Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-26
JUNE rs, 1914.
tn. Asss.s,ra,,on Of President Carnot

Tho Assassination Oh frebioeh' N"'N ''
A knife In the hand Of an Italian assas-
s,n has ended the life or fresiueh'
Carnot OF the French republic, JUST aS
h,,,ie,s brought 20 death lincoln and Car
neid The name OF Santo Is thus maze
,,cmorably Infamous. like those OF Wilkes
Booth and Guiteau. And these June Gays
If 1894 the people Of France are p"rhhs
with Indignation. just as Americans "eie
m April. 1855. and July. 1881.
san,o's cruel and silly deed was done AT
LYONS. but Paris Is just as Wild with ex-
element as II II had been done upon one
Of It's boulevards.
or late many Frenchmen had begun ~
show impatisnce with Carnot. ana al 'he
election soon TO be had IL was ooup'eo
u he would offer for reelection. or oiier-
ing would be successful. Yet, nothing Sc
,ious could be alleged against Carnol
administration. He had been able, true
COURAGEOUS, aud taetfuL and had '"e'
the republic over difficult period OF us
history. lie had come unscathed Out o'
the Panama scandals aud he had Dealt
FIRMLY with the Anarchists. ibis hr"''
ness WAS well for his country out was
nossibly Al for him. If Santo had any
roason at all for killing Cdrnot IL was
that Carnot had refused to interfere WIN
,hc sentences Of the mountaineering An
archists. Rayachol and valiant.
About the only consolation that France
bag in this unhappy affair Is that since
,e,th was visited upon its President
,,roiqner. not a Frenchman. was the as
sassin. But, alas! it Is only too pronaoie
that Santo had Frenchmen as accom-
pllces and co-conspirators, ana that MS
hand did the work because theirs lacked
the nerve to do It,
only about a week ago 1taly's Premier
Cr,spi. iy luck and pluck, escaped just
.rch a fate as that which overlook poor
Garnet. whereat the world rejoiced. NO
wonder. then, that the Italian government
makes haste to disown all responsibility
for this murder. and 10 express sympa-
tbv for NJ. Carnots family and for all
the people OF France. The government Of
I,alv. In it's message of sympathy to
France, speaks for all intelligent ana law
born in Italy; bad men have been born
IN France and in England and In Ameri-
ca. but, with Frenchmen hardly excepted
no people will more heartily condemn
Santo than the Italians. Those Parisians
who tore down the flags Of Italy. which
had been wrapped in Grape and displayed
upon the bouleVards, were guilty OF eX-
hat ~
In excuse for them Is that they We're so
excited they did not know what they
were doing. Had they interpreted Alright
the meaning of those craped flags. they
would have realized that the Italians resi-
dent In Paris mourned that Garnet was
slain. mourned that he was slain by an
Italian.
The election Of President Carnots sue
cassor Will take place at Versailles to-
morrow May God guide the votes of the
ranators and deputies This may be
critical moment in the history of France,
and the tumult of the city VIII add no.
thing TO the wisdom OF the legislators
whose duty II will be to choose a man
who. II possible will guide the fortunes
OF the TtpuplC US wen az No'"Ss vi"
during his seven years of presidential SER
vice.
The messages sent 70 France by our
President and Congress truly express the
sympathy of Americans. We. who have
suffered two such blows as this which
came on the young republic of France
Sunday know how TO measure her loss;
how TO feel for her as she sits, bowed
with sorrow, while burning with indigna-
ton.
President Carnot was statesman OF
broad gauge. and Senator Morgan, who
had q personal acquaintance with him.
ranks him with Gladstone. His life. pub
lie and private. was blafheless. He was
killed because he was the administrators
OF law and the enemy of Anarchy.