Iron County register., 1892-12-29
FRANCE IN PERIL.

Meanwhile tho Government Has It's
Eyes Open and VIII Adopt Stern Re-
Presstve Measures In Case of any Out
break-The Panama Canal Scandal Re-
sponsible for the Condition of Affairs.
PARIS, Dec. 22.-The excitement over
the Panama scandal is greater than
ever. and the widest reports are afioat
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 Thierree, checks is di-
rectly attributed to royalist influence.
Another rumor is that the officials
and deputies. as well as ci-
villains. connected with the PAN
anna scandal. have had it inti-
mated to them that their salvation lies
in an espousal of royalist schemes, and
that all their offenses will be condoned
if they will consent to betray the re-
public. Some confidence is placed by
well-informed people in both these
rumors, and it is apparent that royalist
agents have assumed an activity they
have not displayed for years, and there
is also evidence that royalist money
is again afoat. Should affairs
take turn favorable1 to q
coup d'etat In behalf of royal
ty, it is probable, according to
current report, that the young duke Of
Orleans would be selected to lead the
attack. The young duke is more popu-
lar than any other member of his FAM
lily. and his offer to serve in the army
as conscript, when he came of age,
made widely favorable impression on
the people.
The great difficulty in the way of a
royalist coup is that there are no
signs of disloyalty in the army.
NJ. De Freycinet, the minister of
war, is untouched by the scandals
that have besmirched his col
league. Rouvier, and he has the
devoted and loyal attachment of the
generals in higher command. The
military forces in the neighborhood of
Paris are kept under the strictest
discipline, and the greatest vigilance is
exercised to prevent any tampering
with the troops. The officers of the
army are, as rule, of republican
sympathies, the royalist and Bona
partist elements, and especially the
former, having been relgated, on vari-
GUS pretexts, to innocuous 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 royalists-
The zeal of the enemies of the repub-
lie is also checked by the report, made
current unof6cially, but not doubted
by anybody, that in the event of an in
martial law would at once
be claimed and every insurgent cap
tured in arms either shot on the spot
or executed after q summary court
martial
It is known that the officers of the
navy are much more royalist in their
than those of the army, but
no danger to the republic is expected
from the navy, as it is believed that the
officers in command, however ardently
some of them might welcome the re-
establishment of the monarchy, would
hesitate long before rislking the loss Of
their desirable positions.
The movements of the monarchist
agitators are being carefully watched
by agents of the government in France.
in England and in Spain, and special
watch is being kept at the passes of
the Pyrenees. for fear that a royalist
might be attempted from
that direction.
It is said that every movement of the
count of Paris, the duke of Orleans
and other members of the exiled house.
has been reported accurately for more
than two weeks past to the ministry of
the interior and thence to- President
Carnot At present the monarchists
seem to be directing their efforts chiefly
to tanning the excitement among the
deputies, and sowing the Sc eds of jeal-
ousy, fear and suspicion. They are ap-
confident that the breakdown
of the Ribot ministry would be followed
by revolution, with all its opportunities
for a return of the house of Orleans to
power.
The news from various parts of France
is not very reassuring to the
and serves to strengthen
the hopes of its enemies.
Many thousands of small proprie-
tors and others who lost their
in the Panama enterprise are
said to be more disgusted with the
of venality and treachery
than they were distressed with the loss
of the money, and considera BILE num-
Der of them are inclined to hold repub-
lican institutions rather than in
dividuals responsible for the loss and
disgrace.
The Gaulois publishes an interview
with M. Andrieux. in which that in
dividual says that the ten deputies
about to be prosecuted will almost COM
plete the list obtained from the stubs
Of the Thierree checks
Senator Deves, in an interview in the
Matin, says that the course taken to-
wards him was shameful attack upon
! man who had not yet been heard, that
he had never mixed himef up in the
Panama affairs and was confident of his
ability to meet all charges. Others of
the accused and their friends assert
that the government is prosecuting
some of the accused on the most fiimsy
evidence, and with the hope of extract
ng, under examination, admissions
that would justify trial.
NJ. V1asso. who is implicated in the
Panama accusations, has started for
Cologne.
A Rough Passage.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec S2.-The White
Star line steamer Majectic, from New
York December IA, for Liverpool. ar
rived here this morning. bearing evil
1ence of having had very tempestuous