New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-10
TOPICS IN Paris.
Victories for Combes Cabinet
american Foreign Policy.
Especial 70 The Her-rolk Tribune BY French caOleo

Especial 20 The Hez-Tolk Tribune b. French Caole1
Copyright; 1904: BY The Tribune Associat:on)
Paris July 1.-Two highly important vic
tories for the Co:nbes Republican majority
mark the close Of the parliamentary session
The dill fo- the suppression OF teaching by liie
religious orders to-day becomes The law OF th9
land; but, owing 70 he incomplete organize
ton Of the lay schools. especially III the Gun
try districts ten years is allowed for putting
tie new educational system in ful' Wofh'"s
order. The bill reducing military serYice rom
three years to two passed by the Senate mas
received such radical Socialistic amendments
in the Chamber OF Deputies. far eXceeuI'S 'i''
ideas even of General Andre, who Is we
most radical War Minister France has yet PoS-
sessed that it must be referred back 10 tle
upper house before it can become law Out t"e
strong Liberal majority insures It's passage at
the next session NJ Comics thus carries all
before him. despite his individual unpopulafl'E'
enhanced by his unjustiied disregard Of the re-
lisious convictions and suscepubties Of sincere
and high minded French Catholics In TINS
r.snect NJ Con1bes is entirely contrary to Aneri-
can ideas OF fair play and freedom OF repsIous
opinions Meanwhile. the Parliamentary COM
lnittee OF investigation of the alleged Carthuslah
hribas has become ridiculous farce furnishing
matter for the comic papers and giving oppor-
tunities for highly spiced mutual recrmnatioH
and tall living. The committee has raised clouds
Of dirty smoke hut very little fire. It viii be
forgotten in the grand pyrotechnical displays or
rockets. punches, street dancing and wholesale
hilaritv at the national fate on July IA. Thus
the indefatigable. wiry little Premier Comhes
with his white hair and bloodless hands, has
Weathered the storm and grasps the helm more
firmly than ever.
Secretary Hays Michigan speech on American
foreign policy ELECTS comments from the
Temps" the "Debats," the Figaro" the
'SIatin." the "Eclair." the Petit Journal and
other leading papers. Mr.. Hay is regarded here
as the ablest Secretary OF State America has
produced since Seward. His foreign policy is
spoken of as an expansion OF imperialism realiz-
ing the true American ideal.
The veteran, irascble General de Gall.ffet, the
hero of the Sedan cavalry charge and eX-Min-
lister Of War is once more the topic of the hour
owing to his curt way OF avoiding newspaper re-
porters who swarmed at his door TO obtain inter-
views on the Dreyfus revision. The general
posted over his bell knob this notice: TO Every
Inquisitive Reporter: Monsieur. are living in
the midst of unmitigated rascals Of all sorts.
The press is their Barnum, and the idiotic pub
lie pays FOR it all and is its accomplice and vic
tim.-GeneraI de Galliffet." A friend asked Cen
eraI de Galiffet if this final. Perhaps not,
but for the moment thank God, 1t is effective. l
have been pestered by reporters morning, noon
and night. This is the only way Of getting rid
of them. They are worse than mosquitoes"
Cleo de Merode, the dark eyed dancing girl with
raven Botticeln locks. has just returned from
Sweden, Norway and Denmark. She has been
interviewed by Jules Huret. TO whom she turned
over as human documents three thousand love
letters received from Scandinavian admirers,
and summary of which, without the signatures,
fills half a page OF the Figaro" The writer's
are princes, officers. architects, students, poll
ticians and musicians. ranging from fifteen 20
seventy years of age. Six hundred are from
men from forty-fve TO fifty-two. Two-thirds Of
these are married. Cleo says: My experience
teaches me that married men in approaching
the ffties are the class which produces the larg
est contingent Of ridiculous amatory jackasses,
who make the biggest fools of themselves"
A clever eighteenth century comedy. entitled
LIE Paon," narrating in blank the vicis
STUDIES and amorous adventures OF a wealthy
ferrnier generate. written by FRANCOIS de Crois-
set the young poet-dramatist whose play
"Cherubin," caused such sensation that it was
depressed after the dress rehearsal. sue
cessfully produced tonight ar the Theatre Fran
Gals and admirably acted by NJ. Feraudy and
Miles. Leconte and SoreI. c. I. B.