New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-05
FRENCH STATE SECRETS.
M. ANDRIEUXS REVELATIONS OF POLITEs
CAL AND SOCIAL SCANDALS

i ne sensation OF the uay Is N. hnuricuAS IoVoin-
tions. which go on daily and continue to be ~
highly spiced as when no began to publilh them In
his journal, La Li0ne. He defes contradiction aud
as matter of fact nobody has tried to gansay any
of his statements. But he has been menac"d with
prosecution for revealing State secrets. and in
return dares the Government to do its worst The
State, he argues. is no longer on the footing on
which it stood under bygone regimes. when King
or Emperor might with truth declare. "EEtat,
cest moi" Sovereignty being now vested In tho
people, it is o duty to the ruler to obge Ministers
and other public servants to live in glass houses.
Personal allegiance Is thing Of the past. An
official is under no moral oblig ition to keep the
secrets of NJ Jules Ferry. or any other Govern
mental parsonage. when no longer under him. In
one department alone-the military is secrecy .
duty, and even there under many limitations
NJ. Andricnx was for year and q half Project or
Police, then Ambassador to Madrid, is very
accomplished jurist, and Is yet Deputy for Lyons.
Ho has the public with him. and all tho moro 80
that he has keen wit and capacity for getting
those who like laugh on his side. His great crime
from an official point of view is in spelling the game
of those Republicans who, when they get hold OF
executive power. set up to be the State and pro-
coed to batten and to fatten on the country NJ.
Andrieux shows how this is done. Apart from
jobbery there is rich vein of wealth at tho disposal
of Ministers vino have begun the financial year in
office 1t consists tho secret service funds. which
each department is regularly voted just rs in the
time of the Empire. Every Minister has regular
salary of $4,000 year, palace to live in, wood
from the forests of tho State of prime quality to
burn, and a staff of men servants paid also by the
State, as we'll as gas, oil and candles to light
his residence. lilo 10 further allowed money for
hosptable purposes or fras dc representation, and
when he receives company the State gardens and
greenhouses furnish him with choice flowers.
decorative plants fruits and vegetables. Besides.
he has secret service fund. That Of the Minister
of the Interior comes to 100000 year, and that
of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to $oO0.oOO
Their colleagues OF Public Instruction, Agriculture
aud Justice are not 80 splendilly endowed. put
they are able to dispose OF important SUMS and tho
War and Marine Ministers are still better OIL In
theory NJ Greyy controls the secret service ex-
penditure of each Minister. Practically, not single
item Is ever submitted to him. Each quarter ne Is
shown paper which states that the secret service
fund has been spent in conformity with MS ihsruc-
tons, and he signs It, Theirs looked W ~ closely 10
secret service expenditure. But as there was no
Constitution in his time he could DC law unto
himself. The Dukes de Broglie and Decazes told
the wooden but honest MacMahon that lliey Delny
responsible to the Chambers, he had only nominal
right to check their secret service accounts TX
they misspent the money it was Tor the Ipailioel
they would eventually have the upper hand were
not sorry that the moral order Dukes should
establish a precedent which would reader Office o
source of wealth To themselves whenever they got
fbs better of the Marshal. According to NJ.
Andrleux, the Minister is free to buy Jewels iYr
opera dancers to speculate IN stocks, and grnetay
| and particularly to make ducks and drakrs OF MS
secret service fund. lie Is expected u divide was
remains nnspent at the onh OF the year among nis
| WA, never known of n balance the annual ex-
| penliture. NJ. de Marcere became quite wealthy
at the Ministry of the Interior where be was curing
| the WaddingtOn Administrations. lie sthyed ther9
more than u year. SO that he could have pocketed
| 5000 600 II is notorious that he "rigged the
| h,l lis frnn (,omhplt1.
| found De Marcere was outrunniug the constable IN
the way of Stock Exchange rigging. took means 70
| let financial scandals in which he was involved
| get out, that NJ. Lepere. who was honest anu
ready to place the secret service fund OF the MIN
| istry of the Interior at Gambettas disposal ior
party objects, might succeed DE Marserc. ~, he
| tiambctta Cabinet was six weeks in Office. When
| il went out there was not IN thc way OF secres
| service money Genuine for those VINO stepped
into their shoes. 1t was all mOpped up, and with
| Grevy's necessary and purely formal sanction,
| which was obtained as the members OF the Oiahu
| Ministry were rendering thor designations
| NJ Andrieuy shows that 1t Is not necessary 1or
any Minister b. spend secret service iunds III pro-
noting the Governmental policy. WIN tne pow" ta
| give news which may enable those to whom IT Is
| Communicated to force the hand of fortune at the
Bourse. there are ample means Tor DriDlng anI
| rewardng The Project of Police has secret
| service fund of $4,000 NJ. Andrieux does not
say So but study of the files OF the Paris journals
will show that every time the secret service funds
| have been, since 1872 threatened In the Chamber,
there was shaking Of the red rag outside The
exPrefect of Police however. gives chapter f ana
| ternationast Congress in London when PIince
| Krapotkine and Louiso Michel attended, and the
attempt to dynamite the statue OF a s ~ o.
| Administration by tue police and with tue prvity
| and consent OF tho Primo Minister, of Gambetta,
| and of Constants his friend, who was Munster OF
| the Interior. The Journal and tho Congress were
traps set to catch the Russian Socialist and sayant
he being obnoxious to the Russian Government =,
bring about an alliance the souls OF whicn would
| have been himself and Ignatef and the arms
| SkObelef and Campenon. The attempt TO dynamite
Thiers,s statue was undertaken to excite bourgeois
| cowardice against the advanced Republicans who
were disappointed to find that the Oppertunisis
| were taking up the Bonapartist running NJ
Andreux subsequently, got up riot at the rIace de
| la Bastille in which RochefOrt's son was knocked
on the head but not seriously hurt Cainescasse.
the actual Project OF Police. and Constans, VINO
was Minister of the Interior under Ducierc go1
| up the Monceau los Mines dynamite explosions 70
Justify Prince Krapotkines detention ana TO secure
| the conviction of Socialist. Emile Gauter.
whose offence was having gone to the London Com
gress and been the sta of La Rerola'ion Socdte,
| which was started with funds granted by the
| Project of Police and directed by moachard who
| was in telephone communication with tie Projects
Cabinet. There were also dynamite explosions. u
| may be remembered. at Lyons. An lhieihal
machine went oft in cafe where 1t had been left IN
| "a Lox to be called for, and an empty gendlrtnes
| barracks marked for demolition by the Goyeinment
calling attention to these circumstances, winch l
thought indicated police attempt to got mp scare
representative here OF LONDON aai,y papoI als9
pointed out in telegram he sent It what appeared
To him indicative of official cOntrivance. But IL
was the respectable thing to take for granted that
| there was q nefarIous and widespread schene
| against life and property, so that my colleague
was rcproached for taking view which the general
tenor of NJ Audrieux's revelations and many precise
statements show to have been true one.
NJ. Andreuxs revelations have tcrrorized society,
which does not know what will come next The
| fashionables who are in his power may rest easy
lie will not disgrace them this side of the grave.
| Let nobody Imagine. however. that fine French
society feels that is alone in danger OF being conf
promised There is an Ambassador of a great Power
| who each morning cunts sigh of relief when he has
read through NJ. Andreux's revelations u the
| feuileton of La Lgne. He Is constantly followed
| nv mouchards whose business 1t Is to prevent his
| arrest An ex-Minister of Finance who Is perhaps
| more Orleanst than Republican, and deemed tho