New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-22
FRENCH POLITICS.
THE NEW CABINET.

FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
tspou A RrGULaR CORRESPONDENT or THIS TRIBUNE
PARIS Feb THE English journals are az sea as
TO the true reason why Grevy asked Waddngton "a
form Cabinet and why Gambetta allowed hn "a
succeed in forming one. Were New-York within q
stones throw of Paris aud TUE TRIBUNE sold on
the BCuleyards on the night OF the dBY on winch
it issues from the press ! could not give yOl
the full explanation that | am about to make
The fact is that Bismarck who was furious at the
excellent working Of constitution framed by the
Reactionary Assembly to act as WarmIng-pan lot
n Bourbon monarchy. and admitted by Gambetta,
Jules Simon and every Republican OF weight except
Iouis Blanc and Gr6vv, dictated the premiership Of
Waddington The resignation of MacNlahon which
was fail accompf on the night of the 10Th
January, was kept close secret by Dnfaure ana
his colleagues from the public. They wanted 10
AVOID those mtrimcs ana disorders which made
tbc elections of the Polish Diet tho forcrunner OF
acknowledgements On Monday morning NJ Cookery,
the director Of the posts and telegraphs, gave or
ders that no private dispatches giving the
news that MacMahon had gone out should
be forwarded to their destination until successor
WAS provided To prevent the German Embassy
taking the instructions Of Prince Bismarck u
mess yas made of CIphcrcd dispatch,
and then an accident took place which for
an hour or so rendered tho telegraph apparatus
bors de combat When GI6yy was elected
every obstacle disappeared and the news fell with
the snddenness of a tbunderbOit upon the Imperial
Court and Chancellor at Berlin. Prince llOhenohe,
who had not anticipated the Marshals re'ignati"n'
had gone on a three-weeks congo To attend
the Berlin Parliament and report by word
Of mouth TO his chief on the situation
Directly what had occurred nj Versailles III the
evening was known ut the Schloss and the RadH-
will palace the Ambassador was summoned, ana
told that he must be ready 70 start next morning
after the Emperor Prince Imperial ana Chancellor
had conferred together on the situation in France
and tho steps rendered urgent forGernany to take
This council was held at daybrcak. On Issuing
from il Prince IiOhenIohe was told that letter
would be sent after him which he Wa. 10 hand L"
NJ. Waddingion, who was known 10 dislike Gam
BETA. and to De hated by the latter While await
ing the letter he 10 go to every source OF nior
nation open 20 him TO find exactly no"
thing, stood and to report ON th"n lloheh"he
travelled uipht and day. lie started on Friday
morning and arrived on Saturday. HE letter
reached Paris on Saturday night, ANA was borne by
n foreign office courier, vino was accompanied
by "a journalist who writes i'r an "Liciai
paper at Berlin. On Monday morning it was
Rr,. but when he read it proceeded with 20 Gr6yy,
who is a paS,iycly obstinate man, and w0nid suffer
to be foyed alive rather than desert a cause that
he has c,ponssd but who has very litlo of that
flush of physical courage which prompt, men to rush
into the thick Of fight and in the face Of desperate
odd, carry off victory. 1t takes great deal to get
his blood up 10 he combative point The Bismarck
epStlc did not lash him into a rage any more than
il did " Arlington. lie concurrcd with the latter
III thinking that if a war cloud or anything which
might be mistaken for one arose on the horizon IN
the early days of his Presidency il would be very
unfortunate. Until the change which had
been accomplished had been universally accepted
the President, who is stranger to foreign affairs
and il man of strong intellect. has not the faculty
to asslmilate rapidly ideas. thought 1t better
to AVOID q tiff with Germany. lie therefore
begged Waddngton to form Cabinet, and
word was sent the Director Of the Prcss
at the Ministry of the Interior TO instruct
those journalists who to him for news, to say
that the Powers would see in the formation of a
WaddIngtOn Cabinet u guarantee Of u pacific
policy. Cr6vy sent for Gambetta to beg OF
him to waive anlmoNity, and for the sake
of his country help NJ Waddington 10
form Ministry. The ardent tribune Indignantly
refused 70 weld to foreign pressure. He all og
peace: ne was dlLOGclutI Il pdh' - 'iui
he urged that the best way to avoid war was fol
France to stand on her dignity. Bismarck conld
not object to a member of the Peace Society
M Leon Say, being made President Of the
Ministerial Council. He was neither "a Rad
ical nor an Utopist. and a highly competent
parliamentary speaker. WaddIngtOn next day
called on Gambctta. who was also visited by the
adrot Minister of the Interior DE Marccrc, and the
skilful Cookery, who had managed well
the Geographic wires on the preceding Thurs
dav | understand from Republican
Deputy, from whom ] take my account
Of the ncgutiatiou, that Gimbctta finally con
scented, on CONDITION that WaddingtOn Wa, to DO IN
% minority, and that three intimate friends Of the
tribune were TO have ministries. Things are 40 ar
ranged that whenever the prot6gc OF Bismarck IL
tripped mp. his Cabinet minus himself, will re-
mail The Comic st. Waller, or another diplomat
in sympathy with Ga,pb"tta. and on excellent
terms with IN. German Chancellor. will take Wad-
dngtons place Truth Is often stranger than fc-
tom Thi, ia one Of the cases when il is. You have
now the solution Of the enigma which English Jour
nalism might have solved were not Paris aud Lon
don within earshot of each other.
GICvy's character il misunderstood by tho Eng
lish press. The now President Is man of Spanish
race grated on tranoheC omtois stock. Spain long
held tho Eranche-C Omte, whlch charles '. tbOughJ
one of the most important of his military positions.
IIo garnsoncd it strongly with Catolanian and
Aragoneso troops. The Galatians and Spaniards
Of the North generally were partisans Of Joanna.
whom her selfish father had dec Jared lunatic. and
locked up IN tho wretched tenement at Tord"slllas
where she died after an imprisonment of forty yeas.
Gr6vy has the cold dignity of the Spaniard, and the
capacity which we have seen in tine Cariist wars
q, hingplf A thouph il il "a 1osnr
one He has also the Incidence of the hidalgO,
though but little of the grndlloqucncc ort the snowy
chivary His patience is FranGhc-C Omose and his
OF tastes SWISS. / never saw
Gffvy in tho chair That did not think
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