FAILURE OF AN EXHIBITION.

Timaru Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 5192, 13 July 1891, Page 3

FAILURE OF AN EXHIBITION.

Tho Ifrcnbh Exhibition In Moscow lina proved an utter failure Tho Fronoh promoters choriahod tho idon that tho Buoiana would bo co delightod with tho oomplimont puid to thorn that, thoro would bo no oocasion to do more than to soncl off tho packages containing tho oxhibita, leaving lo tho K).fßo|ftns (.hejfißoJypß tjio tusk of unpaiiking ttijd puflins M>W i»( W&W, W»<i a groat mißliiko. Up to a cortuip point Ihfl Eussiuus rlir] ythab they could to help their visitors, but they soon begun to porooivo that they wero being imposed upon, and that

the Parisians had nothing else m view than to obtain for thnir goodß a favourable market. The Euseians themselves have an ambition to become mnnufacturers, and do not see that they should be called upon to give 4 helping hand to competitors m their home market. The consequence iB that they have left off work, and the great French Exhibition is a mere chaoa of unopened packages. This may be remedied, but with much lose of time and when it is too late it will be found that the Knßßian publio do not care to pay for a eiffbt of goods belonging to a rival. They have a French Exhibition of their own m tho shape of a museum of French cannon and other npoilo obtained by them after the retreot of Napoleon from Moscow m 1812, and they .have more gratification m looking at them than at the articles de Paris, for whioh they aro expected to pay a long price. /