Show LA BELLE the crown jewels the catholic church conflict german Lanti language age in Als alsace fice my tho herald correspondent I jewelry of one kind and another have giyen paris plenty lenty to talk about this week th tho ever recurrent subject of the crown jewels lias has again been discussed and shelved forthe for the moment A small number of radicals have persuaded themselves that it is absolutely ne necessary casary the famous regent and the other inary marvels els we admired at the 1878 exhibition should be sold and the proceeds used for en endo dowina wine republican and libraries these treasures are now kept in a vault under the ministry of finance where they have bave been visited by the commission among inspected were ivere a collection of decorations granted to the kinga kings of f france by foreign sovereigns valued at francs a watch presented to louis XIV by the dey doy of algiers worth fr francs ancs a diamond brooch w worth orth francs this brooch was made in france when diamond cutting was first practiced here and is therefore a historical Eist historical orical relic of great value as well as a landmark in the history of french jewelry A sword with hilt bilt in precious stones valued at francs the regent diamond mon d which was bought by the duke of orleans when ho was regent he ile gave franca francs for it to an englishman named pitt who brought it from india it has since been but lias has been valued attas at as high as J francs judges do not believe however that it could be sold for more than about francs and a sentimentalist complains that it would probably be purchased at that by some american barnum and find exhibited from city city to cita rumor had it awhile agot agothar ago that fiat mrs mackey wanted to buy it to present as an additional load of holiness to the successor of st peter but that is no doubt like the etory story about her applying to the city authorities for ra leave ave to illuminate the arc de do oa on the oc occasion caslon of one of her entertainments the rest of the jewels is are worth and would dondl doubtless im bring at auction from ten to twelve million francs in comparing many of the articles with the ancient catalogue the commissioners found that number numberless lesi diamonds sapphires sapp hires and tur turquoises are miss missing th they were cre taken by the sometime line empress mpr es eugenic and transformed into a belt which she did not have in her satchel when drs crane and evans helped iier ter over the border into england the belt is worth about a million francs and was made by the court jeweler at eugenics Eu genies order after the pattern of one she had bad seen worn by an actress tr s she only wore it on one occasion casi orr and it with tho the rest of this waste treasure will very likely bp be sold for the good of the tile state the commission has not yet decided how the sale shall be conducted and an active effort is being made in tain quarters to have the roost most valuable of these relics preserved in the museum of the louvre the relations between germany and the vatican arc are naturally watched here with the closest attention the clarion publishes this morning a telegram from its berlin correspondent in which the writer declares declare that prince bismarck lias has as good as decided upon taking the initiative in agitating for a european cengr congress m to revive the temporal oral power of tb the e holy see on new eases bases the chancellor would appear to have arrived at the conclusion that the only way of preserving not ot only germany but europe feln from tl alie ie encroachment of international democracy is the maintenance of a atron strong and respected catholic Catli olic church the correspondent adds that since prince bismarck has fully made up his mind to adopt this policy his demeanor haa has visibly changed he ile has lost liis his air of melancholy and depression and now seems to be imbued with liis ills old r rigor r and clerey ilia ills friends are afo already r aads cads trembling at the reception which is is reserved for his plan in protestant germany but ins its solo sole anxiety is lest his negotiations with the foreign powers might fall through 11 ll great bitterness is caused in lit alsace and loraine by the announcement of the german government that in future the proceedings of the provincial council representing the legislature of those provinces shall no longer be transacted in the french language it was expected that this would come about and that all legal and official transactions would ultimately bo be in the german language still after ten years of teutonic rule the french feeling is strong and a prominent prominent romi nent citizen of matz delivered a few days ago a most impassioned speech against what is considered an abuse of power on the part of germany the nie subject ab J et hasteen much discussed in the german papers but strangely enough it has scarcely been referred to in any french journal LOOTS louis PARIS etnia france jan jansto jtb tb 1882 |