New-York tribune., 1902-01-05
PARIS.
FRENCH COMMENT on AMERICAN EN-
PANSION-NOT VIEWED WITH ALARM
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LIGHT ON ATTITUDE OF POWERS BEFORE
SPANISH wAR-THE FRENCH THE
ATRE IN NEW-YORK
Copyright 1902: BY The New-York TribuneJ
tBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Paris. Jan. 4-During the first week OF the
year French newspapers. according to custom,
publish reviews. with comments and or
less philosophical deductions of the events Of
the old year. Nearly all the papers in Paris
and the country express the conviction that by
far the most significant revelation recorded is
the gigantic Industrial, commercial and polit-
ical development OF the United States. The ex-
pansion Of America Is not viewed with alarm.
as in Germany and Austria, but a problem
TO be studied scientifically in order to ascertain
how France may advantageousy utilize the
coming supremacy Of the United States which
is accepted here as inevitable. The lone OF the
French press is. the whole. friendly. This
IS noticeable in Nationalist organs. such as
the ''Petit Journal" which formerly evincei un-
warrantable bitterness toward Americans For
instance. IT characterzes futile and ridcu
lous Emperor Williams attempt last summer to
persuade the French guests on board mis- yacht
OF the necessity of a European understanding
to exclude the importation of United States
products
The Paris journals each Gay record the doings
OF President Roosevelt with a mnuteness of
detail hitherto only accorded to the personal
activity of the German Emperor The Temps"
the other day devoted two columns on its hrst
page to a searching, picturesque analysis Of
Senator Lodge, who is described as Roosevelt's
alter ego. The conservative mouthpiece Of Re
publican France asks whether Senator Lodge
will prove to be Warwick a Hanna, a maker
OF rulers or a maker Of contracts; Pere Joseph
Suy.
The Temps" "Debats" and "Liberte' still re-
tain some misconceptions about the Monroe
Doctrine. but at last beginning to under
stand that Monroeism is not aggressive as
popularity painted. and does not oppose the
friendly mediation OF a European power 10 pre-
serve peace among the South American republics.
\ The Figaro" on New Years Day published
leading article by Max O'Rell about the extraor-
dinary development Of the Sunday newspaper in
the United States, and concluded with an allu-
sion TO the American people "amiable gay.
humorous confident and so intelligent and ener-
getic that before long the whole world will be
subjected to them. l do not say politically, but
from the standpoint of ideas and discoveries
which tend to change the face Of the universe 8"
The Petit Journal" devotes half front page
10 a comparison in a practical form of the
munifcence OF Carnegie Stanford and other
American philanthropists in the matter OF public
education. and pronOunces their method which
actually creates intelligence, far more benei-
ciai 10 humanity than the Old World system Of
Nobel and Osiris Of comforting prizes men
who from the very conditions of the bequest or
gift. have already attained success in life.
The journal des Debats" calls attention TO
the fact that two of the leading prinia donnas
at the Grand Opera and at the Opera Comique
Miss Abbott and Miss Garden, both Amer
leans.
The Echo de Paris has account Of the
racing stable in France of William X. Wander
b.lt for which il predicts great success the
coming season. and describes in detail the three
most promising two-year-olds in the stable. I'LL
nois II, Ellesmere and Cleopatra H.
The most applauded feature Of the review at
the Varieties Theatre is the where the
great success OF American jockeys on the French
turf last season is recorded in song and dance.
The most popular chansonette at Fursy's
quaint little theatre at Montmartre is entitled
lie Peril Americain' which. in friendly. good
natured way. relates how Americans are gradu-
ally acquiring monopoly Of the good things Of
the Old World.
All the papers refer to missions appointed by
the Ministry of Public Instruction and the Min
sstry Of Commerce. who, at the request Of the
American branch OF the Alliance Francaise. will
leave Paris on January II. deliver lectures on
soctal science at leading universities and whose
reports will determine the organization and the
selection OF the site for the proposed national
school OF application in the United States for
French scientific students.
To sum UP. America and Americans are fore
most in the French public mind. and the French
press this week accords greater prominence and
Importance 10 the United States than to all other
foreign countries put together.
The assumption that II is exclusively to Eng
land that American gratitude is due for having
thwarted Austria's efforts To create European
coalition against the United States al the out
break OF the with Spain is vigorously con-
tested here. notwithstanding the renewed state
rnents TO that effect made by the Washington
correspondent OF The London Times" whose
views. together with the Endorsement OF the
leading editorial OF The Times" December
26. are reproduced in the French newspapers
NJ HanotauK who at the beginning Of the wal
the French Minister OF Foreign Affairs. ad-
here's to his previous statements. but does not
consider himself at liberty TO submit to the
cross-e1smination suggested by The Times
correspondent: but he would be glad to see the
complete documentary evidence called, for by
Congress or Parliament, which, in his opinion
RssSS grove that the French Government from