, 1892-12-23
FRANCE IN THROES.
Trying to Upset the Parliamentary
Republic.
sensations are the order of the
Day In ParIs-What the Enemies
of the Republic are Trying

Sensa tiOns are the order of the
Day In ParIs-What the Enemies
of the Republic are Trying
TO do.
PARIS, December 23.-Today it is the
Bonapartists that are stepping to the front
to take advantage Of the difficulties of the
republic. The activity of the royalists
aroused the jealousy of the imperialist
leaders, and at a secret conclaYe they
drafted a manifesto addressed to the peo-
pie of France, urging them to recall the
house Of Bonaparte to the throne. This
manifesto has not yet been issued, but
awaits the approval of Prince Victor, the
present recognized head of the ex-imperial
family, now in Brussels, and the Bona
partist leaders in Paris have sent agents to
that city to induce him to sign the mani
festo and authorize its publication. Victor
has been living in comparative retirement
recently, but kept a careful watch upon the
course of events, and his friends in Paris
claim that he will be found fully equal to
any crisis that may arise and while pru-
dent as to taking a decisive step, will be
that step is taken. The imperialists have
been canvassing earnestly tor supporters
among the deputies, but not with much
success. As The chances for a revolution
against the republican government seem to
increase, the division between monarchists
and Bonapartists widens. The members
of the two parties, who met heretofore on
common ground as opponents of the repub-
lie, are now showing considerable jealousy
as to which party will profit by the difficult
ties of the republic. Already this jealousy
is showing itself in the strained relations
between prominent members of the right
They will attempt to strike a blow in
Paris rather than the provinces. They,
like the monarchists, are being carefully
watched and every movement is reported
to President Carnot. The proceedings of
the secret conclave, at which the mani
festo was determined upon, was known to
the government almost as soon as the
eonclave adjourned and the government
is already in possession Of the terms of the
manifesto. Not SO much Importance is
attached by authorities to the Bonapart-
lists as to the mOnarchist agitation. The
ancient royal hOnse has still a large follow
ing in the province as was shown during
recent visit of the countess of Paris to
France, when hundreds thronged to kiss
her hand and she was received at various
places with all loyalty and honor that
could be shown queen. This following
could easily be aroused into formidable
demonstration that would cost much ef-
fort to suppress, and the royalist cause
would receive the sympathy of hundreds
of thousands of the swindled Panama
stockholders, who, despite what they re-
gard as bastard Bonapartism, that trades
on the fame of the great Napoleon
and have learned to berate republics
whose representatives are exposed as party
to Panama frauds. La Lanterae says the
papers discovered yesterday on examine
tiOn of the documents belonging to the
company that supplied dynamite for work
on the Panama canal, show that deputies
of Noquet, LsGuerre, st. Martin and Laur,
received sums from Arton, the go-between
in corruption, for their votes in the cham
Der. Matin says fifteen more warrants
have been prepared against the senators
and deputies that public prosecutors in
the country districts have been instructed
to search the residences of the accused
persons and examine witnesses for evil
dence in relation to the charges. De la
Fosso writes to the Figaro that the parlia-
mentary republic is ruined and ought to be
replaced by a consular republic, with Prince
Victor Bonaparte as first consul. The sug-
gestion is looked upon as an attempt to re-
viYe the empire through the same process
by which the first Napoleon arrived at the
throne. 1t attracts attention only as indi-
eating the strained situation which makes
such suggestions possible.