Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-17
That's What the Exiled Comte De
Paris is Doing.
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC DOOMED.
a Man Needed to Take Charge of
Affairs.
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
They Point to the Re-establishment
Of the Monarchy.
a TALK WITH THE PRINCE.
He Will Say Nothing for publication
About FIoquct's Overthrow, But
His Secretary UnbosOms
himself TO n Reporter.
A Very Pleasant Interview.

LONDON, Feb. 16.-TNew York Herald
~Cable-Special TO THE BEE. The Herald
correspondent to-day had an interview with
the Comte de Paris at Sheen house, Mott
Lake. The house faces upon a narrow coun-
try road, and around it runs huge brick
walls, the entrance being through a very
small door. The grounds are well kept and
extensive, and a number Of veteran trees
with gnarled and spreading branches must
make the place lovely in summer. l was re
ceived by NJ. Dupuis, who was most cour-
teous. "If you will come this way" said
the secretary. ''the prince will receive you
IN his cabinet de travail"
! followed, and was greatly struck by the
beauty of the room into which we passed. 1t
was large and richly furnished, with a high
ceiling and everything that goes to produce
comfort, but it's great feature was a monster
bow window-really three w~indcws-which
occupy almost the entire end of the room.
This splendid opening not only lets in a Hood
of light even on the gloomiest day, but it al
lows the eye to wander over a lovely lawn
which, in the distance, ends in a grove of
fine old forest trees.
The prince will come in presently" said
NJ. Dupuis. meanwhile, here is something
interesting pointing to the tri-color flag OF
Franco, which was draped between two
marine sketches. 1.-THE large BOAT under
ncath,' went on my companion, lis one in
which we were sent away into exile.
Curiously enough, that boat went down some
time later on the rocks of Dieppe. The sketch
above shows the scene of the wreck, and
the flag which hangs there is the only thing
that was saved. You will understand" he
added, show, to a prince banished from his
country, such a souvenir is of priceless
value"
'Perhaps," / ventured, "the prince in four
or five years will be reigning IN the country
he so longs to see."
''Ah, yes, perhaps; perhaps in even less
than five years. Events are going very fast
lust now in France. Who knowsl"
what do you think, sir, will be the out
come of the present crisis:"
"Ah," with an expressive shrug, "je ne
sails absolument rien pas, plus que lie General
Boulanger. This one thing, however, is abso-
lutely certain-that which ever way events
may move, they must move against the re-
public. Republicanism was never meant for
France nor France for republicanism. The
experiment has been tried twice already, and
twice it mas miserably failed. What the
people Of France have always wanted-wha
they want to-day and what they will have to-
morrow-is n man. | do not venture to say
who that man will be, but mark my words, a
mar there must be to extricate us from the
deplorable plight into which these republi-
cans have dragged u.s."
"But did not the republic get along well
enough until recent yearsl"
"Preclsely, and for the simple reason that
until recent years we, the royalists, were
practically at the head of the government.
But since 1879 the republicans have been
fighting among themselves for the control of
affairs, and n pretty mess they have made of
II. The republic cannot live because the
republicans are their own bitteres6 enemies.
They are incapable of %union.''
AT this moment a stir ut the door an
nounced that the prince himself was
coming.
81 an glad to see you,'' said the Comte de
Paris, advancing with extended hand. "Sit
down here and tell me what l can do for the
Herald"
did tell the count what he could do for
the Herald, and then, unfortunately, he told
me why he could not do it. He was willing
to talk, perfectly and graciously willing, but
not for publication. Consequently | an
obliged TO keep silent as to what was said
during the fifteen minutes or so l spent in
his company.
What strikes one most in the princes man,
ner is a happy combination of simplicity and
dignity. He is less disposed to make an i'm
preston than the humblest of his servants,
and yet possibly for that very reason he does
make a decided impression. He Is n very
tall man-an inch or two over six feet--and
in spite Of a slight stoop his figure is wei
proportional and commanding. He speaks
English with great fuency, and the slight
accent which may occasionally be detected is
not that Of the ordinary Frenchman. II is
rather the cosmopolitan accent OF a man
familiar with a number of modern languages.
The prince was dressed very simply in
q grey tweed morning suit, and he sa,
back informally in al easy chair, his
legs crossed carelessly, and spoke as
naturally and spontaneously as the
first gentleman you might meet passing q
stray half hour at his favorlte club. He
expressed the deepest interest in the news
Just arrived from Paris of the overthrow OF
FloGuet's government, and indicated his
conviction that the outlook for the French
republic was growing blacker and blacker.
He referred in detail to the working of the
IcpuotNah ~ VI S'sS'uhucut III thS bhltSu
States, indicating what seemed TO him some
serious defects and dangers.
The comte may not enjoy being inter.
viewed, but he certainly submitted TO it
most graciously. As ! rose to go | com.
meneod to express my thanks for the favor
accorded me, but the prince cut me snort with
the assurance that he was the one who
had been favored. Some people may regard
thia q niace Of roynl sn,casm hut I can
testify that, even so, it was a vast improve
ment on other methods Of farewell not un-
known 10 the interviewing world. i left
Sheen house, not as ] entered it, but by the
grand doorway at the front, and the whole
hierarchy Of attendants gazed at me in re-
lpectfai awe, and as l passed out through