The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27

political principle; only think II 10 not suited 70
france. What We want here is strong executive.
There can be no true government here with that
condition wanting-no government that can In
sptre respect abroad and preserve peace at home
am convinced that constitution without
this feature would be like Q temple
Of sand Now, strong executive means,
for France, stability, power, peace. This we
want. France suffers more than any but French
man would believe from these periodical strifes at
Versailles. No nation, especially one SO uneasy
and sensitive as France, can exist In peace under
the strain produced by condition OF anAirs IN
which we may have new President and q new
policy In twenty four hours"
Us n aAxBRrrA AND rHE COMMUNE.
Your correspondents venIured to remind n.
Gambetta OF prophecy made every day by his OPP
ponents to the effect that his advent TO power In
the event or M. Theirs Withdrawing, for instance.
would lead to an uprising like that OF the Con-
mune. .. u
"wen," he said, In an easy, confident way,
1.-THE Communists made war upon me IN my day OF
power. During the war they had demonstrations
and mcipient rebellion at Marseilles and Lyons.
But, In spite OF the troubles that rested upon
France, and made any administration of afYairs
dimcult the government controlled them easily
enough. II the responsibility came again should
take my precautions. You know, Of course, that
an, detested by the Commune. am well aware
OF 1t. We're they IN power they would shoot me.
was In Spain during the Commune. and I
am sure, had returned, should have
been shot more eagerly and with more
satisfaction than the Archbishop Of Paris.
They have an absurd ana astonishing theory that
am in some way deserter rom their cause As
! have said, as my speeches and every act OF my
public life show, am o conservative And yet,
while the Commune call me deserter, French
reactionists regard me as an enemy OF all society
and order. When said, for instance, that there
were no civil questions In France that France re-
quired political, not civil change, enraged the
Communists. Now what meant In that much
discussed phrase was that with political reorgani.
cation in France all the rest would come naturally
And yet the socialists hate me for saying this.
want order and peace, and have no fancy for dis
order or cha0sn esr l4f
DUELs AND DUELLING .nss,.
Some allusIon being made to the topic OF the
day-the contemplated duel between Paul Cas-
sagnac and M. Ranc, the editor or M. Gambetta's
organ, the Repuo'fQue Francatse--he said:--"Cas-
sagnac has been sneering at us in the Pays until
Ranc finally told him he was little better than an
assassin, ana was afraid to fight any one who could
use the raper as well as himself Cassagnac has
taken the hint. He has not challenged Ranc, who
Is a first class swordsman. and would overmaster
Cassagnac at once. There is nothing more de-
porable than this dueling system. But there is
lot OF scoundrels here who make constant war
upon society, and in the present state of public
opinion the duel cannot be avoided.n tee .
"sANs ADIEUn ttea tl
And so ended this conversation. Your cor
respondent asked pardon for having taken so much
OF the great leaders, time But he said in the most
cordial way, that he was always glad to see the
representative Of Journal whose fame was so
word-spread as the HERALD; that he was especially
glad to meet Americans anu Englishmen. And
shaking hands he accompanied your correspondent
to the door, saying 'sans adfet,' that peculiarly
French phrase for "Come again SOON"
AS an item OF interest 1t may be well to add that
M. Gambetta reads English with case, and can ex-
press himself in It II necessary. He is now hard at
work studying German-a proof OF his industry in
that respect lying before the writer in the presence
OF cumbersome German dictionary. M. Gambetta,
you will remember, is young man. and the time
may come when Minister Of France will find it
to his account to know the German tongue.