Evening journal., 1892-12-24
FRANCE OVER A MINE.
Conspirators and Conspiracies
Menace the Republic.
OFFICIALS ON THE QUI WYE

Suspected Enemies Under Governmental
Espionage-Andrieux.R Regarded As chief
of the Plotters, to BE the First Ar
rested of the Many suspects-The Vote
of Confidence Confounds the Royalists.
PARIS, Dec. 24.-The statement in
these depatches Friday afternoon that
the ministry have evidence that the
present attack on the Government is
part of an organized plan, for the over
throw Of the republic, and that each
step taken is carefully discussed in ad-
vance by the plotters against the consti-
tuition is fully confirmed, and the evi-
dence has arrived at that stage that the
government is prepared to arrest GER
tain Of the conspirators against whom
there is sufficient evidence.
M. Andrieux is regarded as the mana
ger Of the plot against the republic and
the first blow is to be struck at him.
When warned that he would be arrested
to day NJ. Andrieux replied: 81 have
nothing to fear II am arrested Il will
be to save NJ. Floquet from disgrace and
punishment The government is seek
ing for clues TO prove the existence of
Boulangist and rovalist plot and desires
TO make out that l am implicated in it.
1t seems to me that the real plot is alto
gether of another character. l have
taken precautions so that if l go to the
dungeon the public will know the real
motives for my arrest
Ribot's Ministry Determined.
The precautions that Andrieux was
taken are, it is said, the deposit with
trustworthy parties in London of dupli
Gates of all the documentary evidence in
which he has collected against promi
nent Republicans. This fact, however,
will not affect the action of the govern
ment in the slightest degree, M Ribot s
ministry being prepared ON the one hand
to carry on to its legitimate result a
thorough prosecution of all connected
criminally with the Panama scandal and
not shielded by the lapse of time since the
offences were committed, and on the
other hand, to ferret out and TO bring TO
punishment all who may be shown to be
engaged in reasonable conspiracy
against the republic.
The government has been greatly en-.
couraged by the emphatic vote Of conf.
dence in the Chamber of Deputies, and
will therefore take action more promptly
than was known TO be intended Friday
afternoon, when it was announced in
these dispatches that the ministry would
have some revelations to make in regard
to the course Of the enemies of the re
public that would divert attention IL
some degree from the Panama scandal.
A Boulangist Conspiracy.
The Steele states today that the govern
ment holds proof of a Boulangist con
spiracy to effect a revolution, involving
the same plotters as conspired for tn
destruction of the republic in 1888
From other sources it is learned tha
even more vigorous measures will b.
taken now than in 1888 and that Presi
dent Carnot and his minister will shoy
same energy in putting down the Treason
of imDerialist and royalist plotters a
was shown in putting down anarchis
outrages in the early part Of the year.
Royalists Confounded.
The victory of the government in th'
, Chamber of Deputies has spread gloon
and CONSERVATION among the enemies o
the republic and they are much les
aggressive in their utterances today thai
yesterday. The threat Of prosecution
having its effect and expressions of dis
loyalty to the republic are very infre
quent
Whether the alleged p'otters hav
given up their schemes or not they Civ
T less public evidence of their aims.