The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
RED AMBASSADOR.
 WINS HIS WAY. IN PARIS SOCIETY
Comrade Krassin Proves S He Is Clever At Draw
 ing Room Repartee
(By Associated Press.

PARIS, Dec. 6.-Good bright and
 airy servants quarters will be the first
 roncern of "comrade" Krassin, the new
 soviet ambassador to France. There
 has been a general oyerhauling of the
 once stately palace of the cazar's
 Ambassadors, which had fallen into
 decay since the communists took power
 fin Russia. The place has been disinfected land the old carpets torn up. There was
 a regular massacre of rats in the
 house. ~
 The soviet advance agentsc who su-
 pervised the work said they found the
 ccrners of the rooms full of dust and
 the magnificent old tapestries with
 moth holes. What shocked them most,
 However, was to discover the servants quarsers lacked modern conveniences and that many of the bed rooms were
 without, windows.
 "AH will be done over," said a Red Representative "but in less garish fash ion than under the czars, Already you see the communists crossed hammer md sickle has replaced the Russian eagle over the door,"
 Although Krassin naturally will adopt the Moscow governments idea 0f simplicity, he is considered here as having the ability to hold his own in the niceties of the drawing room. Ihe French are telling story of Kranssin's arrival in London some time ago. He was presented to a certain Remarkably pretty princess. The princess, knowing Krassin had just been received in Sweden by 6ne of the queens ladies in waiting;ss famous for her-beauty, inquired of the Russian:
 1@This lady is said to be the most beautiful in the world. Is that true?"
 !. Madame, thought so too until this minute" replied Krassin.
 Puccinni Memory Honored
 Giacomo Puccini was one of the most timid of men. Never at any of the numerous banquets given in his honor was he able to respond with a speech of even a few words of thanks. He merely rose and bowed.
 l Owing to his self-consciousness and nervousness, he was never able to di rect the orchestra. On first nights of absolutely paralyzed with fear. He often said he never heard one of his operas in full. At some time or other during performance he found himself tremb- ling with nervousness and had to go out into the fresh air to regain his calm ness. ' - German Art Exhibited
 The first postwar German art exhibi- ton in Paris passed off peacefully. Al though too much so," said the manage ment, because if the royalists or the other nationalist groups had broken the windows it would have been a splendid Advertisement. Nevertheless we sold eight out of the 32 pictures shown and expect to sell more"
 The display consisted of water colors and sketches by the German satiric artist, George Grosz, whose catalogue was prefaced by Pierre Macorla1l, one of the prominent Paris critics. The management said 1t had no difficulty in getting a government permit for the exhibition and that the gallery was visited by many artists, including a humber of Americans. One of the Amer dcans in his comment said: 'sThe GrosZ show is the best anti German propa- ganda yet produced in Paris"
 The artists merciless portrayal of German women and his bitter caricatur- inf profiteers and militarists pleased the French. One picture,4 entitled Fossils showed General Ludendorff in a fancy uniform astride a hobby horse and waving wooden sword. Attack French Loans France will find all the gold she wants in the United States," says Humanite in leading the communist campaign French loans. But in ex- change" the newspaper adds, ''she must 8 ccept political and economic slavery in Wall Street"
 All the officials concerned in the French borrowing policy, the com munists. should be brought before a revolutionary tribunal" The argument Eof the communists is that loans in- crease the interest burden but do not solve the financial problem. The government, however, is retorting vigorously with new methods of pop |ularizing the loan of four billion francs which it hopes to raise. Lectures be- fore chambers of commerce and bank | CTS, foreign and domestic and lengthy | advertisements in the newspapers are | being substituted for the traditional | picturesque posters used heretofore.
 Some of the banks instead of adyertis- | ling are dividing their five per cent com mission with subscribers as discreetly as | possible but not with enough care to avoid detection. Some of them have been | with the withdrawal of their rights to sell these bonds.
 One curious and fortunate feature of | the campaign is the attraction of fore ign subscriptions. All foreign bankers were called to the ministry of finance one day to hear m exposition of Frances economic and financial situa- ton. Whether this was responsible for the foreign subscriptions is unknown, but 6 goodiy portion of. the amount al- ready subscribed has come from abroad.
 Spain is leading in the foreign sub seriptions. It is said in financial cir cles that the Spaniards are somewhat doubtful as regards the tranquility of their own country and, anticipating an fin the franc in conse- quence of the $10OO00,000 loan in America, are buying the bonds as specu- lation.