New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-12
BoULANGER IN EXILE.
HIS LAST DAYS IN BRUssELs-PhANs FOX
THE FUTURE.
tfH0~ h"~ 'A"'' brussels, April "a.

The FUIDhns
LFRoNrHE PARIS CORRESPONDENT on rhE f knri "a
have seen General Boulangcr OIL. was mere
,,vo DAYS before he started for London, had TWO
,rtervievs with him at the Hotel Mengche, anu
,vas today shown over his house in the avenue
Jopise was also present when the deputa"o"e
.,rivad ON ST. Georges Day--his name oe'nH
Gaorre rs well as Ernest-to present 70 MN DUu-
ousts most of which were Of carnauons. ~"
Hotel Meugelh IL in the aristocraac Kue hoS"ie'
reor the Park, the Legislative Houses ana On'
palace, and, as they are in the hlen io""
II IL old-fashioned, spacious qulet anu VI ." -"
,obr, air and is greatly patronzed by the o'u
,,,oaI families as the Hotel de Bellevue Where
,ho General Rrst put up, is by strangers OF HoSnl
nost+ior ov high aristocracy. This Is because IL
is not only what il is, but on account VI ,o
nroximity 70 Jesuit convent 'ii"A 'H'
General went to it because ii Is relatively 70 ue
Hotel de Bellevue cheap ana less puoho NN"n
anv Of the big new hotels IN tne i'ou'o'"f"
dAnspach.
General Boulanger Brought with nm DIS I"rs
nan servants who kept close watcn Oh ,''''o ~
not well known 10 their MASTER suspicious :"
such OF being police spies Inc deIlNery VI 'lO
1ot,ers addressed 20 the cXiled soider was ~
i+sclf n sight Supernumerary PoFtmen hau 10 Oo
told off for tho work, and table was SET "P"lO
in the coucierge's lodge for the teher"rs '0,
spondenca. Him found LOOKING "ei'' Duo
obsnnad He WAS still magnetic and pleasant
- =. .oor,ed IN keep no astouishingly against
49, aorr.soipo circumstances which have over
go him Rnt he has lost the delightful spirits
that no used TO have at the War Ohice, looks CON
oor+-,+.d when he is not reacting purposey
~. HE many troubles, and has the uneasy
oioro,ro and ouicI< glance Of one who IS IN tht
bal M, NJ suspecting pitfalls and traps. lie tallNs'
hen tho subject is mentioned, of his eVlcuoh
,,o,, the army as II IL took place so long ago
Tho, T. has passed well nigh from his memory
7, o,s vyerc 20 measure the flight oil time by
49, r,rr+i,licI.v Of the events he has seen, the
a1,ontpres he has gone through, and the SehSs-
.irs md emotions he has experienced, the Geheral
,,rb, - feel hrIf a century older than ne WIS
IN 1897 He used 20 be accused OF oyelhB Ms
hoard I do not believe he was ever gulity
~ sucb n piece OF folly. But he has shaVed OF
the side port Of il, leaving only the muatache
and chin tuft This done TO clear away
no doubt, all that had greatly whltened' IL
does not do in France for on adventurous pauer
10 he a grcy-beard The sweep over the cheeKs
Of the razor has revealed heavier under-iacc
than l had suspected. Though Bouangcr is an
early riser and manly in his habits, ne must
have il the under part Of the checks tell the
truth, an epcurean side 10 his nature. But there
is n deal OF energy shown in the wide base TO
the Brain, and Of perception in the torehead'
which is singularly prominent at the brow. Inc
nose ir strongly modelled, inclining 70 the long
| aquiIlne OF the Roman type, and ought II we
accept IAvatPr as an authority, 70 be that OF
man OF cooler judgment than we are in the habit
| OF thinking the General | regard him rs having
| insight and shrewdness. He sees what he ought
20 do. as he thnIR and does il regardless Of what
| the scoffcrs may say. The old French standards
are conventional and do not affect the democracy.
BCulSngrr felt that II he gave the French Govern
mcut the slip when 10 was preparing 70 arrest
him, the millions would think that he had done
we'll So he ESCAPED TO Brussels.
lie now feels that II Ire is out Of the sight Of
Paris he must not LEI himself fade from It's mini.
| said 10 him: General ore you going 70 stay in
Jersrv7 The idea at the Ministry Of the Interior
il that you will make that island your hcadquar-
| ters"
"Catoh me doing So" wns his answer. +" II
| would never do TO let myself bc forgotten. am
| going 20 keep in centres OF activity and rs near
| AZ | can 20 Paris. / am within onrshot OF tn"
pnrisians here In Jersey l wouh he buried
| olive No, 10 don't believe that think ~ re-
firing there"
| We talked but not at length. Of political par
| ties ia France. BonlancCr said: Ferry has
| shown himself n master in tactics. lie WIS
brought so low, you may remember. fonr years
ago Since then h has succeeded in upetttns
! Grew. whose place he coveted, and in making the
Radicals burn every plank and beam in their
platform lie did this by raising the cry OF
tho Boulangist peril and he now holds the Radical
party, which was q great party, under his arm
as piper holds his bagppcs, making is play what
tune lie plcascs. His next move will be TO shove
| Carnot ont and TO snip into his place
Issked the General what his relations were with
| the Belgian Government lie replied that he
| could not tell me so long rs he was In Belgium
Exile, hc said weighed heavy upon him. The
placid temper Of Brussels fell in better with his
present mood than the busrlc and whrl Of excite
ncnt OF London season I offered him some let
| tiers 81 introduction, which he accepted Vne OF
them was to the son OF an Archbishop. This struck
him as ludicrously droll, and, after enjoying
laugh. he shrugged his shoulders and exclaimed;
| En0p, ~, The Enan" here might stand for
What q queer world VIZ live in told MN
that archiepscopal dignity was the highest In the
British peerage after royu peers and that the son
Of On archbishop WAS sure 10 be proud Of his father
| Another Of the letters was 10 n lady whose spe-
calty Is 10 have all the lions Of the season at her
bonse In London The words Hons OF the season
struck him MS drol also and dclcionSly EngnSh.
But a cloud passed over his face a. he rp'a'eu
them I spoke about the certainty there was OF
n cordial reception from Lord Salisbury ana oth'r
Tory noblcmen Here he kept diplomatic silence
The room where this conversation took pIace yes
terday evening was OIL the second floor OF the
Hotel Mengelle It WAS flied with flowers which
save vnst sheaf OF carnations in a wide jar
dipicrc cried out for water. They looked faded
and neglected. coal fire burned in On open
metal stove, of the kind one 80 often sees IN BEL
pinn houses The General told me that he was TO
| nAO,.a nnrt rnnrninr nt G, - In snecinl trim