The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-02

that there were two things hxed In his mind.
10 turn out M. Constans and to bring 10 tina
mead OF the Cabinet NJ Loubet, who 10 hs mar.
tfcular friend This almost amounts to ohnro
OF duplicity. Certainly IL Is unSounded. bnt
nevertheless certain Appearances give sun.
portto OFT tits beyond n doubt that tho Presl.
dent OF the republic. nt least partially in tho
present case. came out OF his habitual "a.
| serve. His Intervention was exercised NOR.
openly; MS action was moro direct and mora
visible. Did he net in this way according to a
preconceived plan. or aim. such a. he IA Az.
cused OFF, 1 don't believe IT, Has he zone bo.
| yond tho limits OF his constitutional Sunction.,
That doesn't seem to be the case either. ha.
cruise tho Constitution ncvor Intended that En-.
Chief Of the State should DO simply nm orns.
mental functionary. n wheel without nm,
movement OF its own in the mechanism o.
the Govornment n. Carnot has shown
hesitation. and he has had too many
consultations with pcrsonages OF no no.
| ilticai authoilty: and he has displayed a
marked persistence in comforting with man ~
one party only. while tho others were svstann.
atically kept at a distance Il may be that
there Is some truth In the antpathy which n
| attributed to him toward NJ. Constants. whose
reputation is far from being beyond reproocb.
for 1t cannot be said that he has come ont In.
tact from the accusations that have been for.
INFLATED against him. However this NAV Ina
the spirit OF opposition and OF calun,nr. Al.
ways ready to arouse itself against public non
In France more than in any other country, has
seized upon tho occasion to throw suspicion
upon the political hon esty OF tho presidant
and to damage his prestige. portion OF
the press has opened fire upon the Elvsse
by representing the Presidential residence ma
the centre Of a clerical conspiracy. Accord.
Ing TO these attacks. NJ Carnot. although per.
sonally full OF good intentions. is influenced
BY circle that ID animated by sentiments.
II not wholly metropolitan. at least Anti.
democratic. These charges are exnres.lv
made By certain journals. They are insinusted
by others, and feebly and som etimes even avn.
wardly repealed By those who understand thu
danger and endeaver to demonstrate tina
treachery. Perfdlous assertions have clear
road before them. and however little founda.
tion they may have. they are beginning to
make Roadway among the people. moro dis.
posed to-day than ever to listen to the adyo.
Gates OF disorder who Hatter their passions
| and appeal to their hatred. It would
be q great misfortune IL the grow.
ing distrust which they are trying to excite
against N. Carnot should continue to increase
His authority In the interior would not be all
that would suffer: France would risk the loss
Of o portion Of the ground that hos been gained
during the past few years In foreign countries
by her wisdom. her political stability. and the
| cessation Of the quarrels Of coteries and indi.
viduals, which seemed inseparable from the
republican form.
The results that the new Ministerial com.
bination will bring out are. therefore, looked
for with moro than ordinary anxiety Their
influence upon our Interior situation must be
considerable. The firm establishment and
success Of the reformed Cabinet under tho
Presidency Of NJ. Loubet would mean the end
OF the crisis and would justify all the
acts OF NJ. Carnot But II. on the other
hand. this Cabinet should have only short
and sterile career. soon to be crowned by
miserable fall. the crisis will be renewed
with more seriousness and the moral ascend.
ancy OF the President OF the republic will be
shaken. I am even afraid that he may not 70.
cover again all the influence which he ac.
quired during three years OF increasing conn.
dence OF the country. the submission Of par.
ties. and the silence Of politicians The latter
now begin to Lift their heads and raise their
voices because they feel that the Presidential
authority has received its first shock. They are
recommending their old game OF personal at.
tacks upon individuals, aud perfldious insInus.
tons against the system Of government whose
moderation they had been forced to submit
to. The sterile and harmful group. Of which
n Clemenceau and his lieutenant NJ. Pelletan.
are the types and the leaders. has renewed
its work Of noisy accusation and snt-ministe.
rial guerrilla warfare. which made US live from
1873 to 1888 In state Of crisis perpetually re-
newed. The certainty offlndine in them allies
always ready for every overthrow has par con-
ire coup reformed the phalanx OF tho opposl-
ton OF the Right. which was about to surren-
der. The monarchical parties will not reform
themselves with their old etiQuettes. because
the words royalty and empire have lost
their practical Specification. There remain
only few dreamers who still speak OF dy.
nastic restoration. But the republic has
herceforth in face OF 1t the Catholic party.
which. while declaring merely for form and
with the point Of the pen that It accepts tho
principles OF the established Government
takes for its motto absolute resistance
to the acts Of that Government. and
adopts for its tactics the creation
Of all possible embarrsssments for the
republic. The two extreme wings OF Parlls-
mont guard In this way their irreconcilabls
antagonism OF doctrines. but they are once
more ready to combine in common action
when the chance Is offered to interfere with
the work OF Ministry. Whatever It may b.
and whatever 1t may do or attempt
Tho Pope has made new effort to bring
peace and tranquility amid the growing
tumult that he saw was coming upon us
through the action Of the ultrs-clertcals. 10
issued an encyclical. marked with that frm'
ness and loyalty which do honor to his olIarsc.
ter. to establish onoe more the distinction TO
be made under all circumstances between
the rights OF the Church and its duties toward
tho State. But Leo KILL Was preaching In tho
desert: or. at least, II his counsels have not
boon entirely lost. they have only resulted
in erousipg q latent spirit OF resistance
among portion Of the clergy. even against
tho ponti0cal order Clerical opposition goes
It's full length by refusing to submit to the
authority OF tho Vatican. because tho Vatican
sends 1t an order Of tolerance.
What change two years have brought upon
usi In viewing the pesceable commencement
OF tho year 1892 nobody would have dreamed
Of such COM llcations. All the old animosites
were dying out No Ministry aver appeared
more solid. Irritating questions were
dropped ono after the other. Tho person