Show PRANCE FRANCE AWAKENED now news of tho the imposition la Is now kow sought by lending s the most noticeable aspect of exposition work woric abroad just now is the wonderful derf ul awakening in france to the magnitude and assured success of the enterprise how interest in france might 13 be stimulated has long been a subject of much con consideration by the officials and committees having iu in charge the foreign promotion about six weeks ago C there was a joint of the foreign echi and press and printing committees to together b ether with president baker and director general davis on this subject at that meeting chief handy was waa empowered to pay special attention fifth large discretion to the work io in F france the result was the adoption of the plan which without the payment of subsidies has resulted in awender ul ful increase of interest on the part of the french press and public and a strong influence on the french government which however lima has always been favorably disposed during the month of january the number of paragraphs about the exposition in french newspapers only exceeded very slightly three hundred dred whereas in february the number arose to about twelve hundred with a good many returns yet to come in chii ceif f handy has now a liba of one hundred and seventy french newspapers which during the last month editorially announced that the success of the exposition was no longer a matter of conjecture and urged upon all concerned the importance of moving if france if is not to be outstripped in the race of f nations in the matter of exhibits these papers comprise the leading representatives of french journalism joern 11 ll and the bundle of clippings containing their ances is perhaps pet haps one of the most remark able and extensive exhibit bioni of quickly obtained publicity on recon record in addition all of the illustrated journals of pari have taken hold of the subject and two of them have published double page illustrations of the ibe grounds and buildings 0 on the whole the situation in france in reference to the exposition may im be said to have completely changed in one mouth month for the better |