New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-22

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onr CABLE TO THE TRBrNF)
.,o,, 1898; Ry The Tribune association.
Ian el.-Throughout the week, until yes
81. pubhc interest in Panama was obvl-
"fa'' eb less than during the previous week.
t'N ,,o,s few revelations none of much impor-
lh''' 1bere were rumors of new prosecutions,
""'e .Ds we're begun and no arrests were made
Ia' "aou.vile "D" pursued his inquiries in the same
~ TO- hoforc but allowed the impression TO get
sc'' ,ba, thc case against some of the accused
sTO'" - dawn The court before which NJ de
,.o. 70" and hi, colleagues are tried was listening
Dr.ohes and adjourning. The Egyptian Incl
..me inst in time 20 give the French public
"" oxct.ment II lasted three days. during
- ,he JEALOUS dislike OF England which pre-
n. ,o France had every opportunity to express
~ 1,,.v and did. What has happened i'll
~ and in Paris and London with reference To
' i mere important than any Panama Incl
:, ,he week IL has passed for the moment
= the jurisdiction Of the press and the dis
-, n II is left TO the Foreign Offices of the
r-noh and English capitals. Everything passes
:, panama retains a hob on the public mind, it
tn..uss a drama is enacting, bccatse tremen-
-. issue, are at stake, and because the scenes
change rapidly.
wbat Ia, become Of the mpaien against NJ
c.,,o, ia n question which good many people
,.us, be asking themselves. II was pursued for
.,us days hoty Radicals and RoyaliSts
;;,sd hands in Kind Of wild
r,,lance about the Ilysee. ninetcenth-
oer,urv Carmagnolc. u. Carnot sum
mooed 10 resicn advised To- resign. warned that il
Ia did not resign he would be turned ont. and
candidates for his succession were named and
discussed lie was told that lie had lost the
confidence of the public. Stories We're circulated
accusations of corruption, Of completely with
eorrnption both IN Parama and in an earlier
Wilson scandal They were denied proved To be
tlse. and dropped. What next. asked thr pub
lie whose attention had been thoroughly roused
and who really began to believe that the sue
cession of crises which BEGAN with Panama was
10 end. or at any rate 10 reach a moinentary
climax with a Presidential crisis and the ig-
nomnious disappearance OF NJ Carnot.
But for four days. or five. nothing more has
been heard The attacks have ceased The dis
cussion has almost ceased There is hardly any
thing 10 indicate the existence OF a Presidential
crisis The "Jantcrne" the Figaro" the
"Gaulois, and the ignoble sheets which thrive
on pure calumny, AMI took a hand in this game.
have suddenly become silent. or are reduced -
printing facsmiles of old letters az trivial as they
are old.
VI. lIervc's suggestion that VI. Carnot's resgna-
ton should he followed by Provisional Govern
mcnt gave rise TO series OF articles purely aca-
demic and devoid Of any practical or political
value, though NJ. lIcrve WAS believed t. speak
for the Royalist party. so did lhc Comte
dHaussonyiIes letter The Comte dlIanssoa-
70 ,ha al - fho a
Paris and this hng document. both in length AMI
In vagueless seemed meant R0yalist cncycli-
cal II is a wclwritcn manifesto. rather tedious
and contains little or nothing new \ hDmily on
Panama is followed Ivy the usual Royslist IN
ference that the Republic is rotten form OF gov
ernment because it tolerated corruption. Never
theess this mouthpiece of the late confederate Of
the late General BOulanger does not advise his
friends 70 appeal TO the country a. MOnalchistS.
Ne is convinced that the county will not even
now. or next autumn, Oh whenever the general
election occlrs, elect Royali,t majority with a
mandate 10 abolish the Republic and sci up Il
king SO he advises them TO stand ~ trends oI
honesty. Having got majority. the Trends ol
honesty then can u-o il To restore monarchy.
There are several kinds of honesty. and there are
people who think Il political trick OF that KIN"
not much better than Panama itself
Tic funds continue to rise. Three per cents
which were NJ o. go at the beginning OF January
and at p525 last week. left off yesterday ~
&e9 Tho scare is over for the present. lhc
craze for selling out which seized Oil the general
public and the speculation for the fal! have po'ii
come 10 an end. aud the bears are b'NinS pd'h'
None of the gloomy predictions which hiiel III"
air and depressed the world Of finance three weeks
AGO have been realized. The Ribot Ministry l.
the stronger for each day il lives. No d"upe IL
may h. upset By an accident as most fTch'"
Ministries are when tho accident IS not ca"ai
but neither the Ministry nor the PRESIDENCY HAS
yet become a. both were expected to bc. the VIC
tim of Panama.
There could bc no -rca,cr contrast than between
tie spccchc, Of the Advocatc-GcncIal l"l the
prosecution and the slccch Of the counsel i"f
W. d. I,~~rp. The AdNocatc-Gchrral has beci!
cold, bI.incs,lil". q IItic dry, perhaps bur clean
and cogcnt l.c III not attract :. great audience
and Is nc!'hcr reported ir iul nor read by every
body, even ia tie. summary form which the ffchci
papers think rcicnt. l.ut III" "a-" Tor 'h'
Prosecution j. all there. Ii l. an argument i"i
lie Conr, which ll,s 10 ne answered
The answer, however, though VI. EarbouN ma
been speaIins for Il whole day, has Vet TO c'il''
The effect Of VI. BarhouNS Speech IN beha'I oi W.
Charles DE- lrs>"p, is not quite what Mas en-
prted. A. Il speech il is Il line p"riormdh'''
with Passages of -loqucnc". Thus lar, however,
II Is mainly an attempt 10 revive the Dc i""N'pS
legend. II j. an appeal 10 pubic sentiment
rather than o. the tribunal hv which VI. I 'harfs
&c lrs>eps i, o. De- acquitted OF cohd'mheo'
There is much about Sucz, aud Panama i com
iereI 10 the Cr,>a,eS Old VI. de L,eSeps under
took ii as an act of faith, and his biography was
given in brill,n, colors But the day when
'hes rhetorical appeals would move the pdblc
Is, Eerhaps past. and there is some impaticnce To
Know whether NJ BarbouX has any real defence
TO offer
lie is to speak two days more rcsumins on
iaesdsy. Ills c.,verest move thus far II 4 s''9
s1non, not new, but new from this source, that
''~ all the plnana Canal may yet he completed