The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-10-13
THE SPREAD OF FRENCH
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The Nonarchi>ts In France are Ste'10-
ilv losing ground We anu IN theiT
uapers the echo o. party lamentations
and diScOurageuents that reveal the
frailtv of nonarchiai hopes. The Auto
rite reeentlv said: To the blind and
exaggerated confidence OF the past has
followed the blind and excessive depreS-
sion ii the present. The tali has been
as crest As the effort in acting with BOu-
lsnrsr mas been lofty. Especially among
the leaders does Encouragement throw
ont its lugubrious and hopeless note Al
no period during The last twenty years
has the stste oi mind OF the CONSERVATIVE
party been more dlscouraglnE; We Lnusl
have the courage 10 recognize Il. we're
We soon 10 have general elections we
should be sure oi nothing but disaster.
On the same day the Solell, aro'nef
paper ui the opposition, appeared Win
An article stating the same conclusions,
but in q more practical spirit. NJ. herVe,
its editor. urges the conservatives 10 &C
cent the Republic Is the government Of
France demanded 10y the people. The
Figaro. the sensational paPer Of the
Mouarchists. saws: The truth, when
has AT last come TO be recognized, Il that
in France there are many conservatives
and few MOnarchlsts.
These editorials have sort oi funeral
tone: they sound like the necrologleS OF
the dvnastic hopes Of MonarcnlstS.
Though the constitutional right as such
mss not vst been termed, it, principles
have spread among the Conservatives.
Its upholderS have never had the cour-
age 10 break away iron the Conservative
BODY and form > small political section,
out have remained to help Its reiorma-
ton. With the exception OF twelve
iarvid Nouarchists who Will speak
OF the divine right OF kings, OF
some tweutv-seyen Boulanglsts and
fourteen Radicals. il i very likely
that all the Deputies OF France Will &C
eept the present Republican Constitution
OF tine country. During : recent discus
sion oi the budget, NJ. Dugue de Ia
Faucouuerie. foremost in the coalition OF
1889, took advantage oi his speech on
the bill before the House 10 voice the
disbursement OF the reacuonarleS, and
urged his own party 10 become frankly
Republican. NJ. Pelletan, the editor OF
Justice. the organ Of the extreme Lett,
advised the Deputies 70 facilitate, IN so
lar a. they could, the acceptance Of the
Republic By the Conservatives. Paul de
CasSagnac. the militant and brilliant
editor Of the AutOrite, struck the truest
note OF al when, with unusual calm, he
stated that now the great difference De-
tween the Right and Lett Is religious
one, namely. the attitude OF both towards
the Catholic Clergy. There lies the diff
Guilty
Ii i well known that, until last year,
the Catholics OF France opposed the he
public. The spirit and aspirations OF
the Clergy were bound % clash with the
aims and reforms of the new govern
meUt. The lower Clergy organized the
most systematic opposition 10 the he
public. and at tie last parliamentary
elections the bishops threw the whole
weight OF their ecclesiastical and per
sOual influence against II. Inc defeat OF
their anti-rePublican hopes brought
change II their attitude. When PreSl-
deLt CGrnot made MS visit 10 the east,
south and west. the tone Of the addresses
OF the bishops was. for the first time, con-
ciliatOry. The severity OF the Govern
ment which deprived 500 priests OF their
salary on account OF excessive partlzan-
ship, and the recent application oi the
new military law that has lately sent
l 800 Young priests into the army, have
changed nothing in this new attitude OF
the Clergy. The addresses o. the occa-
sion Of the departure OF the Seminarlsts
for the barracks were patriotic, mOder-
ate, and defereutial towards the Govern
me1t. Several priests uttered no uncer-
tain sound a to their loyalty 10 the
Republic, but were severely rebuked by
the Catholic MOnarchical press.
Cardinal Lsyigerie recently gave a
banquet at which the band OF the Peres
Blancs played the - Marseillaise,' and
the Cardinal delivered 4 speech, IN
which he urged French Catholics 10
rally around the Republic. This created
the greatest connection IN Catholic
circles. \ few days later the Algerian
prelate created i greater sensation still
by stating IN letter that during the last
twenty years Monarchy had twice COM
mitted suicide: first, when the Count de
Cham0ord refused TO recognize the tn
color flag; second, when the Count de
Paris joined Boulanger il his efforts.
L would take &" nothing short OF mir
acle" to restore Monarchy in France.
A few DAYS later the Bishop OF Annecy
sent Cardinal Lavigerie letter in which
he said that the monarchical spirit being
gone IN France. and royalty and loyalty
having lost all their traditional meaning,
it Is impossible to revive the French
Monarchy. 1t therefore behoyes Catho-
hes 70 support the only possible govern
ment in France, the Republic. There
upon Cardinal RampOlla, of the College
OF Cardinals OF Rome, also published a
letter in which he endorsed the attitude
Of the two French prelates and voiced
the opinion OF the Vatican. That these
utterances should have great weight with
Catholics Is a matter oil course. The i'm
portant points to notice are the gradual
recognition, by Conservative politicians
and By the clergy, OF the impossibility OF
monarchical restoration; the growing
adherence TO the Republic OF the best
and most patriotic Frenchmen; and the
decline OF the power of extreme and
violent men. n. Y. Elk.
KohaI9 Notes