New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-27
THE PANAMA PLOT.
NO COMMANDING LEADER AMONG THE
CONSPIRATORS
A HOLIDAY LuILIN TIE WARFARE AGAINST THE
RErUBLIC-DENIALS THAT THERE HAS
nEFN A PLor--THE FUTURE CT
OPPOHTUN1sM
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Copyright. 1892: Bv The Tribune Assoeiation

her has apparently ADJOURNED tic cilsls, IL 'iiSi"
tbere is TO be; of which welinformed persons
express doubts. The sport Of Mins'er-oaltlng,
which supplied q great part of the excitement OF
the last three weeks cannot now be pursued II
ia thought that the pace forced Lest week
Tho men who have been engineering the Panama
nlot lost their heads and ehOwed their hands be-
fore the game was won The appearance Of NJ
Andreux as arbiter Of the dcstinies OF France was
dramatic, but not convincing.
There is not, on the whole, any general belief
in France or even in Paris, that NJ. AndrleuX hts
n divine mission lie has not been hailed as
Savior Of Society, even recognized as the
Man on Horseback. Wien he found himself re-
ceived coldly lie announced that he was TO be
arrested. He has not been arrested NO "oF-
ernmcpt oubIcttc-his own wOrd-yawns for him.
Prince Victor hes not appeared In the streets
of Paris nor even in restaurant and the mum
bar Of peope who would care two straws if he
did seems limited The Comtc de Paris makes
no sign nor would il matter If he 'hi. Inc
stuf of leader of revolution or a leader oi
ANYTHING is not i'll him. HIS cause, too' Ike
that of the Bonapartist pretcndei, has p'eA put
forward in print. lie would be King OF the
marty of honesty" says his culogist 81 course
the same would be said of anybody Just now
The Republic is TO be cried down because suh"fI
politicians who call themselves Republicans dGe
suspected OF dishonesty. 1t is easy to promise
tbat the newcomers shall not steal But the
most conspicuous partisan OF the Comic
de Paris gives him away, and puts forward his
son. The Due d'Orears. the hero Of rec%nt
divorce suit, the lover of an opera singer, Is 10
bo the champion of legitimacy and morality Ill
a regenerated and ltoyalist France
There is no leader, no man whose name Is a
blow no man who has even shown genius LOT
organization, man who stands out rom DHe
crowd of mediocritics who are assainng 'he Nc
rublic To get together cabal Is one thihg'
70 overthrow Republic is another. what the
Panama conspirators have succeeded N dong
is to create confusion, TO sow panic 10 thr'a'+a
a Ministry, TO spread little foolish gossip aoouo
the President, TO insult his wife, and TO dis'ufo
the Bourse The confusion continues, the panic
j. already abated. The Ministry is still power
and stronger than it was The President and
Nine Carnot are no whit the worse for tho
foolish calumnies which nobody believed. 1ho
Bourse has recovered its tone and Its prices.
Christmas comes as kind Of forced truce. III
Christmas Day not gay, 1t was trahHul'
The holidays give breathing space to both si"e''
and it would be a mistake 10 suppose that the
last word has yet been said on either
The attack on NJ de Freycinet seems to have
COLLAPSED The main charge against the Allnls-
ter Of War was that be had paid VISIT TO NJ
AndrieuX There is supposed to be letter from
NJ de Freycinet to DR.. Herr. NJ AndreuX Is IN
uossession of this letter. NJ de Freycnet went
% NJ. Andrieux to recover it. The story is
rs GOOD as most Of the current stories Unlucklly
NJ Andrieux denies it, and it is sale to believe NJ
Andrieux when he denies calunlny upon one OF
tho men whom he is bent upon revising
If there be by common consent necessary
man among the Ministers of to-day, II Is NJ de
Frcycinet lie has, moreover, certificate from
Prince Bismarck as the best Minister Of "a
France has had since 1870. 1t is remark wmch
prince Bismarck might have left unmade. If
true. it strengthens the enemy.
new proof Of the seriousness of this Panama
Mot and Of its temporary failure is now supplied
Some Of those most deeply concerned IN II are
do~ving that there ever was plot. Some others
who without being deeply concerned in II wished
!, ,ynu are taking the same line. The order or
events is significant. First came the accusaiohs'
then the Parliamentary discussion, the overtime"
O, the Ioubet Ministry. the prosecutors
the Brisson committee, the struggle IN
H.. Chamber between VI. Brsson and NJ
Ribot. the defeat of NJ Brisson and RS reac-
,ionary and Radical allies, the narrow ui-
umrh Of NJ Ribot. the master-strokc Of inc arreS
q NJ Charles de Lesscps and other la'la'ii"
directors. then NJ AndrenX's appearance 'he
direct inculpatiOn Of ten Senators anu Dep"'o'
NJ. Rouvicr's resignation, followed by the attack
on the President Of tie Chamber, ana 'he a''''"
on the President Of the Republic.
Feeble as the latter was, il was tho signal for
sudden campaign in n portion Of the lsilS pfc's'
which, though not Republican, had long since
eiven a sort of adhesion 10 the Republic lhc'e
began in these papers series OF leauing ar'cleS
announcing the downfall Of the Repuolc. an"
considering what form Of government might r.
place it, simultaneously came the story that
Prince Victor had arrived in Paris. lie IN
ccnions persons who launched that balloon can
not have been grati!ed with the success OF tlcir
cxperinent Nobody believed the story. NO.
bodv believed that his coming would brlnc Paris
into the streets or have any other eject 'hah
70 bring the Prince into contact with the police
Whom else these gentlemen had or have in re-
sorve is not known. Their articles continue
O,d Ronapartist hacks, whose signature rep l.
tho reader 20 limping UP and down Their uh-
steady PAGES.
Rut what is to-days comment on tie "hoie
bnsnesso Tie shrewdest judge Of Paris opinion
IN the Paris press finds it desirable TO say that
there never has been plot or even caIapalgh.
There has been nothing, remarks NJ MaGhar'
with his wonted cynical cooncss, but series OF
evonts which nobody fOresaw, each or which gre"
out % the other The talk about conspiracy
opainst the RcpuDllc is Only an d''ciHP' w "S"'~
a divnrsion in favor of the guilty which is TOO
transparent TO deceive anybody. mat IS Wha'
corsn;rators or friends OF conspirators always
aI,ega when conspiracy does not succeed, and
when il is thought desirable TO make Il fresh
start The fact that it should be alleged now
ia as said above significant. The game is played
for too high stakes to be abandoned while
chance remains; but it is not thought to be going
well for the enemies of France.
But il the Republic survives the men VINO nave
Guided It's destinies these fifteen years past are
lost, say their enemies; Opportunsm l. dead
That is the question, less vital, less interesting
abroad than In France; but still interesting. OPP
nr,d lcn.cv Of lIlnl-