The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-16
TOO HOT A POST.
NJ. Casimir-Perier Resigns the
French Presidency.
Fears for His Life Given as
the Reason.
Suffers From Nervous PrOstra.
tiOn, 1t is Stated.
is WARMLY BLAMED.
Press and People Accuse Him Of
COwardice.
Perier Says the Assembly Re-
fuses to Aid His Efforts.

PARIS, Jan. 16.-The attention of the
whole of France and for that matter the
entire European continent is centered
upon this city.
There is no doubt that the political cri-
sis resulting from the resignation of the
Dupuy ministry and the subsequent re-
signation of President Casimir- Perier is
one of the most serious in the history OF
France
The opinion as expressed here this
morning at the clubs and on the boule-
wards, is unanimous with the press in
strongly condemning NJ. Casimir- Perler
for having resigned in the midst OF a
parliamentary crisis.
The Journal ~des Debats says that IN
view of the terrible perils to which the
ever-increasing activity of the revolu-
tionists and the inertia OF the moderates
expose France, other courses than abdI-
cation should have been pursued.
The Gaulois expresses the opinion
that the resignation of d. Casimir- r-Perier
is ''simply desertion, and the reason for
it will be found in his antecedents and
personal character"
The Figaro says: ''If N. Casimir- Perier
persists in his determination to resign,
Europe must judge him as severely as
France does"
The Strain Too Great.
The Journal Official says:
sit appears that it was known among
| the Preside nt'd intimate friends and rela-
| tives that he was not strong enough
| physically to resist the nervous tension
which the responsibilities of the election
| involved.
! ':After his election, it appears M.
| Casimir- Perier fell bAck upon u couch
and remained completely prsstrstest
for several hours, to the CONSERVATION OF
! his friends, who did everything possinle
to hush the matter up, and they succeed
ed in keeping it almost a secret until the
present time.
Now. however, the incident is being
| commented upon on ali sides, and 1t Is
generally believed that the nervous
Strain has been too much for him,
and especially as he is understood to
have been in constant apprehension
of an attempt upon his life Then
again, the death Of M. Burdeau, the late
president of the chamber of deputies,
| derived the president of an intimate
personal friend, and his loss affected the
president most deeply, but those who are
most competent to express an
| opinion say that they have good
1
lished by the socialist deputies in the re-
fusaI of the chamber of deputies to lib
crate NJ Gerault- Richard who had been
elected a deputy after having been SEN
| fenced to a years Imprisonment and
heavy fine for violently attacking the
president in his paper, contributed more
than anything else to cause CasimIr- Pc
| rier to resign.
The People Assemble in Crowds.
toto afx tor dnr a
is understood the whole political situa-
ton was thoroughly discussed. This
meeting took place at the ministry of the
interior. which was surrounded by crowds
of anxious people.
At II o'clock this morning NJ Casimir-
Perier received Premier Dupuy and the
rest of the cabinet ministers. After short
conference they withdrew and an otflcer
of the presidents military household
later conveyed to NJ. Dupuy, NJ Casinir-
Periers letter resigning the presidency
of the French republic. This letter will
| be read in the senate and in the chamber
of deputies during the afternoon.
The resignation of the president pro-
duced a complete change in the business
tendency on the stock exchange. Buying
was entirely stopped. There was gen
eral, though moderate, decline. French
rentes fell 70, with the majority of inter
national stocks
Cssimir-Perier to the Nation.
The senate and chamber met al B
o'clock this afternoon, and letter from
NJ. Casimir-Perier was read. In 1t he
said: ga president of the republic with
out means of action, or without control,
can derive from the confidence of the
nation alone that moral force without
which he is nothing.
sPublic opinion has been led astray.
More than twenty years devoted to the
same cause, more than twenty years OF
attachment to the republic and devotion
to the democracy have suf1ced neither to
convince the republic of the sincerity
and ardor of my political faith
For the last six months campaign OF
slander and insult has going against the
army, magistracy, parliament and the
hierarcnial chief of the state, and this
license to disseminate social hatred con
tinues to be called liberty of thought
81 am not content to bear the weight
, of the moral responsibilities placed upon
me in the condition of powerlessness to
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