, 1880-02-14
PARIS.
Jules Favre In the Franco-Prus-
!. alan War-Two Terrible
Blunders.
The Vacant Fauteuil in tho Academy
Who Will Obtain the Cow
etea Position?
Henri de Bornicr and Ills Trage1
dies-,Two Theatrical
Scandals.

Epfttdt Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
PARIS, Jim. 2S.-1n the death Of jules
Favrc, France hus lost great orntor, mud a,'
honest, though most unfortunate, mai. III
1870 he Ind renche,l the apogpu Of his carrcr.
From, tho tflne war was declared agninst
Truss1a. hfs star palct. At tho outbreak OF
the Commune. It sunk forever. Thc story OF
The 4tli Of September Is 40 we'll known that l
need only mention few detni,s. The news
Of the Sedan disaster Ind hardly got to
Paris when the popnlnr wnve. sweeping tho
wrecked relics of tho Second E1nplre away,
landed jules Fayre md 4 few other lib
erals, high and dry OIL the treaellcroi.s rock
Of Political Power. jules Favra proclnimcd
tie downfall of tho Empire. Jules F0yre
decreel the birth Of the Thirt Republic.
And Jules Favrc. with Jules SIn.un, Leon
Galnbctta, Cre,nieux, and tic rcst Il need not
nanlo them ally, organized the Provisional
Government Tint assumed the n0ble-but,
aims! empty-title Of
CONFINEMENT or T1tE NATIONAL DE-
FESsE."
Opinions, Of course, are divided, atld Will
long be divided, aS to the wisdom orlIntt'css
Of the resistance that followed Sedan. There
Il no doubt, h0wnvcr, Of onH thing: It snvcd
the national honor, II II doubled the national
dtsnstcr; and. though IL led TO n iimancial
loss that seemed almost yuinous Mt the mo-
nlen., It served useful purpose by revealing
ta illsllspected resources the French could
full hnek upon. To Leon Gambctta belongs
riRhtfnlIy any gratitude France may care to
bcstow oil the Government 0f the National
Defense. Jules Favre mud jules Simon, shut
up In Paris, did little good md mitch mis-
chief. GulnbGitn. who had. nS every one re-
A.t,x
by bnl1opn-{ianbetta was the soul OF tho
resistance. II led, Ms we know, to nothing IN
particular. Jules Tavro ilalt7lntlcrtakcn tho
responsibilities attaching to tho Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. In this character, when
things grew desperate, le proceeded one day
to the Chateau do Fcrrieres, wlieru ho Ind
tint memorable md melancholy interview
with the Iron Count,
nIsAtA1sCK AND FAvTlE
were MS dffferentns any two stnteslnGn could
be-. The one wns MS har1 aNd strong rs tile
other was emotional and-ns consequence
--wcnk. Both were, In their respective
ways, trlc patriots, however; md, for my
part, cannot bring myself to make merry
over the tpnrs the sentimental FrcMclIlllan
she'd III that Interview. Tho German was
p!tilcss; and Jules Farro refused to treat on
Ills conditions. "Not stone of onr fort
rcsses,-not MI inch of onr territory" Tint
wns the phrase, think. If, III tllu SEQUEL.
fortune Ind favored France, tho words
fn'nons linn aii ills previous acts As It wNs,
they rnl.,cd hl,n. Not aus stnne, or .uue
fortress or one INCH OF territory WIS yielded
| to the conqlernr, but ,!luty stol,es and fort.
territory, Ainl Jules Fnvre signed tho .treasy.
