Show A IN FRANCE GE TARGET FOR CRITICISM nr RY WILLIAM BIRD Special Radio Dispatch to The Standard Examiner Copyright 1926 Dy By The Tho Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association PARIS July Altercations 24 24 bet cen the Parisian public and tourIsts particularly Americans have became an almost dally daily oe- oe oc They are ascribable mainly to the tha tho Parisians Parisian frayed nerves ns as asa a res result lt of ot the decline ot of the tha franc and the rising prices for tor which the tho simple reasoning ot of the tho mob blames the foreigners Irritation also Is felt because Americans and Englishmen with dollars and pounds find every every- everything everything everything thing getting cheaper hero heru er while to the tho Frenchman every everything thin Is gettinG dearer Some blame for the outbreaks also attaches to the tho tactlessness of many ot of the foreigners Open contempt for tor the tho French currency Is displayed only too often One American created a near riot the theother theother theother other day by plastering the win win- windows windows win window I dows dow ot of his compartment In a atrain atrain atrain train with French bank notes I while others amused themselves es by tearing up five franc notes and throwing the pieces piece to the tho crowd as they went along the boulevard In sight seeing busses These examples example are re extreme but Contempt also Is or shown hown or what seems contempt contempt contempt to the French French- by too free treo a display ot of money too generous nerous tip tipping pin and too os- os ostentatious ostentatious os ostentatious bu buying It must be said to the honor honorof ot of the tho French government that every consideration has hils been shown I thus hus far to foreigners The police in Intervening on numer numer- numerous numerous numerous ous occasions have shown the ut- ut utmost utmost ut utmost most leniency toward tourists though often treating the tho natives with severity Tourist agencies arc arc- blamed on onI many sides for troubles of- of ot this I kInd In their eagerness for gain they hold travelers too much promenading them In sight sight seeing cars making them too conspicuous ous and arousing needle needlessly slY the resentment of ot the populace Repeated nep tet public Incidents how how- however however however ever aro are arousing such a popular outcry against foreigners that tn- tn inevitably In Inevitably the g government will have e to take measures measure to appease the tho Irritation Demands already ar are heard beard in many newspapers newspaper that special restrictive and taxation measure be bo taken against for for- foreigners for foreigner eigner eigners particularly those from rich countries Such newspapers newspaper even en propose to forbid the tho exchange of ot foreign money except through govern govern- government government ment office offles which would exact tribute from from- travelers traveler from rom gold standard countries |