Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-30
BOULANGER BOWS
To the Ioevitsbie- soldiers Devoted To the
General.

To the Ioevitsble-so soldiers Devoted to the
General.
PARIS, March 30 "A correspondent,
after waiting three hours at the Hotel
Louvre, has had the pleasure ST seeing
General Boulapger.
Since the sentence passed on the officer
by the court martial has become known,
thousands Of people have presented them
selues at the Generals abode, and bushels
of letters and kilograms have been sent in.
It has been a very difficult matter to see
the General, bat having received from him
some time ago an amiable letter inviting
the correspondent to call on him whenever
he chose, the missive was as laissez pdsser.
Henri Rochelort, Count Dillon and two
strangers were in the Generals room. Gen
eral Boulanger seemed very calm, but look
ed tired, upset and flushed. His friends
did all the talking. TIE correspondent ex-
pressed his sincere coincidence, to which
the Genersl replied: ~ am extremely sem
sible OF your kind sympathy and would
through you express my thanks 10 your
directors, bat, mon chere gdrooa, what is
there 10 say? My friends here and are
quite dumiounded by the event. We do
not understand il ut all. can but bow
to the Judgment Of the Commission Of In
quiry, for am q soldier STILL"
"Yes, yes" said Rochefort, who was ter
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ment, and you can suffer and he still. 1t
is part Of your heroism, and Is perhaps
your best way Of refuting all these abomi.
nable calumnies; but happily we are here,
your friends, who are bound hy NO such
considerations, and we say that your con-
demnation is infamous, and that taken in
connection with the acquittal NJ NJ. Will
son, is the most abominable p'ace Of job.
berry politicians have ever committed.
Mdis c'est ineroydble-and here Is the Re-
public! Here she is-the virgin for whom
dame, certainly. Why, it is enough TO
make one almost regret the days Of the
Empire.
81 spent five hours in the evening alter
the acquittal of the one WAS known and
the condemnation of the General was ex-
pected, in going about Paris to learn the
public feeling, and everywhere the same
words were repeated. 1t seemed that this
short sentence concerning the days Of the
empire said all that could be said. heard
it repeated not twenty imes, but hun
dreds of times in one evening"
Deputy Laguerre then came in, aud In
tha axnikannanN IL hNtltn N
with rage, but almost broke down as he
embraced his friend. The Lowe court
yard was packed as the correspondent left,
but ut least third Of those present were
police spies. A whole regiment Of mouch-
ards has been let loose in the Rivoli quar-
ter, and most serious preparations are be-
ing made 10 check any manifestations.
The Government has decided, however, in
case of anticipated riots, 10 leave the mat
ter in the hands Of the police exclusively.
II would be 10 provoke n pr0nunciamento
~ ask for military interference.
The soldiers to one man are devoted TO
Boulanger, and nowhere is his disgrace
more keenly felt and resented than in the
barracks. The officers are divided on the
question, the older men being satisfied
with the action of the government in re-
moving one Of them whom they were jeal-
Gus OF, but the juniors are furious. Among
the civilians the bourgeoise is satisfied, but
among the bona fide wOrkmen the indig-
nation Is 80 great that the fears Of the gov
ernment appear TO be well founded. An
archists, Socialists and that class of people
are pleased, inasmuch as they look upon
Boulanper az the enemy of that universal
peace which is their pet propogandum.
Their Indignation, however at the acquit-
tai of Wilson is unlimited.