New-York tribune., 1896-10-18
PEPTBLIC AND RESTORATION.

led a writer in the current number or MIC
millan's Magazine NJ speculate upon "Ihe
French ROyalists' and the possibilities or an
Orleanist restoration The article Is interesting
enough and contains some profitable sugges-
tons But il should have appeared If at all, at
another time than this. "The hour for royaliss
restoration" thinks the writer. ''has not yet
''cOme; but it may be that the man has, IN thc
person Of the present Duke Of Orleans, whose
"restOration is not the improbable event that
many might suppose" In support or whlch
latter theory various circumstances are reviewed,
which are deemed to be making for the diss0ll-
ton Of the Republic and preparing the way for
the setting up Of a practical, businesslike mon
arch There has been much talk Of that kind
for many years. Once it lad a much stronger
basis Of plausibility than can be conceded to ii
now On two or three occasions, Indeed, IL
seemed so near fuflment that one could In fancy
see
The sceptred Giants come and go.
And shake their shadowy crowns, and say: we
always feared il would be So.
But year after year has made it ring more hol-
low, until this latest utterance seems only
mocking echo OF long silent threats.
First, they said only a monarchy could restore
social order and prosperity. But the Republic
did so. more promptly and thoroughly than any
King or Emperor could have hoped to do. Well.
then; but order could not be maintained, and
property rights. the basis OF prosperity. could
not be permanently safeguarded; but the Com
mune would rise again. and Socialism and Anar-
chy would soon prevail. To that TOO, the lie
was given; and when. less than two years ago,
the forces Of disorder frightened and bounded
Vbrnc of ntfir nd haps <
other would be possible save by their leave, the
ready answer was the election of another, who
was and is that thing of all mos, hateful to the
mob-a bourgeois At any rate, the Republic
was and must be lrrellgious But the Vatican
has given 1t It's fullest sanction and support.
Finally. they urged that under the Republic
France must always he isolated boycott"l. I'M
recognized. without allies and without influence
in the council OF natiors. That. too. has now
been effectively and forever answered.
For. apart from and above all else. that is the
supreme significance of the visit OF the Russian
Gar AbsOuiism has recognized and even fra
tcrnlzed with democracy The arch-encmy OF
republicanism has vindlcatcd the Republic.
France Is no longer to he boycotrd. She iS to
be courted. She Is fully recognized 10y the high
est authority. She is no longer 10 br Isolated
She has entered upon the strongest alliance OF
the century--an alliance at which the rest OF
Europe tremblcs. and which gives her pre-
dominance in Continental politics she has not
had before since the time of Bonapartc. The
very Power which n few years ago would have
gone 10 war 10 prevent the establishment OF the
Republic now voluntarily removes the last pos
slble objection 10 the pcrpcuity OF the Repub-
lic That is the service he Car has just done
10 France. After that what ground is there for
talking Of a royalist restoration? What could a
monarchy give France which she has not now:
Stability? The Republic has already lasted Ion
ger than any other regime for hundred years
Prosperity? She is the richest nation on the Con
tnent. Colonial expansion: She has gained
more territory in twenty-five republican years
than in twenty-five monarchcal decades. Ali
anccs! She has concluded the strongest In mod
ern history. Pomp and pagcan,ry: She has
lust enjoyed such under her bourgeois Prcsi
dent as King or Emperor never knew. No; this
is no time for talking OF royals; rcstoratons
The Republic has long been secure. Its lcgit-
macy Is now recognized ana its stability con
ccded by the greatest antircpubcan Power in
the world. The crowns and thrones may as we'll
be sent to the lumber-rOom. They will not again
b. wanted