New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-27
rob them Of all influence In their State govern
Tile FRENCH CRISIS.


The mob and the bravoes have trumpned
That is the most obvious and entirely correct
comment upon the situation in the Ci'y OF
Light. Perhaps il Is rs well not to say whlch
mob that OF the streets or that Of the Bourbon
Palace. Both within and without the historic
edllce were enacted scenes which must cause
shame TO every friend of France. The hsn-
cuffs of Mcssrs Basly and Pauln-Mery, the
one Socialist. the other Boulangist Radical,
were scarcely more indecorous than the mouth
ings of the fanatical NJ. Deroulede and that
enfant terrible of Vendcan Conservatism Nj.
Baudry d'Asson As for the spectacle present
ed 10y General Chanoinc it is charitable to sup
pose he temporarily demented. else we
should have to reckon him guiltTof such dis
courtesy and treason to his colleagues as would
i'll comport with that "honor of the army
which he is 80 eager to maintain. 1t Is agree
able to add that the conduct of VI. Brisson and
of NJ Faure was entirely dgniied and correct.
rhe one retires from office with the respect of
all true men. and the other stands as the
guardian of the Republic against its domestic
as well as its foreign foes.
The mob and the bravocs have trumphed.
The former is animated chiefly by hatred of
the Jews and desire to plumber their shops
and houses and to steal their goods. The lat
ter are those army swashbucklers who at the
lola trial declared that any one shouting "Nlve
In Republiquc.' would be killed. and who tried
hard TO carry ont that reasonable threat The
two factions have common dread Of revision
Of the Dreyfus case They know that the
Court of Cessation is likely to-day or tomorrow
TO grant such revision. Therefore they have
made their last desperate effort to stave off
that decision by driving from Office the Gov
eminent responsible for the submission Of the
case TO the court. In the latter they have
succeeded but 1t does not appear that they
have in the former. The Court Of Cessation
is independent of the Ministry and will doubt
less proceed with It's work. according to It's
convictions of duty and justice, regardless Of
the crisis If II saws there shall be revision
there will be revision.
The mob and the bravoes have triumphed.
But il Is only for time. They have turned
out NJ. Brisson But they cannot put one of
their own number into his place. On the con-
trary. his place is likely to be filed by a man
at least as strongly opposed as he TO the man
ners and morals of the mob. The man most
spoken of is w. RibOt than whom France has
no stronger or tluer SON II the mob thinks
II will gain anything from putting him into NJ.
PRISONS place II Is welcome to hug It's dclu-
sion. NJ Lockroy is for the time Minister of
War If the army bravoes. who cry death to
those who cheer for the Republic. prefer him
to one of their own leaders such as they re-
Gently had there. they are welcome TO do so.
II is also intmatcd that NJ llanotauX VIII re-
turn to the Foreign Office. Well, he is not only
one of the ablest Foreign Ministers the Repub-
lie has ever had hut he Is one of the strongest
advocates Of revision Of the Dreyfus case. In
that change the mob will not have gained
much VI. De Blowitz says, In "Ihe London
Times" that the days of Bouangersm are re-
turning without a Floquet or Constans 10
deal with them. II may be so. But at this
distance there seems good reason for hoping
that there will he found several F'loquetS and
Constanscs fully able 10 cope with the emer-
Cency We do not believe that France is yet
doomed 10 either mob anarchy or military des-
DOiSm.