Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-10
AGAIN A GENERAL 0VERTURN
Is Old Mirabeau's Prophesy to Be
Again Fulfilled.
ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH FIRE
Franco Once More on the Eve OF a
Gigantic Eruption-Comm Of
the American Press on Bou.
hangers Victory,
What of the Republic?

| century ago, zee government CONNIE u
aveugle conduisant uu aveugle allant tro
loin, terminera entin, dams une culbutte gen
erale dams la fosse" Then came the Frencl
revolution. That the republic is now on tn
| eve of gigantic political eruption is gen
orally agreed. Will it be accomplished peace
| fully or through another deluge of fire ant
| bloodl This is what the leading journals o
| the United STATES say about it:
New York Tribune: "What q fantastic
| game of chances 1t is that wins alike the pat
| ronage oil royalists, Orleanists, Bonapartists
clericaists, spectators in Panama shares
claQuers OF bourse, swndlers and hord,
of tide walters and cycophants! Boulangisn
can not restore the monarchy, nor revive the
tinsel glories of the Napoleonic empire. Il
must either end in an irresponsible military
Dictatorship doomed to final, If not speedy
overthrow, or else in anarchy and revolu
tiCn.n
San Francisco Call: A party formed oi
odds and cuds-or Bonapartists, legitimists
and radicals, with sprinkling of an
archists-is only formidable in opposition
Bouanger may make use of these allies tC
raise himself to power, but they are hardly
the material uDon which u stable government,
can be founded.
Detroit journal: Paris has again taken
the bit in Its teeth, and will probably ride TO
destruction once more, dragging the country
have joined hands with the communists to
destroy the republic. 1t does not seem pos
sible for it to struggle to its feet after this
knockdown blow.
New York Sun: 1t romans to be seen
whether General Boulanger has the will and
personal force to make himself great
political power. Dscordant elements com
pose his following, and his position, however
eminent at present, is one of difficulty
Nowhere is the step from the sublime to
bp y nj ar @ nrf aQ N
Paris France still! VIII the nation sanction
the abolition OF the presidency ana the SEN
ate' VIII government BY single chamber
be tried and found wanting, and 50 the way
prepared for the rise of an .adventurer or
Tor restoration! These are questions
which France must answer. The republic
is apparently entering upon period of stress
and trial.
San Francisco Examiner: The only pro-
gramme upon which Boulanger can hold his
supporters together is war. He has the
motliest array of followers that ever found
themselves rubbing elbows in company.
Rochefort and De Lesseps, Louise Michel
and the black nightgowned aristocrats of the
Foubourg Saint German unite in cheering
for the general, and not one of them can tell
what the general Is expected to do. All
these people can join in pulling down. but
the moment Boulanger attempts anything
constructive they will be at each others
thrOatS.
Indianapolis news. NO 1rlcnu OIL FRANCE
sees any good in Boulanger's victory. 1t is
only the first step, and to do harm must be
followed by progress in the same direction;
but it is a logical step and as such may indi-
cate the weakness OF the republic
St. Paul Globe: Whether Boulangism
proves to be menace to the peace of Eu-
rope or not, it is evidently likely to give in
creased animation to the political situation
in France.
Chicago Times: If he act within the law
Boulanger cannot harm the republic. But
already popular with the army, which grew
under his great capacity for organization,
the manifestations of civil interest in him
self may induce him to seize the direction of
affairs The situation is not as ripe for die
tatorship as.that which yielded to the hand
of the first Napoleon, but Boulanger is vain,
daring, and unscrupulous
Washington Press: The character of the
factions and combinations that Bou anger
gathered about him-the Bonapartists, the
royalists, the anarchists, all who Tor any
reason are opposed to the existing order of
things-is suggestive of danger. If he
should be able 10 master the situation and
hold these Incongruous elements in check all
may yet be well or at least all may not be
lost. Otherwise the outlook is dark with
fateful omens not only to France but to the
growth Of civil liberty i'll Europe.
Chicago inter-Ocean: If Boulanger is as
strong as his friends believe he is, his tri-
umph in Paris means general overturning
In France.
Boston Globe: French republicans are
now fearing that Boulanger, who fancies
himself another Napoleon, will make him
self emperor. One difference between BOu-
langer and Bonaparte was wittily made clear
in the chamber of deputies, when Floquet
quietly arose and asked Boulanger if it ever
occurred to him that at his Boulanger's) age
Bonaparte was dead The new hero is gray,
and must find 1t hard playing the part of the
hero of Lodi
New York World: Despite all of Bou-
langer's professions Of simple desire for
revision, 1t Is evident that he
is the embodiment of militarism, and that
he is steadily aiming at dictatorship Ii
ever elevated sufficiently he will develop as
a foe of the republic for he means force,
and force is hostile to any and every form of
democracy.
Albany Argus; The election of Boulanger
brings a disturbing factor into continental
politics, and from yesterday onward forces
that have been in quiet massing themselves
will begin to move within the sight of men.
Kansas City Times: Boulanger is elected
and everybody wants to resign. This is
eminently Frenchy, but it is not alarming.
Philadelphia Record: VIII Boulanger re-
enact the part of Louis Napoleon and intict
upon France Second OF December and
5hlrd empire of blood and despotsm! Or
will he, in moderating his own ambition, i'm
tate General Monk and General Lafayette
md hand the crown of France to the Comte
lie Paris. These are questions which must
De answered by history in the near future.
Philadelphia Ledger: Boulanger is the
spirit Of France to-day, and, in
he shrewdest estimation, It's evil spirit. His
uture course will be watched by all the
world with extraordinary interest. He can
lot at once act out his purposes, whatever
hey may be. What they are, time and events
will show, but that they bode no good to
democratic institutions in France seems to
DC the almost universal belief and fear of
hose most intelligent.
San Francisco Chronicles The alarmists
will now try TO work up a war sensation
ver the election, but there seems to be no
eason for any apprehension. BOulanger can
,ide his time, and he is shrewd enough to
NOW that the year of the great exposition is
lot the time TO select for coup d'etat.
st. Louis Post Dispatch: It was sugges-
i've coincidence that Boulanger's triumph
mt election in Paris fell upon the birthday
f the German emperor. II is within posi-
'ility that the popular French general and
he young German emperor may meet at the
ead Of contending armies.
Cincinnati Commercial: 1t is easy to at
ach too much Importance TO the alleged per
onal nsignificance of Boulanger. The man
Who has been shrewd enough without the
restige of victories won in the field TO make
uch Formidable combination, and give
france hope in his name is not TO be de-
pissed.
Detroit News: 1t is easy TO laugh at Bou-
anger, and to call him a charlatan; but there |
lust be qualities of greatness after all in |