New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-14
WORLD AFFAIRS VIEWED BY OBSERVERS ABROAD
CAUSTTC FRENCH COM
wENTS ON THAW CASE.
Especial BY French cabls to The Trlbunsl
roopyrsshs. 1907: BY The rrlbun. Association

Trial, which had been waning during the last
,bree weeks, was revived last night when the
news OF the disagreement OF the jury reached
This city. The trend OF opinion OF the leading
French jurists is that there must be flaw in
the criminal procedure of the State Of New
York which permitted what they consider a
mere commonplace murder trial to drag on for
ruch a long period. saturating press and public
Nth degrading sensationalisn, which must have
an unfortunate effect the minds OF young
oersons Of both sexes Maitre Robert, OF Paris.
SAYS the Thnw trial had 1t taken place in Paris
under the French code would have been dealt
with and settled by the tribunal within Ave days
st the outside. This view of of the fore
most criminal lawyers in France may be
oepted as that OF the legal profession here gem
orally The Figaro IN its editorial comments
or the trial points out its similarity 10 the re-
cent trial Of Linda Murri IN Italy, where the
husband of a musical artist, with his wffes
completely, killed a former lover OF his wife.
The Figaro thinks the American and English
system, that requires unanlmity of the jury in
murder trials, IS not practical or eficacious
as that Of the French criminal code, where the
verdict is valid when based simply upon a ma
jority Of the jury. The Figaro thinks It very
doubtful whether another jury in the autumn
win be found 10 be unanimous. The popular
smart. wealthy society OF America has suffered
considerably by the disclosures Of the Thaw
trial. which, among the masses OF the people
here. are enormously regarded as typical OF
manners and morals.
COLLAPSE OF FOOD STRIKE.
The collapse OF the food strike threatened by
the bakers and provision dealers employees is
due to the sound judgment and Ermness OF the
Premier, II. Clemenceau. and NJ. Lepine. Project
Of Police. in protecting the men who wanted 10
work from the tyranny and attacks Of those who
sought 10 prevent them from working. OF the
seven thousand bakers IN Paris only $3.50 ceased TO
work. and II. Clemenceau. who during General
PlcquRrt's brief absence in the South OF France
Is acting as Minister Of War as well as Of the
Interior had the regimental bakeries OF the three
army corps in or near Paris fully prepared TO
supply daily bread n case the bakers strike
should have proved serious. Moreover, the
troops were collected at strategical points OF the
capital. that twenty thousand infantry and
cavalry, 10 say nothing Of FIRE engine brIgades,
with their three-ineh calibre hoses. could have
been concentrated at any given quarter Of Paris
within twenty-five minutes after the receipt OF
telephone orders from N. Clemenceau seated
in his armchair at his desk at the Ministry Of
the Interior. The promptitude and decision
shown by n. Clemenceau have dealt an effective
blow to the professional organizers OF agitation
at the Labor Exchange. and have greatly diHnin-
ished the prestige Of the leaders OF the few
thousand disconnected workuen who sought TO
impose their VIII the majority. not only in
Paris. but throughout France.
NATIONAL SOCIETY SALON.
The seventeenth annual salon Of the National
Society OF Fine Arts. opened by President Fai-
Heres yesterday. is almost as academic and
conventional as that Of the Society OF French
Artists. which takes place a fortnight hence
The catalogue contains nearly three thou
sand numbers. and Of the five hundred ar
lists there are thirty-seven Americans who.
moreover. hold their own quite creditably with
their French, British. German. Italian and Span
ish colleagues. Among all these pictures. stat
ues ana works Of art new or rising talent is
70 be found. The portraits, as hitherto are good
ana numerous. but the salient feature Is the
return 10 the academic nude, and here Alfred
Roll. president Of the Salon, leads the way with
MS "Caresse du Soleil.' a superb female figure
bathed in a soft luminous sunlight Never be-
fore have nudes been so plentiful or SO well
executed Among the best works OF this de-
seFiption are those OF Caro- DelvaiIle. Albert
Guillaume. Courtois. Gervex, Dinet, Picard. Mar
ief and Marcel Roll, son OF the president Of the
National Society. At the top OF the main stair
way as one enters the Salon is a full length por-
uait Of King Edward IN a field marshaPs uni
RoTIl, with the Order Of the Garter and a blue
COAX oiscneetly covering his red military tunic
" IL by young Englishmsn named Harold
speed but its position In that place OF honor IS
oue more to the illustrious and popular subject
han TO the talent of the artist although II
- herltorlous work vigorously brushed and
~s@leo' Among the most creditabe American
pictures may be mentioned the interiors Of Wal
Yer Cay decorative panel of a woman with a
basket OF flowers. by Frederick Frieseke. Of
Aaieh'gan; three women slipping coffee by Afyron
BARLOW. marines by Harrison, studies OF snow
N Switzerland by William S. Horton. views in
brittany by Elizabeth Nourse. old houses IN
IuH sunlight by Florence Upton. OF New York:
charming group OF children in a garden bv
nary MacMonnies female figure by Alfred
Aaurer. OF New York. and Normandy land
seaDe by Florence Este OF Cincinnati Among
tie sculpture is a work IA plaster representing
me heroic sized legs OF a man walking nv
Aooin- In the decorative art department there
beautiful tganslucid enamel vase by Fer
neno Ihesmar. Among those who accompanied
Efssieent FallieTes at the ceremony Of opening
me salon were Henry White. American Am
oassaoor 20 France, and Whitelaw Reid, Ameri-
can Ambassador to England. Mr. Reid. having
se1ehed Paris from the South on Wednesday
.lly recovered from the effects OF the grip went
70 London to-day
NEW BOOKS OF TIE WEEK.
Among The new books OF the week are aCor-
responsiveness Inedites de Stendhal," with q
p'siaee By the late Prosper Merinee. published
oy Calmann-Levy: Madame Gosse," cIeverly
written novel by Marguerite ROLAND, issued by