The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-02
The State u Affairs In Franro-The Dy-
nastics and the Repablic.


another Warsaw Peace reigns but it reigns
on the Warsaw principles. Blood and iron
have made an end of the Paris instruction ;
but the blood and iron policy has not in this
case been Prussian or German. In plain lam
guage, the situation is new. Versailles is tr-
umphant. President Theirs, to all outward
seeming, is master of the situation. But can
we, looking at all the facts of the case, say
that France has got to the end of her troubles
Would that we could
1t is clear, we think, that the Commune is
killed, and that in the reconstruction of France
the sympathizers with the Commune will exer-
else no appreciable influence. Rightly or
wrongly the Commune is identified to-day
with the republican cause in France, and,
indeed, all over Europe. 1t has always
been our opinion, and we have not unfre-
quently expressed it-that the red republicans
of Europe, in the intensity of their Zeal, were
running their own cause. The doings of the
Commune have justified cur harshest judg-
ments. Paris rejoices to be rid of them, and
Brussels will not afford them shelter. We
think it wrong that the republican cause should
be identified with the vasabondism Of the
times; but facts being what they are we must
allow them to take their place and to exercise
their influence.
Our cable dispatches of this morning show
that France, with the fall of the Commune,
finds herself in fresh muss The Paris press
speaks out but it speaks out with tone so
| uncertain that no one knows what to make Of
1t. We are told that the troops of the YER
sailles Assembly are not so popular since they
entered Paris. Some of the papers express
themselves favorable to continued existence
Of the republic; others are either ominously
silent or suggestively evasive. The Opinion
thinks that the withdrawal Of M. Theirs
would be equivalent to o revolution.
We are told that M. Jules Favre
has resigned. We are tod that pres
sure is being brought to bear upon NJ. Theirs
to induce him to resign in favor of some one
who will form stronger government. We
know that the Bourbons are no longer divided,
and that their cause begins to show signs of
strength but we have also to chronicle the
fact that while the Emperor Napoleon is silent
bis cousin, the Prince Napoleon, no doubt
acting In the interests of his family, has de-
manded q plfbiscite. All things considered, it
must be admitted France is placed on the
horns of new dilemma.
The republic, the Bourbons, the Bona
partes-these three divide France; and the
question now before the world is, which is to
wn? There Is much to be said in favor of
the empire. 1t is associated with all the
glories of the First Napoleon. 1t gave France
pride and prosperity under the Third Napoleon
for twenty years. 1t more than the monarchy
so-called has hold on the small rural pro-
prietors. 1t has killed the Commune and
restored France to herself. MacMahon, who
holds Paris, and Cissey, who is Minister Of
War, are both Bonapartists; at any rate, they
were warm supporters Of the empire not many
months ago, and neither has given any sign
that he has abandoned Napoleon. All accounts
agree that Q large majority of the
French army and navy officers remain
imperialists. The strength of the Yer
sailles army is to be found In what re-
a feeling prevails that the empire is to blame
for the present SORROWS of France. The en-
pire was trusted; but the empire failed Can
France, will France 60 back to it? The
Bourbons have . good chance as against the
bonapartes, for the reason that they have not
brought upon France, by direct influence, any
great disaster. The horrors Of the first great
Revolution can hardly be laid to their charge.
The sorrows and the painful humiliation of
1914 and 1916 they have never been asked to
father; and these latter agonies they can
with good reason attribute to other sources.
Moreover, they are no longer divided. The
fusion Of the younger and the elder
Bourbons, while it simplifes the stu
alton, nightly augments their power
and multiplies their chances. 1t is
known that some two-thirds Of the original
Versailles Assembly were onarchical-that is,
in favor of the restoration of the monarchy,
either in the interest Of the older or younger
branch OF the Bourbons The folly Of the
Commune has largely increased the Bourbon
majority In addition to all this, President
III Spltt vi Ill lib pIOIcotduOue W VIC
contrary, is at heart an Orleauist. The Bour-
bon cause is nightly strengthened by the fact
that the Count de Paris might at any moment,
by the consent of the Count de Chambord, be-
come the chief of the entire Bourbon family.
1t is the opinion of many persons who are well
informed on this subject that the Count de
Chambord wishes only to have his claims re-
cognizcd; and that there is an understanding
that SO soon as these claims are formally adj
mitted he will resign in the interest Of the
Count de Paris, thus making an end Of all
trouble SO far as his family IL concerned.
Having no family, he is not consumed BY per-
sonal ambition; but whatever he may do
With his own he wishes his right to be