The morning call., 1892-12-27
FRANCE is SAVED.
There Was no Man on
Horseback,
A PLOT WITHOUT A LEADER
Excitement Still Prevails, but Matters
Go Not Well With the Enemies
of the Republic.
Special 70 THE MORNING CALL

New YORK, Dec. 26.-Smalley cables to
the Tribune from Paris: The adjournment Mt
OF the Chamber has apparently adjourn ed
the crisis. II crisis there is to be, of which
well-iDformed persons express doubts. The
sport of Minister batting. which has sup
piled great part of the excitement of the
last three weeks. cannot now be pursued.
1t is thought that the pace was forced last
week. The men who had been engineering z
the Panama plot lost their heads and
showed their hands before the game was
won.
The appearance of Andrieux as arbite Of
the destinies Of France was not dramatic
There is not, on the whole, any general be-
lief in France. or even In Paris. that An
drieux has divine mission. He has not
been hailed as savior of society, nor even
recognized as IMAM on horseback" When
he found himself received coldly he an-
nouBced that he was TO be arrested. He
has not been arrested. No Government
oubliette, 10 use his own Word, d,syawns for
him.
@Prince Victor has not appeared in the
streets Of Paris, not even in restaurant, {,
and the number of people who would care
two straws if he had seem limited.
The Comte de Paris makes no sign, nor
would it matter If he did. The stuff Of a
leader of a revolution or leader
of anything is not in him. His
course. too. like that Of the Bonapartist
preteDder has been put forward in print.
He would be King Of party honesty" say
his eulogists, of course.
The same would be said OF any king Just
now. The republic is to ba cried down be-
cause sundTy politicians who call tn themselves
Republicans are suspected of dishonesty.
II Is easy to promise that new eomers shall
not steal, but the most conspicuous partisan
Of the Comte of Paris gives him away, and
puts forward his son, the Duke d'0rleans.
The hero OF recent divorce suit, the lover
of an opera singer. is TO be the champion Of
Legitimacy and morality In regenerated and
I0yalist France.
There is no leader; no man whose name
Is blow; no man who has even shown a
genius for organization no man who stands
out from the crowd Of mediocritics who are
assailing the republic To get together a
cabal is one thing. to overthrow the repub-
lie is another. What the Panama conspira-
tors have succeeded in doing is to create
confusion, SOW panic, threaten the Ministry,
spread little foolish gossip about the Pres
ident, insult his wife and to disturb the
Bourse.
The confusion continues. The panic is
already abated. The Ministry is still In
power. and Is stronger than it was. The
President and Madame Carnot are no whit
worse for the foolish calumnies which no.
body believed. The Dourse has recovered d
Its tone, and prices.
New proof of the seriousness Of this
Panama plot and Of its temporary failure is
now supplied. Some of those most deeply
concerned 10 it are denying that there ever
was plet
Some others who without being deeply
concerned in it wished it well are taking
the same line, but the game is played for
too high stakes to be abandoned while
chance remains. On the whole. all is not
thought TO be going we'll for the enemies of
EIance.