The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-10
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Paris Grows More Pronounce

PARIS, May brilliant weather
has brought thousands of visitors to
Paris. The English and the Germans
arc present III great numbers. The
Americans, also. have made an early
appearance, and the American women
are rivaling in elegance and style the
Parsians themselves. American doml-
nance grows more and more marked.
Great hotels in the Champs Elysees
have been built and equipped TO meet
the American trade. These establish
ments are run on the same lines as those
on Broadway. Here are to be met
American families who move In an
orbit, almost exclusively transatlantic,
which has nothing whatever TO do with
French life or even with the French
language. After certain term of this
existence, these exotics return home,
doubtless fully posted on all matters
appertalning to this country,
The governmental press discusses with
some bitterness the seornful rejection
by the Socialist congress at Saint Eth
enne of the Radical Socialist proposals
for a renewal of the alliance of Gre
publican Defense 1t takes some com
fort, however, from the fact that the
unified Socialists have not actually de-
clared war, but, by deciding for the
maintenance of the status quo, have
left the local federations free to main
tain or withdraw the Socialist candi"
date against or III favor of Radical can
didates, according to circumstances,
On all sides the growing unpopularity
of the government is admitted, though
opinions differ rs TO its cause. Thus
the followers of NJ Combes attribute
it. in the words of the "Rappel.o to
IN. Clemenceau policy of aggression
against the Socialists They lament
the collapse Of the "boc'' of the Left
Others. who realize that the day of the
Combist "bloc" has passed. accuse the
senate of impeding the reforms of the
Radical Socialist party. Thus the SEN
ate is warned from one source that, if
it delays the income tax and the old
coming "the grave-dlgger of the re-
public
To an impartial observer, however,
the first of these reforms appears far
from popular. and the declaration of NJ
Laferre, the president of the executive
committee of the Radical Socialist
party in L Action, seems to be nearer
the mark, "The lack which is felt to-
day, as yesterday. both in parliament
and in the country, is he remarks. ga
government which really governs - 1t !
have to withstand dangerous attacks
on the naval question.
The recent postal strike in Paris |
stands out as a remarkable incident in
the confused struggle of ideas and in
terests, partly economic and partly po. |
lltical, which for want of better term |
IS vaguely called tho labor movement
1t is one of those dramatic events which |
occur more frequently III France, and
in Paris. than in other
of equal intellectual standing
and material stability; and it has right
" attracted universal attention. This
sudden yet complete and calculated re-
volt against the authority of the state
)y large and important section of it's
servants, carried out with an air of
studied insolence and based on ostensi-
dc grounds so inadequate as to be hip-
)ant, IS an occurrence which cannot
'ail to excite the serious interest of
intelligent and thoughtful persons
Not only has the public suffered i'm
redible Inconvenience in the non deliv.
Try of CORRESPONDENCE. but it is now
.lso experiencing positive rudeness and
nclvility from the staff Of the post
'fiice, as well as new delays in the serv-
ce. A renewal of the strike is looked
Ipon with apprehension. II would ap-
'ear that the good VIII In the working
II of arrears, which was promised as
he price of peace and the capitulaiion
# the government, has very quickly
One reason why the postal
Torkers accomplish so little and fail ut.
erly TO satisfy the public is because
he office operations are absurdly com.
licated and antiquated Nothing could
e more ridiculous than the formalities
equired in issuing postal orders and
ostoffice orders. The staff is over.
'orked as the result of its attention
D multitude of petty details
NJ. Pataud, the labor leader, has GER |
,inly n considerable amount of person
charm. Medium In height, his sym. |
athletic face is lighted with a pair of
1ft brown eyes and beneath the nose,
hich is somewhat flat and full, falls
olden brown mustachc covering a we'll
,rmed mouth His hair is still inno.
ent of any strands OF gray. In cor.