New-York tribune., 1870-05-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
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ruled soldier fashion. only the last SESSION ol the
Corps Legislatif has brought any relief Cruelties
and abuses. so long praoticed with impunity could
no longer be concealed and when concealment be-
came impossible relaxation became necessary. Al
geria for the first time, think, has had chance to
express her own mind She voted at her peril, as
the army did but she voted No The army IN Al
sera gave about the proportion OF noes as the
army elsewhere. -, -
The whole negative vote in the army and navy OF
France is no less than 520S4 TO 394l6 yeas f9r the
Emperor that is much the most serious fact OF a AZ
1852 there We're but Is 1873 noes-ao4ut Ioui Ivc
the whole military vote. In 1870 the negatNe NIl
Uuadruped. and is about Is per cent OF tle WIZ U
Nearly Onefth of the army has dG9areu nd Io5 te I'm
nerialist ORGANS generally, told France before the
vote that She had to choose between the EMPIRE anu
nn-n Showing a iifth of the army prefers Revolution
10 the Empire. which exists only IN the nuehly VI
The army / need not explain over again
tbe difdculties and dangers under which
negative vote has to be cast by s0loleI.
IT, in the face OF & them R an % o No@% onn mo- e same
bad II dared The Emperor knows it better than
any body Government newspapers may make Ilgnl
of the army vote. They may deceive their readers
into believing il of no consequence but they Will not
deceive the Emperor. How well he understands IT,
and how deeply he feels 1T Is shown 3y ms etter 10
eral order 10 the army People says the Emperor,
''have circulated such absurd and exaggerated re-
ports about the vote of the army OF PaIlS that take
pleasure in begging You 10 say TO the generals,
officers and soldiers under yOr command that my
confidence
quite understand what the absurd ana exaggerated
reports are 10 which the Emperor refers lie is
clearly wise in not specifying lie WOuld scarcely
deny | suppose, that the army OF PaIls mas con-
tributed it's proportion TO the $1,000 negative votes OF
the whole army; that in several regiments the noes
were i'm "a majority; that in a much greater number
they were nearly equal that i'll at least one case
four soldiers insisted remaining during the vote,
:" even though You shoot us for il - that IN the
Prince Eugene barrack alone, which is in the very
center of the disturbed districts 1S3 soldiers voted
No All these accounts are from seInloihcial Jour
l.. nttf
assuming a confidence he does not feel. 1t is a
means Of restoring it, if il does not exist and there
never was greater need of such an effort Things
must have looked very serious indeed before tne I'm
peror could have persuaded himself TO admit that
there was need OF restoring confidence IN inc army;
serious riot in the Beeyille quarter The blockade
Of the district raised the troops were sent back
80 their barracks and an imperial visit TO that neigh
borhoOd was arranged. The comedy was played IN
the usual style. Where the performers are always the
same there can hardly be much variety in the
misc en- soeHe The Emperor and his wife set
out from the TuilerleS at 81, IN an open
carriage. The preparations for their enthusiastic re-
ception were made with particular care. Police in
plain clothes thrOnged the streets through which the
imperial carriage pass Along the rue de RlVoh
the boulevard SebastOpOl, the rue de Iurblgo TO the
place du Chateau d'Eau the men who had roted ana
built barricades during the last three days were now
gathered 10 welcome the Emperor The people We're
~ indifferent to this effort as to the other; They
would not defend the barricade which the police had
had the kindness to build for them, and they would
TIE same lips which had been helplessly shouting
Tjrc Ia RePubHqae! The Emperor and Empress
0uitcd their carriage at the place du Chateau Eau,
and entered the Prince Eugene barracks. They
remained 20 minutes. few soldiers
checrcd. the greater number looked on
IN silence. The Emperor asked anXiOuSly
abo1t the wounded officer (he had finger broken in
deitAding the Empire against dozen Iaganuilns
of Bcllcyillc and the Emperor handed 1000 francs
10 sta officer for distribution among the soldiers
who had voted Yes, suppose J. he effect OF the
Imperial visit in that quarter was miraculous. Zeal
for the Republic became Loyalty to the Empire bdl,
Iicades were no more. The white hlouSes had
hccn exchanged for bourgeois costume Ponce agents
IN uniform ceased To arrest police agents IN disguise
Order rcigued II is depOTabe that II should have
been disturbed. It's deplorable that even few cit
izcnS should be- trapped into demonstration. Ii is
doplogahic that men should be beaten wounded, and
imprisoned. But the EmperOrs pledge to he answer
ahlc for order has been kept and Europe II Is hoped
has been dupcd once more into believing tlat the
Republicans If France are the rioters of Belleville
and that the Emperor has once more saved society.
