Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-25
THE ASSASSINATION OF oARSOL

THE ASSASSINATION OF CARNOE
Ilisuot easy 10 lmaglus n deed more
nsndish In conception or mofs perfect
In it, imbeciliiy than the stab that cut
short the life OF Carnot, president u
the French republic. This news VI the
assassination has sent n shock Of horror
not only through France but through
out the civilized world. when Alex
ander III was torn to pieces by the
bomb thrown by n nihills,, and the
message reached the royal courts Of Eu-
rope, crowned heals were sseu TO bend
In sorrow and tears moistoned many
an eye usually rejecting the dignity
OF majesty. twas made evident that
tho greatest watohfuluesl, the sup
posed ,aneliiy surrounding the persons
q rulers and the vast power Of mil.
itarism were intiii Client 10 shield n mon.
arch from n most horrible fate, and the
contemplation sent thrill OF terror
through the hearts Of many rulerp, and
hnol Ienuiel loI huolN NWh hAloAgs
hut II was thought that the
assassination Of the Russian
emperor was blow aimed
at despotism In the interest
Of human liberty aud the emancipa.
tlon Of mankind, and the world soon
became more composed. Tho murder
Of President Carnot will dlspel this de.
fusion aud prove beyond a DOUBT that
the hydra OF anarchy aims at nothing
but destruction, aud that ils victims
are selected TOT no other reason than
the exalted position they hold
among the nations Of tho
earth. Republican Institutions aud
the men that represent them arc =
obnoxious 10 the secret combinations Of
a'sas'ins rs arc monarohiAl govern
ments and despois'
Tho ultimate effect In France OF the
tragic end OF the president will posi-
bly, DO disastrous. The counlry has
Tor some time been the scene OF al
afchlsuc onuagea perpelfated In vAti-
Gus places The police have repeated
~ endeavored 10 allay the public panic
by asserting that the dens OF the as-
sAsains were well known ahd the
leaders closely surveyed but the out
RACES went on Gaping 'hu climax by
the killing OF the nailon'a chief on a
public street 1hronged with peo.
PIE Tho Ffenchmen are eEolthble
and Il would DO no surprise II the deed
should cause a change Of sentiment
among The people against a form Of
government which to them must ssom
incapable OF c1ping with the situation.
Certain II Is that the imperlalisIs who
have been lAboIing inoessAnty Tor the
restoration OF the empire will mud Ia
the lameniable Incident an excuse for
rodoubllng their efforts aud that they
VIII not neglect the opporIunlly. Many
VIII remember the glory Of Napoleon
Ism And,iorgolting the rullenneas which
that gllded exterior covered, viii
long for a restoration Of the ON.
pire. The fate Of nations some.
times hangs on apparently small Incl.
dsntA, and the cold steel Of an Italian
assassin may Prove TO have given re-.
publicanism II. France q serious n not a
fatal wound.
but whatever the effects Of the deed
may be 10 France ana French iuslitu.
lionl d should arouse the civilized
world 10 united action against urgauiza.
tons that teach murder ~ sacred
doctrine. Anarchy IL sometimes
defended on the plea that true anar.
chy only aims at bringing
about condition OF the world
10 which no government Is needed
that 10, condition 10 which each
man is his own ruler. True anarphists