Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-29
The Situation In France.
NOT YET CLEAR WHAT TURN AFFAIRS ARE
TAKE.

NOT YET CLEAR WHAT TURN AFFAIRS ARE TO
TAKE.
The effects of Boulanger's triumph in Paris
on Sunday have not yet become clear. Bou-
LANCER has announced his intention to attend
the session Of the chamber of deputies on
Thursday. Premier Floquet proposes to intro
duce in Parliament on Thursday next an anti
plebiscite measure and abill to re-establish the
scy1lin d reimbursement system.
The Temps does not attempt to ignor the i'm
portance of Gen. Boulanger's triumph, but at
the same time it strenuously rejects the idea of
the adoption OF exceptional measures by the
government or of rebelling against the popu-
lar verdict Gen. Boulanger, it says, will not
try to conspire against the republic. simply
because he has no need to do so. The electors,
1t believes. voted chiefly, not against the re-
public, but against an incapable and impotent
chamber Of deputies. 1t says that the system
of election known as scr1tin d drondisse1nent
ought to be Immediately re-established the
budget for 1889 adopted and parliament ad-
journ until October, when a general election
viii be held. In the meantime. it says, the
country should occupy itself solely in endeavors
to promote the success of the exhibition. The
same paper announces that NJ. Floquet if he
remains in power, will introduce bill to pre-
vent plebiscitary intrigues.
A thousand students paraded in the Latin
Quarter last night. They broke windows in
houses occupied by persons known to be parti-
sans OF Gen. Boulanger. The police finally dis
persed them.
The Journal Des Debdts saws that at meeting
in the Rue Lincoln Sunday night, several radi-
cal deputies urged the formation on the spot of
a ministry OF action, which should present it.
self IN the chamber of deputies Immediately
and demand authority to prosecute Gen. Bou-
LANCER for treason. Many of those present OPP
posed the suggestion and the meeting dispersed
at O'Clock IN the morning without coming to
a decision.
The chamber yesterday passed credit of
42OOO0OO francs to be expended in improving
the military ports.
AUSTRIAN OPINION.
The Political Correspondence of Vienna, re-
ferring to Gen. Boulanger's victory, says: "In
diplomatic circles here the election is regarded
as sure symptom of a coming change of sys-
tenn in the government of France. No immedi-
ate danger is feared as regards international
complications, as it is believed that internal
dissension will prevent external entangle-
ments." The Ne,te Freie Press SAYS ''If Presi-
dent Carnot, uniting the republicans under the
banner of honesty, appeals boldly and openly
to France, he can still bring the country to
reason. He must while bravely attacking
Boulanger, suppress with firm hand the rival
ries in his own camp. Not the republic alone,
but the existence of France is at stake" The
Wiener TdgbLat saws: 1.-THE return of France to
program of moderation is hardly possible.
The moderate elements will soon disappear
from the scene and wild revolutionaries hold
the field. The danger of a war between France
and Germany has now become real"
HOW IT IS REGARDED IN BERLIN.
The newspapers of Berlin of all shades of
political opinion regard the success of Gen.
Boulanger as an evil augury for the French
republic. The North German Gazette says: 1T
Is the most important event of recent times in
the domain of foreign politics. The regime of
the parliamentary republic has suffered
severe reverse in its own capital"
The Post sees in the result of the election
proof that France is heartily sick of the re-
public. 1t saws: "A government that has re-
ceived such a blow can no longer be regarded
as serious government. Gen. Boulanger will
not allow the impression made by his victory
to fade before the general election takes place,
as otherwise the government might by bold
measures win back the votes it has lost. The
centenary year of 1889 will not be behind its
predecessor in importance"
The Volts ZeitIuag thinks that the attitude of
the socialists is explained by the disgust with
the spirit of usury of the governing bourgeoisie,
which was aroused among the working class by
the Wilson scandals. 1t says: 1.-THE blinded
people OF Paris have with pessimist impotence
opened the doors for the return of an impe-
riaiist reaction"
The National Zeit,ag says 1.-THE discontented
elements combined to support Boulanger. If
ne should prove TO be serious pretender the
fall Of the republic is a certainty"
The Vossiscte Zeit,iag says at was not Bou-
LANCER alone that was victorious, but also his
program to establish dictatorship and en-
phasize the fact that he is the man for the
league OF patriots-that his glorious sword is
to rend the peace Of Frankfurt and win back
Alsace-Lorraine. The French mean once more
to be grand nation That is the significance
OF Boulanger's success for Germany. Never
theless, owing to the personal inadequacy of
Boulanger, it is doubtful whether the decisive
blow is at hand. But in any case the republic
is ripe for the SICKLE"