New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-21
TOPICS IN Paris.
Popularity of RuSsia-LoHg Var
Erpected-Radium Experiments.


Especial to The Nsw-Yorl Tribun. By French cabsl
Copyright: ls4 BY The Tribune AssocationD
Paris. Feb. ia significant and unexpected
result OF the war in the Far East has been
TO make the Franco Russian alliance more
popular than ever with the masses OF the
French people Jean Jaures. the Socialist
Deputy. leader OF the Collectivist section Of
his party who always has the courage OF
his opinions. openly denounced the alliance
with Russia IN his address at st. Etienne and
avoved his sympathy for japan in the present
struggle. These plain and fearless statements
have brought from the Chamber OF Deputies.
from Senators, from prominent men in every
walk CT life and from every department OF
France an avalanche OF protestaton- The Re-
pubIicans OF every grade. including NJ Ribot,
N Clemencelu. NJ Barthou. NJ Poubele. NJ
Charles Dupuis and ". Hebrard. and all de-
nounce II Jaures for what they regard as his
unpatriotic act The Republican bloc" IN par
lament. on the support OF which the Cabinet de-
ponds FOR its working majority, has cut NJ
Jaures adrift. so. alasl have the extreme Radi-
Gals. The Franco Russian alliance is once more
affirmed and lauded with enthusiasm recall
ing the days OF the CrOnstadt festivities and
the visits OF the Car TO France.
NJ Jaures and his stalwart little band OF So
c,alists are Isolated. They are the only ones in
France 20 offer IN encouraging word to the
japanese. The newspapers OF every shade OF
political opinion. acting as II in obedience TO
some mysterious watchword from St. Peters
burg, depic; in lurid colors the supposed bug
bear. the yellow Peril" which. IN the words
o. the boulevard journalists, will swamp
Europe and wiring from France her Tonquin and
Cochin China" Frenchmen are told that this
war is the beginning OF supreme struggle be-
tween Asia and Europe and that Russia IS
Europe's champion. The violent articles from
the Anglo axon-hating "Novoe Vremya" are
reproduced broadcast IN the Partisan papers.
Il must be gratifying to Emperor William who
IS keenly sensitive to Partisan popularity, 10
see how the leading journals publish his famous
symbolic sketch Of the yellow Peril and how
eagerly his ideas in regard to the Monaghan
races are developed on the banks OF the Seine.
The communication OF the Russian govern
nent, coufessing that much time is necessary
to strike at Japan blows worthy OF the dignity
and might OF Russia" has had a depressing
effect in France. and predictions are freely made
that the war In the Far East viii last long
as did the recent war IN South Africa. I'm
easiness is also caused by the notification of
China that her neutrality IS conditional upon
the belliserents respecting the tombs OF Chinese
Emperors at Moukden. The Petit Journal"
and other opposition papers fear that this solicit
tude for the remains OF their ancestors is an
excuse for eventually taking part in the war
and acting against Russia's Trans-Sberian
Railway line Of communications. Ernest Judet
and other Nationalist writers make matters still
more dismal by expressing the opinion that Mr.
Hays note regarding the neutrality of China
was drawn Up with the Interior motive of Gre
ating difficulties for Russia
All this causes a heavy drop all along the line
on the Bourse where French bonds are down
to a. The Bank Of France fell from 1904 TO
1850 and shrinkages occurred Of from ten 70
thirty points in French railroad bonds. After
the heavy slump IN Russian bonds and in Rus
sian industrials, a sharp rally in this depart
nent OF stocks set in owing 10 large orders for
the purchase coming from Berlin. The news
from Macedonia also gives rise to apprehen-
sions. and is an additional bear factor in the
political and financial outlook.
Professor Cures lectures at the Sorbonne are
being followed with unusual interest. NJ. Curie
made with radiUu1 yesterday a novel experiment
He produced three glass tubes. communicating
with one another by double valve cocks. The first
tube contained radium salt; two others were
filed with sulphur OF zinc When the Sorbonne
lecture room was darkened the tube containing
radium salt emitted phosphorescent light NJ
Curie turned the cocks. whereupon the two tubes
holding zinc shcne brilliantly with opal green
LIQUID air $50 degrees centigrade cold; forthwith
the radium tube absorbed the light from the
Tubes holding zinc and the condensed radium salt
shone like an Illuminated diamond. giving out
a beautiful clear light sufficient to read with.
victorfen Sardou and an enterprising group OF
Acadenicians and historians continue TO make
researches with view 70 clearing the mystery /
surrounding the death OF the son Of Louis XVI 4
Did the Dauphin die in the Temple or did ne
escape2 The commission OF Vieux Paris, con- f.
ndent Of answering this question. made excava-
tons yesterday IN Sainte Marguerite Cemetery,
now disused where according TO documentary
evidence. the Dauphin's body was buried The .
search. however. was fruitless. Human remains
were found. but no trace OF the coffin said 10
have been inferred there. Several Roman relics .
were unearthed. also some antediIuvian petrifed .
reptiles but the Dauphin mystery remains IN .
solved
saint-Saens's new opera. Helene" in one act 4
and four tableaus. produced last night at Monte i