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out. This Hertz is an American Jew who had become almost the master of the French government.

Many of the papers are rabid about the Jews.

Hertz opened his barrel to put the present party in power. And this gave him the pull on the Panama Co when they wanted the vote of the government to back their scheme. For this he received $2,000,000.00 And the Baron Rienecke whose name was on the paper had to raise hush money for him till he was ruined and suicided.

The editorials of the papers are as a rule very simple in language and very personal. And they handle each other without gloves.

Henri Rocheforte's paper spoke of the visit of the police to the "den of reptiles" where the "Radical" was published. The Radical came back at him, saying The "L'Intransigeant uses calumny as the Morphia Maniacs use the drug of which they die, yet which is nevertheless indispensable to prolong their miserable existence."

Sid and the Intelligencer now are as mild as milk in comparison. One man who has a paper with the singular name of "Le Brutal" says he will speak the truth and "call a cat a cat", but he wants it understood that he will not fight duels, believing it to be useless and silly.

The Royalists and the Boulangists and the Bonapartists and the Anarchists are all up on their hind legs. And as likely as not will howl at each other until the people get tired of the whole business and forget all about Panama.

Things are going along about as usual at the studio. Our cold spell was not very violent nor very long. The Seine was frozen over I believe one morning. But the weather now is quite springlike.

Transcription Notes:
The (French) names are Reinach and Herz and Rochefort.