New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
and this should be a source OF satisfaction TO the
men who were responsible for the service.
n CLEuENCE1U's VICTORY.


1t was NJ Clemenceau's victory in France
on Friday last. That fact was made clear by
his assaiIants. They specifically singled him
out for attack saying in so many words that
they regarded the rest of the Cabinet as his
tools and held him alone responsible for the
conduct of the government Nor was there any
concealment of the personal animus of the at
tack upon him He is hated with q special
hatred because having once been regarded as
a Radical he shows conservative tenden-
cies, and because having once been-though
| incOrrectly-lOOked to as a potential Socalst
he now shows himself a loyal Republican
Some men expected that when he became
Prime Minister he would at once proclaim the
Commune, and because he does not. but main
tains the republic, they rage against him. Their
disappointment is a penalty which they must
pay for having wrongly judged him, and their
resentment is a penalty which he must suffer
for having SO far cOquetted with socialism as
| to give some excuse for their expectations.
1t was VI. ClemenceaUs victory over himself,
therefore and over some features of his earlier
record The man who was Mayor of red Mont
martre under the Commune was for q time
in unstable political equilibrium. shock or
an impulse might have inclined him toward
soCialistic madness. But after last week
transactions we may reckon him securely set
tied on the Republican side. Power and its
responsibilities have had their SOLDERING effect
upon him He definitely chose the Republican
rather than the Socialist path when he warned
the striking miners of the North that the gov
ernment would tolerate no disorder. He con-
firms himself in that way, beyond retreat or
recall, in applying a strong hand to the 30
Cialist insuIrecton in the South. Years ago IN
his newspaper he gave voice to the better mind
of France against the Clerical jew batting re-
dictionary, anti Republican army ring, and now,
as Prime Minister, with equal readiness and
fidelity he crushes a Socialist mutiny in the
army. He has found himself" statesman
of the republic.
1t was NJ. Clemenceau's victory, too, for the
republic and for the principle OF orderly and
efficient government. Whatever may be the
distresseS and the needs of the wine growers
of the South there is doubt that they have
been much exaggerated and have been grossly
perverted into n pretext for treason and insur-
rection 1t is not vet clear whether there have
been an understanding and cooperation be-
tween the Monarchlsts and Socialists and
among all anti-Republican factions, such as
there have been on former occasions, though
color is given TO the suspicion by the fact that
NJ. 3audry dAsson, the enfdnt terrible Of the
Monarchist faction, tainted and had 10 be car
ried out of the Chamber. NJ Baudry dAsson
usually fants has fit at the climax of
parliamentary scene in which his sympathles
are IlNOlNeu but at any tle SOCIALISTS
have been sparng no effort TO wreck the re-
public and to destroy law and order. Note, for
example, the action of the General Federation
of Labor in clamOring for the sacred right OF
soldiers TO mutiny and railing against the gov
ernment as n government Of assassins" be-
cause it insists upon discipline and loyalty In
the army. That is the precious body which
little while ago wanted TO include all the civil
servants and soldiers and sailors of France in
It's membership and then organize n universal
strike which should parayze the government
and make the federation the supreme power.
In successfully combating that malign con-
spiracy NJ. Clemenceau has won victory
great as any that Gambetta ever won over
mOnarchical reaction