The Detroit times., 1908-07-21
AMERICAN HELLO
ST|RS UP LIVELY
ROW IN PARIS
TELEPHONE GIRLS REPLIES ARE
PATTERNED AFTER THOSE IN
THE UNITED sTATgs-sIANcY
ANSWERS ARE GIVEN.
BY MARQUIS DE cAsTELLANE.

PARIS. July 20-In spite of all the
| bellicose predictions there are two
reasons why there will not be a Fran
co-German war: First, Because
! France doesn't want TO fight: second,
because Germany doesn't want to
| fight.
Then why all this war-talk. you
ask? 1t is pure money raising BLUM.
| The Germans are pushing on their
| railway which Is 10 run from Con
stantinople to Bagdad: they have al
ready reached Konia and the foot Of
The Taurus hills, and these works are
vast and costly. In order TO raise the
money Germany has had TO appeal to
foreign nnanciers. Naturally she has
turned TO France, and | am informed
| that the German government has Of
| fered 70 grant US serious concessions
in Morocco IL We will give them fnan-
cial aid In .Asiastic Turkey.
And all the angry words about
Morocco had no other aim than that OF
forcing on this bargain. Germany
needs S140,O00.O00; and why should
France not lend them?
The French government, more and
more disguised with Its Moroccan cam
paign. Is inclined TO consider the prop
osition. A group OF French fnanciers
is said to be ready TO furnish the mon
ey--at least to offer such loan to
our easy-going public. and doubtless
1t would be subscribed. Honest men,
however, are still hoping that Mr.
Clemenceau will not consent TO sacri-
fee both Morocco and our money to
German ambition
Our amiable government Is intro
ducing the American telephone sys-
tenn. and the real meaning OF the
American system" seems TO be that
you cannot get anyone on the tele-
phone, that you may ring and ring and
after a while--the voice OF a tele-
phone girl will reply In slangy disdain.
Anyway that Is what happens in Paris
with your system.
Yesterday afternoon the Count d'Au-
bigny, who lives In the sixteenth az
iondissement. near the Trocadero.
called up a number on his telephone.
After being slanged for twenty min
utes by the telephone girl the count
asked TO be put In communication
with the chief OF that telephone sta
don. male voice asked. What do
you want?"
The Count dAubingy stated the
grounds OF his complaint.
"Oh, you go to - replied the
voice.
Instead the count jumped into an
automobile and drove to the telephone
Office. He asked for the supeTinten-
dent and was shown up TO the first
door. The chief clerk asked him to
come In.
II am a telephone subscriber" said
the count. land "a while ago you In.
suited re over the wire"
We'll" the clerk asked impudently,
what OF it?"
The count expressed the natural
Indignation of a gentleman and threat
ened To pull the chief clerks ears. In
stnntly he was set upon by five men;
his gray frock coat was torn from
his shoulders and he was thrown
downstairs and into the street. scores
OF telephone girls looked from the
windows and jeered noisily as the
count picked himself up.
The Count d'Aubigny was more dis
pleased than ever with the American
system
He hailed a cab and drove at once
10 the police station OF the, quarter
where he demanded warrant from
Monsieur l.andel, the commissary.
There are only 10000 telephone sub
scribers in all Paris. ! am sure there
are more I'm Stockholm. And, as | am
one ot them. my sympathy Is with the
Count d'Aubigny. Few ordinary cit'
gems use the telephone here. SO the
Democratic employees Of our Democrat
ic government know they have moth
ing to fear from the few gentlemen
who pay $50 a year for the telephone
service. As telephone service Is
controlled by the postoffice depart
ment complaints are OF no effect.
There is really nothing TO ~