New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-28
WARRING AGAINST SOCIETY,".
THE FORCES OF DISORDER MAKING USE
OF THE PANAMA SCANDAL.
,np,r,rx ANp urs FELLow-CoNsPIRAToR
PLAYING INTO THE HANDs OF TIE So
crAL1srs-A LvLL IN THE PRO-
cErp1yGs WHICH GIVES TINE
ror. CALM REFLTCTIoN.
sY CABLE TO TIE TEIBuSn)

.hnuph less agreeable 70 neWspapc's on" ~
:, news s,erer readers. has its adVaAVee9' icoP''
Effect. Even the French sometimes rc'ecI. 1hS
.,ot,l nrocess of mind is going on now. The hrSt
,. - q may he seen in some very striking
~.ass,ors of doubt as to the expected p"lltical
soo.s ~ the Panama campaign Nhom VIII
49,. couna,rn ultimately profit? is the question
- - o.l,od ond answered in various tones lhose
~. h.oon it-that is. admitted political motive
naaicoIe Rovalists. Boulangists. all the dlhcieho
-'inrs and sections of the great party o. inc as
.ontcd-each expected distinct pon'icai gam
:, is not clear that any oil them Will gan"
pou,anrism without Boulanger does i'o. ihi'N
.bo French imag.Eation No more oo's noS ~ ~ "44- IN
's,hou, anv coed candidate for Ming, OF Oacs'i
lem without caesar .,,,r
'' ,.- Tho Radicals. they may or NAV not pun
,.,,-r Onportunism. but they may MAKE ''i7
..,sibls nroeress toward setting up ka"caIism o'l
.ho emntv redest9l, if empty 1t shou'o prove 10
~ The main hope of the Radlcals iaV IN ah
,liorca with the Socialists Moat o. '"e '."''
.olism in France outside Of politics anu muo' y,
|, inside is Socialistic. But 'heIe s rlis ''V'"
Aistinction: Radicalsm Is sun ni'uui'"'
Marty: Socialism is an ai"s"n P", ".''
p@" % socalut artisan thinks the bourgeois
all pretty much alike, Whe'ner u'S
'rsol,os radical or moderate The FaTis
hp
a.. roola another fight for his own hand ana Ms
N"' I.s 70 be Goa esces with another IL Is h'V
l-.o. +bot other permanently in power lie
40. rorcb care whether one Ministry Is IN
o,o.hor ou+ What be cares FOR : the power
" as.+Io !, his own intcres; the matters In as
" hotv,ceo him and his employer. between
r.. a,d csntal. between him and society IL
- oor,a oct the peasant to 20 with NM IL
~ q maiority 1t is not prooaple ta'
H. oaD end until he does, his best chance lies ia
,iolence That, and not politics. Is "i'' ie NV
!, mind and certainly not coah'loh VIII" VI
Clamenceau. The Radical leaders are TO MN Only
sn many names NJ Clemenceau Is one W.
Drsson is another lie will find his own lea ers
rben the hour strikes or 90 without Them Ss ''0
case may be. al this Panama
pnt the chief effect thus far oil all lAls i"N''"
brsiness is. In the opinion OF many c"oA ooS
40 recruit the Socialstio party. Inc iuhoanieh'"'
- socialism. as Of Anarchy is the rottenness
Of society. Panama proves IL raqnei N'.' r:o, 80:
80 onvbody knew. This is a country IN WHICH
' ,N"n = onpiied 10 politics and whom the argu-
-Usn, fer socialism is logically strengthened oy
49, discluz,ra of all this extra corruptlon' inc
-, of Socialism is also strengthened. l'Nn
- abstract view has ite practical slde ana Il
.,.n,csl hearing on the politics OF to-day Inc
Socialists are shaking themselves free IRON all
.n,analing alliances. They are appealing TO 'hen
own programme, and organizing their own CAM
naion The latest manifesto Of the artisan party
begins thus .o.o .ocrs.d
and occusers toretheri They are accompNces IN
tho same iniquity, the exploitation OF the iaooreI
for the qualification Of their appetltes.
That like every Socialist manifesto Is direc'
anpeaI to the selfshness Of particular c4sS oi
the community, with tie least pretencc oil CON-
Germ for the interests OF the community ds
whole. But who hear in it note OF growing
confidence in Socialism as a political force, ana
Of sen-reliance The same note was hearu III
Fneland at the last general election, and lS
growing louder every day II has reached III
hoth countries the cars of the mcnaced classes
The only Conservative who now deserve the
name arc in France if not elsewhere those VINO
,rould conserve not merely the Republic, pu'
societv and who acc that the attack on soclcty
is one that must be met. An American 1rlend
writes me that even in America TINS ls lel''
felt not onlV when Chicago Anarchists are ousy'
or when labor tries fall with capital at Home
stead but felt at the last Presidential election
He regards the defeat Of the Republican party
as an expression of tie American workman
impatience not mainly with the Mckinley taiIn'
but with his share OF the profits 0t Protec'ioh.
A similar impatience has long possessed the nlho
OF the Frcnchman. lie does not coniine IL 10
tariffs, of which he knows little. 1t is bigger
sharr of profits in general which he wants. and
means 70 lave He thinks oud 20 do hs en-
ployers, that Panama has bettered his chance Of
redistributing profits, and property TOO, TO the
ADVANTAGE Of those who profess 10 consider
capital as their enemy while it belongs TO some
BODY etc THE Republic" says writer OF
much sense, s not in danger. What may be
In danger is its normal and pacific development
VI AndreuX says he wants 10 Amercanizo the
French Republic Ilc hes never uttered word
in public which shows that ne has any true con-
ception Of the ideas which the American fe-
public is founded. or of the political principles
and methods which give effect to those IDEAS
IIe ike too many others who have dabhlcd IN t'c
Panama plot has perfectly distinct and per
fectlv selfish object. lie is for upsetting men
and things as they are. in hopes Of better chance
under o new order. NJ. AndIieuX is not Social
list. but lie is working for the benefit and In be-
half Of Socialism.
So clear is il that all the forces Of disorder in
France are cooperating. that the forces of or er
under whatever name and in spite Of political
divisions. may I've forced 10 coslesce for their
mon protection. The remarkable feature of the
situation to-day is as | began by saving. the
leading journals Of Paris, Royalist at heart
the other moderate Republican. take precisely
the same view. 1t is the view so often wanting
in French politics. TIE view Of common sense
They are beginning TO see that il matters loss
whether This crisis advance The fortunes of one
political party or another. What matters IS that
the Republic should be prcserve1 and that So
cietv should be preserved. They a-rce that the
Republic is still the form Of Government
which divides France the least, and that society,
even though not perfect, is better than scramble,
or than any form of anarchy.
In the Panama investigations. woll as in
Panama politics there s lull. VI. Brisson has
adiourncd his committee till Thursday. and is
not thought likely TO produce any fresh sensa-
ton til! January 10. when the Chamber and
Senate resume. 1t would be a mistake. politically
speaking. to bring forth any new sensation while
there are no direct means Of using il politically;