A Rancorous Press.

Manawatu Herald, 18 April 1899, Page 2

A Rancorous Press.

« The new Frenoh President i 3 not an ace *ptable personage to the Pdrisian pees?. It assailed him on the day oi bis eleotion with a choice vocabulary of abuse. Among the few epithets bestowed upon the new ruler of France were : — 4 Imbecile,' • Pana. mur,' 'wretch,' ' liar,' 'perjurer,' ' the Pre ident of the Panamists, 1 ' fcba nominee of the Hebrew Press,' < h prisoner in the hands of salaried nnn of the Syndicate," " the avowed pi* a tec -.or of the Dreyfussard?," One gentleman invited him never to in-ital bimsVf as the Elysee, leat he should b^> driven forth at the toe's point ; ami her (M. Rochfort) com- ' pliiins that he 13 not decorative. 1 which may be true though Heaven I kniwswhat decoration and M. BoobeI fort have io common. Id the la-

transigeane the following ia from his pen : —" Elected as he is by the scum of the people, by men illegally acquitted of odious crimes, by Panaruittg and by Dreyfusard", Loubet has no right to be honest even if ha wished to do so. He U the prisoner of tbe salaried menials of the Syndicate', and I have no doubfc that last nigbfc ths lie da Diable was illuminated, for Liv bet did not ]j| fni l, I fell c?rtaio, to telegraph to his friend thft traitor a record of the victory which fo deeply internals them'bofh." These are but a few flowew culled from the wreath of insult. Tbi student of tbe press may gather ia many more as he will. Bun it is a proof of the prevailing anarchy that an honest man should be thus bitterly condemned before be had a chance of justifying himself, against the heavy charge of election to the Presidency.