New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-09
TOPICS IN PARIS.
AmgtO-French Sympathy at High
Water Mark.
special to The Tribune by French Cabls1

Loubet in the royal carriage between Pierrefitte
and Paris the cordial reception at AIarseilles ac-
coFoeo 70 the French journalists by Queen Alex
anoTa and the programme for the interchange of
naval courtesies by the British and French fleets
come as significant consequences of Emperor
Williams recent visit to Tangier and show
pretty clearly that OF the results OF that visit
is TO bring France and England closer together
than ever. King Edward. always personally pop
ular in France, has once more won the hearts of
the French by his admirable tact His passage
through France most timely. All the papers
publish his familiar portrait side by side with
that Of President Loubet and loud were the
cheers at the Champ de Mars when a detach-
ment Of British Lancers and French Chasseurs
Cheval. bearing the British Union Jack and
the French trI-color mingled in amicable COM
petition at Buffalo Bills Wild West and made
together spirited charges against imaginary foes.
French sentiment is visibly wounded by what
IS considered here the discourteous visit OF EN-
peror William to Morocco, and Anglo-French
sympathy is now at high water mark Nearly
all the French papers. from the reactionary
'GaulOis" 10 the liberal "Republique Fran
caise." the ministerial 'Matin' and the repub-
hcan Temps" refer to the Anglo French agree
ment of April with enthusiasm and emil
nently proper that King Edward and President
Loubet should celebrate the anniversary Of that
agreement by exchanging affectionate greetings.
The interview accorded by Queen Alexandra to
the Editor of the "Gaulois" at Marseilles is
widely commented upon The Queen said:
Don't let us talk politics, but 1 am sure French
women will agree with me when 1 say that
am always in fear that the ceaseless prepare
lions for war. all these soldiers and cannons
and infiammable material that you men are
always working for. may some day ignite into
terrible conhagTation. The real task Of women
after properly bringing up their children is to
inculcate the love of peace. internal peace for
each country well as peace between nations,
and il ever the great social questions of capital
and labor workngmen and the masses of the
people, are TO be solved, it will be by the mutual
love and respect of the women of all nations"
Considerable amusement is caused by the dis
covery Of an alleged Bonapartist conspiracy to
capture President Loubet in the Elysees Palace
and bring Prince Victor Napoleon TO Paris and
by a midnight coup d'etat proclaim the Third
Empire There are sensational reports that the
veteran General de Negrer, General MERCER
Colonel Marchand. NJ Deroulede and twenty
four Nationalist reactionary Deputies at
the head of the movement Half a dozen arrests
notably of Captain Tamburini and other minor
alleged conspirators, have been made at Cour-
tion 500 Gras rifles and 800 uniforms have been
seized. These arms and munitions Of We're
certainly collected, but purported to be for a
colonial commercial expedition. The conspira-
tors had a liberal supply Of money Senator
Clemenceau and other republican leaders are
trying to persuade Prime Minister Rouvier that
this opera bouffe plot, after all. is serious. NJ
Lepine, Project of Police. who has sifted the
matter to its true Importance, is OF the opinion
that the days of the coup d'etat are now over,
and that ii is longer possible for a country
like France to be at the mercy of a handful of
This Bonapartist plot, like that
of the recent manifesto of the Due d'Orleans,
is complete fasco, proving that Napoleon and
Henri Quatre are no longer names to conjure
with and that the masses of the people are
more thoroughly republican than ever.
Monsieur Piego," three act comedy by Al
fred Capus. successfully produced at the The
atre de Ia Renaissance. presents a lively picture
OF frenzied finance as practised in France and
places the specu1ations Of director of a gam
bling casino in favorable comparison with those
of the leading bankers on the Stock Exchange.
The second act contains the most powerful scene
Capus has ever written. but in the third &C,
the interest is not sustained. The play is adj
mIrabJy acted by NJ. Guitry and Nine. Marthe
Brandes. A great hit has been made by Sarah
Bernhard in her Reconstruction" of Racine's
Esther" exactly given IN 1859 at Saint Cyr
in the presence Of Louis XIV and Nine. de
Aaintenon Madame Sarah played the part of
making a magnificent appearance,
glittering with diamonds and rubies gar
ments of golden texture.
Nine. Carnbon. mother of Paul Cambon,
French Ambassador at London, and Of Jules
Cambon the French Ambassador at Madrid, is
now recovering from her serious Illness, an at
tack of grip complicated with pneumonia, and
her two sons. who had left their respective
posts to be near their mother in Paris, returned
10 them last week Jules CambOn is in Madrid,
and is not likely to return TO Paris until July.
The series Of German pin pricks that followed
so closely Emperor Williams visit to Tangier,
such as the action of the German Ambassador
TO Turkey urging the Sultan TO exert influence
in Morocco in behalf of Islam and of German
commerce. also the proposal for a Morocco loan
IN Berlin and Frankfort have already strength
ened NJ. Delcasse in French popular opinion.
and his moderate and firm statement yesterday
In the Chamber OF Deputies meets general ap-
proval Meanwhile Emperor williams move
nents followed with curiosity, Parisians at
taching perhaps TOO much Importance TO the En-
peror's intended meeting with J. Pierpont Nor
gan. who arrived az Taormina on Friday on the
Yacht Corsair. having board as his guests
Miss Annie Morgan. Mrs John Munroe Mrs
Douglas. Miss Sybil Douglas and Mr. Weeks.
Among the many Americans al Monte Carlo,
here an unusual sight is afforded by the evolu-
lions Of fleet Of autobOats. each boat making
daily spins Ia Monaco Bay at locomotive speed
and with noise resembling "A volley Of mus
kerry, are Mr. and Mrs Pembroke Jones. Mr..