, 1873-12-28
A Skotth Of Tho Changes in tho French
Government During Tho Last
Eighty Years.
The!Country Now Where It Was Quar-
.,~ tor Of a Century Ago.
S!rlfcs md P1ottings Of tho Factlons.--
French Ignorance Of True
Ropublicauisln.

."nA't Occ' y 'o'''
1he Pfesons ao'efnmohs ot FRANCE IL merely
provisional 1ao prolonea.ton ot she po"ers ol
mafanal Maemahon Is consloefoa empty as an
E1fSo1ESF Oh nAKE.su1FF
snas' ouf1ng ns EXISTENCE Franco may rect-
pefste' produce ana repair Inc nteaehos mace
III ner fortunes. staointy Is sthi Roogns 1of'
ana cannot DO FOUND. Franco Is IN dllon4Ae'
nna ara1ts' hopang tnat eometnln8 may turn up
10 reneVo ne1. Inc eo-caueo 1sopuollcan nem-
pefa OF the Assembly voted hsalnst confeffihB
sno DICTATORSHIP on Maomahon' Inc hogalata
an voted for " tho prolongation Of powors. !"
But they nre now plotting for Monarohical
Hucceaslon "hlle tne hePuui1cau8 seem To-
solved to accept the now State OF Things, and
support the Dictatorship, IN order to prevent
the Logltimissa from thrustlng bourbon on
tne vacant Ihrone. .MaoMahon acta with tho
Leg1hmlsts' VINO arc seheming TO roaoVe nm OF
nie oihce long pe1oro tho expiration OF tho
seven years Tor Which ne "as nominated, anu
opposes the "Hepublcans, VINO 1nsiee that he
shall rule for soVon years, as choice OF evils.
But, after all, this only means that no
shall occupy tho dictatorship until they
obtain control OF ahaars and agreo on his sue"
cossor, when no WILL DO retired without further
eeronony or delay; 80 that, as matter OF fact,
both parties have in view tho
sA&z ULTIMATE on1EcT.
How Is Franco to be oxtricatod from her di"
lemun7 No man has yet found solution. =.
monarchy can only 20 maintained in one OF
TWO ways: first, by military force; or, second.
BY common consent. The Monarchy OF Great
oasan Is maintained ny common consent.
hosn tne chlel parties npnold tue "Crown =
as INC emblem OF state sovereignty. Tho
Lape1als are as stannoh defenders and sup
pottola OF tno Monafehy as tue oonserVatives.
Nepupicanasm ID GREAT Britain is sentiment
entertained only Dy small fraction OF the
people. and they Of tho uninauential claBses.'
John Bull is a
aoYA11sr 70 r11r naorpoyp
hooo,ea IT. = .ontoot h.t,voa,, r,,.t;o, .,.
n.aa. - ns,.sss 49, o'"oau p".s,oa aua po-
cles 10 GREAT britain, tho Vuoen takes no part.
She belongs to no party. The Ministry who
goyorn Great Britain must be in political accord
With thu majority nartv IN Tho Houao ~
Commona whnn t,oy a,a MT Il, s,,ot
o'4''o. "nut4 Eoo5 Ao ~. III eucu
accord, the House never falls to pass
vote Of want Of confidence in
them, and they have the informative either to
res;on and tendor their portfo1;oR Ia thu Ouoon
or to ask the Queen to dissolve tho House and
oraef new eioctlon' "nlon ls callod taking-nn
appeal to tho o'countzy. :. But the Queen is sup-
posed to be wholly Indifferent as to the result,
and just as willing to appoint Cabinet Of Tories
fIT1.s n ~. II
se u wings, II sne oouae oi commons aes9eat'
and uice uersd.
This system of responsible administration Is
THE sArErr-vA1vr
" VIZ o1it.sa 1otm :. oo'oaumens' anu ~
tB to 1ts action that tho porpotulty o. the
Monarchy . is duo. For, II tho Queen
should ally herself with either Of the great
p1oe' ~ uol :HAo aa1'sen s,., 'uo ~
aoVetnmens o1oluH'SeiS IN accordance "lta lss
views, the other party would necessarily DO
arrayed against her; and whom it came into
o oass nj p@
otherwise. The aoyernmont could rot ha t con. W.
lucted with tho Monarchy pulling in one
The latter would rofuso to yoto annn1;ea n,,ii
tnxoa for tho snnrork Of Tho governmont ami tha
Monarch, If tha armv woe nbedinnt to La viii III
would undertake to coerco the Parliameut. and
thja wo,li 1t nnca nrodncn c;v;1 ,eor ondnn l.,
INSTRUMENTATION m nEspoT1sM'
Great Britain las bad those oxneriences two
or three times. Tue House Of Stuart unilortook
TO maintain a code Of nojiticnl and relioinna
mont. and ono Of them ne nj lost i lis throne 70 ~ md
he last a q t 1or
ment Of the reign Of william HI..-tho Mon
and and viii Of tho a'e Heuae Of 'Go eommone T1,ee
to prevail in the Minigtv. whilo thev
naya kopt aloof in a pront meaanre from nnrty rty
ontanglcmonta, Sinco the BEGINNING OF e thee
present century, Groat Britain has bod but throo
Monarchs, viz George ". fiuclniIinr h,e Da
gency) William ", Sul Victoria I. :: bit. 1rr1nr
tho Same time, there have been
TwEN1y-Foua CHANCES or THE MINISTRY,
commencing with Addington in 1901 and ending
with Gladstone in 1873, the longest Of which
was that Of tho Earl Of Liverpool, extending
from 1912 to 1927, period Of fifteen ycars. Tho
average term Of Office Of all tho other twenty
three Ministries was only two and half years
each. Some Of thom ruled not more than q Tow
months. During all these changes OF
administration, both parties supported
the Crown, and the Crown in turn, ruled
House Of Commons, using the majority party
for the time being to support tho administration
OF the affairs Of State.
Had the Monarch been attached to tho party
in power, as the President Of tho United Hatos
is supposed to bo, there would probably hayo
been