New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
WORLD AFFAIRS VIEWED BY OBSERVERS ABROAD
"A PERSONAL VICTORY FOR
GENERAL PICQUART.
Especial by French Cab.e 20 The Tribune
fcapyrigbt. 1907. by The Tribune Association.


Paris, March 23.-Cfeneral PicGuart. Minister
OF War, won his first parliamentary victory yes
serday in the exciting debate ;hat followed the
Interpolation of the Cabinet on the alleged
abuses In companies of discipline, General Pic
quart for half an hour sustained running fire
from the opposition, composed of the reaction
fists or the Right and the extreme socialists
on the Left He faced his enemies pluckily and
with good humor. Without being a brilliant
orator like NJ BRAND or NJ Jaures, General Pie-
Quart Is a clear. concise. convincing speaker
His delivery is businessike and logical Withou'
any attempt Al forensic gesture or flourish las
voice is sonorous and his solid arguments ehec-
lively presented. carried the day. On descending
from the tribune he was warmly congratulated
nv hgs colleagues and friends and the demand
Of his opponents for an investigating cominis-
sion was rejected by 42S votes against l52, this
being personal victory for General Picquart-
The glorious spring sunshine and the approach
ing Easter holidays have practically ended the
labors Of parliament. The Deputies and Sen
ators are already Fastening away to the country
regardless Of the solutions of the workman
weekly recreation day problems and OF the
threatened strike Of provision dealers
CLOSING MORGUE TO PUBLIC.
n. I.epine. Prefect Of Police has seized the
spportune moment just before the rush Of cross
channel visitors 10 Paris. 10 close the morgue
60 the public. This measure is taken TO checK
the abuses OF vulgar and morbid curiosity
Every one wonders why this step was not taken
'sears ago. During the holiday season half a
dozen tourist omnibuses would each day draw
up in front of the little dingy moFgue, just
behind Notre Dame. and hundreds of American
British and German trippers would enter the
building and gaze at the corpses OF murdered
,f,.. ,ciah hG n
The ice chambers behind large ranes OF glass.
II Is estimated that in the last tweVemonth
no less than seventy-fve thousand spectators
came 10 the morgue out of pure idle curiosity.
smong them many youths OF both sexes. and
even BONES and nurses with children IN their
arms. So far the only persons who complain at
the closing OF the morgue 10 the public are Il
little hunchbacked woman. who FOR forty years
had her place at the entrance 10 the morgue
selling sweetmeats. and s venerable looking
man with a white beard. who for half 2 century
used 10 sell curiosities and alleged personal
relics Of noted criminals Recently this odd pair
married. and now express ipdgnation at the
Prefect OF Police for thus depr.ving them OF
'fheir means OF earning living.
PRESIDENT AND KAISER.
The attitude OF President Roosevelt and the
German Emperor IN the course of the recent Alge-
ciras conference continues TO be discussed eager
ly in the French papers The German reply.
published by Herr GrenzbOten in answer TO the
revelations made by n. Tardieu explains mat
ters from the German national standpoint but
does not contradict NJ Tardeu Ou essential
facts except upon the alleged three cable mes
sages from Emperor William 20 the President
. According 10 Herr Grenzboten. there was only
one exchange OF teleg. ANS. The Kaiser cabled
on March 10 President Roosere.t, who replied
on March IL through the German Ambassador
at Washington. n. "srdieu meanwhile main
tains the absolute accuracy og his assertions in
regard 10 the three imperial cable messages 10
President Roosevelt.
"THEODORA" As An OPERA.
The production OF ssrdou's ''Theodora" as an
opera. composed by Xavier Leroux, at Monte
Carlo this week is regarded hy the Partisan
musical critics WHO attended the performance
as decided success and as Leroux's finest work.
The orccestraton Is especially commended, as
|ith lyedominance Of harps and vioins. it
expresses the tumultuous vibrating vouptuous-
ness Of The Byzantine capital, and also popular
passion in The scene in the circus, when the
brass instruments are dealt With in a masterful
manner. 1t was success for the three leading
singers. Nine Heglon as Theodora. N. Rous-
seliere as Andreas and 81. Renaud as Justinian
The opera will be given next season in Paris
Berlin and London and perhaps in New York
lie Ruisseau" three-act comedy by Pierre
Wolff. brought out at the Vaudeville theatre
on Thursday. is sort Of twentieth century
Dame aux Cameas" Pierre Wolff has show
fhe intuition of a Guy de Maupsssant and the
philosophy Of an Alfred Capus 1t is the ro-