Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-13
A CRISIS IN FRANCE.
NJ. Loubet'S Cabinet Not Ex-
pected to Survive More
Than a Few Days.
DYNAMITE KNOCKS 1T OUT.
A Single Bomb Sufficient to Under
mine the Ministry.
THE PEOPLE ALL VERY ANGRY,
And Radical Change Must Take Place in
Order to Pacify Them.
THE PEOPLE ALL VERY ANGRY,
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clever observers if N. Loubet's cabinet sur
wives the next few dayS
There is no mistaking the angry and ex-
asperated temper Of the people over the
last cowardly outrage of the Anarchists.
The explosion of Tuesday is everywhere
ascribed to Loubet's weak surrender to the
enemies OF law and order at Carmaux. The
pardon of the rioters especially is regarded
as an invitation 10 fresh outrages, which the
enemies of society were not slow TO accept
The result mas been a revulsion in public
sentiment, compared with which the sur
prise of the American election on the same
day as the explosion in the Rue de Bon En-
fants is not circumstance.
Paris is not panic-stricken, but she is
aroused as she has not been since the Com
mune. The great public anger grows
hourly, and the Government is the object
of its wrath The temper to-day is almost
that of the dark time when the country
called for savior at any price.
Typical Intensity of Feeling.
The intensity of feeling is typically
French, but it is not altogether without
reason. The explosion of April last spread
terror, but it had no such widespread sig
nifcance as has this last outrage. Since
April the Government has been playing
fast and loose with all the elements of
anarchy if not with anarchy itself Its
" ords sometimes have been firm, but its
acts have been weakness The defiant
wretches who preach and practice annihila-
tion have said that their deadly work was
suspended during the summer only because
their weapons were too dangerous to them
selves in warm weather They promise
terrible things for the coming winter.
What wonder that the excitable French
temperament is in blaze of popular fury?
The first objectless terror is rapidly con-
centrating against the Government. So
overw helming is the tide that many friends
Of the present ministry admit that it will
probably sweep away Loubet's ministry in
tie Chamber next Wednesday. The oppo-
sition is of course unanimous in this opin-
ion, but it is hardly a safe prophecy to in
dorse.
sudden Revulsion of Sentiment.
The reTulsion of public sentiment has
been so sudden that it may subside as
quickly under the influence of some such
incident as the capture of the authors of
Tuesday slaughter.
That Loubet realizes that a crisis of his
career has come is manifested by his at
tendance at the funeral of the victims of the
outrage and lis savage speech of denuncia-
rion at the grave. The funeral was the
scene OF the greatest popular demonstration
OF recent years in Paris.
No significance is to be attached to the So
called vote of confidence by which the
Chamber this week fixed "Wednesday next
fer consideration of the Government bill for
the suppression of Anarchist and seditious
Literature. The defeat of that bill will, of
course. overthrow the present ministry.
The friends of law in the Chamber are in
favor of the passage of such a bill, pro-
vided it is so framed that it may not be used
by an upscrupulous Government to suppress
partisan opposition to itself The defect of
snch bill might therefore be open to mis-
construction, and it is possible some other
measure such as the Swiss commercial
treaty will be selected as the instrument for
overthrowing the Cabinet.
a Wholesome Blessing, After ALL
Aside from the direct effect of TUESDAYS
outrage in loss of lite and property the
event is proving a wholesome blessing.
The effect upon public sentiment will be
eventually most salutary. 1t has done
more 10 restore public recognition of the
right of property than any amount of talk
could have accomplished. 1t has put a dis
tinct check to the great wave of socialism
that was sweeping over the French people
If IL is not repeated the dynamite outrage
Of November 9 Will prove a calamity not
altogether 10 be regretted.
Paris is very nervous to-day over the
danger of renewed outrages Some
Anarchists are acting as if masters of the
situation. Two, for instance, called ves-
terdav at the office of lie lNdtin to protest
against an article calling for the punish
ment of disseminators of anarchist doctrine.
They applauded the work of Tuesday, and
declared that the police victims deserved
their fate because they served the cause of
the oppressors of the people. The dele
gates also maintained that thev had NJ.
Zola on their side, although that writer has
frequently declared that dynamite expIo-
Eions do no good
An OutspOken Editor, at Ali Events.
The editor was appealed to for his Gus
tomary subscription TO the Anarchist soup
kitchen He said that he had given his
mite to the work in question from philan-
.hropic motives, like other citizens but
since the explosion began he had resolved
TO close his purse. Finally, after having
them to do their worst, adding that if he
had the power they would leave his office
handcuffed.
''You are at least outspoken," replied
the pair as they prepared to depart, "and
we now know what to do"
These are fair samples of the wretches
with whom France has to deal AS for the
authors OF Tuesdays outrage there is no in
dication vet that they will be discovered.
Every resource of the French police is be-
ing directed to the search with tremendous
energy. Il may almost be said that the
fate of the Government depends on imme-
diate success. 1t is small chance, accord
inc 10 the outlook.
The bomb explosion has led TO an inter- |
astinc expose of Franco-Russian relations.
a Paris newspaper affirms yesterday that
.restv of alliance between the two coun- |
tries was signed on Saturday last. 1t is
now some weeks since it was popularlv
understood that the basis for such a treaty
had been agreed upon. 1t is now made /
known that not even the preliminaries of
sgch an alliance have been arranged.
How Russia Feels on the Subject
a dispatch of denial from St Petersburg !
today states, con the highest authority"
ss follows:
The Russian Government never was lese |
sfisposcd to conclude formal alliance with |
France than now against Radical ministry /
looming on the horizon. Moreover, 1t is \
absolutely opposed to Russian traditions TO 1
cCncede any treaty during an fnterregnum /
in the foreign office. The lamentable weak 4
ness OF the French Government, and the