The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-08
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.
Gravity Of the Situation Of the Republic
and Increasing Dangers.
All Elements Hostile to Thiers-Ths Presidents
Message Received with Great Dissatisfac-
ton Imperial Observation-Disclosures
More Absolute than Napoleon.
PARIS. Dec. 8, 1871.

PARIS, Dec. 8, 1871.
Six days ago. on the anniversary Of the I'd OF De.
cember, wrote 10 you saying that coup Wstdt was
pending over our heads; DuL at the same time was
forced frankly to avow that we did not know what
sort Of coup d'etat 1t would be. We heard OF Mac
Mahon aud the army, OF Bourbai having taken
military and administrative possession OF Lyons,
with Bazalne and whole host OF imperalists still
at Geneva TO back MIN at q moments notice. Such
and similar rumors were all around US in the ar;
but IT was Obvious too. that although all the ele-
meuts for some sort OF coup detdt were speedily
growing they were yet In that state OF rpeness
which necesstares an immediate outburst The
fears Of an lmperalist COUP d'etdt was, Of course
to looked for only from the army and N. THEIRS,
knowing The dlscomfortiag attitude OF that
element. boldly announced hts intention OF
having review on the 9th, which ! at
once foretold You ne would not dare to
mold; and he did not hold IT, ieverisnly
writing and rewriting over and over again his long
and evaslve message, the text of which must al
ready be before you ana the weakness OF which you
have therefore been fully able TO appreciate. The
necessity OF writing this unhappy document, the
constantly growing mperialisIc attitude OF The sol
diers and the highly hostile disposition OF mind In
wnicn the Right returned from the provinces were
like 80 many ghosts pressing day and night upon
the mind VI the Old President. They acted and re-
acted upon one another ond produced finally that
HORRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIRS
IN which we lind ourself at the moment write you
these Ines All the newspaper reports concerning
the disagreement between N. THEIRS and the Or
leans Princes as to their right of taxing their seats
in the Assembly, are false. No disagreement has
taken place at all. Quite the contrary, the i'm
peraliss anu the rurals have determined the Presi
dent to prepare everything 30 as to resign
his post in avor OF the Duke d'Aumale. The most
Influential memoers OF the Right have discussed
all the details OF Tie transaction nave arrived at
perfect understanding win NJ Timers as well as the
Duke, ana was a.ready aole to announce you by
telegraph In whlJ SORT OF coup dGtat the heavy TO-
mentalion OF the last two Is resolve itself.
The dread OF al imperiallst blow mas brought for
ward an Orleanlst ltremains now only TO he
seen what the republican working classes on the
one nand and the lmperialstlc army on the other
VIII say to tnat nice llSle pian anu now far they
will allow
to carry out tnl. transactions 1t Is Is by no means
Impossible thai ali the tnrce elements Will come
once more out INTO the streets, ana, as the parry Of
/ the DuAe ana the presldeat have no tahtng una
terra ~. TIER disposal, tney Wi, OF course, ulsap
pear At once leaving the battle held again TO the
poor woikingnau ana 10 me brutal solder, OF
! Casar so unut 10 dght the invading Vandas and so
mign qutiied to slaughter ais own fellow citizens.
: TIE FEAR OF IMPERIALISM
mas acted upon a liners III all he has done within
! tue last lew days and viii do hence Is clearly
SHOWN by the manner IN which he attacked several
! Tunes III MS message tne Iausn regime before aD
Assembly which rs understood 10 contain but very
lew, aud those qulte powerless, representatives OF
Imperialism. These ATTACKS clearly snow that he
dlu not mean to SPEAK then 70 the Assembly, ouC to
the party outside The House ana the manner In
WHOA ne dld speak mas by no means calculated TO
| proauce the elect the President inSsnied pro.
| uuce. 10 point Olt e.npnlticailY III the Lace Of
| army OF wncn the wno.e substance belongs to the
elllie, Thai tuere was 40 army under that reytme,
care ,or tne,r interests m watch the CORRUPTED
oilclals ot Napo.cun constantly cheated them.