What VI. Emile Olivier came into Office to demon
Etratc was the supremacy of Parliamentary over
Personal government. His success has been amaz-
ing At the most important crlSls IN me history oi
France since lSh. ne persuaded the Legislature 70
adjourn. Having abdlcated its powers during the |
Ilebscitum IL expected 70 be allowed 10 resume It's
sessions yesterday. NJ Olivier decided Otherwise |
H was not ready 10 meet the storm OF interpretations
which awaited him from the Left. He had not taken
the orders of his master to the future proceedings
of the session. Accordingly the Chamber met |
Yesterday Ouly 20 be adjourned aflcsh Its President
announced that the yerhcatiOn OF votes on the Pie
seemed to Linn nconvcnout that the Chamber and |
J.. committees should be- III session at the same time |
! iltItIllN
q at sr ls quite enough NJ Pelletan Nalnly asked
that the law i'm respect 10 press Oienses, left almost
complete at the adjournment should be proceeded |
with az The Chamber IS in no hurry TO modify
the pres, laws. So long a VI. OLIVIER can get two
newspapers "a day condemned and seize three four
others order is safe. Adjourn by all means. And |
they dId adjourn after tiree-quaIteTs OF All hours
chat on immaterial topics.
The Republican press pays the daily and more than
daily penalty Of It's courageous devotion. To the
seizures and prosecutions mentioned in Yesterdays
dispatch. fresh still 10 be added. The Mar
seiidisC again seized last nlght, and again tins
morning. Two additional prosecutions against the
s.,up leucr have been commenced. That is the same
thing g., saying two fresh condennatlons. No Re
publican journal is ever acquitted by that mQckery
Il trial before imperial police court. The Rdppd
f4tcs even worse than the MarseiUdse. Yesterday it
received IFS sixth summons IN seven days-slX con
dcmuatious. each one including both imprisonment
and tine. The Government hiS IaunchGu III H1Iten
DAYS thiIX lrcr prosecutions against the press NJ
Olivier announced in the Corps Lcgielatf that the
pcblSrtm weeks would BE- period OF exceptional
liberty
But IN the midst Of all these exctcments what has
become ol the plot IL isnOt the Government which
foiIds Of the plot. now that the J. PlebSCltun Is
over. II j. the RepubliCau press which relterates
daily IT'S demands for pToOfs-proofs which tine Gov
eminent has not yet furnished and apparently can
not furnish. The formation of NJ GrandperIets
scafiold was the testimony of NeIdlcr II was YER
dei lao went voluntarily to the Prefecture OF Police
AID declared hat while contemplating for his part
nothing bat revolution, his associates had begun to
mediate assassination and that he could no longer
be priyy to such purpose conceal his knowledge
Of H. His ALLEGED declarations were the connecting
link between the Socialist meetings IN January ana
the attempt against the EmpeIors life That was To
follow. None the less the police allowed SO import
aut witness, sclf-incnmnated his entire liberty,
and hc fled t. Belgium. Thence he wrote
10 the Eaypd that his pretended cOnfes-
SION were false but NJ. Grandperret stead,
fasty maintained that they were genuine II seemed
% that credit could be allowed clther u tne
assertions or 10 the denias OF such man. but dld
hm injustice. Nerdicrhas given the completest PROOF
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