The Detroit times., 1908-09-11
M0NARCHS TRYING
To SOLVE TURKISH
PROBLEM
RECENT VISITS OF EUROPEAN
RULERS ALL HAVE SANE END
IN vIEw-MINIsTERs GO WITH
THEM.
ey Marcus de casteIlane.

PARIS. Sept. l1.-Kngs emperors'
and presidents OF republics nave new
er Travelled as they DO today, and they
take their foreign ministers with
them. Certainly it IS not only to talk
always OF peace. To judge by what
one hears In the chancelleries or
statesmen. the heart and kernel OK
the recent interviews has been 10 try
to feel which power is eventually to
replace the sultan IN Constantinople.
one power OF the front rank will
Is realized. unless the -Mahometan
tribes there are 10 massacre each
other out of existence. Russia is the
candidate OF France aud England Tor
that post. To counter their activity
Kaiser Wilhelm has sent General Won
der Goltz, the next active chief OF his
own army, TO Turkey TO watch Ger
bany's interests on the spot He Is TO
seek 10 establish relations with the
sultan's new ministers and to promise
them his masters support in resisting
the pressure OF reform programs for
Macedonia.
There are two sets OF formidable
antagonists. and a peace-loying
Frenchman would feel more treasured
IL he saw all the sovereigns give up
their travels and stay quietly at home.
am really ashamed TO be obliged
to speak Of topic raised by one OF
our chief magazines; Is there such a
thing IA American literature? Many
Ere nchmen deny its existence. Thelr
reproach is that Americans do not
study sufficiently the perfection or
form. Now, 1t is chiefly this disdain
Of form which is the marked charac-
teristic OF American literature. II Is
realistic and practical. Is not that as
much a virtue as being dreamy ana
stepped In romanticism? Franklin,
who was the first American writer 10
achieve popularity In France, is heavy
and a little vulgar. but at least ne
taught his compatriots how 10 com
port themselves so as 10 become rtcn
and powerful.
And in later days are not the works
of Fenimore Cooper. singer OF the
trappers and the redskins, and OF Mark
Twain translated into all tongues
And your poets-are not Edgar roe
and Longfellow true celebrities? The
truth is that in French literature to-
day everything turns banal and uni
form and dyes itself in the same color.
To say that Americans lack individ.
uality when one thinks OF the magni.
fcent output OF books. is really ash
nine.
Does a national art exist in Amer
lea If not literature? II must be
conceded that most of the painters
and sculptors OF the United States
have their methods instilled in them
In the schools OF Europe. But that
does not prevent their art becoming
more and more cosmopolitan. The
truth Is that painting and sculpture
take birth wherever they can, under
some mysterious motive force that
neither money nor will power can
compose.
In the earlier part OF the eigh-
teenth century your painters seem 10
have hesitated. but in 1878. such indie
pendent young artists as Wyant, Low,
Shirlaw. Innes and Martin. and the
illustrious author, H. Gaudens, found
ed the American Art association.
They were the true precursors or
some painters OF genius such as
Whistler and John Sargent. Of whom
one, am certain. will before long
win the title of the greatest portrait
painter In the world. II Is not, strict
lv speaking. American art, but 1t Is a
plead OF artists which is more and
more internationalizing art.
At the seaside this year the ladies
OF the Partisan smart world are wear
ink hats made exclusively OF
tulle. The headdress should be
made exclusively OF this and
IL Is called "tule vapeur." The flames,
which should be always OF straw
should be surrounded with tulle In
Iuches cleverly chiffonnes. What Is
most Is a straw hat garnished
simply with a bunch OF flowers Then
il should be completely enveloped In
.ulle vapeur OF the same color as the
straw.