The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-25
WHAT FRANCE ESCAPED.
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRO
POSED COUP DErAT OF 1S77-EvIDENcEs OIL
TREAsoNABLE INTENTIoNs-DE BRoGLIE AMI

! REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRO-
POSED COUP p'ETAT OF 1S77-EvIDENcEs OF
TREAsoNApLE INTENTIoNs-DH pRoGLIE AND
| DE nocuEDoUET.
From the London Tmes]
In the Chamber of Deputies at Versailles ON Sat-
| urdsy, March 8, NJ. Brisson assembled the tribune
and presented. amid profound silence. the re-
| port Of the Commission tho Crisis Of 1877
The reading of this report occupied one hour and q
quarter The. report begins by recalling that the
Chamber had referred to he Commission both the
of the 10th OF May Ministry and certain events
in tho first fortnight OF November in ls77-a proof
that IL connected both with concerted plan for
changing the form of government. During
the FIRST period the chief object to force
universal suffrage to rescind its vote Of 1876
and give majority adverse to the republic
for which purpose the constitution was violated.
laws trampled under foot. individual liberty illegally
infringed. the magstracy incicd to partisans hip;
corruption. fraud violence and terror resorted to.
During the second period the authors OF the 10th of
May organizing the means of making mp by
force for tho absence OF national assent and what
was then attempted meditatcd threw light on the
real designs of the original scheme.
General de Rochebouet. who commanding at
Bordeaux is moned to Paris the 18th Of Novem-
Der by kilograms In which mention is made of
the intention to mako him Prime Minister, and
begging him Simply to come to Paris on the follow
ing day and call at the Elysec General do Rochebouet
had, however. doubtless some notion to the
motives for which he summoned to Paris.
for he immediately telegraphcd to General Ducrot,
the commandant of the Eighth corps at Bourges. as
follows-" am summoned to Paris by Marshal
Mac Mahon. You can imagine the fee,iinss l ex-
made to l shall be this evening and to-
morrow Tuesday at tho Hotel youillemont, Paris
The fact that General de Rochebouet addresses
himself to General Ducrot in these terms makes IL
extremely probable that in previous interviews and
correspondence the formation of Cabinet of mill
tary influence had been discussed and that General
Ducrot was no stranger to the plan. Tho latter,
in fact does not hesitate, and at once replies to BI.
dc Rochebouet: I'm present circumstances you
cannot refuse. Only mako 1t o condition that you
are allowed to make the changes in the ministerial
which seem to you Indispensable Oh your
responsibility. Count on my fullest cooperation.
the supposition that General Ducrot was aware of
the mission reserved Tor General de Rochebouct. In
stead of yielding to the nation preparations
being made to resist it, Can it be fancied that the
Ministers of the 10th of May still in power in
Was the Duo dc Brogie chief Of the retiring Cabinet
who gave the President Of the Republic the advice to
summon NJ. dc Rochebouet?
RETALIATION THE MINISTRY.
The preliminary inquiry will doubtless clear mp
this point. You have seen thst General Ducrot adj
sonnel the Ministry War. This advice was forth
with followed. On the 2ad OF November NJ do Roche
bouet telegraphed to General Ducrot: "Nothing set-
tied. Send Mirihel to me to-day" On the fol-
lowing day General Ducrot telegraphs to Captain
az tSat M.be aocsnts the es of cs aS
the staff but cannot leave his room for two three
days, owing TO indisposition" General Miribel
is General Ducrvts chief of The staff The new
Prime Minister was accordingly drawing from
the latter not only inspircrs. but co-operators.
the 2ath OF November it was placed in a
minority in the Chamber by 3l5 votes to 2O7 1t
Sa little less than that Of its preaeee
sors: STILL the coup de force seems in preparation.
Evidence Of it is IN plenty We shall place the most
from tho Minister OF War; on tho 2Ttl and 2Sth OF
November. to the commandment at Marseiles and the
commandAnt at Lyons recommend Significant pre-
cautions to them, among Others to call in the
arms belonging to. private persons to Fort
ant contains this passage:--"I do not doubt that
you will proclaim the state OF siege by telegraph.
will lend themselves to the premediated coup
force. On the 4th of December the Minister of War
tecgrsphs to the commandant ut Toulouse as fol-
lows 81 am told that the Ninth regiment cannot
be counted upon Is this true? Are there any
DO taken?" What. then, did the promoters Of
the enterprise premedtate to dread resistance the
part OF the troops? Suspicion and fear to have
stolen into their breasts.
PROOFS TRANSFERABLE.
The following telegram is dated December Otto
tho commandaut of the Eighth corps, Bourges:-In
reply to your ciphcred telegram and conformably TO
the verbal instructions gave you beg you for
bid any absence of generals OF division failing
Ministerial order, oven should these officers be
voked for the commissions. On this telegram xhere
two observations to make--hrst. that General
Ducrot came to Paris between tho 18th OF
November and the 9Th Of December see
ing that there arc verbal instructions:
second that the moment for action does not seem
distant. The Minis OF War and General Ducrot
need fresh co difference for the following telegram
sent OF on December minister OF War to tho
Commandant OF the Eighth corps at Bourpes:-I
authorize you to come to Paris on Sunday. A Du-
fuure Cabinet is ut present in formation These
last words chow that Tor General Ducrot and ~ de
Rochebo,iet the political outweig hs every
thing An attempt at conciiiaton was, in fact,
iust then talked OF: the nation Thought an UNDER
standing was going to be established between tho
President OF the Republic and the representatives of
France This w;.s the hone OF every good citizen
On the It'll of December a. do Rochebouet tccuraphs
to General Ducrot -"rhe negotiations for tile for
nation of a Ministry are broken off because of ths
refusal To give way on tho question of the
Ministries of War and Foreign Affairs General
Ducrot rrplics:-"Thanks. Nav the good God and
Marshal Mac Mahon be blessed and giorihcd u,auyh-
ter and exclamations) We will not comm, ut on this
cry OF triumph cxtorted from General Ducrot by the
news that war was resumed between the government