Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
AFIGHT FOR LIBERTY.
General Boulanger Outlines His Plans
and Declares That He is
STILL IN FAVOR OF A REPUBLIC.
Measures Taken to Avert the Threatened
Financial Crisis.
HONORING The BASEBALL PLAYERS

PARIS, March 17.-General Boulanger
went to-day to Tours. The train which
conveyed him stopped at Blois and st. Pierre
des Corps, at both of which towns enthusi-
astic demonstrations were made in his
honor. At Tours crowd of 5000 persons
gathered at his hotel to welcome him. In
response to vociferous cheering the Gen
eral appeared upon balcony and expressed
his thanks for the reception accorded him.
In the evening a banquet was given, at
which Senator Naquet and several members
of the Chamber of Deputies were present.
In speech M. Naquet pointed out the fa-
cility with which the adhesion of the Con-
servatives to a moderate republic might be
obtained. He referred to General Bou-
langer's intention to restore religious peace
to the country by stopping the policy OF
persecution. Boulanger would appeal to
the country, and if the nation voted to
maintain the concordat the question should
be allowed to rest for 40 years.
BoULANGER TALKS.
General Boulanger followed with speech
of the usual kind. He said: 'The Con-
servatives who follow me understand that
the restoration of the monarchy is impossi-
BILE without violent upheaval, and they
adhere to the Republic on condition that it
be made habitable and be sanctioned by the
people directly consulted"
In concluding he repudiated, on behalf
of the national party, the idea of either
monarchical conspiracy or demagoguery, de-
claring that the goal toward which they
were marching was a republic, but non
parliamentary republic, which would be
the protectress of the weak and lowly, and
be passionatelv preoccupied with the inter
ests of the people, respecting the liberty OF
the individual and, above all the liberty OF con-
science.
Deroulede and the other accused members of
the Patriotic League have been summoned to
appear before the court on Tuesday next me
Clarion, the organ of the Patriotic League, de-
nies the existence of plan for descent by
the League upon the Elysee and the Palais
Bourbon.
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
At the financiers' meeting this morning, M.
Rouvier appealed to the bankers to unite on
both moral and patriotic grounds. He ex-
pressed the hope that the 10000, 900 francs of
fresh capital necessary to uphold the Comptoire
d'Escompte would be Immediately subscribed.
At meeting of the Directors of the Bank OF
France, it was decided to make an additional
advance of 20 600, 900 francs on condition that
similar sum be subscribed elsewhere, in order
to avert a judicial liquidation of the Comptoire
d'Escompte's affairs.
The Rothschilds subscribed 3,000,0 900 francs
and the Credit Foncier 1000. 900. and the SUBJ
scriptions of other houses brought the aggregate
up to 81, 600 900 francs. In response to NJ. Rou-
vier's appeal the Syndicate Chamber of Stock
Brokers has agreed to advance 1900, 900 francs
to the COmptOir d'EScOmDte. The necessary
amount-40, ,000. 900 francs-is now subscribed.
Tavande & Gle, bankers of Lemans, have sus-
pended. Their liabilities amount to several
million francs.