The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-01
THE FRENCH CRISIS.
NJ. Contains Charged with Seeking the Down
fall of President Garnet.

NJ. Constans Charged with Seeking the Down
fall of President Carnot.
PARIS, Nov. 30.-Tbe Cabinet upheaval
is still the engrossing topic of all French
men. A correspondent. who has been a
close observer of events here. says: Every
thing that has occurred within the past
three weeks has been in consequence of NJ.
Constans's desire to become President of
the republic, and to avenR himself on the
Ministry. hrs late colleagues. To bring
about their fall he first attacked NJ.
Flouquet. He Will soon attack President
Csrnot. in the person of his relative. NJ.
Copstans accuses him of not having shown
due care in scrutinizipg the report of one
of the engineers sent to Panama. He
reckons upon the investigating committee
TO make 1t dificultfor NJ. Rouvier. Minister
of Finance, and NJ. Roche, Minister of Com
merce. his colleagues. who did not resign,
TO continue to hold their portfolios. When
Nj. Constans set about it he found means to
compromise all in the Panama canal affair.
Now, we know how General Boulanger,
who was looking ont for opportunities,
was made corrupt At the house of the late
Baron Relnach Is q volume containing
copies of letters. This book was found in
O trunk in which were papers of Boulanger
which brought about his condemnation.
nj. constants, seeing that they had not suf-
ficienu political Importance for a fight
against Boulanger. kept copies of the let
tiers. Now here are the documents which
have originated all this scandal This is
the actual cause of the ministerial crisis.
At present we have less than @ hundred
Deputies compromised. For all that we
shall soon have q presidential crisis. inst
because NJ. Constans wants to be avenged
and become President"
Another correspondent says: The inter
absurdity of the political situation is
ridiculous. The hopelessness of the mud
die is the aspect that chiefly strikes the
spectator. Tho Panama Canal Company
has expanded into n kind of irresponsible
COMMITTEES on public safety, the president
of Which is forced into the position OF the
head of the Legislature and executive
power. The committee, therefore, pos
sesses distatorial powers and claims uni
versal obedience, although the judicial
the committee tooth and nail. Nothing
could better illustrate the French temper
than the tremulous of certain
journals in seeking with bated breath to
draw a historical parallel between Ericsson
and the incipient Robespiere. While the
press condemns nj. Loubet's weakness il
esteems his courage and honor"
The Panama canal investigation com
mittee continued it's inquiry to-day. NJ.
FIeary, auditor in bankruptcy, was called
upon to give testimony as to how the
money of the company had been ex-
pended. but he refused To give the
committee she desired information.
The committee then heard the evl-
dence of M. Rossignot. who con-
firmed the statement that Baron De
Reinach had received g.0n0.G00 francs
from the Panama Canal Company. of
which amount 1000, GEO francs had been de-
scribed as used for advertising. NJ. Bondet.
q former secretary of the Panama Canal
Company. confirmed the statement of VI.
Rossigpot. NJ. There testified that Baron
DE Reinaeh bad paid 1900. 900 francs into
his firms account in the Bank of France.
and on that security the firm had issued
tweDty-seven checks. The witness refused
to say, however. to whom the checks were
made payable. The committee re-
ouested NJ. Ricsrd. Minister of Jus
tice. to have the checks seized. NJ.
Ricard promised To send the reuuest
TO the public prosecutor. This session. in
view of the evidence of NJ. THERE, Is re-
Gerded as the most important yet held.
The public prosecutor has written TO ii.
Brisson. president of the committee, pro.
testing AGAINST the committees iuterfer-
enoe in judicial mattera The maglstrares