New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
THE SITUATION IN PARIS.
,v,p1nENT ATTACKS MADE DAILY UPON
THE REPUBLIC.
xrw.pAPER wARrAKE-LETTERS FROM NJ. della
ToSs EXPECTED WHEN THE CHAMBER
REASSFMDLES THIS WEEK
lBy CABLE TO rnK TRiBUYR.l


REAsSFMDLEs THIS WEEK.
BY CABLE TO rnE TRlBuxE.I
ceyvright 1898: By The Tribune Assocfotion
Paris Jan. The situation has not materially
.r,red during the last week The campaign car
rIed on against the Government by portion of
a. Paris press has been not less furious tan be-
,ore. but people see tIiat these writer's adduce no
r,v evidence. All through the week their
,aders have been told that the Ministry was
wing to stfe inquiry, trying to shield its
auds trying &c defraud the victims OF Panama
and 10 hoodwink the public. There appear daily
lre or four papers in which the calumny of the
hour is condensed into a phrase, and this phras,
printed in bold type across the whole breadth Of
n. front page Bourgeois the accomplcc of
rsouet' may serve as sample of these placards.
n ts not yet known of what criminal act, il OF
,nv NJ Floquet has been guilty: nor how NJ
pnrreois, who is Minister of Justice, can be the
,,r0nplce in an imaginary crime but those are
,.o,ctions which no reader is expected to make.
There has becn in fact no proof and no attempt
"a move that the Minister Of Justice, or the
Ministry as a whole, has tried to interfere either
with the criminal prosecution of the Panama
a;,eotors or with the proceedings Of the Brisson
Committce. II was NJ. Brsson himself, who
ammo. be suspected. of friendliness to the Min
;st,v. who twice adjourned his committee first
a. .wo DAYS and then for week. NJ. Franque-
v,l,. has not adjourned his inquiry for moment.
Ea has had prisoners and witnesses and docu-
mena under daily examination. and all day
LONG One fresh arrest has been made, certainly
nat without the knowledge and approval OF tho
Minister of Justice.
" Charles de Lesscps, NJ Fontane, NJ. Cottu
and. n Sans Leroy are still in prison, ana sui
,n solitary confinement. The rigor OF french
law IA such tina; prisoners under preliminary en-
animation are not allowed TO see counsei. NJ
eycepton Is lie in favor OF the Panama oi'ec-
tons. In short, the activity and severity WIN
which the prosecution is conducted elci' oi''ef
eomplain.s from the prisoners friendS' anu even
from some Of those who try TO make out 'ha' 'he
whole business is sham
The arrest of NJ. Bondin is supposed 10 De i'n-
nortant. He was. it is alleged, one oil the dlrec'
an.n,s n, corruntion. and his admissions under
II. Fanouevile's examination and the doc"ineh's
,orra in lis house are believed 10 supply some OF
the rather numerous missing INKS IN 'he c,iai'i
a, evidence against both brbers and bribed.
The examination of VI. Baillaut, formerly MINIS
,sr of Public Works. gave rise 10 a false report
that he also had been arrested. HISS supposed ar
rest was at once made use Of as another proof oil
haut. as an ex-Minist'r, might have been tried BY
the Court of Appeal, and that might inFoiNe 'ie
poetponement of other trials.
Meantime the impatiencc OF the enemies OF TINS
Government has expressed itself in the form OF
a demand for the immediate publication of oil the
names of those Deputies, Senators, ex-Ministers
md public functionaries generally who are sc-
cu.ed or suspected of having taken bribes NJ
Maynard makes himself and the Figaro the
nouthpece Of this singular demand. If the eX-
smihing magistrate will, not say who are eompro-
msed, II Ministers are trying to hush up matters,
il is in W. Magnard's opinion, the duty OF VI
Delahaye or VI. Andreux, or Of both, TO say what
they know or suspect. They cannot have
launched such accusations without proofs. or
at least without rresuIDptions, which would per-
haps do as we'll as proofs The clause l have
Qroted is a melancholy example Of that state OF
mind which Is ready 10 sacrifice anybody, with
or without evidence in order 10 accomplish po-
litical end.
NJ. Maynard appealed directly TO NJ Delahaye,
whose speech in the Chamber occasioncd the ap-
pointment Of the Brisson committee, and 10 VI.
Andreux. Both have replied at length, ard both
refuse. NJ. Dclahayc's refusal 70 mention new
names does not prevent him from making fresh
ins.nuations against men already attacked, In
eluding " ROuvier and VI. Floquet. Both let
tiers are interesting and ingenious but neither
adds anything to our knowledge Of facts NJ
Delahaye SAYS oftily. II have proved that cor
uption exists. I cannot condcscend to supply
proofs against individuals" Ills three columns
re summarized in that sentence.
N. Andrieuy is half as long ard twice as
mpudent. The word is not parliamentary, bu'
what Is one 10 say Of man who uses sucn
language as NJ. AndrieuX? 81 is the business OF
Minister'S not mine, to give names. says VI
Andrieux, who has already given all he cares
To-; and the next moment he describes them as
Ministers in pasteboard, incapable Of cong any
thing. Ministers ought to know he ADDS, tha'
Panama Is only the beginning. lf the fepuphc
survives Panama whole catalogue of other
eorrupNons is 10 follow: contracts for NUM-
tons of war. concessions 70 the great companies
purchase of railroads. conversion OF runs
bonds. and much else. "You well know" cries
the virtuous NJ Andricux, that for the last
twelve years there has not been one single i'm
por,ont undertaking with which tho punlie
authorities have had anything to do in which
either the contractors or tho bankers have not
had 70 bribe."
The force of this wholesale denunciation would
b greater II the next sentence did not reveal
the motive of IT, There will be no peace I'LL
opportunlsm hes been destroyed says NJ
Andrieux. Perhaps not. But does he think
Paris too dull 10 detect tho political motives
which unde7lc these charges of corruption
However, something had TO be done 10 keet
alive public excitement without Panama during
the holidays, and these methods serve as wei
= any.
Everybody looks TO the meeting Of the Cham
bef Tuesday as the signal for fresh discios"fe'
- fresh attacks on the Ministry. IL cannon
b said that NJ Iyrbot and his colleagues arc
much stronger or weaker for what has happeheo
since the Chamber adjourned. If they ar'
weaker, il is from ". Loubets indiscreton IL
allowing himself to be interviewed and N oher
ing defence Of NJ. Rouvier. which wac NOR
ebivalrous than prudent. NJ Louoct. ni'