New-York tribune., 1906-10-28

PREMIER CLEMENCEAU
and HIS CABINET.
Especial by French Gable to The Tribune.l
TCopyrish:. 1906. by The Tribune Association


Paris. Oct 27.-The Clemenceau Cabinet
which made its first formal bow to the Cham
ber Of Deputies on Thursday, made an excellent
impression. The ministers are all vigorous,
active men of first rate physique. younger In
years with the exception of NJ. Clemenceau, than
any previous ministry OF the Third Republic, and
the three Cabinet councils at which general lines
of policy discussed, ELECTED the fact that on
essential questions each OF the twelve ministers
holds the opinions. 1t is the youngest and
most homogeneous Cabinet France has yet had.
and this gives Premier Clemenceau greater per-
sonal influence than has been possessed by any
OF his predecessors, Between now and Novem-
Der 3, when Parliament reassembles and when
definite programme will be submitted, the people
will be asking what the Prime Minister will do
with his extraordinary power in regard to for
eign affairs.
It may be safely predicted that NJ. Pchon
will deal with anarchy in Morocco strictly in
accordance with the prescriptions of the Alge-
ciras conference. and will maintain on the AL
gerian frontier a strong but defensive attitude.
NJ Pichon. upon assuming the functions of
Minister of Foreign Affairs. received warm con-
gratulations from influential Hungarians, and
now that Count Gouchowski's retirement is
known here to be due to Hungarian dissatls-
faction with his having played second fiddle to
tions between Hungary and France, which has
been his favorite project ever since he made a
visit to Budapest when chairman of the COM
mttee Of the Chamber of Deputies Foreign
Affairs and when he expressed the opinion that
Hungary was the vulnerable point in the Triple
Alliance.
General PicQuart. as Minister of War, seems
determined TO complete the task of making the
French army thoroughly democratic. but his
methods will be energetic and straightforward
totally different from the tale-bearing practices
adopted by General Andre. General Picquart
will, on the other hand show cast iron severity
toward the Herveyists or peace-at-any-prl
branch of the Socialist party, who on grounds OF
Utopian humanitarianism claim exemption from
military service.
THE HOHENLORE MEMOIRS.
Information of a sensational character. but
fully credited in diplomatic circles, has reached
a prominent statesman in Paris, disclosing the
motives that led TO the publication Of the Hohen-
lohe memoirs. According TO this report, Prince
Alexander of Hohenlohe. owing to the extraVa-
gance and the rather bohemian fancies of Prtn-
cess Emmanuele, his wife. who is Of Neapolitan
birth. being the daughter OF the late Prince
Trioase Moliterno. and who first married Prince
solms Braunfels and after his death married
younger than herself. has lately been in some
what straitened financial circumstances, and
1T was owing to the urgent arguments of the
Princess Emmanuela that her husband somewhat
reluctantly resolved to publish the memoirs
sooner than was originally intended 1t is now
almost impossible to obtain copy of the Hohen-
lobe memoirs, for the alleged reason that EN-
peror William has caused them to be bought
I'D and destroyed as soon as they appear.
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
Among the Americans in Paris are Mr.. and
Mrs Francis Skinner of Boston; Rear Admiral
Ide. Mrs. Francis Ogden. Mr.. Charles Kohlsaat.
Mrs George Kinen, Mr.. Robert Gardner, Mr.
and Mrs Herbert Lyman. Mr.. and Mrs. De
strale OF Washington: Mr.. and Mrs. A Bald
win, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Snow. Mrs. Rip
ley, Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Mortimer. Mr.. and Mrs.
George wurtz and Mr.. Eugene Higgins and
party from Marseilles where they landed from
the yacht Varuna- On the voyage from New
York the Varuna encountered a very severe
northwest gale lasting twenty-four hours. just
before reaching Bermuda and five days OF con-
tinuous fresh gales between Bermuda and Ma
deira The rest OF the time the sky was fair
and the weather delightful. Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Twombly have left Paris for London in
tending to sail for New York on November Z.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ridgway have arrived at
Pau, where Mr. Ridgway is master Of the
hounds. Mr.. and Mrs Walter Phelps Dodge
left Paris yesterday for Pau Mrs. Huntington
Howell is touring in automobile in Nor
mandy. and is about to take her 4O-horsepower
motor car with her to Egypt for the winter sea-
son. c. I. B.