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Show A FRENCH COUP. The French ministerial crisis is regarded re-garded as very serious by the London Times. Its explanation of it is that it is the result of a conspiracy o:i th.3 part of the leaders of the right, or tho in order to prevent tho republicans from having tho election of cortain senators, wh are aoou to bo renewed, They had, therefore, to force the conflict, con-flict, which was precipitated by Mac-Mahoa'd Mac-Mahoa'd letter to Miuister Simon, which the Times views as a cvup d'etat. The letter is reg.mlod as offensive in its tenas. It is attributed to Duko de Broglie, whoie name with Others of the right is mentioned in connection with the new cabinot. A dissolution of tho chamber of deputies depu-ties is thought to be inevitable. On Thursday a resolution of the left declaring de-claring that the chamber will only place confidence in a cabiuet frso to govern in accordance with republican principles, was adopted by a voteot ooo to 154. The government is making mak-ing groat efforts to quell tho excitement. excite-ment. Tbero is little doubt that tho prevalent popular sentiment of France is republican, though of a conservative typo, and thero is likely to bo trouble tor MacMalion should bo be prevailed upon by tho monarchists mon-archists to carry out tho throat of dissolving the chamber ot deputies in the lace of this overwhelming majority major-ity ngaiust him. |