New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
FRENCH DOMESTIC POLITICS.

After the Exposition, the Deluge." So said
the prophets Of evil in France, and SO feared
even those who were well disposed toward the
Republic and who hoped for the best 1t was
widely believed that the various elements on
posed to the present Government including all
the forces Of disorder, had established an in
formal truce pending the Exposition, so as NOT
to interfere with the success of that snte1.Drise
and the consequent profits to the French neo-
pie themselves included, but as soon as the
doors of the great show were closed the flood
gates of political agitation would be opened to
their fullest extent, probably with an inconti-
nent sweeping away of the Waldeck- Rousseau
Ministry, II not of the Presidency of NJ Loubet
hlInseH' 1here was only too good ground fer
this apprehension, partly because of the actual
and explicit threats Of the opposition factions
and partly according to the rule of averages
the Waldeck-Rousseau Ministry having already
lasted longer than most of its predecessors.
The unexpected sometimes happens. however
even in France. Expectations of disaster in
creased during the progress Of the Expostion
the latter being by no means as successful as
had been hoped, and therefore in its unsa+is
FACTORY results providing a fresh grievance
against the Government responsible for it. Yet
now at the end Of the season, with all GOT fror,
the Exposition that can be got and with fra
appointed time ripe for revolution. what do we
see? There is outbreak. The Government
is undisturbed. President Loubet is prohaioIv
more secure in his seat than anv other C,biaf
Magistrate the Republic has had. and the Ra
public itself is more free from menace and on
joys more calm and temperate domestic poIitics
than ever before. There was held in Paris re-
cenuy gigantic banquet to all the Mayors of
france. Virtually 1t was plebiscitum upon
J CT no
Overwhelmingly favorable to NJ. Loubet and 70
NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau and his colleagues #
made perfectly plain the fact that whatever
the mob Of Paris and the decadent renrasanta-
tlves OF reaction might do or say or tbinl, tho
mass of the French nation was with tho Ra
public and with the Government And TODAY
the fate Of a Government is decreed bv the
French nation and not by the mObs of faubourp
and boulevard
What Will happen during the Parliamentary
session is, of course a matter of conjecture
The Government is quite confident of noIdino
a larger majority than before and its con6-
dence seems to be we'll grounded It will mani
fest the full courage Of it's convictions Nv nro-
posing one of the boldest measures Franco hos
known for many years-that is, a general nm
nesty ON the one hand the cases against
Messrs Zola and Reinach and Colonel Picouart
VIII De quashed' as they should be; and ON the
other the judgments against Deroulede. Marcel
Habert and others, and even the DEGREES against
the Royalist Pretenders, will be revoked We
may imagine how the extreme factionists on
both sides will rage at this But The outlook
is that the temperate and judlcious minded will
approve 1t, and that the proposal will be en-
acted. The Waldeck- Rousseau Ministry was
said to have been created to deal with the
Dreyfus case. 1t did so most successfully. II
has been equally successful in dealing with all
the sequels OF that case, and no<v proposes to
sum up the whole business and settle and dis
miss 1t at a single stroke 1t is a brave pro-