Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-03
THE FRENCH RoYALIsTs.
Significant Speech OF Ferdinand
Duvai at Recent Banquet
.Copmipht 1889 bp james Gordon Bsnnstt.l

lCopwight 1889 by james Gordon Bsnnst,.l
PARIS, May 2.-TNcw York Herald
Cable-Special to The BEE. 1.-The speech
of Ferdinand Duval made at the royalist
banquet given at the Sale Wagram on We'd
nesday evening in honor of st. Philip, patron
saint of the Comte de Paris, has attracted
much attention. This is due principally to
the peculiar position Duval occupies in the
loyalist party He is one of the leaders of
the royalists who are opposed to the policy
adopted by the majority of the party in
regard TO Boulnnglsm, and who has come out
most openly against an alliance with the
Bouangists. His speeches and articles pub.
lished during the Paris electoral campaign
in January were uniformly hostile to the
candidacy of General Bouanger. Ferdinand
Duval was not absolutely free to
express his opinion concerning Boul-
angism, and on Wednesday sharply
criticised the policy followed by the republi-
cans. He protested energetically against
state trial in progress before a senate excep
tlonally turned into a high court of justice,
and accused the government of having de-
prived the accused man of the right to be
tried by national judges.
According to Duval the republic is def
nitely condemned in the public opinion of
France as being unable to assure the order
of the country, and as lacking in respect for
the religious convictions of the citizers. He
added warm eulogy of the monarchy,
which, he said had always given France u
regular government and free institutions, in
spite of all crises. He expressed u firm con-
victon that France would return to the
monarchial principle of which the Comte de
Paris was the sole representative. This was
and the French people, as it is only on this
common ground that the conservatives and
liberals can unite. For this reason the royal
lists should make no sacrifice of convictions
or of their hopes.
as defiance to the alliance
between the monarchists and Boulangists,
for the latter are equally positive in the de-
claration that they are republicans, and they
wish to maintain the republican form of
government in France. 1t would be well for
the French people to know whether the
royalists, while clinging to their political
faith and reserving the right to vote for a
restoration of the throne whenever the Fro
pitious hour presents ITSELF propose to con-
tinue the compact with the Boulangists by
means of quibble on word revision, the
meaning of which they intend to define
later on. Such, at least, appears to be the
plan of campaign with a majority of the
party Only the other day Paul De Cassag-
nae defied them to present themselves ut
the coming election with the watchword,
"Vive La Roi," as their only platform. He
advised them not to display their flags too
openly, and it is probable that this counsel
will be followed. If the revisionist's coall
tion triumph at the next election it will still
remain to be seen if it is u royalist who will
reap the fruits of the victory, and if the fol-
lowers of the Comte De Paris, who propose
to remain royalsts no matter what may hap
pen, will be in position to secure reaiza-
tion of their hopes.