New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-02-19

ASSASSINATION Misfortune for Russian
r7dsN Liberalism.


r75sN Liberalism.
tspeoai to The New-Tork Tribune by French Cab,e)
Copyright, 1905, by The Tribune AssociationD
Paris, Feb. 1S.--The assas sination of the Grand
Duke Sergius is regarded in France. especially
by the extreme Radicals and Socialists as L
great misfortune for Russian Liberalism by
alternating public sympathy at home and abroad,
and as likely TO provoke still more rigorous re-
dictionary measures. NM. Jaures Gerault.
Richard Clemenceau and other Radicals, while
| deploging the resort TO dynamite say the day.
nevertheless is sure 10 come when the Gar like
other European sovereigns. must make conces-
sions to democracy. NJ. Clemenceau declares
The only remedy for the Russian malady is a few
grains of liberty
Tomorrow ends the sixth of the seven years
| of, Emile LOubet's tenure of office as President
Of the French Republic On Wednesday a group
of parliamentary friends called at the EIysee
Palace and expressed a wish that Emile Loubet
should present his candidacy for a second term
as President Unhesitatingly and in the most
| categorical and emphatic language he declared
! that under no circumstances would he accept
such candidacy. and signifed his intention to
| retire 10 private lifo at the expiration of his
seven years, on February IS, 1906.
1t is possible that when the President retires
he may be induced to enter the Senate and enjoy
1 "A
parsonage who has been a lifelong friend and
confdant of NJ. Loubet assures the Tribune cor
respondent that the President longs for the quiet
privacy and culture of family life His eldest
son, Paul Loubet. is already looking for a suita-
bic apartment for his father and the family on
the left oank of the Seine intending to remain a
portion Of each year in Paris until the education
of his youngest son. Emile Louhet jr,, now a
bright. intelligent lad of ten shall be completed
1Fet iu in
early every morning and takes walks entirely
unattended in the streets of Paris. He did this
even during the Nationalist excitement when
there were frequent threats Of personal injury
preferred.
Amateurs fond Of the Chartreuse Iiqueurs will
rejoice to learn that by the assistance of NJ.
Rouvier, Minister OF Finance. the Carthusian
monks will shortly return to Chartreux to re-
occupy their former haunts and devote them
selves TO their old industry, which caused such
prosperity TO themselves and to the neighbor-
hood. This miracle will be accomplished by the
monks Transforming themselves into an indus
tTtal company and conforming to the require
ments of the French association laws. They
return purely in a lay capacity, and will make
famous chartfeuse rqueur, WITCH &c has now
| been proved cannot be made either at their
| newly acquired property i'll Spain, near Tara
! gona. nor By the French government chemists
/ at Chartreux, of the same quality, flavor and
| bouquet as before their expulsion from
! Dsupbine.
| NJ de Blignietes son of the late French Con-
troller General in Egypt and brother of Nine.
BompsrL wife of the French Ambassador TO
! Russia, is head of the new Chartreuse organiza-
| ton. but nearly all the shares are held by the
monks themselves.
The Prussisn Uhan uniforms which made
! sensation on the Partisan stage some years go
at the Theatre Libre. in Guy de Maupassant's
| play. 'Mademoiselle Fiji, and which were seen
again last November in the drama entitled
! Discipline" at the Theatre Antoine. have once
| more scored 4 success in the French adaptation
/ If Franz Beyerlens dramatic comedy Der
| Zapfenstreich," La Retraite which was pro-
duced by Manager PoreI the Vaudeville
| Theatre OF Wednesday night. It is the most
/ effectively staged play brought out this season:
| the court martial scene alone is sufficient to
/ insure q long run. Partisan women protest
aga inst the brutal denouement wherein the vet
| eran Volkhardt like a modern Virginius, Stays
| his dishonored daughter. Partisan women I'M
like their .lew-York sisters do not demand
that Volkhardt should kill his daughters
| seducer the young lieutenant, but demand that
| the two lovers should marry each other. Thus
riIe- women OF GERMANY America and France
| each have their own characteristic and different
| ideas # the proper denouement. The play is
| the most decided popular success in Paris and
1 obtains renewed interest owing to the analogous
drama in real life which just occurred at the
garrison town Of Vernon where a pol-commis-
stoned officer yesterday chopped his ieutenant's
| head open with a sabre in the street in front of
| a public cafe for having seduced his young wife
Massenet's new opera. "Cherubin,' brought
! on; on Monday at Monte Carlo, contains q num-
brr OF tfeifcious catching airs. andin the judg-
/ o,ent Of musical critics Is the most fascinating
| and sprightly of that composers lighter works.
| The American soprano, Miss Mary Garden who
created" The part of Cherubin. scored a most
striking success as a singer and actress and has
o,1ce more given proof Of her remarkable artistic
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