New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
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PON BUELOW'S SPEECH
PLEASES FRANCE
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ans NOV. 1i.-Prince Won Bulow's speech in
o -oStag causes the most favorable impress
sion In France. and his practical. commonsense
alusions to the Franco Russian alliance and to
'he Anglo-French entente are regarded here as
the most sincere words OF peace uttered by
GERMAN Chancellor since 1871 NJ Lannessan
iormer Minister of Marine sums up the French
ieelng by saying, Germany desires to live in
peace with all the powers, but she keeps her
sword whetted. In another form it is the same
statement as that made by the Clemenceau Cab
met In the programme read to the French Parlia-
iiieht lew weeks ago. and, unfortunately, 1t is
inc only language that can be used at present
| Dy any OF the great powers of the world. seeing
that not one has yet resolved to take the initia-
1--WE OF closing the Temple of War" NJ Jean
Jaures. who was mentioned in the speech of the
imperial Chancellor the one swallow that
| does not make summer-a reference to the
| French Socialist leaders advocacy of more
| friendly relations between France and Germany
says All that Prince Won Bulow asks-and
he asks it in tones of evident sincerity-is that
| dlstrust should disappear, that France and Ger
| many should attributing hostile designs
TO each other. All those good Frenchmen who,
| in Gambetta's words. also good Euro
| peans will hope that this appeal may be heard
| In both countries. and If France, at peace with
| Germany and friendly with Great Britain, could
| improve the relations between Germany and
Great Britain, Europe would undoubtedly be
protected against storm. L am not alone in
| France IN hoping for this"
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
| Santos-Dumont is now hard at work trying
| to devise a lighter motor for his aeroplane
| now building, and expresses confidence that
| next year he will be able to fly over hundred
| miles He says that his present 5O-horsepower
| motor weighs seventy-three kilograms and that
| the problem of aerial navigation will be solved
| as soon motor Of the same power weighing
| only forty Kilograms be produced. He has
| ordered six new motors for his aeroplane. One
! Of these is Of 1O0-horsepower and sixteen cylin-
1 ders. and is to weigh less than hundred kilo
| grams
4 NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM.
| Paul Adams three-act drama Les Mouettes"
| C''The Seagulls'0. the first important pro-
| duction Of the season at the Theatre Francais.
presents new psychological problem. A
poor village doctor. practising in a remote
| corner of Brittany. discovers a serum that will
| cure typhoid fever. His wife loves him de-
| votedly, but account of her poverty. provin-
| cial manners and want Of education she is an
obstacle to her husbands professional success
| in Paris. A young and rich Partisan widow
| secretly loves the scientist, and her love is
turned. Is 1t the duty of the unsympathetic
village wife, who is childless. TO sacrifice her
| self and assent TO q divorce in order TO enable
her young, ambitious and talented husband to
| marry the fascinating Partisan widow, whose
fortune and influence will enable the savant to
complete the costly experiments required to
| make known the serum and permit him to bene-
fit humanity and become famous7 In the third
| act the village wife consents to a divorce, but
| the savant overwhelmed by such sef-sacrifce
refuses to proceed with 1t. He renounces fame
| and love and remains unknown in his obscure
village This play elicits keen discussion as to
the real duty of provincial wives under such
| trying circumstances. but misses being theat-
rical success because the public are not con-
| vnced that the unsyrnpathetic wife really is an
obstacle. People point out that neither Pasteur
nor Claude Bernard was prevented from be-
coming famous because he did not have a
wealthy, dashng, smart Partisan wife. The
play is finely acted by Berthe Cerny the cap
tivating widow, Henry Mayer as the village
physician, Mile. Lara as the provincial wife. and
NJ. Dufos in the part Of a, hustling, unscru-
pulous business and company promoter
who tries to make a trust in serunns and who Is
the up-to-date personification Of the worst
qualities OF the philosophy of Netzsche
THE NATURAL RESULT.
"Mademoiselle Josiette. Ma Femme is the title
of highly amusing comedy by Paul Gavault
and Robert Charvay, which made decided hit
last night at the Gymnase. 1t is the story of a
young girl who, according to the terms of her
uncles will. is bound to get married before she
| is eighteen-that is, within two months time-in
| order to secure rich legacy. She is engaged 10
a young Englishman, who is obliged to make a
journey around the world. In order to Obtain
, her legacy she enters, at the suggestion Of her
parents, into a legal but purely platonic mar
| RAG wifi her her nd