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THE  WORLn’s  EÄIRS

themselves  ft  vivid  and  striking  picture  of
the  prosperity  and  development  attained
by  the  United  States  in  the  Century  uf  their
existence  as  a  nation.  The  object  this
year  in  Paris  was  to  convince  the  people
of  France,  that  the  present  republican  form
of  government  is  as  favorable  to  the
prosperity  of  mannfaetnres  and  commerce, ­
  as  was  the  empire  of  Napoleon  III.
If  therefore  the  true  cause  of  the  exhibition
  is,  as  we  see  in  tbese  cases,  the
desire  Io  obtain  some  definite  politieal  or
economical  advantage  for  the  country,
which  has  the  exhibition,  we  must  not  be
surprised  to  see  the  matter  treated  entirely
  as  an  act  of  inner  politics,  and  conseqnently
  without  any  preliminary  understanding
  with  other  nations.  These  are
simply  notified,  tliat  an  international  exhibition ­
  will  be  held  at.  such  a  time  and
place,  and  they  are  invited  to  contribute
to  its  success  by  sending  their  producta,
and  payiug  for  their  exhibition.
Foreign  conutries  are  certainly  theu
free  to  refuso  their  participation,  but  the
nature  of  international  exhibitions  is  such,
that  they  cannot  do  so  without  injuring
their  own  interests.
Germany  refused  to  take  part  in  the
Paris  exhibition  of  this  year,  but  at  a  late
hour  sent  pictures  for  the  art  department,