The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-11-01
OUR PARIS LETTER.

at all going 70 have walk over and public opinion
- somewhat Indifferent respecting both The nation
win make no revolution to prevent the accession Of
Henry v; II viii husband its strength to chase him
away few years later. The momentary issue Of
events rests with the Assembly; it is sovereign and
can, II majority Of be found decree the restgr-
alton Of Napoleon " well as Of Henry v: can
proclaim professionalism tc be the religion Of the
State, or Gambetta President Of the Republic The
prudence Of the decision Is another matter Ia the
absence Of the complimentary elections IL il dficut
90 know to what extent the government
has male monarchical converts. The sentiment Of
royalty does not largely exist in France stH less a
sympathy for the prel0mnance Of the clergy. Not
many believe Henry v. comes direct from Providence
or that a religious crusade against italy Germany
and heretics in general, would save France secure
Alsace, and diminish taxes Nor would II be safe 10
conclude that the people will submit to be disposed
of without being consulted by even the royalists
When the cook condescended 10 ask the chickens
what sauce they would prefer be eaten with they
protested against being eaten at all; to which the
cook replied, they had voice in the matter The
French people are not yet as the chickens Theirs
has yet 10 speak for them, and the BOnnpartsts have
votes 10 Is better 10 observe than to speculate
the game Of nne-pins now being played. The white
hng Is generally considered as the rock ahead
because the army dislikes il. All parties admit
there is nothing like leather. Now % solve the dra-
penn difficulty, which the fate Of 3S 900 900
of persons depend why not adopt the leather stand
arl embazOned with gems Of the Sassanfs who in
the third century Of era, defeated the Parthians
II the symbol Of g monarchy and religion 4" and
very extraordinary document has appeared relative
To the Detective force under the Second Empire
Every prominent opponent Of the empire had his his
tory filed IN the ministry Of police; no less than
nearly &c 900 Of such indictments are registered and
classed. According to NJ. Rocquain, who was ordered
examine the archives Of the police depart
after the downfall Of the empire he found the
records in terrible state Of confusion: scattered
about the floor, stuffed up chimneys torn into
fragments, REDUCED to cnders, half carbonzed It
appears this haste to destroy private documents was
also resOrte whenever the throne Of the Empe-
felt rickety. From the debris of the papers Gu
riOus revelations have come to light The system Of
espionage under the exdynasty was scientifically or
ganized there was the ordinary detective to do the
work Of the Streets but the indicators were pOliti-
cal agents. selected from every strata of society and
generally paid at the rate Of 200 to 1000 francs per
month; they were employees in all the principal man
ufactOries, railroad companies, commercial houses
and financial societies. There third class the
members of which spied for the sake of spying de-
clined salary, and moved in the best society Up
wards Of 600 900 Of francs were annually voted by
the Corps Legisatif for the secret police; and the
agents abroad, well as at home daily made their
reports, summary Of which was made and presented
TO the Emperor every morning. Few governments,
but employ paid secret agents for of state'
Lu the cardinal sin of the late empire was to employ
such individuals to fasify public opinion by simulat
ing denaturalizing events, by founding secret
cietes, instgatng strikes manufacturing cOnspira-
cies organizing eMleUtes. Every agent had an
assumed name selected from the calendar of Saints
occasionally initials; one of those officials not inap
propriatey called himself ' Satan AS the adver-
sares of Imperialism became in time its friends their
names were erased from the register of opponents
Such was Emile Ollivers case. Backsiders were Of
course relegaed to the black list 1t is the general
belief that the Emperor personally not aware Of
this too much zeal Of his friends, that in fact he
much humbugged as the public. An agent by |
insdiOusly working the hot passions Of republi-
cans could lead them to violent language, overt
aets until n catastrophe developed. The object
was not so much to compel the enemies of Napoleon
10 show themselves, to alarm public opinion and
90 thus lead by the influence Of fear, to rely His
Majesty as the savior Of society-the Corps Legisatf
taking up the refrain allusiOns the spectre rouge
It is 10 this machinery France is indebted for the
alarms which existed before the last plebiScits \
good peace agent valuable only in proportion to
the disorders he produced Some of the widest
tors Of the clubs were detectives, the ring
leaders in the of the 6iOuscs blGHches and the
.chOristers in the chant Berlin. The agents
arrested and tried just the the dupes in the
course Of time they drafted from prison to the
hospital - on account of i'll health aud then given
n sum OF money and sent out Of the country Tor the
country's good To state they were employed by the
authorities was to be laughed at well as to secure
the real carrying out Of their sentence. The affair of
the white boys" was failure, and the police not
being previously informed, cracked n few OF the |
friendly delinquents' heads. The chief Jf the detec
tive force amazed some police inspectors on that |
occasion after the proved abOrtiye by remarkng,
- You ought TO have taken such barricade that /
was to be erectel in such n street. . Ii was your
self then who really commenced the eHeute, ;, was |
the reply Of the aStOnished - Blues" One clever |
scoundre was able for long time by posting his de
nunciatiOns from Belgium to sgnalize himself, actu
ally living in Paris dangerous political character
not unfrequently detective unwittingly dOgged |
anOther's -Tricoche-Cacslet like.
No country in the world has more school or class |
books than France. Every professor would seem to |
publish a rGde Eaecum for his class, and every |
national teacher almost for his pupils The great aim
TO obtain governmental approval of the work,
the ayoyal Of the Minister of Public Instruction,
-...g, Il. IL
SC The difficulty would be TO discover an educa- |
tionaI book wanting such authorization. Each |
change Of government his Its minister who differs
from his predecessor that what is orthodox yester
tlay may be heretical tomorrow commission IS |
to be appointed to re-examne the whole series Of ed
ucationaI books There will be appeal from this
Index ExpurgatOrius till new ministry comes INTO
Office 1t is whispered that not few OF the lnsruc-
tors in the primary schools abuse their position by
propounding disagreeable politics when giving les
sons in dictaton. This calamity is bad enough but
His Holiness is also roughly handled, which protest
ants might be reconcIed 10, only they are ten times
more strongly abused.
Artisans Clubs may be regarded rs failure IN
Paris whether left to the free initiation of the men,
or organized by the assistance and experience of the
clergy or free thinkers, the movement does not take
root beyond few months yet these clubs are fairly
fitted up with billiard and reading rooms, warm and
well lighted where meals well and cleanly served
and the prices charged most moderate The wine !
shop, and the low, dirty eating house carry the day.
say nothing of the cafes where people are poisoned
singing saloons where they corrupted All the
literature French workman appears to coyet alter
his days work, is Of the trashy SOUS, little
papers filed with rOmances basel impossible
crimes, and collection Of the accidents, offences
and suicides Of the day. this, and volume of ciga-
rette paper, constitute his baggage iieTGiTs. The
evening schools afford every facility for him TO learn
but he avoids them, and 1t Is generally young women
that patronize them, who from their hard earn
ings little to pay for the means 20 supply that
want Of education in their earlier youth.
The present is hard time for dogs not in reference
to heat but from their stupidity in taking walks
abroad without a collar and address thereon.
Numbers of dogs also arrive in Paris at this season
20 be ready to accompany NimrOds to the field when