The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-24
CITY NEWS
FRENCH PRINCE
VISITS ST. PAUL
Nobleman of Ancient Lineage
Pays Warm Tribute to
American Women

The st. Paul girls who read Guy
Maupassant and dream of the coming
or Prince Charming have him in flesh
and blood in the person Of a distin-
gulshed young man who is a guest at
the Ryan hotel, and whose family, /.
tlnged with royalty, runs back to 500.
LIE Prince de Bearn ct de Chalais.
attache Ambassade de France aux
Etats- Unis"
That is the title of the young man.
and he's the real thing in the French
nobility. The prince of Bearn and of
Chalais, attache to the French embassy
at Washington, is touring the West.
He was shown st. Paul yesterday by
John E. Boucher, French consul at ST.
Paul, and will later do MINNEAPOLIS and
Duluth.
The prince is more than ordinarily
tau of soldiery bearing, has heavy
upturned moustachios and pohlpadour
hair of a glossy black. He dresses
quietly, yet elegantly, converses in
English somewhat imperfectly. but his
accent adds charm to his expression.
What do you think of American
women" the prince was asked.
They are charming" was the re-
sponse. 81 have been in WASHINGTON
but four months, but I am delighted
with American women. L think they
are the peers at least of women abroad.
Not only are they the most beautiful
women in the world, but they are cu1-
tlVated and refined In Washington
nave met several young girls. and I
suppose it is proper to talk nonsense to
them, but to the older women whom T
nave met in Washington society one
can converse on any topic and find not
only good listeners but quick replies
and display Of knowledge Of the
worlds affairs that is simply marvel
Gus.
>Charmed With American Women
L am charmed with the women of
america. Before coming to Washing
ton 1 spent three years in Vienna. the
Meaithy, cultivated capital of the Aus
trlan empire. There does not exist +ha
mad chase for money that character
lzes the American people. There is an
atmosphere of the scientific. the artis-
tic. the ideal, I think you may call if.
yet IN contrast to the women of Wen
ma, think that the women of America
are more literary, more artistic in their
tastes and more lovely in every way.
truly, assure you, they are engaging
personalities =
ne dWelt on the charms of American
women, but it is not SO far a cry from
women to war and he was asked the
attitude OF France towards the belIig-
erents in the East.
Not only on account of the triple
alliance, but because they believe thar
the success of Russia means the ad
Yancement of civilization, the people
of France are practically unanimously
on the side of Russia in the war now
raging on the eastern side of the
sphere. We believe that the policy of
Japan is to shut the door instead of to
open it. In Korea she has taken the
mines and the railroads. but she has
not encouraged the development of the
country by Europeans or Americans,
and while do not say that Russia win
open Manchuria to the world, yet 1 be-
l1eYe her policy is to promote the gem
eral interests of cOmmercialism.
We believe that Russia will win in
this war just as We believed that Eng
land would win the Boer war and for
the same reason. She has the money
and the men. Russia has Just as good
ofhcers as any nation on the globe and
her soldiers are as good fighters as any
others. France has absolute faith in
her neighb0r'S ability to whip JaDan.
and this was evidenced by the over
subscribing Of the recent war loan.
should Russia desire to float another
loan in France she will have no diff
Guilty in securing subscribers many
times over. Her credit is good with
France.
Expects Tide to Turn
Japan is a poor nation from the
standpoint Of government economics.
and While she has had some successes.
when the tide of battle begins to go
against her then will the financial shoe
DlnCn. battles OH haIr
been mere skirmishes; there has been
no real fighting; the war has been in
progress only four months. The Beers
won all the victories from the English
at the beginning of the contest, but we
all know how it ended. Americans
seem to favor Japan because she is the
smaller nation: I do not understand
that they favored the Beers. Why this
distinction?"
Prince Bearn has been attending the
Republican convention at Chicago and
will be present at the st. Louis con-
Vention.
Il am simply trying to learn some
thing of American customs and Amer
lean ways he said in explanation. "I
am going to Minneapolis and visit the
mills and to Duluth to see the great
lakes. l am then going down to Mag
ara Falls and to Narragansett Pier
where shall spend the rest of the
summer"
The prince is a descendant in an un-
broken line from the Dukes on Gas
cony. the first of whom is recorded
In 500. His is one of the two oldest
families in France. but In order that
there shall be no dispute on the ques-
ton his mother, member of the Peri
CORD Talleyrand family-the claimant
to family tree of equal age and no.
bility with that of Bearn and Chalais
married his father and in the son is
merged the descent of the two oldest
families in old France