New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-06

sonable guarantees that their funds are not ap-
Piled to purposes they do not care to avow.
Two-thirds OF the nomlnally religious establish
ments in France decline to face a test which
the remaining third willing to undergo and
the general belief among persons Of intelligence
here is that the Associations law receives con-
siderable justification from these figures
The collapse of Russian securities the failures
Of Russian commercial banks and the industrial
crisis now prevailing in Russia. which can
no longer be concealed by the censorship
have had a marked effect in financial circles
here. where the feeling is setting In that not
withstanding the strong sympathy with the
Russian alliance a limit must soon be put on
the amount of credit to be accorded even TO "a
friendly and allied nation; and Count Tolstoy's
drastic denunciation OF the Franco Russian al
lance, published in the Revue Blanche has
undoubtedly made q profound impression In
France, where for many years Tolstoy mas oeeh
regarded a literary idol and his utterances
have been accepted almost with the weight OF
law The Socialist newspapers have MADE DIS
denunciatons the text for leading articles
and their columns TEEN with narrowing de-
scriptions OF the condition Of the Russian peas
antry printed side by side with the statement
OF Tolstoy that 1.-The masses of the Russian people
in absolute ignorance of the existence OF an
alliance with France" and that the Russian
Government the most retrograde, the most
despotic the most cruel in the world feelne
itself backed by this strange friendship with
people reputed TO be the most civilized in Eu-
rope is openly dsregarding enlightened opinion
and is daily becoming more retrograde more
despotic more cruel" AS a straw which shows
the way the wind is setting, it is Significant
that songs rdculing the Russian alliance are
| already being sung at Fursy's Bottle at Mont
msrtre and ITS branch establishment, the Tre
teau de Tabarin-
The vintage is now being gathered through
out France under remarkably favorable con-
ditions of weather and temperature, and. al
though 1t may be too early to draw definite con-
illusions as to the quality of the wine harvest or
1901 it is interesting to learn that all experts
unanimous that the wine in the champagne
country, where invariably the products OF vine
yards often fifty miles apart are blended to make
the wine of each firm, is of full body ana ira
grant bouquet and has all the characteristics
OF the admirable wines of 1889 and OF 1851
which are considered the two best champagne
years, far quality is concerned, on record
In the Bordeaux region the wine now flowing
from the presses has a soft delicate favor. and
is highly charged with sugar, thereby giving
exceptional promise for the higher grades OF
claret In the Burgundy section the wine mas
suffered from showery weather, which makes II
somewhat thinner than it should be, and this
is especially true in regard to the Cote d'Or
region where the best Burgundy is grown. and
where also, considerable falling off in the
quantity is recorded. NJ. Paul Taquet Editor of
the Revue vinicole" the recognized organ Of
the French wine industry has placed at the
disposal of The Tribune the data relating to the
present vintage collected from all the leading
wine centres throughout the country, and from
these figures it appears that the total vintage
OF 1901 amounts to 100000 hectolitres or
/, 100 600 900 gallons This will be 100000
hectolitres or 374 900 600 gallons less than the
vintage of 1900 which, however was the most
abundant wine year known in France since 1919
To appreciate the abundant yield Of the present
year. one should recollect that the average
quantity of the French vintage SINCE 1880 has
been Sd, 964 sos hectotres, or about 791 100000
gallons Consequently, the vintage of 1901, be-
sides being of exceptionally good quality so far
as champagnes and clarets are concerned, is
also in excess Of the average vintage by 3oS.-
10000 gallons.
The autumn meeting Of the Paris Golf Club
on the superb links at Laboulie. Versailles,
opened to-day very auspciously. Among the
patrons Of the club are NJ. Pierre Deschamps.
President Daz Ardernni Mr.. Henry Ridgway,
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, the Duke dues,
Count Suzannet and NJ. Paul Hottinguer
Among the players this afternoon Miss
Margaret ABBOTT and Miss ARIA Cotton, of Chi
cago; Miss Morrison, of Boston, and Mrs. Leroy,
of Chicago. Among those lunching the
grounds We're smart contingents OF Americans,
including Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget. Mrs. Mar
tin Brimmer. Mr. and Mrs Ralph Curtis and
Mrs Frederick Roosevelt. C. l. B.
TIRE BUFFALO LEAVES CRONST4DT.