This sort Ol language, however we'll de-
troops. ana when sentences that sort are uttered
aiOng with OtnerS not less disagrecdDle 10 The ears
OF me mi pa,os taey are S sure c IN Inc present
cusatlOn againss the President. When N. THEIRS,
IN the COURSE OF mis- message. declared himself against
OBLIGATORY MILITARY SERVICE
General Ducrot rose aud SAID with anger that the
Presidents project was an absurd and not a
Frencn one Tor |; left franco a. the mercy OF Its
enemies" tb Ts ssnenSs uttered Sa nse aue loud
heard Dy every one IN the hall, but the papers
Thought u st advisable TO suppress he sentence IN
their reports OF tie sllring Not less unceremO
ni0usiy was the PRESIDENT reDukcd by General Bill
lot tae OF the Armae dc Est, and Colonel Dealert
1.-THE heroic defender OF Belfort, when, on Speaking
u the Asace Lorraine Treaty, the Prcsdent de-
clared ms opinion that war was an atrocous
Es Ely FRESCHMAN IS NOW TuINKNd OF REVENGE,
and 10 oppose toe obligatory service or to speak Of
the the President dd It simply to disagree
with the paramount feelings o. the nation and with
the only thought every military man In France Is
full OF The PRESIDENT ought not to nave touched
the subject at Ill II lie fet unable t0speak In the
popular sense, especially Has tnere can be no
, douut-hIs arrangement with the Duo d'Aumae
was then seLLleu An old Ureanst as M. TnlerS
must only have too well kno Sn now intense was
Tue hatred or The French people to that dynastv,
precisely on account OF ITS Illuminating foreign pol.
icy snd its Dourgeolse Ike Tears war. Besides all
that, to speak OIL inc war Us OF horrible crime aud
at the same time 10 make tue reorganization OF the
army ono OF the chief duties OF the government, as
well as the su ject o the heaviest expenses OF the
country, Is even not logical. That the disag iceent
upon tins point does not come only from the mill
tary memners VI the Assembly Is clearly shown By
the TACT thtt together with Generals Ducrot ami
BilOr aud Colonel DeIert, large number oi Depu-
ties, both OF the Right and OF the Lett rose TO op-
..CNPArRIorIo'' uTTERAScEs OF THE PRESIDENT.
Faithful 10 ms usual tactics N. Theirs at once de-
clared, ON seeing such an opposition, that he would
resign. But the Chamber KNOWS now that the Pres
runlors to Oe circuiaed that the War Minlser Gen.
eral Uisscy n 10 DC dismissed whenever he that
Urlcanist Iuncuonary grows 100 strong. Only the
day before yesterday General Csses was once more
stll IN ollce, and is now more likely Ihan ever TO
list army In an Orleanlst kingdom bearing the name
OF q repuDllc preslded over by the Duke d'Aunale,
camp and substitute III case OF any emergency.
What Will finally come out Of AL that havoc Heaven
knows only, but what Is undoubtedly sure Is that Q
government having no presnge Of any sort, unable
To conent any one, and compelled ~ raise over two
aud one mali mllards out vi taxes upon the peasant
aud Inc workin IMAM for merely covering the most
urgent expenses OF the fortncoming year, canaot
seventy -iour years OF age or prince OF blood Of
iory.ninc years. whom the historian vouchsaIcs TO
Make his heir. Ta-nf grntf r 81
Another View Of tho situation and How
Presideut ThIcrs' Message was Received
Prevailing Discontcnt-Frcc crit rism-In-
crcasius Unpopnlarity she Executive
Rcbuiksd by General Ducrot.
| PARIS, Dec g. 1s7L
The oracle has at last spoken but the puplic mind
IS still In mysiiication The Presidents Message
has been Delivered; but the doubts ana fears to
which France has for so long oeen prey arc not
alevlatcd. The speeches from the throne at rhe
opening OF the Chambers prior 70 the late disastrous
war were declared mpcrlal mixtures OF falsehood
end hypocrisy; bat french republicans insisted that
the mead OF the national nrui, being now simply