New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
PARIS.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRANCOITAL.
IAN FETES AT TOULON
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NY THE TRIBUNE
Paris April 13.-The Toulon fetes are over. and
their significance which at first exagger-
ated may now he accurately summed up. No
one in France any longer supposes that either
the dual alliance or the triple alliance is about
10 undergo serious notifications The true
meaning of the Franco-Itaian manifestations as
accepted by the public opinion of France is that
Two neighboring nations which for the last
twenty years have been showing sulkiness tow
ard each other have ceased from mutual
examinations and backbiting and have publicly
exchanged the kiss of friendship. To-day not
even Lucien Millevoye. the fire eating Editor of
the 'Patrie" nor Deroulede nor Drummont
objection to France being good terms with
Italy President Loubet's tactful speech his
simple manly dignity. his quiet yet firm bon
homie have given tone Of persuasive authority
to the Toulon fetes. which is exactly what
France wanted. There is. however not a spark
Of enthusiasm about the Franco-Italian demon
strations Toulon. and in this respect the con-
trast is striking when compared with the
frantic excitement that prevailed at Toulon in
1893. when Admiral Aveans Muscovite blue
Jackets were welcomed as the living individual
tokens Of the Franco Russian alliance.
None of the Partisan papers see I'm the Franco
Italian demonstrations anything more than a
platonic kiss of friendship There are harmless
skits in the boulevard papers to-day about
President Loubet's acceptance of the collar of
the Annunziata, which makes him, from tech
nical heraldic point Of view cousin Of the
King Of Italy" and the comic illustrated week
lies come out with colored cartoons representing
,har in, rto
sailor, arm in arm with the Duke of Genoa, both
squatting in the crows nest of an ironciad, over
which floats the French tricolor with the Ital-
ians l. on the white centre stripe and
also the royal standard of Italy. the caption be-
ing, M Loubet ct son cousin lie Due de Genes"
and underneath parody the popular song
'ou il y du Gene il ny du plaisir"
In short, the Toulon fetes are felt throughout
France to be merely sympathetic demonstra-
ton between two neighbors who have long mis-
understood each other. and which cannot give
umprage TO any other power in diplomatic cir
cles. Great praise is bestowed upon Minister
Delcasse and Marquis Visconti Venosta as well
as on the Count Tornelli and NJ Barriere for
inducing the ouai d'Orsay and the Consulta to
look each other frankly in the face and cause
tie spectre of international disagreement to
vanish.
Pierre de Margerie. Of the French Legation in
Denmark and recently appointed to the French
Embassy in Washington. with the title of Con
SELLER d'Amhasade,' has, with his wife, nee
Rostand. sister of the author of "Cyrano de
Bergerac." arrived in Paris from Copenhagen
According to present plans NJ. and Nine Pierre
de Margerie will leave Paris for Washington on
Saturday, April %. and look forward with much
pleasure to their sojourn in the United States.
They probably will pass the summer at New
port.
The reopening Of the National Luxembourg
Museum Of Modern Masters this week marks a
distinct change in the barometer of official art
appreciation especially in regard to sculpture.
The works of Fremet and Falguieres now yield
in prominence TO those OF Rodin, Dubois, Ge-
rome and the Theodore Riviere period. Rodn $
'Age Of Bronze has been brought in from the
Garden, and his superb "Baiser' occupies the