The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-29
FRENCH COMMUNISM.
A CARGO OF CONVICT ''REDs" LANDED IN NEW
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND THE VATICAN
IN LEAGUE AGAINST THE SECRET SOCIETIES

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND THE VATICAN
IN LEAGUE AGAINST THE SECRET SOCIETIES
STILL AFRAID OF RoCHEFoEr
SYDNEY. N S. W., Feb. TO- 1875.
For some mon tbs past IL has been reported tnat
French prisons. galleys and fortified places HAD
dsgorged the last OF the unfortunate victims
offered TO the names OF the goddess mscalled
Liberty, at whose shrine Communism offered
holocaust or iratrcidal blood and fires OF petro-
leum. The reports have either been unfounded
or the present rulers OF France are still engaged
IN securing fresh hostages for the peace OF Paris
or removing suspects" dangerous to the pro-
lopgatIon or MacMahons power. on January a
large higate was slgnalIed entering Dombea Pas
sage, and u fe w hours later the French transport
Vlrginie anchored or the capital bringing her
fourth cargo OF convict ''reds' from France.
THEIR NUMBER AND APPEARANCE.
. There were IN all 16s deportes, who, having
spent $50 days Gagged up, like SO many wild beasts,
In iron.barred cells, with scanty light, wretched
tood and with the slightest possible attempts to
secure the health OF the prisoners looked to be In
Q most wrerched condition.
SHUT OUT FROM THE WORLD.
They have been guarded more rigidly and were
treated in all respects less humanely than their
predecessors. owing to the reports OF NJ. Ribourt
No time was lost In draitlng them OF to lie du
Pine, where. for time at least, they have passed
behind the curtain guarding them from the gaze
Of the outer world.
FRENCH EXECUTIVE RULE.
Since then all has been activity in Official quar-
tiers, 1t having been in tmated NJ. Alleyron that
he to hold himself IN readiness to receive NJ.
de Pitsbuer, GOvern0r-in.C Chief. ana Colonel Char
riere, the Directeur de Ia TranspOr de 10
Nouvelle Caledonia, expected to from France
about tae end or February. The treatment De 10
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though bad enough, to some extent merlted.
In Alleyron's case 1t has been thousand-ioid
worse, as ne was compelled to incur all the Odium
attached to the enforcement OF tyrannical DEGREES
ana uramontane revenge IN orue eric. 10 leave n,, no
Alleyron Is 70 be relegated to tue obscurlty OF a
command at some OF the Franco-Kanaka stations
in the interior.
MACMAnoN's ACTION AGAINST FREEMAsONRY.
A new phase OF events Ia Noumea, more sensa-
tlonal and OF more importance TO the outer world,
has marked the opening OF 1875. The war steamer
Iniernes returned from Syaney during the first
week in January, bringing replies to kilograms
sent from that city TO Paris about month pre-.
vously. What was the character OF the In1orma-
ton can only be surmised from the tenor oil the
replies, and these nave been OF q Revolutionary
character, tending to the establishment o. reign
OF terror. What the terrors Of the vatican failed
TO accomplish MacMahou hopes to achieve. Let
tEe following document HANDED 10 the master or
the Masonic lodge Of Noumea, speak lor ITSELF
LIE GouvERNEuR NoUvELLR CALEDONIA TT DEPEN
Va Ford du % Avr lsis le decrct du
IA Janvcr 1861 resanr les pouvOrs extraordnGires du
par un du Mnstre IA Marine ct des coIo
AnrIcLn La loge maconnique existant Nounta sous
nom ds na mae e e 10 @
retree.
"a s
,a sn ce e CO o. o se core
eerne Dc eSseue9 da present arra,s Gun sefa enregs
ct All ouleiin oilisie Ge g, g coOnie. .,,vvoov
Pour ampliaton le Gouverneur.
Pour notification ct pour copie conforme lie C9mmis-
sionnalre central BClSsA.
BAD BUT STILL WORSE
This was BAD to begin, but worse remained be-
hind, for long ere the excitement regarding the
suppression OF Freemasonly had ceased official
documents OmlnOus as the lettres-dec achs5 OF ola,
We're lett 1T the homes or offices OF number Uf
residents while Others less Ioit unate had TO ac-
company the messengers to the cher leu. The
oroers were that siXiy-six pc isons, including
several Cf the leading merchants, were to be de-
ported from the colony within sixty days. and
never permitted to return. Some were to be ar.
rested at once, the remainder 10 be kept under
aer are Peache Of tue rm of
Peucne & Co., importing merchants OF NOumea and
Bordeaux ana aa M. Sohu TIMBER mere9ant;
priuclp al merchants on the Island, was remark.
ably careful to abstain from interfering in politics.
and Processes absolute ignorance OF any offence,
RoCnEFoKr's COMPANY
Of Sydney, when CCmte Henri escaped there.
That both were staying at the same hotel Is not
80 pregnant with import when that hotel hap.
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The intlmar;0n Peuche received was worded
thus
MoysIEUI-J'ai phonneur de informer QUEEN exc.
des ordres du gouvernement ira nsmis dams 10
coonie, par teleQramme sydney 10 "a Decembro
dernler Ie Gouverneur pronounce votre expulsion du
territcire de 10 Nouvele Called one ct de depen.
dances
Tn deiai de deux nois sccorde pour regler
alaircs
Reeeyez, Monsieur, lassursnee dc ma consideration
tres-distnguee. MAiSsIN, lie secretaire Colonial
THERE NO APPEALING
here; nothing but to obey for the present, even
though that obedience means RUIN In q CONNER
cal sense. Increased watcniuness over the prs.
oners, greater strictness IN every department Of
the government service, an increased sense OF in
security among tne Tree settlers and IA general
feeling OF unrest are the prevailing Of the
hour The insult offered to the Masonic body Is hard
ly likely to pass Of without fostering antagonism to
the official circle, which includes many members
OF the "mystic tic, VINO, to please their superors,
are now conveniently oblivious TO their oblIga-
tons. The commercial men against whom So a
sentence as that OF deportation has been uml.
mated have Influential friends IN France, and they
! VIII not quietly submit to punishment for beng
merely suspects. The action OF the government
Ill removing the business rivals or Higgnson IL Co..
! negotiants, &c tas revived the scandal that
no small share OF their profits finds a Temporary
iodGment In the pockets OF others than the mem.
pers OF the arm.