Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-22
FRANCE IN EXCITEMENT.
Royalist Plot TO Overthrow
The Republic.
WHERE THE MILLIONS WERE TLiCED.
The Congress of Columbia
Wants the Canal
Built.
WHERE THE MILLIONS WERE rLiCED.

PARIS, Dec. 22.-Minister Loube
says the prosecutions announced
and to come, are absolutely
necessary to purge the republic
Some of the accused might cleal
themselves, but others must be ex
PEELED from the parliament they
have dishonored. Those who crit
icise the government for severity
should await developments. Ar
rangements for some duels growing
out of recent events in the chamber
have been completed. Deputies
Thompson and Menard Deerian will
seconi Clemenceau in both of his
encounters. Blumenutol and Bories
will represent De Roulede, and
Jourde and Coussod will take care
of Millevoie's interests. AS all con
cerned are deputies, the duels can
take place anywhere, as the partici
pants are exempt from prosecution
The coming duel between Clemen.
ceau, editor of Justice, and Roulede
is arousing considerable interest. DE
Roulede has granted Clemenceau
the choice of weapons. Preparations
for the event are being pushed rap
idly forward. The friends Of Cle-
menceau say he intends duel to
the death, and will be satisfied With
nothing short of this. De Roulede's
friends aver that he is also Of a
deadly mind and intends to kill
Clemenceau or be killed himself.
To prevent La Justice from having
an exclusive report Of the duel,
thereby making enormous sales,
which would be especially harrow
Ing to De Roulede's friends in case
Of his defeat, the latter have prom
ised, it is said, to keep the other
newspapers fully and promptly
posted on the subject. Both combat
ants looked pale aud earnest this
morning, but otherwise showed no
signs of apprehension. The friends
of both are loud In their predictions
of victory.
PARIS is EXCITED.
PAsIs, Dec. 22.-The excitement
over the Panama scandals today is
greater than ever, and the widest
reports are afloat of monarchist plots
and coming arrests. 1t is asserted
that Herr has been In communicate
ion In London with agents of the
Count Of Paris, and that the expos
ure of the There checks are direct.
ly attributable to royalist influence.
Another rumor Is that officials aud
deputies, as we'll as civilians, con-
nected with the Panama scandal,
have had intimated to them that
their salvation lies in an espousal of
the royalist schemes, aud that all
their offcenes will be condoned II
they will consent to betray the re-
public. Some confidence is placed
by wellinformed people in both
these rumors. 1t is apparent the
royalist agents have assumed an act
ivity they have not displayed for
years. There is also evidence royal
list money is again afloat. Should
affairs take a turn favorable to IA
coup 'detat In behalf of royalty. 1t
Ia probable, according to current re-
ports. the young Duke Of Or
leans would be selected to lead the
attack. The duke Is more popular
than any other members of his fam
lily, and his offer to serve in the
army as conscript when he came
Of age made widely favorable i'm
preston. The great difficulty in the
way of a royalist coup is there are
no signs of disloyalty In the army.
Freycinet, minister of war, Is un-
touched by the scandals that have
smirched his colleage, Rouvier, and
he has the devoted, loyal attach
ment Of the generals In higher
command. The military forces
In the nelghborhood of Paris are
kept under the strlctest disclp-
line, and vigilance is exercised to
prevent any tampering with the
troops. Officers OF the army,
Is a rule, are republican In their
sympathies, the royalIst and Bona
parlist elements especially the form
er, having been relegated on various
pretexts to innocuous positions. The
eoveI nment, 1t Is said, has no doubt
whatever Of the fidelity of the
troops aud would at once call upon
the Carr son of Paris In case of an
on the part OF the royallsts.
The zeal Of The enemies Of the re-
public 10 alfo checked by the port
made current unofiiciaIly, bur not
by anybody. that Ia the
went Of an Insurrection martial law |
would at onos bs proclaimed. Every