New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
VAR YMPATHYI IN FRANCE
SteadfastIy zrith Russia for Political
and Social Reasons.
Paris, Nav 10


-S-,roo- Russian Alliance has not yet waned in
-,ry,arity. and Notwithstanding repeated Rus
~ reverses by sea and land, and despite the
1-.sb appeaI TO French investors for an addi-
.io,sI thousand millions francs smart French
.ia-v IS more than ever favorable TO Russia
--ba grand danes OF the FaubOurg Saint-Ger-
,aiu and the afiuent bourgeoisie continue 10
tas the lists OF festivities lotteries theatrical
..,ar+ainrueuts and fairs for the Russian wound
- Already the amount Of French money placed
4, Fussia exceeds the two miIliards squandered
a, the Panama enterprise and the five nilliards
;, the German war indemnity of 1871. The new
77Bssan loan OF thousand millions viii in ali
--ohability be taken up in France without diff
oultv for the great financial institutions, such
,s the Credit Foncier. the Credit Lyonnais, and
.hs Compagnie Generate, have promised their
,o,vsrful aid in placing the loan in small denonl-
,ns.ons OF I've hundred franc bonds in the pro-
,,peiai towns. where thrifty but narrow minded
,.zsant proprietors are ready to unite their
rurse strings and hand over their gold coins and
.ss,r silver five franc pieces TO the uniformed
,aBcias who act agents Of the great Parisian
banking houses. Russian bonds. Russian rail-
vav and Russian Industrial securities are to-day
held by the same class Of small. thrifty investors
ubo thirty years ago. with such blind confidence,
IN, fbeir accumulated savings and earnings in
me orgtnaI Panama Canal Company. The great
bauksrs and capitalists have, however. unloaded
their Russian holdings upon provincial investors.
and should q serious slump occur in Russian
hands the financial crash would be as far-reach-
ing and as disastrous as was the collapse of the
Panama company. Thousands OF French homes
would be ruined.
Il is curious 10 note that IN the most select
Partisan society II is not considered good FORM
ha iS shOU on
10 express sympathy with Japan. There is al
WAYS an unwritten code or smart society ukase
that prescrfbes what Is tie right view TO take on
ali questions Of national concern or public inter-
est Any one who ventures 10 express a contrary
upnion from the accepted tenets and catechisms
Of this silent but cast iron edict is tabooed AID
boycotteG, and social ostracism with all its con-
seouences ensues. This was the great secret
force OF the anti-D7eyfus agitation. when it was
the correct thing IN smart French society 20
abuse Dreyfus During the Spanish-AmericaE
War il was the correct thing in fashionable So
ciety 10 take the Part Of Spain and decry the
United States. During the South African war
II was the correct thing TO side with the Beers
as against Great Britain. and to-day II is the
correct thing TO indulge IN rapturous enthusi-
Rsm Tor Russia and to denounce Japan. CALI
canism in France died out with AIonsignoT
Dupanloup and the OLD GaIIican spirit of Ultra
montauisn. representing the church the
handmade OF monarchy has been crushed by NJ.
Combes and DO longer exists as a political fac
tor. But reactonary thought stiH governs smart
Society. Fashionable Paris continues 70 take its
cue from the descendants Of those who fell at
Fontenoy. This unwritten Draconian code of
fashionable society. now as hitherto, has COM
PEELED French fashionable society. just as it did
during the Dreyfus agitation. during the Span
ish-Anlerican War and during the Boer struggle
in the Transvaal, 70 grasp the wrong end Of the
poker
We now find reactiouary newspapers like the
"Gaulofs' and the ''LAberte'' complaining that
the socialists and the 'inteectuels' dare express
satisfaction at japanese victories The 'Iiberte"
denounces liberal minded, independent French
men, such as Anatole France, Jean Jaures Gle
menceau and Joseph Reinach, for gloating over
Russian losses and for wishing the defeat OF
Russia, the rampant Of civilization and Of Eu-
rope, and Of sympathizing with japanese dreams
Of renewing the invasioas Of Genghis Khan and
OF Tamerlane" N. Paul De Cassagnac in the
snperialist "Autorite" pens flaming leading
editorials coljuring the yellow PERIL and pre-
dieting that the unihcation Of the Chinese under
japanese control viii create yellow United
States Of Asia" According 10 ". Paul de Cas-
sagnac, Japan is no longer the ally Of Great
two years VIII be England's bitter enemy. AL
ready japanese trade is supplanting IN AEiatic
markets that Of England. of Germany and of
The United States. japanese cotton fabrics
Japanese beer, japanese mineral water. japan
ese tobacco and Japanese bicycles have taken
The place OF European and American products"
II is highly amusing TO note how the anti-Japan-
csc theme is taken UP. like a sort of lett
motif. at fashionable assemblies. at smart gar
Den parties, at select dinners ana at mundane
open air functions. AT a luncheon last week at
a historic residence in the Faubourg Saint-Ger-
main several great ladies who are recognized
readers OF society. together with three members
OF the French Academy. were present. The
conversation turned upon the Russo-Japanese
war grave Academician sententiousy
marked: The day Is not far distant when the
yellow race VIII turn 10 the white race and
pronounce decree OF expulsion from Asia The
oriental VIII say 10 the Occidental Go away,
you are not wanted here" II viii be the revenge
% The East upon the West Russia to-day per-
sonihes Western civilization Russia. single
handed, ard in face Of the half concealed en-
ihl'y OF the United States and of England. is
81 juggling with the Yellow Peril"
= genial, dsintily gowned duchess, slipping
sass Of mature Burgundy, observed: You are
NUHe right, my dear friend. Moreover, II shows
iScK OF good breeding Cnanque de bon tenue)
ior any one 10 sympathize with those horrid,
energetic little Japaneser young woman
With the prefix Of noble birth. who enjoys
ooable barrelIed name and comfortable mar
rage portion. chined in: What a piucky,
hefoc experience that Of the Grand Duke
cgrl al Port Arthur He was awfully pleas
ant AZ Cannes, and il viii be 50 nice for all our
Russian friends to come back 10 France again
III mar fE opa hal IA
hour this sugar plum small talk went gracefully
fonnd the table and nearly all present