New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-07
CURRENT FRENCH TOPICS.
THE UNION OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND THE
GAMBETTiSTS.


GAMBETTisrS.
,,.o,, I'M, sre,-, 4 CORRESPONDENT or THE rRrBUSE
lfhoA iDh mo PARIS. September 81.
lam glad TO state that the Union Generate sharp
srs will be Obliged to disgorge deal OF the plunder
The Tribunal of Commerce has given judg1n ent IN
fov,r of the yictimzsd shareholders, and con-
Aenned the directors Of the Union Generate sever
ally and Jointly 70 paw back to the victims sum
amounting in all 10 about 260OO,OOO francs. In
the list of names figuring in the Judgment M"
those of Mayol de Lup6. the MARQUIS NC
Biencourt. owner OF that monument OF Iep",'-
s,nce architecture. the Chateau of Azy-le-
Rldeau in Tourane NJ. Marquis de Ia bol'I'ei'o'
Eugene Veuillot Prince A. de Broghe' NlcO"l'o
Emmanuel d'HarcOurt. YicOmte de RanneVll'e' anu
about ten prominent and very rich Oreans's "no
have no titles There is also the name OF NJ MANI
who was a Boanerges of the Moral Crder party ~
1877. The zeal shown IN that ye'r oy quo 80" -
set. of which MacMahon was the puppo' ~ VIZ
Elvs6e. is explained by the jndgnen' Ia tro o"'T
the Union Gen6rale Hthat band OF poli'l'''n' "''
sat I'D q King or stakeholder whOW was Strung 0"""@"
70 shelter them and too weak 10 u,,0
them off they might have gone on NINA D"ooi'S
with immunity. Yicomte Emmahuei MAJ 0oulv
10 a rotbor Of the Duc Of the same name VINO was
staaSor 70 London seven years ago, and to
-, The present Secreta airy of State for the Home
Do,ar,roent in the Gladstone Cabinet. claimed
L,ndrod The Vicomte was also private secretary
ii indeed. poitical director Of the honest ana
,yooden-headed Marshal MaeMahon.
Vieomte de Ranneviile is chiefly known ~ inc
husband of his wife. He was Deputy OF tue
Sou,me in the Versailles Assembly. The Flcomt-
esse nee Garparin Is of Russian family, hut French
and Catholic breeding. She has. or had, a rose
and-hly complexion, and made the fortunes OF her
dressmaker and her mlliner In point Oh phySlcu
beauty and iuslpiditY she was the Mrs. Langtry OF
the bevy of Parliamentary women who used to
adorp the tribunes of the Versailles Theatre "heh
the Assembly met there believe she never missed
a debate. and she never appeared for two consecu-
tive days in the same toilet. Her milner con-
tracted 70 furnish her hats and honnets at eighty
francs apiece unless when a special ORDER vas
given. Madame de Rannevle had Langtry way
OF sitting like statue. Now and then she smlleu
IN show beautiful set of teeth Her husband was
rich without being richCssimO 1t was standlng
n,2zla where the money came from that paid for
the fine dresses and the Sunday Dinner parties 10
which political Royallsts we're invited Inc luag-
ment in the case of the Union Generate answers
the problem.
Prince Am6d6e de BroClie is one of those TO whom
annette comes IN eating He married SIX or seven
,,Sars 400 daughter of the late VI. Constant Saw.
the sugar refiner She had dowry of 1s,oooooO
froncs But she was ashamed of the refinery and
yyanted 70 be q very grand lady. The Prince en-
tarad into her ideas on these subjects and bought
tba ClAteau of Chaumont on the Loire. 1t re-
Nuisance castle and is ranked by architects with
Cbepopceau and Agile Rileau. Reservations were
effected and modern Improvements made. \ nuIn'r-
ous following of liveried servants was installed
The gardens were remodeled. the stables filled Tith
extensive horses and the kennels with packs
of hounds This was all very nice and splehdiu'
But the interest of the lS,OOO.1Do francs was not
enouub TO nav for it all, and the Princess did not
like 70 eat into the capital. So the Prince became
o director of the Union G6n6rale and lent himself
a. the shady operations to which his colleagues re-
sorted TO initiate the bubble. do not know to what
sxtcnt the iowry is az the mercy Of his creditors
Rut If II is thoroughly protected. the other con-
der,ncd directors will treat the Prince and Princess
as couple OF shabby swindier'.
A few months before the BontOUx bubble bHrst,
NJ de Blowitz gave it a splendid pm IN ne LofooR
TIM, He throws a veil over thu judgment of the
Tribunal Of Commerce. As that worthy never
does something for nothing, he must have had an
interest in giving the puff aud he mnst now nave
good reason for trying 20 slur over the iact that
all the props Of moral order aforesaid are Jointly
and severally responsible for about 26,OOoOOo
francs.
The Tonoun question proves q thorny one to the
Ferry Cabinet It wonld seem az if a vote OF the
Chamber alone san cxtricate Franco from the diff
clf situation in which she ndsherself The root of
the evil Lies in tho Gambcrtists taking the run
ming of their chief in the devout spirit OF
disctnIes To have Ganbettist platform
yyifbout C,amhetta ia Ike playing Hamlet" Win
Trglet left ont. Ganbetta was an 'mHuisiYe man
and often went 10 war without counting tne COST
But he was also very supple and never hesltaed 10
heat a retreat If he found he was on the wrong
track To INV knowledge he made indirect over
fures 10 Bismarck IN rs and got IN consequence
The rept,loh press Of Germany 70 his sde durIng
tho five vearS Presidency OF MdcMahon. Inc
alliance Gambetta would not have asked better
than 10 have retracted publicly lie went 70
Pomeran:a in the autumn OF 1850, hoping
10 be invited to V8rziu and vas GiS-
appointed. Bismarck w0u!9 NOT see hin'
sthourh an cmissary Of his had been charged to III
Guce the French orator to go to Stottsn, wnere an
invitation would Be, no doubt, sent 20 MN by ihe
German Chancellor, Instead or inviting bapDetta'
bismarck fegned Illness ana took no hoJce OF nm
This dispOsed hin To entertain proposals maze 10
him by Igniateff and Skobeleff, Of an alliance with
Russia Garnbetta A. the bottom OF INC fhpe-
dltion OF Commander Rivlere, But II he had ilVeo
another 5x months he would have yielded TO emma;
and withdrawn every French marine from the lteu
River There was nothing Of the Mede and Per
sian legislators In Ganbetta. tie " threw Up the
snonge when he was beaten with a good grace,
and set about diverting attention from MS deleat
Bet his followers accept every word ana WISH OF
C,whetta as gospel. Without a gospel behind mem
they wouId not hang together, and personally they
vonld be uobOdies. n, Ferry IL, therefore, pushed
IN bv them further than he cares 20 TO- lie Is IKE
those cOnscripts behind whom Napoleon used when
fhe strain of battle was upon tlem, 70 post hard-
ened Veterans with fixed bavOneta aimed at tlelr
Inins IF they old not go or their backs came In
contact with the hard cold steel OF the older
soldiers.