Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-21
THE CoMTE DE PARIS IN LUCK.

THE COMTE DE PARIS MN LUCK. Made a Man of Much Importance By The Recent FIascO fn the Cham Der.
 LONDON, une 20-A despatch just re- ceived from Paris states that there is an inn minent probability of deadlock between the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies on the expulsion of the princes. The radicals of the chamber overshot the mark i'll mak- ing their bill too sweeping to be stomached by the aristocrats of the Senate and it's first
 reception by the latter body was it's refer ence to a special committee comprising a
 large majority of we'll known royalists amid
 sneers and derisive laughter. This commit
 tee m ade short work of the bill. During the discussion it was shown that the charges
 against the Comte de Paris were, frst-that
 he had subsidized so-called agricultural com
 mittees throughout the country which were
 really election committees formed in his in terest. The absurdity of this charge was
 shown by the fact that at the last election
 despite the formal order of the Comte de
 Paris the agricultural list of candidates re-
 mained in the field at the second ballot, the
 result being the triumph of great many
 radicals over moderate republicans whom
 the royalists would have of course preferred.
 The other charge was the grandeur of the
 reception given by the Comte de Paris on his
 daughters departure for Lisbon to be mar
 ried and the inviting to this reception of the
 foreign ambassadors in Paris. Ia answer to
 this it was shown that these same ambassa-
 dors had always been on terms of reciprocal
 hospitality with the Comte and with all the
 members of his family. He would have been lacking in common courtesy had he failed to invite them, although he was doubt
 less aware that they would not accept the in vitations This charge therefore was laughed out of court and it was found there were re-
 ally no allegations of illegal conduct on the part of the Comte. As to the Bonapartes it was sufficient for the destruction of that
 part of the bill to quote M de Freycinet's
 bon mot: eff the Orleanists are expelled the Bonapartes will feel sighted if they are not also banished" This disposed of the whole bill, which the com mittee rejected by vote of six to three. The best judgment obtaina- ble tonight is that the Senate will sustain the action Of the committee. In this case there is likely to be a prolonged wrangle be- tween the two houses of parliament. Con- sessions will be asked for, which will cause long debates and probably change the pro visions of the bill This will be an exceed ingly critical time for Nj. de Freycinet and his cabinet The Premier has hitherto succeeded beyond expectation in riding with the hounds and running with the hare, but he will now be confronted with novel and embarrassing questions upon which he can hardly take any stand without violating some pledge or declaration that he has made to one side or the other. He has also four violent expulsionists among his own cabinet This again emphasizes the fact that the whole radical campaign for expelling the ' princes was less for the purpose of accom- plishing their expulsion than for speeding the Premier's downfall. The next few days will also be critical period for the republic itself. The satirists are already saying that France having shown a pitiful weakness in seeking to expel the princes is now showing more weakness in not expelling them after declaring it's intention to do so. The event ! has added degree of dignity to the position of the Comte de Paris. He has been recog- nized by the highest official authority in the E land as parsonage of importance, he is made a pretender to the throne willy nilly, and | his importance is vastly augmented among \ the clergy and nobility of the whole country. Altogether it will be well for M.de Freyeinet, ! M. Grevy and all interested in the present regime or in the continuance of republican | ism to use their utmost endeavors to bring ! the present crisis to 8 close at the earliest | possible moment.