The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-26
THE COMING MAN IN FRANCE.

The burden of all the news that reaches us
from the scene of the struggle between the
Assembly and the Commune, is the utter in
competency of any man who has thus far
risen to the surface to secure the confidence
of the people. If Cluseret could make the
Parisians forget that he is nothing more nor
might rally not only Paris but all France
around him, and eradicate the last vestige
of the Assemblys power. If Theirs
could convince respondent France that
he is a second Lafayette, or even second
Lamartine, the grand coup de main of which
we have had so many predictions would long
since have been a thing of the past, and the
Red Republic along with it. France suffers,
as nearly every great nation has suffered in
passing through grand crisis, for the lack
of q man who can inspire the people with
confidence, and then prove himself equal to
the demands of the situation. The Republic
was duly proclaimed on September 4, and the
Assembly, in designating M. Theirs the exc
cutive Chief of the French Republic" ratified
the decree of the Paris mob. Suspected of
favoring the restoration of the Orleanists,
and accused of desire to betray the Repub-
nothing of the kind; but, as long as the Red
flag floats in triumph over the Tuileries and
the Hotel de Vile, he fails to convince the
masses of the people of his honesty of pur-
pose and his ability to lead the nation through
is crowning struggle with anarchy.
Shiftless as he is, however, M. Theirs finds
thus far no rival aspirant for the leadership.
But the Bonapartists are actively at work,
and there are rumors that the Imperial party
is steadily gaining accessions throughout the
provinces. The great conservative party,
which has everything to lose and nothing
whatever to gain by continuance of the
present disorder, would be ready to fall into
the arms of the ex- Emperor for the sake of
saving something from the universal ruin, if
his record did not present series of blunders
even more disheartening than his crimes are
repuIsive. There is, likewise, show of de-
moralization in the camp of the Orleanists.
A rumor has gained currency to the effect
that the Oomte de Paris, the head of the
House of Orleans in the direct line, although
neither the oldest nor the ablest of
the descendants of Louis Philippe,
has not only recognized the claims of the
Comte de Chambord as the head Of the old
Bourbon line, but that he has acknowledged
him to be the rightful King of France. This
course, according to the current report, has
alienated the other members of the Orleans
family from the Oomte de Paris, and led to
an open rupture with the Due d'Aumale, one
of his uncles. The latter is thus forced to
assume the leadership of the Orleanist fac
tion, and recent cable kilograms announce
that q number of deputies in the Assembly
desire to place the Duke at the head of affairs
rs provisional President of the French Repub-
lilo. Recent utterances of the Duo d'Aumale
reveal his professed willingness to accept
either the Presidency of the Republic or the
sceptre of a constitutional monarchy, in case
either is rendered him. And now comes a
rumor that the Due d'Aumale, accompanied
by his brother, the Prince de Joinville, ar
rived at Tours in disguise some six weeks
ago, and that they have been in secret con-
sultation with some of the leading men of the
two monarchical factions, with the view of
proclaiming the Duo d'Aumale King of the
French. 1t is reported, finally, that the con-
ferences have resulted in the appointment of
q committee to solicit the withdrawal of the
COmte do Chambord from the field, and the