The record-union., 1892-12-22
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

LONDON, Dec. Zl.-Ine ParlS cOffe-
spondent of the Times says the Paris
papers betray the general iu-concealed
CONSERVATION. DetdtS says Tuesdays
sitting of the Chamber was the most
painful since 1871. A vague, heavy sus-
picion is weighing like a storm-cloud on
all heads, recalling the famous days of a
century ago. Cassagnac says i'll H4~to-
rate that lit is clear indication that we
are in the midst of a revolution. The
Chamber has just donned the boots of
convention"
The Paris correspondent of the Ieie-
graph says the public is in state of
feverish expectancy. The ominous ex-
preston of LapTeB5ere C607Tette is sug-
gestive OF the guillotine, and the reign of
terror has been used in reference to the
first batch of Senators and Deputies to be
sacrificed in the Panama affair The
general question is who will be occu-
pants OF the next tumbril. The decora-
ton and Boulanger scandals are not to be
compared with the present crisis.
EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH
PARIS, Dec. 2l.-The excitement over
the Panama scandals to-day is greater
aHoat of monarchist plots and coming
arrests. 1t is asserted that Herr has been
in communication in London with agents
Of the Count of Paris, and that the ex-
posure of the There checks is directly
attributable to royalist influence.
Another rumor is that the officials and
deputies, as well as civilians connected
with the Panama scandal, have had it in
timated to them that their salvation lies
in their espOusal of royalist schemes, and
that all their Offenses will be condoned if
they will consent to betray the republic.
Some confidence IS placed by well-in-
formed people in both rumors. 1t is ap-
parent that royalist agents have assumed
an activity that they have not displayed
for years, and there is also evidence that
royalist money is again afioat.
should affairs take a turn favorable to a
coup PctGt on behalf of royalty, it is
probable, according to current report,
that the young Duke of Orleans would be
selected to lead the attack.
The Duke is more popular than any
other member Of his family, and his offer
to serve in the army as a conscript when
he came of age made widely favorable
impression.
The great difficulty in the way of a roy-
alist coup is that there are no signs of dis
loyalty in the army. Freycinet, the
Minister of War is untouched by the
scandals that have beslnirched his col
league, Rouvier. and he has the devoted
and loyal attachment of the Generals in
higher command.
TROOPS UNDER STRICT DISCIPLINE.
The military forces in the neighbor-
hood of Paris are kept under the strctest
discipline, and the greatest vigilance is
exercised to prevent any tampering with
the troops.
The officers of the army as a rule are of
republican tendencies, the royalist and
BOnapartist elements, especially the for
mer, having been relegated on various
preteXts to innocuous points.
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 unotticially, but not doubted by any
body, that in the event of an insurrectiOn
martial law will at once be proclaimed
and every insurgent captured in camp
will either be shot on the spot or ex-
ecuted after a summary court martial.
1t Is known that the officers of the navy
are much more rOyalist in tendency than
those of the army, but no danger to the
republic is expected from the navy. as il
is believed that the officers in command,
however ardently some of them might
welcome the ere-establishment of the mon
archy, would hesitate long before risking
the loss of desirable positions.
MoNARCHIsTs CAREFULLY WATCHED.
The movements of monarchist agitators
are being carefully watched by the agents
OF the Government in France, England
and Spain and a special watch is being
kept at the passes in the Pyrenees for fear
that a royalist movement might be at
tempted from that direction.
1t is said that every movement of the
Count of Paris, the Duke of Orleans and
other members of the exiled house have
been reported accurately for more than
two weeks to the Minister of the Interior
and thence to President Carnot.
At present the monarchists seem to he
directing their efforts chiefly to tanning
the excitement among the Deputies and
sowing seeds of jealousy fear and Sus-
picion. They are apparently confident
that a breakdown of the Ribot Ministry
would be followed by revolution, with
all of its opportunities for return of the
house OF Orleans to power.
The news from various parts of France
is not very reassrring to the Government.
and serves TO strengthen the hopes of its
enemies. AZ
Many IlOuSdHuS OF small DrODrlntOrS
and others who lost money in the Panama
enterprise are said to be more disgusted
with the revelations of vena!ity and
treachery than they were distressed bv
the loss of their money, and a consldera-
bic number of them are inclined to hold
republican institutions rather than indi-
viduals responsible for their loss and the
country's disgrace.
PROSECUTIONS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
The GdatloiS publishes an interview
with Andrieux, in which that individual
says that ten Deputies, about to be prose
cuted. will almost complete the list OBJ
tanned from the stubs of the THERE
checks
Senator Deves, in an interview in La
ldtia says that the course taken toward
MN was shameful attack upon man
VINO had not yet been heard, that he had
never mixed himself up in Panama af-
lalrs ana was confident of his ability to
meet all charges. Others of the accused
ana lhelr friends assert that the Govern
ment Is prosecuting some of the accused
on flmsy evidence and with the hope OF
extracting on their examination adlnis-
slons that would justify their trial.
Minister Loubet says that the prosecu-
tlons announced and to come off are abso-
luteIy necessary to purge the republic.
Some OF the accused may clear them
selves, but the Others he saws. must he
expelled from the Parliament they have
dishonored. Those who criticise the