Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-22
ROYALISIS
Said to BE Plotting Against the
Republic of France.
Intense Excitement Exists Through
out the Country.
The Duke of Orleans Would
The Duke of Orleans Would
Lead the Insurgents
IN CASE OF AN ATTCK ON THE CITY
OF PARIS.

Government Troops Held in Readiness to
Crush the Revolutionists by the Sum.
mary Proceedings of Martial Law OF
Court Martial-The Greatest Difficulty
Which the Royalists See In an Outbreak
Is That the Army is Apparently Loyal
TO the Present Form of Government
PARIS Dec. 22.-The excitement over
the Panama scandals is greater than
ever and the widest reports are afioat
of monarchist plots and coming arrests.
1t is asserted that Herr has been in COM
munication in London with agents of
the count of Paris and that the exposure
of the Thierree checks is directly attri-
buted to royalist influence. Another
rumor is that the officials and deputies,
as well as civilians, connected with the
Panama scandal, have had it intimated
to them that their salvation lies in an
espousal of royalist schemes and that all
their cffenses will be condoned, if they
will consent to betray the republic.
Some confidence is placed by well-in-
formed people in both these rumors, and
1t is apparent that royalist agents have
assumed an activity they had not dis
played for years. and there is also evil
dence that royaiist money is again
afoat.
Should affairs take favorable to a
coup d'etat, it is probable, according to
current, that the young Duke of Orleans
would be selected to lead the attack.
The young duke is more popular than
any other member of his family, and
l. sa IF t,Nc 10, h.
script when he became of age made a
widely favorable impression The great
difficulty in the way Of a royalist coup
is that there are
No Signs of DisloyaIty In the Army.
M. de Freycinet, the minister of war,
is untouched by the scandals that have
besmirched his colleague, Rouvier, and |
he has the devoted and loyal attach
ment of the generals in higher com
mand.
The military forces in the neighbor-
hood 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 a rule of republican SYM
pathies, the royalist and Bonapartist |
elements, and especially the former, |
having been relegated on various pre- |
texts 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 the royalists. The zeal |
of the enimies of the republic is also |
checked by the report, made current |
unofficially. but not doubted by any
body, that in thecvent of an insurection
tn1 lnt nt ha
claimed, and every insurgent captured |
in arms either shot on the spot or exc
cuted after a summary court martial.
In the Navy.
1t is known that the officials of the
navy are much more royalist in their
tendency than those of the army, but
pected from the navy, as it is
believed the officers in command, how
ever ardently son of them might well
come the re-estaJlJshment of monarchy, |
would hesitate, long before risking the
loss of their desirable positions.
The movements of the monarchist ag-
itators are
Being Carefully Watched
by agents of the government in France,
in England and in Spain, and a special |
w; 3ch is being kept at the passes |
of the Pyrennes for fear that a
royalist movement might be attempted |
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 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 fan
ming the excitement among the depu-
ties, and sewing the seeds of jealousy, |
fear and suspicion. They are apparently |
confident that the breakdown of the ,
Ribot ministry would be followed by
revolution, with all its opportunities
for return of the house of Orleans to |
power
The news from various parts OF
France is not very reassuring to the |
government, and serves to strengthen
the hopes of its enemies The many |
thousands of small proprietors and |
others who lost their money in the |
Panama enterprise are said to be more
disgusted with the revelations of
venality and treachery than they were
distressed by the loss of the money, |
and a considerable number of them are
inclined to hold republican institutions
rather than individuals responsible for /
their loss.
The Gaulois publishes an interview /
with M. Andrieux in which that indi-
vidual says that the ten deputies about
to be prosecuted will almost complete
the list obtained from the stubs of the |
There 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. and
that he had never mixed himself 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 extracting under examination admis-
sions that would justify a trial.
nj. Vlasco, who is implicated in the
Panama accusations. has started for Co
logne.
Killed - T,fiirw student
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