The Portland daily press., 1886-08-07
FOREIGN.
The Tide of Publicl opinion Turning
Against Gen. Boulanger.
The Gladstone Party Determined not
to Disturb the Government.
A Large Number of New Subscribers
for the Panama Canal Company.

PARIS, Aug.s7.-Public opinion in France
with regard to Gen. Boulanger, has been con-
siderably changed by his letter to M. Linz
bourg, representing the Due d'Aumale. in
which he admits the authenticity of the let
ter of thanks which he wrote in 1880 to the
uncle of the Comte de Paris. The Republ-
can press calls attention to the TACT that the
minister of war, who said in the Chamber OF
Deputies fifteen days ago, Il do not think
the Due d'Aumale had anything to do with
my nomination as general" and who permit.
ted this statement to be published through
out France, admits today that the statement
is not true.
Republique Franchise, the Paris, the Nation
al and the Radical, agree that the impression
produced in the country by this lack of can
dor is not at all favorable to Gen. Boulanger.
He has by his conduct in this matter serious
ly damaged his political prospects, and even
his radical friends are abandoning him.
In his letter to NJ. Limbourg, Gen. Bou-
langer said:
admit the authenticity of your letters, and ex-
cuse you for not appreciatlng your master acI OF
the labor YOU have undertaken. / scOrn, more
over, to give you explanations which you could
not comprehend. / am for the republic against
you and yours and for this reason have merited
your hate, / wish to continue worthy of it. II
ever your friends take notion topaSs from words
to deeds, the author OF the letters TO tne DUO
dAumale will very energetically perform MS duty.
M. I6plSu W bltAo AOebOA
The receiver of this letter will not do its author
a general who has twice within few days pubic
ly denied that which he knew to be true the favor
to consider it provocation worthy OF any notlce
at present He Is content to leave the matter 10
the Judgment OF men of honor and good sense.
Other letters, it is said, will be published.
1t is likely that the Due d'Aumale will inter-
fere.
British Politics.
LONDON, Aug. 6.-The London Times of
this morning says:
While it must freely be conceded that the IN
ionsts, if they succeed in their bold effort TO re-
convert Liberals to the old principle will be doing
the country the greatest service, It is vain 70 lg-
more the dangers to which their attempt VIII ex-
pose them Separatists being numerically larger,
the tendency will be to absorb the smaller body.
Although Lord Chamberlain will cooperate on the
Irish questions, ulterior debataDle questons that
are certain to be raised, VIII divide tnem.
The Standard says:
The Gladstone party does not intend to disturb
the government in the present session, but VIII
endeavor to obtain a statement from the govern
ment Of the general principles upon which u VIII ~
unite the Liberals on some otherlssues II tne
crucial question arises, the UnioniSts will leave
the House bodily instead of putting. theimlnlster
in minority. .
The Standard, commenting on the meeting
of the Unionists yesterday, says that Lord
Hartington's language is all that the Conser-
yatiyes have right to expect Inere @ Malt Is NJ
ington continues of the same mind, home
rule for Ireland is an impossibility. He still
seems to dream of reuniting the scattered
hostile Liberal sections instead of looking to
a new division of parties more in harmony
with the existing state of public opinion.
This, to the Standards mind, is the only
weak point in his conception of the present
crisis.
The Panama Company is Hopeful.
One hundred and fifty thousand new sub
scribers have applied in Paris for the new
bonds issued by the Panama Canal Compa-
nv. The number has exceeded the most SAN
gnine expectations of the company.
The Queen Sends Flowers.
Oneen Victoria has sent beautiful laurel
wreath to Bayreuth, to be placed on the
tomb of Able List.
Attempts in Germany and Russia to