The New York herald., 1869-06-02
FRANCE.
The Electi0ns-ClOse Of the CampaiSn-Press
Arrests--Politicai Disturbances-TOne Of tho
Parisian Observation-Disclosures of Order.

The Eiections-ClOse Of the Campaisn-Press
Arrests--Politicai Disturbances-T0ne Of tho
. Partisan Observation-Disclosures of Order.
PARIS, May 15, 1889.
The period granted for electioneering meetings
closed yesterday, but the campaign ts by no means
over, and the 1ve days which are to elapse before
the day OF the grand elections are to be celebrated
by most vrulent articles In the opposition papers.
That they will get into trouble and their editors ap-
pear before the tribunal OF the Sixth Chamber does
Ivt .0sint Of doubt. The do1loe,. which, like the
lamb in the fable, was condemned before was
born has been arrested SINCE and the projectors OF
an inquiry made In its columns as to who was right
and who was wrong during the late turbulent
gatherings have been cited before the magistrates
and received orders to discontinue their investlga-
tions. The Rdppe maintains that the police were
the aggressors and has promised all witnesses who
have been ill-treated ana can produce certificates
stating that medical care was required for them to
pay ali legal expenses for the prosecution OF police
Offenders. The Steele goes so far as TO accuse tho
government OF having paid parties to raise tho dis
turbance at the Chatelet In order TO throw all the
blame on the people and show their ncapacity for
selr-government, while the Ga'aots, Temps and
others beseech the masses not to lose by rash de-
fance and turbulence what they have gained.
1t IL dnicut vet to say III truth what the masses
smashed some glasses in a brewery; the students
have refused to be treated like small boys at tho
Tarbonne. the chocolate maker, Devnck. has been
hssed aud Emile Olivier whistled at. The people
have had more watchful attentions shown 10 them
from the SeJge5S de cte ana heard nne 0ra0ry; but
this does not appear to constitute civic liberties and
1t ust be owned the French in general do not seem
TO know what tney consist III, certainly not to handle
thom when extended.
When the Pays says that ''order reigns throughout
Parisr 1t Is well to understand that It ~ enforced
1t would not reign by the will OF the Parsians who
know the exact number OF soldiers Kept ready for
emergencies at the Caseme du Prince Eugene-they
are Il, 000 Those who take pride In their nation
ter, Shefed and Geneva, and infer that the French
much more civilized than the above populations
In similar circumstances. Mention, too, has been
made or reviewers popping on in Broadway, between
partisans Of different presidential candidates. bus
these selfsatsed citizens are continually forgetting
that Americans and Engshmen have not large bar
racks at the corner OF every boulevard, edhces per-
forated with windows TIL the walls are all OPEN
work for chassepots to shoot from.
The French Press on the Alabama Question.
The Consti,utionei, OF Paris, OF the 2lst ut, re-
ferring to Senator Summers speech. comments %
folows:-
The opinions In England must be much irritatcd
against the United States for the speech OF Senator
Sumner, with his expressions OF violence and
babltua calm and measured attitude. What ap-
pears mostly to exasperatc the city paper
the demand, supposed TO emanate from the
federal government to submit the difference TO q
foreign arbitration The Times will not hear OF 1t,
and To those Americans who complain OF the con-
duct OF England during the war OF secession it
revives the language and attitude observed by their
Crimea and IN India. Both evidently have their
blood up and all the prudence OF the two govern
ments Will be necessary In order to prevent matters
from going further.