Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-14
HAS MADE HIM FRIENDS
THE ASSAULT ON BOULANGER
 A GREAT MISTAKE.
Many Row Regard Him as a Prosecuted Man--Frince Ferdinand and Bulgaria.
 General Foreign Intelligence.
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 LONDON, Aug. 1.-The coWardly attempt made bv Professor Perrin at St.Jean d Au- gely Sunday to kill General Boulanger has already had the effect to create sym pathy for the ex-War Minister in quarters where little if any consideration had pre- viously been extended to him. Hitherto the efforts which have been made in cer- tain circles to crush Boulanger by means of ridicule and of belittling his importance as political factor have been successful even beyond the most sanguine expecta- ttons of his enemies, but this last attempt to assassinate him gives the lie to those Of his foes who pretend to ignore him and raises him to the level of q man to be feared. Had Opportunists really held him in as light estimation as they profess to do, it is contended, they would not take the trouble to kill him, but would rather permit him to go hls own way and kill himself, politically at least, as they are fond of asserting that he is doing. The episode of Sunday has induced great many persons to believe that Boulanger is really persecuted man who have never before been able to conScientiouSly regard him as such and if he shall gradually or suddenly rise again to the prominent place as d leader of men he occupied 8 few months ago, the change will be due to the unprovoked assaults of his opponents rather than to any act of his own.
 The completion of the new Bulgarian railway system by which Paris and Con- stantinople arc to be connected by an alr most direct route, is feather in the cap of Prince Ferdinand, and will go long way toward strengthening the already firm hold which that ruler has been able to se- cure upon popular regard. In spite of the admitted illegality of Prince Ferdinand's position on the throne at Sofia, he has managed the affairs of the Principallty with so remarkable q degree of tact as to gain the admiration of even those who stlil contend that he must surrender hls ruler ship. Certainly Bulgaria has made more internal progress during the brief reign of Ferdinand than she has ever displayed un- der any other ruler and if the welfare of that unhappy Princpality formed any part of Ile grounds on which change of Gov ernment at Sofia is demanded, the powers demanding it would doubtless hesitate about pushing matters further. But as considerations entirely apart from any de- sire to benefit tine coantry are at the bot tom of the demands no question of senti- ment will be permitted to operate i'll favor sf the Coburg prince when the time comes for his enemies to arrive
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 LONDON, Aug. If. The Star to-day says that Messrs, T. r. O'Connor and John Red mond have entered actions against the Times for libel, at the English Court of Queens Bench. The Parnellites will ap- ply to the Judges of the new commission to be sent to America to obtain an inspec- tion of important documents relative to charges brought against them which will be investigated by the Commission.
 ROME, Aug. I4.-An official despatch re- ceAved from Massowah contains the fol- lowing startling intelligence:
 Three hundred and fifty auxiliary troops, under the command of Italian officers, have been destroyed by Abyssinans.
 Tle killed included all the officers. An attack was being made by the auxliaries upon Saganeti.
 The catastrophe was due to treachery on the part of the native allies, who joined the enemy during the fighting