New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-12

duty Of proof. Lord Rosebcry, which Is worse,
is not only lingo, but tricky Jlngo He mas
astutcly tricked his colleagues, ana Mr. Lapon-
chcrc thinks that every one of thcm would admit
that they had been trickcd. His policy Is " I'M
moral. a damaging accusation, indeed when the
accuscr il Mr. Iabouchcre 1t may also he dam
aging TO be called Tory watchdog. Yet Lord
ROscbcry thus far has survived these criticisms
Whether Mr. L.abouchcrc will survive them and
survive the series of assaults he Is making on the
Ministry he prOfcsses to bciricnd Is another mat
ter do not sec why he should not, nor why the
professional harlequin of the party should he en-
pcctcd to be other than harlequin. lie Is often
extremely agile and extremely amusing and
never 50 amusing as when he tries to be serious.
The Cavagnac incident in the French Chamber
on Wednesday afternoon is supposed to have
shaken the Ribot Ministry. Nobody can say why
NJ Cavaonac an cN-Minster of Marine n man
of high character. but not of great political posi-
ton. once more brought forward motion on
Panama lie made speech Of much fore" ana
dignity and. which is more, Of timclincss lie
was fortunate enough TO put into neat phrases
what others were thinking. There had not been
for some DAYS "A new departure in Panama, or "a
new Parliamentary expression Of the general emo
ton. Pcopc are not content with Brisson Commit
They do not quite know. nor did NJ. Cavaignac
! know. what else they want. But they want
something So he moved, and the Chamber
unanimously voted. a resolution that the Govern
mcnt shall be sustained in rcpresslng all acts oil
corruption and the recurrence Of reprehensioio
governmental practices whatever that may mcah'
NJ Ribot said very truly that this involved no
ccnsurc on the Ministry. and accepted IT. Inc
Chamber however, had become excited, and peo-
plc thought that NJ. Rbot would have been
beaten had he opposed the resolution for'i-
with they proclaimed il moral defeat Tor thc
Ministry: and If YOU read and believed all mat
was said next day, both in Paris and III London
you would have expected the Rbos Ministry 10
/ collapse or to commit suicide Two days nave
PASSED and il still survives and no immediate
! lariiari i now expected. VI. Cavaignac l. none
the less a hro and the politicians who settle the
| dcstncs of France every afternoon at , o'clock
over a glass Of ahSinthc only in doubt whether
NJ Cavaionac il TO be- Prime Minister or President.
! Tho sentences or the IceecpscS and tho other
/ Panama criminals Is thought severe. Paris cries
! out against the cruelty OF condemhlhg 10 i've
| years Imprisonment an old man who, having III
other DAYS done great things for France. had more
recently robbed her of a few hundred miiiloh''
The nublic conscience did not demand this, eX-
claims Of the Journals WHICH SH"l'" III "''
| pluucr Perhaps not. II l. hard 70 say WHAT
the public conscience did demand n"caus' II VI
its mouthpcc~ demanded many different
things AT different times. lhe real truth is better
expressed in London. The sentence on VI. d'
csscps j. a sentencr on France, saws "Thc lines
"and the ignominy poured upon that fo"bl" old
man s a DEGRADATION for the people which iiatt"r'o
and car.>scd and clorilicd him a. long as cari'AI
was left to sp nj in interest IL i hard saying
and it is equally hard 10 deny that It j. lnNt-
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