New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25

vprT PROM REPROACH-THE ARMY LOYAL
NJ ANDRIEUx AT THE HEAD OF
THE CoNsPIRACY-M. R:BoTS
ANSWER TO HIS FOES.
lBY CABLE TO TnE TRIBUNE.
cop,richt 1892 By The Tribune association.
1ordon. Dec. 24.-The moment has come in
france when the quality most necdfui 10 those
',bo wish well TO the Republic is GOODNESS. There
= danger. but the greatest danger of all Is the
talef in danger The sacc thing is true else
ahsre. true for well-wishers of the French Re
.nNc No real notion of the situation is to be
-, by a credulous acceptance OF every report or
s''no, sent FIXING out Of Paris. There are those
rbO send false reports knowingly. There is quite
.,onrb Of the Pan4ma scandal which is true but
rot enough for the purposes OF the scandal
.orcers and conspirators who are using Panama
..a;nst the Republic Bat the ripcning of huge
.io. takes time There is not. down TO this
r;nr onv outbreak AGAINST he Government.
Tho streets of Paris are quiet Tho provinces are
.nio. There is excitement, and the conSpirators
ho bove created il, ard drc fOmentinG it, are men
T. ,ror understand how 70 play upon ana TO
,lor with popular passions. The hour has not'
= ,bslr opjnion Yet struck for disturbances, nor
doos II seen to be tue that Prince victor
yanoIeon is in Paris There Is very good evidence
.hn, be is still in Brussels. Those two stories
49, s,orv Of riot and the story of Prince victor
..n,,ov 70 the French capltal-wefe current yes
$780, They were Wy far the most alarming o%
the many rumoiS' .,ou !; .bo
Iii srreadinp belief that the Republic mas now
- defend itself against Very real ana imminent
,.rn Perhaps nowhere bat IN france wouio
.Io r.ril be serlous-or nowhere out IN La'il
no,,on. T. is serious in France because oi tAc eA-
ni,obeness and impaticnce Of the people oil ''eiI
,,oreness to accept charges without proof ANU
,.oouso for hundred years tufpuieh'
r;noritv IN single city has over ana over again
.Nryn itself able to overawe the majority Ter
.',i,a the country and set up political pyramid
On its apex. ..o, ,bo scbome of
n.D who are conducting the present cam
O.s .-. rhev mean 20 persuade France that her
p',e ,-. ~. corrupt, anl to ask her TO overthrow
w.. .horo and the hepublic 1t is the Repuohc
.DL;oh hos borotten corruption in the rulers.
- With il, Such is the cry Of men VINO are
hO no,tosl heirs of the Second Empire
,po o,,.m,t 70 drag President Carnots name
;,,o the Panama vortex has had no success
If WAS based on a piece OF eavesdroppihe " "
nu,r,v with tine not very French name OF CAT
farelli. This gentleman, after mucn oaoDie III V,,c
,shljoo q, Tho Chamber, finally went before NJ
PRISONS committee and swore that he hau nearu
n Yves Guyot say that he saw NJ. Constans mana
~ r.,no, a lie, Of persons bribed. If NJ. GuyOt
s.id II and if il were true, II proves nothhs'
N Cuvot late Minister Of Public Works, was
.rmmored before the austere NJ. Brisson. He re-
sn.., N m ON the express ground that NJ
casareri had played the part Of spy ana hau
txt,iet tod
10 damage NJ Caraot.
The President will survive worse attacks than
that Ye mas been good President. He has
done his constitutional duty in enormously dill
cult circumstances He has gained the respect
Of millions Of his fellow-citizens who, when ne
was elected five years ago, had never hcard oi
him. or thought him nobody. lie has SHOWN
prudence, good sense, devotion, sagacity, even
He has been liberal in those social duties where
" Gr6vy was nieeardly. He has seen Cabinets
come and 20. and in his constant contact with
the ablest men France can find 70 serve her mas
impressed them all as magistrate equal to h!s
high duties OF his honesty there has been no
Suspicion. There is none now. But the moment
is one when calumny spares nobody. If he l5
attacked, it is because he is the keystone of the
Republican arch. The fabric will not fall while
he keeps his place
There is no evidence that the Army has been
debauched, or that the troops would not obey
orders. Il is hard 70 see how descent OF a
mob into the streets of Paris can effect much
while the garrison Of Paris rcmairs loyal, and
while General Saussier remains Military Governor
of Paris
The clements Of disorder are always present
They are present now, Anarchist, Socialist,
Boulangist, Royolist and many more. II the
President Of the Republic were SUCCESSFULLY as
saled and forced to resign, Tie signal for rising
and for a revolution would be given. That Is
why the purity and selate, firm courage of NJ.
Carnot are vital to the Republic.
1t were TO lie wished that the President
Of the Chamber Of Deputies were equally
free from sesplcioA and from that KIND
Of cerslre which is most damaging OF Az
because based on his own confession Of course,
| DO not mean that II. Floquet has confessed 70
receiving money from Pynara He is accused
Of H. Tie terrible II. AndricuY, among others,
accuses him Of il, Bat there is no evidence to
convict What " Foquct confesses is not
according to current French notions, crime.
1t is, at mos an indi>crction, and an indiscretoh
for which general custom can be pleaded. lie
told the Panama people that il they wanted Gov
ernment iavors they must spend their money on
Government journals.
should have carried ingenuousness to ex-
trcmes,7 said NJ Floquet 10 the committee had
! IMAGINED that in the distribution Of the special
funds distributed for newspaper advertisements
and regularly received by them political infiu-
ences had 20 weight"
II Is NJ Floquet, as Prime Minister, who says
that. and who adds thai ne followed the dis
trbuton Of funds as closely as he could. Not
10 have done would have been vcrltable
abdicaton," cried hc lie would, perhaps, better
have abdicated. 1t was not. in his view. finance
but politics The distinction is not broad enough
1t seems, however, 10 be broad enough for the
Chamber and for the Ministry.
W. Floquct, having on Thursday explained
his conduct before the Brisson committee, yes
ierday, before the Chamber, explained his cN-
planation. lie succeeded in eNtorting from the
Boulangst, Nj. Alillcvoye. an admission that his
n ,orobift- &c In Nj ElOQucf