The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-04-13
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A letter to the. New. York Times indulges in
the following strange lspeculations:
The Record is one of the papers that have
Jesuits on the brain; but the united influence
of Democrats and Ultramontaues is rather in
conceivable. One would expect Ultramontanes
| to be Monarchists, Legitimsts, upholders of
Divine right, Reactionists, anything, in short,
but Democrats; but it may be, after all, that
the Paris insurgent Reds are under the direc-
tion of the black robed sons of Loycla. But il
the Jesuits, and the Democrats OF France are
really working together, they may be able to
bring back the man Of their choice and make
him once more Emperor or President Mr.
Newdegate may know something about it.
Last year he got a Convent Committee ap-
pointed by vote of the House of Commons,
quistorial and un-English character; SO that
MIR. Newdegate was not able to bring out his
expected revelations, such,as he had read, "Six
Months in Convent" Many Catholic wit
nesses were examined, and the committee tes-
titled in the House that they gave testimony in
the most frank and admirable manner A few
nights ago Mr.. Newdegate appealed to the
House to extend the powers of the committee,
and was defeated by majority of H. many of
his own party voting against him. Still, If there
is Jesuit plot to restore Napoleon I'LL, Mr.
Newdegate is the man to know and denounce
it. A civil war may make France once more
Imperialist. The millions who voted for Lou
is Napoleon have not forgotten it, and may
vote for him again. He failed, after long Pc
riod of success-the rest have donejnothiDg but
fail, and so far they show no capacity to gov
ern. And if the Germans are obliged to reoc-
cupy Paris and restore order to France in their
own interests, they are not unlikely to hand
over the government to one who knows France
and who six months ago commanded a large
majority Of its suffrages.
ENGLAND FEARS A DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT.
The same correspondent speaks as follows
of England's interest in the French disturb
ances;
But you may well believe that England
watches with breathless interest events which
her own metropolis and great towns may ere
long see repeated. The English Reds are
forming republican committees. 1t is quite
within the possibilities that in five years ma
jority OF the working classes of England may
be in favor Of Republican Government, and
that London may not be in any better condi-
tion than her sister capital. The Saturday
Review discusses this question, at which
have glanced above-the possibility of demo-
cratic social revolution in England, and says:
We do not know who are the English par
allels to Flourens or Asst but we can hardly
doubt that such persons exist, and might be
brought to the surface under favorable coDdi-
tions. As ito the followers who would carry
out their orders, or interpret them into terms
of mere brutality, we need only to say that
the British rough is person who shows no
signs of being stamped out in the struggle for
existence. If by some unforeseen combina-
ti0n of circumstances we could fancy the ar
my and the Police destroyed, and London at
the mercy of such persons as the French lead
ers, with such following as might be collect
ed from our own dangerous classes we do not
feel clear that we should have to boast Of
much superiority over our neighbors. If there
was less bloodshed, and less excitement or
bravado, there would probably be more plum
| der and brutality. We may hope, indeed,
that the upper classes in England are less
likely to give up the reins without strug-
/ gle; they have not been 1em0ralized by
long succession Of misfortunts, and have still
| some of the habits of Government. But it
| would certainly be most satisfactory if we
could believe that any progress was being
| made in removing those elements of danger
| which are a constant threat to the civilization
| of England as of France. Probably, indeed,
| we have more of the explosive material here,
| though hitherto it has been fortunately in
| nocuous."
THE RED PLAN FOR PAYING THE INDEMNITY z
The French Journal Official, of March "a,
contains letter, which is printed in large
| type, in which the writer points the equity and
possibility of compelling the owners Of proper
| ty in France to bear exclusively the burden of
meeting the German indemnity. He divides
| the population into five classes, ranging frem
| extreme opulence to the lowest poverty, and
sets forth their possessions in due arthmetical
4 progression. The total value Of the entire real
| and personal property in France he estimates
at 80 millards. In the possession of the first
| CLASS comprising l,zOO,UCO nousenOlC =, anu ln-
| clnding workmen's clothes and tools, he reck-
ons ten millards, or e40O, 900, 900. The second
class, of 100000 households, comprising
workmen on their own account aud labcrers
| with small possessions of lanc, is credited with
twenty milIards, or 9S00,OO0000 sterling. The
third class, the smaller shOpkeepsrs and retail
traders, taken as representing 100000 fami-
lies. with total property OF forty millards, or
91 GOO O00, 900 sterling The fourth class-the
wholesale traders and upper middle classes are
assumed to possess property worth eighty mil
ards, or e3 zoe, ,00O, 900 sterling; while the fifth
| class, including the great land ow ners and cap
italists, and comprising 450 900 families, is rep
resented as possessing property OF the aggre-
gate valae OF 16O millards, or. e6y4O0 900 900
sterling. The writer concludes, from this
statement, that the proper course to pursue ID
"to impose a tax of three or tour PER cent. up
| on the fortunes of the last mentioned class
which is comprised in great part of the organ
izers or the favorites of the Imperial banditti
and by that means the amount required TO sat
isfy German rapacity will be easily raised"