The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-22
ON IAE ETBOF REVOLUTION
Excitement in Paris Continues
and Wild Rumors Afoat.
THE M0NARCHIsT PLOTS.
Military Forces in Paris Kept Under
the Strictest Discipline.
The Duel Between Clemenceau and De-
RouIede Accusing Interest-Enor-
nous Amount of Money Ex-
pended on the Canal.
THE MoNARCHIsT PLOTS.

PARIS, Dec. 21.-The excitement over
the Panama scandals today is greater than
ever and the widest reports are af1oat Of
monarchist plots and coming. arrests. 1t
is asserted that Herr has been in commu-
nication in London with agents of the
Count de Paris, that the exposure of the
Thierree checks is directly attributable to
royalist influences. Another rumor is
that officials and deputies, as we'll as
civilians, connected with the Panama
scandal have had it intimated to them
that their salvation lies in an espousal Of
royalist schemes, and that all their Of
lenses will be condoned, if they will con-
sent to betray the republic. Some conf
dence is placed by well informed people
in both rumors, and it is apparent that
royalist agents have assumed an activity
they have not displayed for years. 1t is
also evident that royaltst money is again
afoat.
Should affairs take turn favorable to a
coup d'etat in behalf of royalty it is prob
able, according to current reports, that
the young duke of Orleans would be
selected to lead the attack The duke is
his family and his offer to serve in the
army as a conscript when he came of age
made a widely favorable impression The
great difficulty in the way of a royalist
coup is that there are no signs of dis
! loyalty in the army. Freycinet, minister
OF war, is untouched by the scandals that
have besmirched his colleague Rouv1er,
and he has the devoted and loyal attach
ment of generals in higher command.
| The military forces In the neighbor-
! hood of Paris will be kept under the
strictest discipline and the greatest vigil
ance viii be exercised to prevent any
| tampering with troops. Officers of the
army as rule are of Republican sympa-
| thie5, the royalist and BOnapartist ele-
ments, especially the former, having
been relegated on various pretexIs to in
nocuous positions. The government, it
is said, has no doubt whatever OF the
fidelity of the troops and would at once
call upon the garrison OF Paris in case of
an outbreak on the part of the royalists
The zeal of the enemies of the republic
| is also checked by the report, made cur
rent unofficially, but not doubted by any
body, that in the event of an insured
ton, martial law will at once be pro-
| claimed, and every 1nSurgent captured in
arms will either be shot on the spot, or
executed after summary court marshal.
1t is known that officers OF the navy are
much more royalist in their tendency
than those Of the army, but no danger to
the republic is expected from the navy,
as it is believed that the officers in COM
mand, however ardently some of them
might welcome the establishment OF a
monarchy, would hesitate long before
risking the loss of desirable positions.
| The movement OF mOnarchiSt agItatOFs
is being carefully watched by agents of
the government in France, England, and
Spain, special watch being kept at the
passes OF the Pyrenees, for fear royalist
movement might be attempted from that
direction