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cheney Of the Ministry and Of tts instability. II
SS tn tie crises Ss
comes dli1icult 70 cope with. and the more
The eipestatlon Of q change n'ths Presi
deney At the end Of q year does not vet mske
| Its Influence felt. The manner IN which N.
l. far from being nnsninoasly Judged as the
best Many people think that, II the BEGIN
lent. the second portion LETT great deal to be
desired. But. for all that, no serious project OF
removing him Is put forth; His health ~, ShieLl M
At least he follows once more hi. ordinary rou
come apprehension for. the future. side
Rs is the object stands the gratitude
Of the people for, the aeyen years OF
almost g%srn.sS wn'h ss
crowned py the Russian alliance. This is
recommendation even in the eyes OF those
lowed him self to Ie Influenced BY his personal
references and those OF his friend. in the for
nation Of his Ministries Moreover. candi-
yates to put up in opposition to him are totally
wanting, because the Panama scandals have
GTssG ~ De NJ oS 1sS M
think OF going TO seek them for the purpose OF
taking from among them Presidential cam
suRRested. beginning with that Of NJ. CAST:
mir -P6rier are only put forth in the form OF
simple suppositions. according as eircum-
stances give more or less importance to one
personality or a other.
The result OF the future Presidential elec-
tion, therefore, is absolutely unknown. beyond
the by pothesis of the maintenance in power OF
Nj. Carnot; Il is very possible that It will set
secret ambitions in motion. but none appears
up to the present either In public OF In the par-
liamentafy world. Those who want to be proph-
Lhsiienei- -Lacour will come up next autumn.
J. don't believe that 1t Ia with his consent that
ihis Is hu,or m no mas nesn spIeaa agr1ad, mtn9ugn
out to be true later on.
While attention Is occupied entirely with the
very peculiar TACT worthy OF consider
ntion, although as yet 1t has no political reach.
which we are witnessing and which is becom-
ing m ore and more marked. IL does not at all
pNrty. looking towar,I an imperia, 2estnrntion
In the future more or less distant: but the rep
rotation which for twenty years was asno-
recollections Of 1870. tho cntastroph phe OF Sedan.
and tho loss Of Alsace- Lorraine, has become
pearing completely. Napoleon Ill ia always
personally considered as responsible for
@ se vSoa Haso ed al hs A9ns g Ts5THe is
founded in the invsctiyes and the msiedict!ons
sf!y III timss % sonS Rf Sy II. @ 1p eR%
reaction in tho public mind ommenced to APP
lear in lS2i IL vas set 10 motion % ny the pub.
upon the men and the events Of the nrst en-
plre. among whom he had lived. 1he success
OF these Memoirs" well merited from his
torical point OF view. has become the signal Tor
yeritable vogue has succeeded the ostracism
onic dynasty seemed Indefinitely condemned
In France. To-day We. are in the presence OF n
we have had no less than twenty volume es upon
this retrosnective subject; Il is true that y Is
& sphSss % tha Is Win
has fAs Tor is si,lc IN NaPodon isfi inti@e 0 an,
The theatre has taken n hand in IL. At the
Vaudeville. Sardou puts, upon the stage the
this century. with all its EersonaGes; and his
comedy has already had one hundIed Ire rep
seSies Of taSleaux' M s Which % Srins 6eiSro the
spectators the PRINCIPAL episodes in the career
Of the first Bonapnrte. from his appearnnce ut
Helena has had equal success. Here q step
further is made since this biographical review
AMI that 0! deieat.. A popular edition. is also
announced aapSS Of the Memorial OF saint
whose very, title seemsa destined II to sink it
into n hopeless ohscurity.
SO far as one can fathom Il. this revival OF
the past mas originated pontaneously. No
nent, and no organized publt.iiy appears TO
in 1t the effect OF n preparatory, party manPu-
vre. This IN what renders all the more re-
mind TO The Ideas which It had rcpudiateti. IL
is "a noteworthy Indication OF the vitality and
the depth OF the roots i'm planted in the nation
by the imperial epoch. since they still live
after tbs most terrible events.
fortuitous coincidence furnishes ma
terial for the conIecturers and the seekers OF
future political continuation. IL will be re-
membered that Prince Louis NAPOLEON. tho
second son OF Prince Jerome, cousin OF Ma
poleon Ill. entered the Russian army few
years ago At last accounts he had the grade
OF Colonel Tho news that he has lust asked
for an unlimited leave of absence has served
as pretext Tor the supposition that he was
perhaps no stranger to the neo- Bona pnrtist
movement In France. connection between
the two facts has been established. Tho name
OF Russia brought into the affair Is presented
a. covering Nachiavelian combination:
but that has no common sense 1t it. II in
more than probable that. H. ever "a BonapnrtisI
restoration should take place. II would mt be
with Prince Victor. tho elder brother OF Prince
Louis. and that IL IL with the latter only that
such an evsntunlity could occur. But to build
up conspiracy in which the Gar would play
q part. and TO fix upon rrinco Louis himself
tn. project ~ preparing his arrival to the
throne through the transformation OF French
opinion. 10 to 90 into the highest kind OF FAM
taktic politics.
That which is going on under the name OF
Napoleon should simply make us remem Der
that in France we need not no astonishsd at
any change; and that no political resurrection
Is impossible. + MAssERAs.