The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-17

part.
ss Min .tcr satisticnn. two or three Journalists De
mites stock hruker. and ornamental society men. The
conversation isgcneral
PARIS Nov. 90" ITavo you heard tho nows ?
Gambctta has been dangerously wounded Dy
pistol shot"
Somebody told mo he had attempted sui
eide
"Ahi no. Another gossip Mt Tortonis to-
night endcavorcd to make ont that Gambetta
had fought n duel on account OF that yelled
lady in black who pays mysterious visits to tho
dlctators house at Vile dAvray."
Your friend must have u rich imagination.
However. there is something mysterious. This
afternoon saw several Of Gambe.ta's friends
at the Chamber and all OF them gave differ
ent account Of tho accident. as they called it.
All that is certain Is that Gambetta is wounded.
that no IL confined to his bed. and that the
gossips have n now topic Of conversation
Have you heard Rochcfort's mot on the nf-
fair2 No? 1t is not bad. I cannot believe in
the suicide theory. ho said. Perhaps it is tho
ball of VI. do Fourtou's pistol. which, given tho
distance which separated him from his advcr-
sary, has takcn four years to reach him"
1t is true; Gambetta and Fourtou fought n
duel that WAS much talked about at the timo. l
had almost forgotten it,"
What is the latest news about tho Cam
penon aiair?'
Haven't you read Mmc Adams letter to the
editor OF la France? 1t was La France. YOU
know. that started the story that Gambctta and
his friends had arranged among themselves
who should be the successor Of the venerable
Grivy in ease death or senility should cause
vacancy in the Presidency. According
to La France. the choice had fallen on
colorlcss military man. Con. Campo
non. who Minister OF War in ono
OF the numberloss Cabinets with which
we havo been bcwildcred during the past six
n apf So iGiI VIZ ys;s y0h rememeeF that
and that Cen Campenon should be n second
MacSiahon, \ show President. docile. obcdient
Tie hanGs Of ES pnd as bros hs
and and t?nrou Ct tho time Of the ATTEMPTED
ent at this discussion at Gnmbeta's and then
cam md Ed Chartered about It. at Mme Adams
France, who maintains that Mime. Adam urged
him to open this CAMPAIGN against Gambotta.
an oprortunIty q lrritatns her former friend
i nan re-, a ana rerhans 81 entering once more
.a1Ah! no! psop'ss , have had enough Of Nine.
ceiye her She has been done for
Well. whatever tho nth may be. things in
are not only MAIDS. but seriously discussed by
the the press, Three years ago you would not
Now, the Republicans are SO disunited and SO
terribly ravtged by poll ica hatred that no &C.
So 10 'SS Hss se IL
yesterday who have, become the enemies OF to-
ss Ss at 's i Aasss s 4 ssa hs st
msa s.s ss' e 7. 9hs . the,
Of the finances of the country What is the
ngHrs Of the heating debt. Mai not NJ Trard
Ssi to tesH Hns the
stock Exchange-thnre is no business doing"
man.. Ny cousin X. who has been mixed up
in all kinds Of commercial affairs although a
m ntlr ram nrk fn ma fh.,
other day Tho repuhlie is done for; he said;
Is "s; ths + Gs THE cr ,ba and The
fnanciers have become reaGtionaries."
the clergy; and the demi-mondc." concluded
exx-;Minister who has distinguished Y himself as
the republic is certainly the religious question.
The Radicals in particular, the men OF the type
under-cslimate the importance Of the influence
a. the Hhnreh More than Of
great occasions, on the days that are marked
with white pebble as Horace SAWS. in a
French won@n's NE the priest comes % into the
ever child i born, to say nothing OF the con-
tirmntion of The children, or of the sad ceremony
Eumnn ' e5sGy Ths mem H ' Of France Hs % may
mot be- Practising sthSes the but sSS
consultations of T., regiont, small mi.
nority think. The radicals make the great
an oii"tc Institution. They are mere flies
making war upon an elephant. One thing that
fact that Tor the moment the Clerical party has
no great orator and no great journalist Mgr.
ity OF DunanIoup. and where is the journalist
whose name can be mentioned IL the w,, same me
present republic make shipwreck on the rock
of the religious question? II the present poll
cy OF Intolerance and persecution be continued.
this result j. quite possible. On the other
hand ii liberal measure Of separation and
dsostnbshment were passed. the political in
creased In either eyentuality. forosee the
u am not incllnrd to take so dark view Of
the future OF the repqhie as You no. m"nsenr
to me TO have become too ,deeply rooted IN
French soil to be readily abolished IN favor OF
DnGf that al the are ncabe o
parliamentary government: Some go so lar as
me s ni M tina That is pure assumption on
the very insufficient ground that what has not
been cannot be- In point q fact the French
of legislative business in spite Of the disorder
and noisy squabbling that characterize all its
Deputies are disgraceful; that, cannot DO de-
MED fqrthermore they are diiscreditI1as ,b tne
pean prestige Nov am gSSing to tom make an AZ,
that military glory is necessary to the exist
snce of France as a nation. aver that this loss
tageous to France. After all what are the foreign
interests Of France Has she any foreign pos;
sessions 70 speak of? Has she any colonies
And Algeria|
Algeria monsieur? II you deduct from the
actual reputation OF Algeria the French sol
diers the French functionaries the French
cafe concert singers. and all the nondescrlpt
and disreputable creatures attached to these
institutions what remains? A resident popu-
lation of Jews, Maltese, Spaniards, and ltal-
ians. But how many Frenchmen who are really
settlers and who have become attached to tho
soilf We must acknowledge this fact, that We
are not a c2lonizins nation. My friend and
lnterrupter there VIII perhaps cate tho cases ~
Louisiana and Canada. In point Of fact, the
JesuIt- hav" tho credit OF the only permanent
French colonization that exists but in reality
the French never actually took possession
OF Canada. And who We're the c0ionists
who went out thorcf We're they not
Manon Ie-cauts Cheyliiers DIES treuN bands
OF prisoners loaded with chains as We see them
depicted in the prints of tho last century
Now. last year for instance the number of
emigrHntS who went from France TO different
parts Of the world was about 5000. But not ten
per cent. II this number are genuine colOnists.
NINETY ucr cent 20 abroad with the intention Of
returning home as soon as thcy nave made