New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08
TOPICS IN PARIS.
Russian Loan Conditions - The
Operation on WaIdeck-R0usseau


s-opyriEnt. I9cS: nv The Tribune Association
Paris May The Paris money rnarke-
daily becomes more depressed and nervous
IN regard 70 the Russian loan. the coudl-
tons OF which are now believed prac-
Ideally 10 be settled, but are held absolutely
secret hv the group who have engaged 70 float
II fn r. nee. and who depend upon the prom
ised assistance OF great financial institutions
such as the Credit Lyonnais. the Compasnie
Generale. the Credit Foucier. etc. To- induce
small investors in the country districts TO place
their savings in f. Russian -eru~7ties have. so
far. been maintained ar fictitious prices but
the public ara gradually opening their yves 70
the unsatisfactory OUTLOOK n Russia. and sew
eral prominent banking houses are already dis
counting expected slump II from ten 20
twenty points IN Russian bonds and Russian
industrials with which French estors ara
overloaded The Russian loan IS also some
what handicapped by the prospects Of the forth
coming japanese loan. with n guarantee OF
Japan's share OF the Chinese customs revenues.
which the financial exDerrs here admit affords
more solid security than Is offered by the
Russian loan.
Notwithstanding the successful surgical op-
GRAFTON OF Thursday. NJ waIdeck-Rousseau's
condition caused great anxiety. When a.
was prepared for the operation. which the
Premier insisted should take place his
Paris residence in the Rue CRiversitz. where his
treasures OF art and literature are collected and
where he has passed the most agreeable days
Of his life II. WaIdeck- Rousseau turned 70 his
FRIEND Professor PORTER. who with Professor
Terrier performed the operation and asked
Now IS the time. isn't ftp Are al your as
sociates on hand and ready and. upon an
Affirmative reply. exclaimed. All right, then; 60
ahead" After a brief confidential converse
ton with Nine WaIdeck- Rousseau. chIoroform
was administered in the presence OF the i've
surgeons NM Terrier, PORTER. Cuneo. Babinski
ana Chauffard The operation lasted one hour
and ave minutes. In the afternoon, when NJ
Waldeck- Rousseau awoke he asked his wife
who was seated his bedside. about the de-
tails Of the operation. OF which he had no con
seriousness. The professors deny that they dis
covered any evidence OF cancer, from which Il
had been generally believed N wa.deck-Rous-
seau had been suffering. They say they
~o,lnr4red some sdhesions in the hbres OF the
riliar, canal and A chronic affection IN the
pancreas or spleen The operation 10 which he
was subjected Is technically known as that OF
double cholecystotomy, or opening the vesicle
of The spleen 20 remove hillary calcul and
distractions and To divert the bile channel into
a new outlet. Among those who called 70 in
7,,,re as 10 The ex-Premi-r's condition were
president Loubet al ,he Cabinet minis
tn dtDloraatic corps Barons Alphonse and Gus
,a7e Henri de Rothschild. Jules Claretie. Adrien
Hebrard. CIemenceau. the Coquehn brothers Jo-
semi Reinach Baron dEstournelles de Constant,
pm Daschanel Victorien Sardou. Massenet.
T,oat, and hundreds OF notabities IN politics.
AZ ana literature. There were numerous cable
r-o,iries from, washington ana kilograms from
all parts Of the world
TIE coaching season IN Paris was opened on
Wednesday by James H HYDE who drove the
A,a-ra, OF its initial trip from Paris 10 Ver-
saIles and hack Among the Americans fire.
c,ierrlv seen taking afternoon drives in the Bots
- T7o,,lopne where Just now the wild cherry
zoos rIacs and laburnum are in fun bloom. are
7 Pierpont Morgan. Chariemagne Tower. am
.oss,5or 10 Berlin. Colonel and Miss J. j Astor.
A. Tohn Cowdin Mr. and Mrs Ernest
Tsel,r Iohn Wanamaker. Mr. and Mrs w.
p ward M and Mrs. RuthFen Pratt.
Miss susan Travers. Hiss Mary Appleton. AIR
49,, Ms Foratio Curtis Mrs Scott Grant. Mr.
a,5 Mrs Mortimer Singer. eugene Higgins and
z-s5lev Martin. jr. The Duchess OF Marlborough