New-York tribune., 1907-01-09
TON[NG IT DOWN.
Curious Transformation Undergone
by the "MarseilIaise."

Although the Russian alliance with France is
-.4-- much a thing of the past vet II has laf. -s
mark not only upon Gallo finance. but likewise
,non many phases of French life Thus it = %
,fuscoyfte influence that must be ascrihAd .h,
altogether altered tempo OF the "Marseiliaise
~ early Revolutionary days it was PLAYED and
sung In quicl; time. with a swing dash and a
Gre that aroused not only the widest enthusiasm
h,t the f1ercest political passions the music eyon
more than the words sending the blood coursing
more quickly through the veins IT was distinctly
g revolutionary melody that breathed defiance
and death TO royal and imperial tyranny
when however. the ''Marseillaise" besan tn ha
r,aved at the court of Russia on the occasion of
,he first visits to St. Petersburg Of the President
n the French Republic. the director Of the court
music. IN Difference. ii is said. a hint from his
Imperial master, caused 1t to be played TO a much
more slow and stately measure. 1t was entirely
transformed. and what It lost in warlike spirit it
sained in dignity and grandeur. 1t became in
every of the word a hymn of the nation
rather than fierce, fiery battle song. When the
rzar returned the visit came to Paris the
.'Marseillase' played there the same meas
urs had been adopted at St Petersburg, and
now this has been adopted altogether for official
and even general use in France conveying the i'm
ression that the republic is longer revolutionary
IN its methods, greedy for the blood of crowned
heads but that It represents the conservative
forces Of the great French nation.
TINES MAKES PEACE WITH CZAR.
It is worthy of note that reconciliation has
been effected between the Russian government
and THE London Times which has now once
more a resident and regular correspondent sta
ticred ST. Petersburg. the improved condition
of affairs having been largely brought about by
the agency of the Czar himself. through Sir Don
aid Mackenzie Wallace. who his cicerone on
the occasion OF his memorable tour of India, prior
bered that in the summer Of 1soS-that is to say.
close upon four years ago-Mr. Braham. the then
representative Of The London Times at ST.
Petersburg. expelled from Russia, on account
OF the alleged unfriendly character OF his dis
matches Mr.. Braham was by race. II not by
creed Jew. a fact which served to prejudice the
Muscovite authorities against him and TO render
the measures adopted with regard TO him more
rigorous than they would otherwise have been
The Times vigorously espoused the cause OF Its
correspondent and from that time forth declined
10 maintain any regular resident correspondent on
the banks Of the Neva.
Inasmuch as 1t became, therefore. dependent for
its Russian news upon Fiennese and Berlin
sources. always unfriendly to Russia, and opened
its columns Prince Krapotkin and other eminent
writer's of the Muscovite revolutionary cause. the
conflict between the 'Thunderer' and the Rus
sian government has undoubtedly proved Of greater
injury TO the latter than to the paper The Car
by bringing about the establishment OF a
Times office in his capital. enjoying special OF
fcal facilities for the collection of news. places
what is after all, the most authoritative organ
Of the British press under the opngauon Oh oo-
serving a certain amount OF reserve in its rela-
lions with the revoutionists and other foes of
the imperial government
LADY FRENCH and HER LITTLE Fl.
LADY French who has Just died. has left con-
siderable amount of money 10 her nephew, the
Hon John french. heir to the peerage OF MS only
and childless brother The Hon. John aroused a
good deal of attention year or go ago by enlist
ing IN the United States Army IN New YORK. aIier
having resigned the commission whlch ne hao
held in the British service Lady nrench was oe-
,o.ed 70 the land Of her birth, and gave a large
nan Catholic Cathedral at Westminster, on the
oodition that all the materials used IN connection
with her gift should be Irish -
She was also very particular about the speiii"e
=. her name insisting that II should be written
nth two small IFS instead OF with capital II
e,d then a small If This led Lord Sherborne 70
write TO the newspapers protesting against TINS
rafIectation" which ne pronounced 'an eyesore 10
the public ard self-degradat The frenches
Of Lord french's family so far as Know ,ne
only people whose names beginning with d oouoie
cnnsonant decline to use the capital letter
The way that the use OF these double consonahts
arose is that IN olden times the capital r ana
,be canital IL were made by means OF dupicat-
.rg small 7 - and small rs" But. OF course
.he adopton Of the present capital IF ana capltal
"I," as printed renders superfuous the use OF the
double letter. Some people, instead OF using W.
small conso7ants like the late Lady French are
satisfied with nothing less than two capildIH' an
in the English Army list will be found one OF hl
oezc.,s ,,bo write their name Lloyd"
The french family was founded by kdnlnho
french Havor of Galway in 1906, and the peerage
zras first conferred on Lady french or Caste
french at the end OF the eighteenth century.