| lie was mt much more responsible for tlie
Mattonnl cnlnInlty, 80 fur, than Gen. Won
| Wimptfe'' had beetA ut SrGan; but now. for
his misfortune, hs was guilty OF piece Of
carcleslcss so gross and disastrous TINT
4 CRIME WOULD 11Avl: nEEN pIsErE1sADI.E.
4 When tho nrl,listtco was arranged hctwecn
the enemies, le forgot to llAye Eonrl>aki's
Army Of thB East tthen l'larel'lnE towards
ffstfnMy S !S efSa y rrtnc r. Ee ssra TGst w. fa'
frontier tn escape- annihlatlat1. Tnklug, It
for granted tl,at Bonrbaki's nr,ny was hi:
fs nsseos Il ths E5'ss oses"s oss'a tat e4ensSe ss
operations should DO discontinued. The Ger
nians III Dnnrhnsi's nnighhorl,ootl OF course
kley the. rcnl state Of ati,,fs, mud .hcu dIsIe
PATCHES desperate l,lessnges to (;u,nhett!'
nsklnE for new Instructions NNl explanations
GantGettl, IN dis,nay, applies to Jules Fayrr,
md Is told-that tho Army Of tho East has
y Bit tllls WIS not tho only fault Jules Favre
wns guilty Of III 1871. Subsequently he /.
found oppos1ug l'ismnrck's plum for the Ills
arming Of tho Paris NMttonal Guards. Bis
sS ,nve'nesat" st" on }rls point; t and sa'' " '''
THE COMMUNE FotItowEp.
There Is no renson to believe Jules Fayre l,nt
ally hut perfectly honest Lniottvcs In cnnlnlt
ting these two, terrible blnnlers; but the!
no,y nss the ta sSs lat9 ~ m III a ; sce @ p6
Ills mtsthkcs: hut nell-Frcnchmell Mt lenSt
-hnyt not yet forgiven Or forgotten. Ii
4 August, 1s5l, l,e Withdrew from the Cover,
,n.siit, aild uls Ioltisal. world M saw hin, 1 bn
heavily upon HIN, nntt aKed hE1n, tast. II,
lost his Oil tire and force. Ills llair grew
white, Gntl !'ls faG9 M beca!ne gray alnt Er,nl M
Msa s saM W. ht saow fet,S u q Ff's 5
self. At the time Of IFS death lie was Sen
,, 9tHr. representing tho Department Of til
There wns another rensor, OH which !
! would be uncharitab1e to lfnRer loug, IL
the profound melancholy 0f his lust year<
Shortly after tho .war n quarrel viii, o,le I!
his friends letl to the disclosure Of is llIel
nchltd, The oiIense III this country would
III the cRsG Ut almost my Other MInl,. ltay
been thought tritiinx. iIlt h. lle.l ever lla
prclInE rHs Esptat9n tt9t fof t rlE Srtne II
war had begun, and there was an otld Il
| Jules FAvre.
. 4 few words about Jules Fayre
= THE ORATOR
Ills eloquenca WAS not naturally Ercnt, II
\ lad ut the outset, like NeuUsthelIes, li,,ic
! ltl'lcully II speaking, partly due to sort !.
u hlGeough that troubled him. lie tnnul,urc
u his defects by sheer lard work at,I pe
! severance. No speaker Of thls gcrsr
! 1..o, tto., was s ,aore slsEant, J.! !!nesiys,
9 rhetoric; but the Judgment Is too sever,
Q Ills style was Msore akin to Clcern's TIL,
Dcmostl,enes', no doubt, however. Tlley HI
Il he wrote out ills speeches three or four TIM
l. before. delivering them. Irony WIS tho mo
II rennrknba ftntilse OF them alt. lIo vel
!. often failed TO win the cNses le took III i,al,
/. but rarely TO win ths admiration Of Ills hen
D. II viii soon bo time to find d SUCCESSOR +
" Jules Favre
r AT THE ACADEMr.
', Specl,latlons are being huzaralrd about Il
r. name Of the coming man already. 'Thr
r. men IN Frailre seem to tiayo prrTnlInc
10 clnimx To tho consideration Of tl,e Instiltl
of 4 Erent orat0r, u great historian twlo Is
y relaarkH1'o orntor n1so@, and II Eleat Tor,
Id | finKllIHgdl poet, Tltn nilllla Df tlli.dn tll