The morning call., 1893-01-22
HE HOLDS HIS OWN
PlOtterS Cannot Break
CarnOt.
MASTER OF THE REPUBLIC.
The People Believe in His Honesty, and
the Voice of Detraction Ayails
Nothing.
MASTER OF THE REPUBLIC.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Smalley cables from
Paris to the Tribune: Throughout the
week and until yesterday public interest In
the Panama scandal was obviously much
less than during the previous week. There
were few revelations and none OF much I'm
portance. There were rumors OF new pros
ecnhons, TO be sure, but none were begun
ana no arrests were made. FranqueVille
pursued bis inquiries in the same secrecy
as before, but he allowed the impression to
get abroad that the case against some OF the
accused had been broken down. The court
before which De Lesseps and his colleagues
are being tried was listening to speeches
and adjourning.
The Egyptian incident came just In time
to give the French public new excitement.
1t lasted three days, during which time the
jealous dislike of England which prevails in
France had every opportunity to express
itself freely, and it did. What has hap
pened in Cairo and in Paris and London
with reference to Cairo is more important
than any Panama incident of the week. IL
has passed for the moment out Of the juris-
dlction Of the press and the discussion Of it
is left to the foreign officers at the French
and English capitals.
If Panama retains its hold on the public
mind 1t Is because a great drama Is enact
Ing, because tremendous issues are at stake,
and because the scenes change rapidly.
What has become of the campaign against
CarnotP is question which a good many
people must be asking themselves. 1t was
pursued for some days hotly. The Radicals
and Royalists Joined hands ia kind of
Wild war dance about the Elysee, sort of
nineteenth century carmagnole. Carnot
was summoned 10 resign, was warned that
II he did not he would be turned out, and
the candidates for his succession were
named and discussed. He was told that he
had lost the confidence Of the public.
Stories were circulated Of accusations Of
corruption and OF completely with c0rrup-
ton, both in Panama and in the earlier
Wilson scandal. They were denied. proved
to be false, and dropped. What next?
asked the public, whose attention had been
thoroughly reused and who had really
begun to believe that the succession of
crisis which had begun with Panama was
to end or. az any rate, 10 reach a moment
airy climax in Presidential crisis and the
ignominious disappearance Of Carnot. But
for four days or five nothing more has
been heard. The attacks have ceased.
Discussion has almost ceased. There is
hardly anything to indicate the existence of
a Presidential crisis. The LanteTne, Figaro,
Gaulois and the ignoble sheets which thrive
on pure calumny ard took hand in this
game have suddenly become silent, or are
reduced 10 printing fac-similes.0f old letters
as trivial as they are old.
Nerves suggestion that Carnot's reSigna-
tion should be followed by a provisional
Government gave rise to a series Of articles
purely academic and devoid of any practl-
cal and political value, though Herve was
believed 10 speak for the Royalist party.
SO did the Comte 'Haussonville's letter.
The Comte d. d'HaussonvIle is the confiden-
tial agent of the Comte de Paris and this
long document, both in length and in
vagueness. seemed meant as a Reyalst en-
cyclical. II WAS weli-written manifesto,
rather tedious. ana contained little or
nothing new.
The hOmily on Panama was followed by
the usual Royalist inference that the repub-
lie was rotten form OF government be-
cause 1t tolerated corruption. Nevertheless
this mouthpieee and late confederate of
General Boulanger does not advise his
friends to appeal to the country as mon
archiSts. lie is convinced that the country
Will not even now. or DeXt autumn, or when
ever the general election occurs, elect
ROyalist majority with mandate to abolish
the republic and set up king. So he ad-
vises them to stand as the friends Of honesty
Having got majority of the friends of
honesty they can use 1t to restore the mon
archy. There are several kinds Of honesty,
and there are people who are not much
better than Panama ITSELF
The Ribot Ministry is stronger for each
day it lives. No doubt it may be upset by
accident. as most French Ministries are,
when the accident is not cabal, but neither
the Ministry nor the Presidency has yet
become. as both were expected to be. the
YicilmS of Panama.