EMILE LoUBET
SENATOR LODGES TRIBUTE
MKINLEY WILL STAND FORTH THE GREAT