Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-11-30


Orleans, son of the count OF
Paris (called Philippe Wiz, and mar
ried to Marie of Lorraine, archduchess
of Austria. He belongs to the young
er branch of the house of France, be-
come the elder branch by the death
without posterity OF the Count de
Chambord (called Henry W, in 1862.
They have a corruption fund Of $14,-
100000, but the essence of the plot is
violence and surprise that will once
more make the world giddy when
France dances.
A vast conspiracy is going on In
Paris. The royalists, Charles Maur-
ras and Dutraite-Crozon, call it "a con-
spiracy in plain daylight" So many
thousands are engaged in it that moth
ing can be done with them for talking,
In these days of gentleness. The re-
public awaits some overt act, but the
Due de Luynes and the Comte de Lur-
Saluces count that the first overt act
will be to overthrow the republic.
No one dreams of strangling Presi-
dent Fallieres. The French royalist
plot may consist simply in a number
Of determined men taking possession
of the telegraph department of the
ministry of the interior and a few
other centers, the rising Of a few COM
panies of common soldiers without
their officers, the Eruption into the
Franchise, and the unexpected adhe-
sion Of certain labor syndicates. Then
the generals would have to decide
whether or not to order fire on the
men whose sentiments they share in
secret.
The "klng" Is Ready.
I'VE are not waiting for bad news"
say the Royalists, I'VE shall operate
without; but if bad news comes first,
the king is ready, and it would be a
crime for him not to be ready. Incl
dents without gravity can produce the
the chiefs of the republic show a mo-
ment of indecision and We strike the
blow, Paris approves and France fol.
lows"
It was on the day when General
Chanoine gave his resignation and a
breath Of revolution passed over the
capital. The Paris population, ready
for riot, filled the Place de la Con
corde The troops were everywhere
but the troops themselves were I'M
der che same excitement as the PEG
pie. A general passed before regi
ment barring the Concord bridge, and
the colonel said to him, pointing tt
the chamber of deputies: my gen
eral, will you at last order US It
march?"
March," said the general. land
shed French blood?"
The colonel dropped his head II
silence, and the regiment did not
march. Yet these were Nationalist
generals, in their hearts desiring kins
or emperor.
While the republic has since tried tt
assure itself of republican generals
their scruples against "shedd1ns
French blood" are the same
No French generals will march" II
either sense. On the contrary, thei]
dread to play personal part and take
responsibility for civil war Is such
mania that the Royalists plot count.
on their fear to order fire, the da,
when the republic is to be attacked.
Enormous Corruption Fund.
A corruption fund Of $14 100000 is =:
formidable weapon, and certain docu
ment Of the Royalist plot scare Of 1906
threw queer light on it's possible EN-
ployment. It was letter in Philippe's
own hand, Secret instructions to M
de R. aud the Comte de S." writer
at Marienbad and captured by thu
government in course of "perQuisi
tions.''
They arrested high officers of thu
General Confederation of Labor, bu
nothing could be proved. The letter
referred only to certain attitudes" be
fore the decisive hour"
What follows Is vague outline o
the Royalist plot. My details may b.
incomplete. as Is only natural. Take
1t as being In the nature of local work
ers' propaganda of coup d'etAt will
pnly little bloodshsd.-