New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-10
lMERICANISM IN FRANCE.
NEVER BEFORE KEENER INTEREST IL
THIS RY-APPRECIATIoN OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEyELTs IDEAS
Paris. September u.


snairs A striking instance of this is seen in
vs.,erday's Figaro" where the leadiug article
sets forth the ideas OF President Roosevelt"
and contains a passage from one 81 M Roose-
,slts books-itself . quotation from Alphonss
uaudst-in reference 90 the fear thar French
women have Of maternity. In the next column
~ the same journal some sound advice impaired
by Benjamin Franklin 70 Jarousseau I'm 1850 IN
course OF an sfterdinuar conversation a. the
house Of the lawyer Malesherbes Is reproduced
81, support Of the "FigaTo's' views Of liberty Of
-1pscience as bearing upon an acute question Of
,ontenporaIv French politics. II should he e>-
pained thai the Jarousseau here referred 20
vas the great grandfather Of VI. Camille PeIle-
,sn who to-day is the French Minister Il Ma
rine and stanch supporter of those drastic
DEGREES against relisious associations and psro-
chial schools framed 10y lie Prime Minister DIT
c1mbes Needless 20 say, Benjamin Frankins
advice 10 Jaroussesu was excellent and practi-
cal, and il Is satisfactory 10 Americans TO find
the words Of Franklin cited with almost Script
uIal respect 10y Eaf a dozen Partisan news
papers ln thcir vigorous disputes ou a burning
question Of home politics Franklin's counsel To
the great grandfather 81 the present Minister is
going the rounds II the Partisan and country
press, and serves ss text for new and ener-
Eeuc protest against the anti-clericsl policy Of
the Combes Cabinet
FTsukliu's conversation was noted down by
Jarousseau, an eloquent evangelist pastor who
preserved 81 among his oapers subsequently,
published by Eugene Peiletan father of the
Minister OF Marine who during the Second En-
pire was an contemporaries Senator. and in his
Youthful days was Lamartines secretary. The
words OF Franklin are being SO widely dissent
mated in France that IL is worth while translat-
ing them. IL appears that Franklin and
Jarousseau were taking a walk after a sumptu-
Gus repast given them bv Nalesherbes. AZ which
Parmentier who introduced into French hus-
bandry the American potato. was present.
Franklin. IN response 20 Jarousseau's request
expressed the following opinion:
Whenever. rightly or wrongly, the clergy OF a
people is the enemy Of liberty. and when. in a
spirit Of retaliation. the party OF liberty as
sumes itself justified in throwing overheard all
religious ideas. democracy. although victorious
"a first, Will Inevitably be the loser in the end.
Liberty and religious faith are two sacred forces
~ the human SOUL and mankind has none too
much OF these two forces in unison TO lead sue
cessfully what is considered perhaps the most
difficult undertaking in the world-the work o.
revolution. An atheisiic liberal is a disguised
partisan OF despot.sm
This dogmatc little sermon delivered in 1ISo f.
has now become a campaign document IN the
been translated into the Celtic dialect of the
Brittany peasantry. the masses OF whom. In
spite OF three centuries OF parochiaI schooling. .
are st.n so ignorant OF the French language that .
interpreters had 10 be employed by the govern
meut officials during the recent disturbances
II Is no exageeration 10 say that the American /
Who next after Benjamin Franklin exercises
the strongest influence on French public opin-
ION 10 President Roosevelt. During the Presi-
dental trips in the South. IN New England and .
IN the West. there was a regular ruhric of
Roosevelt Sayings Roosevelt Ideas" and
Roosevelt Maxins" In the French press. The
Presidents views OF trusts OF the Monroe Doc
trne. OF imperialism, OF the negro. Of tariff
reciprocity, and OF naval construction, are vent-
lated In France with an interest almost as keen
as that which prevails at home. No less than
eleven Partisan journals devoted leading srti-
cles 10 President Roosevelt's uttersnces in re-
gard TO good citizenship and oopious extracts
from President Roosevelt's books are cited 70
prove the national advantages 10 be derived
from large families and 70 combat the tendency
among French women 10 fear matrimony-
This development Of Americanism in France
Is the Characteristic feature OF the day one
meets 81 at every turn. shops are cropping up
on the Avenue de TOpera and the boulevardS'
where American goods are exclusively solo
American boots and shoes. for instance, have
evidently come 10 stay They are 10 be found
not only In Paris al the great retail establish
ments. but also IN small cities and towns, such
rs Lyons Rouen, Bordeaux. Hayre and Vernon
American agricultural implements and machines
are replacing the old fashioned hand methods OF
harvestry n the wheat districts Of Western and
Northern France. There is no reputable oentlst
IN Paris or In the provincial towns without an
American dentists chair and American dental
instruments made o. American steel American
petroleum circulates over the French railroads
IN American modelled tsnkcsrs.
The Influential Committee for the Defence OF
National Interests under the presidency OF
Baron d'Estournenes de Constant. is making
special study OF American industry. with view
10 developing AL exchange OF commodities. so as
70 meet the threatened American invasion or the
french markets By establishing mutual COM
ineree where articles Of luxury or OF hghS
finished make viii md compromising outlet IN
me United States. Indeed. Baron d'Estournelles
oe Constant declares that the increased i'm
p'''anon OF American goods into France IS
benefit instead OF an evil, as is maintained by
french Nauonahsts The Society for the De-
's'ee OF National Interests has secured the ser
-.0es OF Castor Deschamps. professor or the
O''eee oe France, who recently delivered
u'se ot lectures on literary subjects IN the
'''eo States, a. Henri Hauser. author OF
Use on The American Peril and It's Rem
- o. Edousrd Pet,t. inspector general o.
University Of Paris. and others who are
800 % undertake a series Of lectures in France
- @'ioao with the object OF seeking and &C.
PINS NE means Of mutual industrial oe-
'0s o. the United States and OF France
-s american idea" as il is termed in oou-
aio phFasaoogy. is making Roadway I'm al
nh Fra1N SIR