The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
.C[EMENCEAU BUYS AMERICAN PAPERS Hopes To Establish a Model
 Newspaper STARTS BY NEW YEAR French Writers Are Now Taking Out Their Spite By Satirical
 Writing on German
 Tourists
STARTS BY NEW YEAR
By GEO. DUFREsNE

| dle is solved now, for M. Clemenceau has told few intimates that he intends to publish in this city the first real modern | newspaper in France, and that he has
 found many novel ideas in carefully studying New York and Chicago papers. M. Clemenceau's new paper, which is to appear at New Years time, will be bright,
 newsy, literary and profusely Illustrated 1 The ever young ex-premier was asked
 what the views of his journal would be.
 "Oh, reactionary republican," he said,
 with light smile.
 | It Is quite possible that the famous poll
 tician's real opinions on current politics
 are not always accurately conveyed by
 his public utterances. In any case, his
 book on democracy, which is to appear
 shortly, will contain some startling ihe-
 ories from such a pen. A confidant of M.
 Clemenceau's tells me that one chapter
 deals with the English house of lords, md
 he pictures an ideal assembly, represen-
 tative not only of the aristocracy of in tellect and character but of birth and tra-
 diton as well. To his senate he would
 invite the noble, but he would also in lcluQe the trades union OFFICIAL ana Otn2r clements of democratic weight.
 A statement made by M. Meissimy, | French minister of war, seems to com | firm the rumor that the grand maneu- l vers this autumn will be countermand- | ed. Following the usual custom sew | eral members of the general army staff proceeded to the districts here the ma a- neuvers were to be held and to see that | all was in good order The result of l 4 s1.- IL l the next weeks render the grand was making considerable ravages in | the department of the aisne, the pro- posed center for the military opera tions. It woul take too long to make arrangements elsewhere, and the minis l ter, under the circumstances, proposes that each army corps should go through
 evolutions in its own district, should the continuance of the epidemic during the next weeks rende the granu maneuvers inadvisable.
 One has wondered why for the last six months the French banks scrape in all the gold they can get and give such high rates of exchange. Perhaps the figures just published of French imports and exports may explain it. During the first seven months of the current year foreign imports into France showed an increase of 945, ,S91,- 900 francs on those during the corre- spending period of 1910. That money
 had to be found in gold. French ex- ports in the meanwhile were less by 75. 322, ,000 francs Curiously enough, the rise and fall is in the limentary pro-
 ducts, which showed progression of 657, ,164.000 francs in imports and
 diminution of 115.O0o,OoO in exports. Economists should be able to put two and two together
 At one time French writers exercised
 their satirical faculties on the English tourist and his women folk. But since the German has taken to travelling he and llis
 frau have become the target for. the
 mordant shafts of the boulevard "chron-
 queur." NJ. Jules Bertaut is very out
 spoken with regard to the Tauton, with
 his apple green costume, his Tyroean
 hat, his hob nailed boots, his alpenstock,
 his exclamations his vulgarity and his
 sufficency.
 When he is discovered far off 1t is the
 signal for general stampede "Sauve qui
 peut le voil!' Englishmen and Americans
 give him wide berth, while the French
 man '.toujours bongeroon," contents him. |self with laughing heartily at these gro tesque Tartorins, who dress like explor- |ers to take the steamer at Lucerne, and arm themselves with an iron pointed |cudgel to perambulate the Promenade des Anglais."
 German tourists, according to M Ber- taut, are eternally ridiculous, and vet, however clownish they may be, each of them drags in his train some one more |ugly than himself Madame son epouse. |The author appeals for confirmation of. This description to all those who, on the roads Of Switzerland or the Tyroh have these beings without sex Tor age, with yellow hair surmounted by Ia fiat, cap, with short skirt, heavy nailed boots and wearing smoked glasses, who painfully climb some hillside, a haversacl on their--back and a cape of gray wool thrown over their shoulders. I personally am convinced that the German tourist and |his wife are an invention of the Divinity desirous of humbing human pride at the moment 1t is exalted to its highest degree lin face of the gradiose spectacles of na- Iture by inflictng on it the view of wha. is possible to poor humanity"
 If the German tourist would content himself with simply being ugly, one might ltry to forget him by closing one's eyes. but, says M. Bertaut, The is .encom- Ibrant,'' noisy, familiar insupportable. I nave only been five minutes In my com pertinent, and the German seated beside me has already tried to get into conver- lsation three times. Then, in despair, he
 tries his neighbor on the left He lights Ia cigar, closes the window. opens it. .,ives went to exclamations, declares that 1t is hot, takes off his coat, rummages among his baggage. drinks beer at the stations, speaks much and loudly, jokes with the train attendant, halls the passers-by Sud |denly he recognizes some of his compa- triots. They stop, shout at each other, and exchange edelweiss and cigarettes The entire horde invades the compart-
 ment. They throw their bags on my feet and put their valises on top of mine they lsuspend their alpenstocks and capes over my head; they leave me hardly enough room to stretch my legs. turn from them and look out at the scenery. But at that moment alas, they discover that this part of the route is marked in Baedeker with two asterisks, and the whole pand lrushes to the windows with "Hochs." .'Achs," and "Kolossals, that startle the Ientire train The German tourist is just as much detested by the hotel keepers as he is by his traveling companions, for he is mean, suspicious and noisy. One would imagine that they really did all in their power to ,exasperate the public by thnir "At the bottom, adds this French critic "tfeir conduct may be due 10 lnaivete; they shout, they eat. and irinx and amuse themselves like baa1ay brought