The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
FRANCE'SNEW NAPOLEON
THE OUTCOME OF THE MOvEMENT T
STILL IN DOUBT.

M Ferry Speaks OF The General as
Mutinous Soldier--The Election Re-
garded With Grave Suspicion in
Germany-The New Deputy Pens a
Letter to His Electors Processing to
Set Forth His Policy.
PARIS, April 16-Opportunist journals
admit that the Opportunist party suffered a
severe defeat in yesterdays elections in the
department of the Nord. The RepubLiQtte
FrGnc1tSe says: "There is madness in the
air. We must not despair, however, but
must stubbornly fight the battle"
The Journal des DebatS saws: ''The eff
forts to concentrate the Republicans have
failed. The Moderates will no longer vote
with the Radicals"
The Petit Journal says: "It is for the
government to attach proper meaning to
the demonstration in favor of universal
suffrage just made"
None of the papers regard Gen. Bou-
langer's success in any other light than as IA
protest against the home policy of the gov
ernment
"A MUTINoUS SOLDIER"
N. Ferry, in a speech at Thinal to-day,
denounced Gen. Boulanger as a mutinous
soldier He added that the Chamber of
Deputies had abused its power in order to
lnclte ministerial crisis, but in defending
the Senate he said that the Boulanger crisis
proved that direct suffrage was not infalh-
BILE, and showed the danger of a single as
sembly and the necessity of the Senate.
The existing situation was plagiarism of
the Second of December. He perfectly
| recognized again the hypocritical, equivo-
cal and threatening formulas of that
peoriod. He would support the
| Floquet Cabinet, and he called upon
| 1t to assume an active militant
attitude toward Boulangerism and to con-
centrate the Republicans against the Plebis-
citary CBsarian movement. The return of
France to Casarism would tend to foreign
| war. France would lose the esteem of the
rest of Europe, if the second time in forty
years she should be so foolish as to take a
| mediocrity of genius, Cataline for Wash
ington. All good citizens must rouse them
selves to combat reversion to Caesarism,
which had always left shameful and blood
stained traces in the history of France.
BoULANGER TO THE ELECTORS.
Gen. Boulanger has written letter to
| the electors of the Department of the Nord,
in which he says: THE 10th of April will
henceforth be marked in the annals of the
country as the date of her true deiverance
You have courageously resisted all pressure,
you have held your ground against acts of
| tyranny, Obeying only the voice of con-
| science. The workmen whom it was at
| tempted to overcome by intimidation, ,risked
| everything-even their daily bread Honor
to your perseverance, and bravery Politi-
clans, who have never but enc programme
to hold Office forever-pretended
not to understand my profession of
faith. But you understand it, and you
have joined me in demanding the diSsolu-
| tion of the Chamber You have condemned
| the impotence of revision of the constitu-
tion that is of an anti-Republican and usurp-
| ing character. What France demands,
what the electors have affirmed through my
name, is the necessity of a constituent as
| sembly before which all ambitions will be
effaced, and which will give the people a
large place throughout to occupy under the
republic This has always been prom
| ised to them, but systematically with
| held Electors, our mutual interests are
! those of the country and of the republic
| 1t does not suffice to love both. You must
know also how to protect and defend them.
Without thought of provocation, together
| we will devote ourselves to this great task
Without allowing ourselves to be thwarted
by calumnies, will labor to make the re-
public respected and mdestructible"
LeSOir calculates tuat Gen. Boulanger OBJ
tained only 10000 Republican votes. La
Justice argues in the same strain.
La Paris says that NJ. Wilson and Will
sonism have mace Gen. Boulanger.
TIMDITY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
There was much discussion in the COM
mittoe rooms of the Chamber of Deputies
to-day, on steps to be taken Thursday, when
Parliament meets. 1t has been arranged
that Gen. Boulanger's admirers shall not be
allowed to come farther that the Place de
Concorde.
ONLY A PASSING STORM.
Il
opinion that Boulangerism is a passing
storm which will bring about the much de-
sired Republican unity against the danger
threatening France. The authorities are
convinced that while Gen. Saussier remains
Governor of Paris the army will not hes-
tate to do its duty. This confidence in the
strength of the existing government is not
shared by most of the Republican and mod
crate journals, which urge the government
to do its utmost to rally the Republican
| forces.
Several papers publish alleged interviews
with Gen. Boulanger. 1t is impossible to
gather from these Interviews an idea as to
| the Generals intentions.
HOW GERMANS LOOK AT IT.
BERLIN, April II, 3 A. M.-The North
| German Gazette thinks that the election of
Gen. Boulanger means a protest against
Republican mistakes, but by no means inn
plies that the electors give Boulanger carte
| blanche. Much will depend upon whether
| in leading circles the lesson given is taken
to heart If it is, the Boulangerist tide will
ebb as fast as it flowed"
Other German papers exhibit greater
alarm, while diplomats and military men
regard the election of Gen. Boulanger with
grave suspicion.
Cuba's Budget.