The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-07
THE TROUBLE IN FRANCE.

The dispatches of Monday, detailing
the disgraceful scene in the race
grounds near Paris in which President
Loubet was grossly assailed, insulted
and reyiled and a violent attack was
made upon his person, when read pro-
iuced feeling of dependency. The
reader was prone to say to himself
for such people there is no hope.
They cannot have any stable free Cow
ernanent There is due to them only
the rule of the tyrant-"
But later on it was discovered that
the assault. the attempt to injure the
President, the effort to create. dis
turbance that would develop into
revolution, was promoted by aristo-
Gratis and royalists and the fellows
claiming to have been born to purple
and fine linen The rough scruff Of city
streets had nothing to do with it, the
shopkeepers Of Paris were not concern
ed in it; the anarchists had no hand in
it, the small farmers of France had no
knowledge of it. 1t was miserable
attempt on the part OF the last linger-
ing remnants of titled crowd of aris-
tocratic loafers, aided by their hired
jockeys. menials and obsequeous SER
wants to provoke riot in which the
President might be assassinated, and
thus open up new confusion for unhap-
Ply France, out of which some one of
the royal aspirants might come to ruiz
ing power.
The affair was ddsgraceful in the ex-
trene. 1t was a defiance of justice as
well, for these booted handles also
yelled against the ''Dreyfusites'' as well
as Loubet. thus proving that they care
nothing whatever that the tribunal Of
ed that Dreyfus was most unjustly con-
victed, and mercilessly punished for
the crimes of others. Nevertheless
these titled aristocrats howl against
bones and marrow of victim of mill
tarism.
But while France was thus disgraced
in the open it turns out that the real
people were thinking and now they
have been heard from. In hesHouse
or Chamber of Deputies where the
royal agitators were thrown down with
violence by vote that literally showed
them under. Their most loud mouthed
agitator was turned out Of the house.
and the peoples representatives by an
overwhelming majority rebuked the
inlpertinence and disloyalty of the pat
EFT leathered aristocrats, who bor-
1owed the methods of the gutter and en-
iployed the weaponry of the bludgeon,
in the vain hope to once more plant
their heels upon the necks Of the rid
den people.
The Government itself has resented
the revolutionary attempt with vigor
that appears to greatly please the
masses, the sterling, thinking, prop
erty owning classes throughout France
1t has ordered the prosecution of the
officer who SO shamelessly and weakly
permitted a case against the disloyal-
lists and traitors to fail, and it has re-
moved the Judge Of the court who
Per mitted the avowed revolutionists to
their abusive epithets upon the flag of
France and her most sacred institu-
tions.
1t has made other orders, indicating
that InJfhaf u-ho ia 1;<ou7
he was born Of humble parents, has
courage, strength, clarity of view and
plenty of determination. More than a
score OF the titled rowdies of Sunday
are under arrest and will be unrelent-
angly prosecuted, and If found guilty
will be given a taste of convict life
that they may be able to realize some
thing Of the condition of those who
havE, incurred the penalties of the Grim
inaJ law
From all over the country we are told
Pr esident Loubet isNreceiving the con-
g1ratulations of the sterling people of
france, and so many have called to
pay their respects in person, that it was
found to be impossible to receive them.
The commercial class appears to have
rallied to a man in endorsement of the
President and his Cabinet For once
the students Of Paris are with the Ad-
ministration, as also are the greater
scholars and divines throughout the
land If the priests are in sympathy
with the royalists, as is probable they
are cunning enough to keep still, and
Wise enough not to attempt to reverse
the Judgment of the people prompted
by love for justice and the spirit of
fair play.
So this furry in France will operate
in an opposite direction to that intend
ed by it's promoters. France is saved
from an exhibition Of cowardice by its
Chief Executive, the Presidents son of
peasant parents proves himself to be
great enough to hold the reins Of state
securely and steadily, and the people
OF France discover once more that In
the royaIist classes reside the chief en-
emies of peace and free Government
The return of Emil Zola to Paris, is
nothing less than triumphal. True, he
did not come back In professional form,
he was not escorted by glowing multi
tudes. nor were laurel bays awaiting his
brows. But the author who had the