New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11
PARIS NOTES.
Influence of the United States
Colonel Watterson-Eugenie.

Columbus by Secretary Taft has been widely
reproduced IN the French newspapers. ana nus
elected from the Paris Temps. the ConserSA
tive Republican organ edited by NJ. Adrien HE'D
rard former Senator and stanch friend OF Sarn-
beta and Spuller, characteristic comments IiA'
may be taken rejecting the views VI tio
present government and presenting inc
French conception OF the Monroe Doctrihe' no
cording to the Temps" Mr.. Taft's Columbus nu-
5rass sets forth with remarkable clearness the
two ruling tendencies OF American pohios'
namely a.tn America the steady extension OF liie
Monroe Doctrine and its transformation iroii
NEGATIVE into q positive formula and aoroAo '.is
right of the United States as great "oiiN
power to exercise Tar greater inHueHOe '
eyer before IN the settlement of all ineerna
,fonal questions" The Temps STATES '
American statesmen had hitherto hisei'
o-,,s1o-,ed under the indefinite. ambiguous term
the Monroe Doctrine positive naIoiN' '
.ar.st that since 1909. under the Impulse OF
7,as,san+ Roosevelt has undergone a raoicai
.rso-r,attor In the opinion Of the IeInps
,hs limited States had no foreign policy ohtii
Theodore Roosevelt became President Frest-
6ent Roosevelt" says the Temps mas he
missed an occasion for effectively Piaciiis
TTnited States IN the foreground whenever NV
.sone of international humanitarian lneeIe's
cropped up in any part OF the "ofio'
1rnited States although not sisnatory party ~
a.. TREATY. of Berlin. nevertheless claimed tho
on,l,catson of that treaty in behalf OF huInahlah
1szrs, the United States lodged q protest win
Is. puss,an government In regard to the bisnl-
.1s ,,.ssanres. the United States took the ini-
....,,re Of the outbreak of the Russo-J apaheSe
,va- On SeAnins and limiting Chinese neutraiitS'
,ha United States asserted its rights at Ialisef
and at Smyrna by sending cruisers 10 lhe
terranean. and the United States navy - 0es
Increased to maintain the Monroe Doclrlhe anu
70 protect American commerce an over the
xro~id" This attitude, $50 clearly oehleo os
Mr.. Taft Is commended by the Temps "nioh
declares that nothing would be more puei"0
nor more unjust than to oppose these
.o-,oa, ,etr,ot,o efforts by oldtime prece-
6.nts and traditions. and that nothing would Dc
-. contrary TO French interests than TO meet
.., ne5 GRACE or with I'll humor this entry INTO
3,e world game OF politics Of a young anu pow
e-4,l nation united TO France by SO many lIen'
The American Republic offers to the frehch ne
nubIio an example that we should ioho"'
az once natural and logical that IN the se'lio
rnent of future coming problems the ac'iou
NJ Franco and of the United States shouio 10
taken by common agreement and that me to
e,s, policies Of the two republics shouio Aho
each other mutual support" THESE VIEWS
1o-tr st length by the Temps" show that parri-
nessfn,,stio opinions Of some Of their reacuon-
o-v co-,ntryrnen who persist in regarding
"a ,,e-,cer ,rnuerialisrn- as "the American peril
Colonel Henry watterson. who leaves Fa,A
s,or+lv for London on his way home to LOUIE
,s,la has for the last three weeks peen d pioin
,nent figure on the boulevards and IN the bois
a. 1,o,lopne Colonel Watterson for the last
FORTY wears has made frequent stays IN Pariss
and rs, Impressions Of the Paris OF 1850, wnen
he made his frst trip to Europe. and his inpres-
sions Of Paris OF 1906. may suggest interesting
reflections to American tourists. Colonel w at
terson fnds the French as gay, cheerful. as fond
of good living. and as capable Of enjoying them
selves, as were the men and women he met here
forty years ago. when the Second Empire had
attained its highest point Of brillianoy and lux
ury The virtues and the vices much the
same to-day as they were IN 1856. except that
they have become more popular and more demo-
cratic. Colonel Wattsrson alluded to the Duo
de Mcrny, half-brother and right hand man Of
Napoleon III, sort Of Partisan edition or
Jim Fisk" He was instrumental in giving tha
French empire much the kind OF fictitious.
feverish prosperity that New-York City enjoyed
shortly after the Civil War IN the course Of the
Temmany regime. Nowadays" said the colo
mel, there is much more solid wealth in Paris,
but it is more evenly distributed. One misses
court and of the fair deni-mondaines, but
now have thousands OF effective automobiles
and poor and rich get far more profit md
5oyment out of life than In the old days" Colonel
Watterson finds the restaurants Just good, and
the dishes tasteful, succulent and delicate
as IN the days when the Duo de Morny the Mar
Quis OF Hartford and Prince Denidor frequented
the Cafe Anglsis and the Maison-Doree. Colo
mel Watterson is good customer Of the open
victoria shaped Partisan cabs, which are SO
handy to get into and easy TO step out Of and
which he persists In calling gigs" The colonel
finds, however, that the Paris metropolitan SUBJ
way IS sadly deficient In fresh air. and is long
way behind the subways OF New-York and Of
Boston In ventilation. He complains with great
Justice, that the French system Of having first
and second class coaches in the metropolitan
subway trains is needlessly extravagant and
causes great loss of time. "You pay five cents
for first class ticket or three cents for a Sec
ond class ticket. This involves double control
and endless punching Of holes, to say nothing
OF the cost Of building first class carriages Be-
sides, when the traffic is congested. as 1T usually
is at noon or from until o'clock In the even
ing. the average passenger jumps into the first
car that he can, without stopping to select a
class. However" added the colonel the
French idea Of having separate classes is SO in
grained In the public that It must be rigidly re-
spected by the authorities"
The Empress Eugene who seldom fails to
pass ten days In Paris each spring on her re- |
turn from her villa. Cyrnos. between San Reno |
and Monte Carlo. may now be seen taking her
daily constitutional walks IN the Tueries Gar
dens. Her hair is whittier her shoulders are
more bent and her step is less sprightly than for
some seasons past The venerable lady's feet
with hla sboau. che ,,,o,,,-