Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-01-06
The CRISIS In FRANCE.
Greater Excitement Than Ever
Over the Panama Scandals.
The Air Full of RumorS of Roy.
alist Plots.

A cablegram from Paris says: The ex.
element in France over the Panama scan
dals is greater than ever, and the wildeS
reports are afoat of monarchist plots and
coming arrests. 1t is asserted that Herr
has been in communication in London with
agents Of the Count of Paris, and that the
exposure of the Thierree checks IS directly
attributable to royahst influence.
Another rumor Is that the officials and
deputies as well as civilians connected with
the Panama scandal have had it intimated
70 them that .helr salvation lies in an
espcusaI of royalist schemes, and that all
their offences will be condoned if they will
consent to betray the repu die.
Some confidence is placed by we'll in
formed people in both these rumOrs, and il
is apparent that royalist agents have as
sumed an activity they had not displayed
for years, and there is also evidence that
rOyalist money is again afoat.
Should affairs take turn favorable to
coup d'etat in behalf of royalty. it is proba-
BILE, according to current reports, 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 fam
lily and his offer to serve in the army as a
conscript, when he came of age, made a
wide and favorable impression.
The great difficulty in the way of royal
ist coup is that there are no signs OF dis
Minister Of War, is untouched by the
scandals that have besmirched his colleague,
ROuvier, and he has the devotion and loyal
attachment of the officials in higher COM
mand.
The military forces in the neighborhood
of Paris are kept under the strictest discip-
line and the greatest vigilance is exercised
to prevent tampering with the troops.
The officers of the army are, as a rule, OF
Republican sympathies; the royalist and
Bonapartist elements, and especially the
former, have been relocated various
pretexts to innocuous positions. The Gov
ernment 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 enemies OF the republic IS
also checked by the report current unOffici-
ally that no doubt is held by anybody that
in the event of an Instruction martial law
would a { once be proclaimed and every IN
surgent captured and shot on the spot or
executed after a summary court martial.
It is known that the officers Of the navy
are much mora royalist in their tendency
than those of the army. but no danger to
the republic is expected from the navy, as 1t
is believed that the officers in command.
however ardently some of them might well
come the re-establishment Of monarchy
would hesitate long before rlsk1ng the loss
of their desirable positions.
ne movements Ol us oSACd-
tors are being carefully watched by agents
of the Government in France, in England
and in Spain, and a special watch is being
kept at the passes of the Pyrenees for the
purpose of guarding against royallst
movement from that direction.
The news from various parts of France is
not reassuriug to the Government and
serves to strengthen the hopes Of its enimies
The many thousands OF small proprietors
and others who lost their money In the Pan.
anna enterprise are said to be more Disguised
with the revelations Of vena,ity and treach-
cry than they were distressed by the loss of
their money. and a considerable number of
them are inclined to hold Republican insti-
tutions rather than individuals responsible
for the loss and disgrace.