New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-17
TOPICS IN Paris.
Emperor William and the Cath0ttc
Church-OutdOor Gayety.

,s,acaI 20 The New-Yori1 Tribune by French cableo
downright: 1903: BY The Tribune Associaiion9
PARIS MAY 16-The dramatic spectacular IN
tuition of Emperor William is keenly appre-
ciated by the French Catholic reachonary
'Presse" which devotes page after page u
text and Photographic reproductions TO lhe
grand religious pageant with which the KAISER
fresh from his visit TO the Pope ara sur
rounded by a general staff OF carolhals'
archbishops and ecclesiastical dignitarles pro-
claimed himself the defender of Catholicism
in Germany and Protestant sovereign
made for the first time his official entry
into q Catholic church in Lorraine, and with a
signal from his field InarshaPs baton inaugu-
rated the new doors of Metz Cathedral, the
most prominent of the decorative works of
sculpture being the figure of Daniel come TO
judgment pointing &c an open book with the
word Pax" the head of Daniel being life
Ike nortrait of Emperor William himself in a
primitive gown and cowi. The resemblance is
most striking, the sculptor having committed
the anachronism of retaining the well known up
turned mustaches that add such plquahcy 10
the Emperor's expression.
The ''Caulois" the Figaro" the "Soleil" and
other Partisan papers have sent special CORE
spondents 10 record these Catholic ceremonials
of the Emperor at Metz, whose dispatches give
picturesque descriptions of the pageant Nearly
all the papers draw a contrast between the
attitude OF the Lutheran sovereign Of Protestant
Prussia who draws closer 10 the Catholic Church,
and Catholic France which is closing chapeIs
ana converts, driving away, and seeking every
plausible motive to drive away, clergy, monks
and nuns Great stress is laid upon the SUD-
missfve attitude of Emperor William, who, &C
cording to the description telegraphed by M
de Maizere, the correspondent to the "Gaulols'
listened TO the inaugural address pronounced
by Monsignor Benzler. Bishop of Metz, standing
with military Difference like that of subordinate
toward a superior. The imposing Cathohc /
ceremoniaIs in which Emperor William mas
taken part and which the Emperor carefully ar |
ranged with the skill of an impresarlo' present
an object lesson TO the Catholic world III the
pictures everywhere reproduced and commented
upon of the Emperor standing, booted ana
spurred. beside the Pope's delegate, the Cardinal
Prince Bishop of Breslau, accompanied by the
Archbishop of Cologne, the Bishop of Metz, and
the Roman Catholic Chapter of Lorraine. French
Catholics note the devotional respect and low
reverential bows with which Emperor William
received the Pontifcal benediction pronounced
BY Bishop Kopp and listened to the Domlhe
Salvurn Fac ImperatoreTn' chenteo oy the
choir TO the accompaniment of the cathedral
organ blending with the strains OF the regl-
mental bands assembled before the edifice by
the Emperor's command.
Tho Partisan press also notes that while
these Catholic fetes were going on AT Metz
Premier Combes was signing DEGREES of expul-
sion of the religious recalcitrant associations at
the Ministry of the Interior in the Place Beau
van while in the Church OF Saint Philippe de
Roule only hundred yards distant. young
Emile Loubet son Of President Loubet the
Little President" the bright and sympa-
thetic youth IS Familiarity called. was under
going tie ceremonial of his first communion &C
cording to the rites, Of the Roman Catho1c
Church Little Emile Loubet was attired IN
black with white trousers and q large broad
white silk sash over his shoulder. and White
gloves He received the benediction with i'm
pressive reverence similar to that Of Emperor
william By an odd coincidence, among the
Young girls who received their first communion
in the Church Saint Philippe de Roule at the
same time as young Emile Loubet was Mile
Emmaruela de Luynes, daughter Of the Duke
de Luynes Chamberlain Of the Pretender Due
d'Orleans and granddaughter Of the Duchess
dues. who is being proceeded against for aiding
and protecting the recalCtrant nuns The pub
lie is profoundly excited by these picturesque
but disconcerting features of the impending con
flict between church and state. and it adds zest
TO the approa ching reassembling of the Cham
Der of Deputies. when it is expected the great
battle will begin.
The cpen air restaurants at the sporting clubs
AT last are in full swing. thronged with Ameri-
cans vicomte de James attractive club on
the island Of Puteaux comprises thousand
members and the cosey Sunday dinner par
ties at The small tables under red umbrellas on
the lawn are highly successful So also are
3 O'Clock teas in the open veranda OF the Polo
Club in the Bots de Boulogne, where excellent
polo matches are taking place Prominent
among the players are Maurice Raoul Duval.
Henry Harjes. William Thorn. E Pfzer and
Luis de Errazu Among those taking tea or
dining at these bright fresh air resorts are Mr..
and Mrs Harry Whitney, Captain and Mrs.
Lydig Clarence Dinsmore, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont, the Duchess
Of Manchester, Miss Yznaga, Mrs Charles
Spreckes, Miss Spreckels. Mrs. Ogden Goelet,
Miss May Goelet, Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane,
Prince and Princess Dhuleep Singh. Mr.. and
Mrs Oliver Ames James Gordon Bennett, with
a bronzed complexion after his voyage to the
West Indies; Henry Sears, Miss Elsie De Wolfe,
Miss Marbury and Harry de Windt. General
Horace Porter and his daughter are passing
few weeks at Venice. Mrs. Robert Goelet and
her party have arrived at Ragusa on the yacht
MAMMA having made pleasant trip along the
Dalmatian coast. J. Pierpont Morgan is TAX
ing his annual spring at AK les Bains.
Prince Albert of Monaco is a welcome recruit
among the numerous royal personages now en-
loving the Paris season, among whom are the
Queen Of Portugal, the Crown Prince OF Den
mark who has won the popular sobriquet of
Hamlet; the Crown Princess Of Denmark and
Princess Clementine Of Saxe-Cobourg. Prince
Albert OF Monaco all the way to Paris
from Monte Carlo on his motorcycle, accom-
plishing the journey in five days.