New-York tribune., 1907-02-24
". BRT4ND TO THE FRONT
IN FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Especial by French cable to The rribun..1



hut the real skipper is no longer II. Clemen-
ceau. but ". BRAND. whose conciliation policy
toward the Vatican and whose friendly. business
Ike understanding with the French episcopate
voice the feeling OF the nation and make NJ.
BRAND TODAY the strongest political personality
IN France. II is open secret that had NJ
Clemerceau persisted in the uncompromising at
titlde demanded by the socialists he and his
q binet would have been capsized The Prime
Minister had 10 choose between throwing up the
sponge or making clean surrender TO his
Minister Of Public Worship and Education
Aristide BRAND, whose convincing speech i'm the
Chamber Of Deputies carried everything before
II and bristled with a magnetic power rarely dis
PLAYED in France since the days Of Gambetta
N. BRAND unqUestionably the man OF the
future His position in the Cabinet is further
strengthened by clever move by which the un-
popular income bin viii be sidetracked in
The LAGOON coils Of a vast parliamentary fiscal
commission. and so long NJ. BRAND is at the
helm viii never become issue to decide the
fate Of the ministry. This attitude OF the Cab
met in regard TO the income tax has already
strengthened the quotations of French govern
me1t securities and there IS a renewed buying
az rentes. Meanwhile there IS just now an i'm
mense accumulation Of French capital. not for
speculation. hut for investment and the oppor-
tunity IS most promising for further large
French purchase Of gilt edged United States
securities.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE
Washington's Birthday was celebrated N
Paris 10y TWO significant banquets one given by
the American Club Of Paris to Robert :. Nc
Cormick. retiring American Ambassador. and
the other ~ me French Societies Of Pacidsis
and Partisans OF International Arbitration. under
The presidency of Frederick Passy.- VINO selected
Washiugtons Birthday as the most appropriate
date for a demonstration i'm favor cc interua-
tional peace At both hanque.s :a--ent a6mirs-
ton was expressed for President Roosevelt and
FOR his successful perseverance IN his policy of
nrpi;ratioa
C0HnENTS OE THAN IaNE
The jerome cross-ex8minatIon 9t Mrs Thev
Is reproduced in the leading Newspapers kare.
with sprightly comments u. Iiarduin. in tie
'Hatin.' expresses surprise that the after-sup-
per episode of the pie girl which is merely
commonplace repetition Of post t-praudial features
quite common in Paris and al Nice, and which
are merely TeNivaIs Of diversions at dinner par
Ties given il The Course OF the Second Empire
ny the Prince of Orange. should shock kuicker-
booker susceptihilities N. Farduin in his edito-
rial treatment u the Tne-r trial : excee iingIv
severe upon Mrs. Harry -iisv. Who instead of
calming down hsr iErresstoRabie husbands
jealousy OF the past. kept constantly reminding
him of painful events and exciting his irrita-
tiliiE- 'on the da- Of the murder" writes u
H@rduin, ii was she Who called Thaw's atten-
Hon 10 the presence of the man who preceded
him In her affections. Without this tactIess.
naggias persistency en- the part OF this pretty
Touag woman, with her captivating dimples and
smiles, The drama would have been averted.'
1fR. JEROHE CRITICISED.
Ernest Charles and Pierre Mortier writing
IN the Gil Bias" lake Nh. Jerome severely to
:ssk for putting heartrending and excruciatinz
questions % Mrs. Thaw. Both writer's how
ever. start of on a false tack by erroneously
s1pposng that Mr. Jerome IS The magistrate or
judge instead Of the District Attorney for the
prosecUtioD-a pardonable mistake. because the
French magistrates. assuming. according TO
french Jurisprudence, that the accused must
prove his innocence. inquisitorial to the last
degree, As vas shown by the Dreyfus and other
trials in this country. Psychological observers
such As Marcel Provost NJ Courteline and
Tristan Bernard. express interest IN Evelyn
Thaw as so3rce of material for novels and
vaudeville comedies. and consider this type Of
young woman as likely 10 be developed to a
dangerous degree under the present conditions
OF society in America as well as IN Ell~ope
The aIl-night Montmartre restaurant. known as
the Dead Rat, which ten years ago was a resort
essentially frequented b. Parsians but which
since the exhibition OF 1900 has become COS
nopolitan show place where one always finds
foreigners, and especially Americans English
and Germans. OF both sexes IN overwhelming
majority compared with French Is each night
thronged by transatlantic visitors IN quest OF
the Of place TO which Harry Thaw took his
hancee, Evelyn Nesblt. It is a resort to which
no respectable person would ever think Of going
with his wife family. although it IS one Of
the cafes frequently included IN the steaItly
night rounds Of bohemian curiosity tours so
often but unwisely INDUCED In by America .
tourists. both men and women during their stay
IN Paris, enormously imagining that such a
place is particularly Partisan"
RODINS STATUE OF WHISTLER
". Rodin, the sculptor, denies the reports that
he Is making statue Of Whistler in frocIl
coat, top hat and eyeglass. and on a visit 10 tho
his proposed portrait Of Whistler. which IS IN /
stTong relief and in the form of medallion F..
with the profile OF an enormous muse bending
over the artists shoulder doing him homage |
NJ. Rodin says this IS appropriate for the
wall IN TIE garden at Chelsea, where 1t will be
placed. IN company with the portrait Of Car
lyle.
SOME NEW DOCKS
Calnann Levy publishes Les Origines de IA
Legende Napoleonienne. TG1uvre Historique Ie
Napoleon Sainte- -Eelene," by Philippe Cop
nard, professor at the Lycee Saint Etienne, who
and new side lights upon DR.. OMeara, Napo-