St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-09
ORLEANS Is ON EDGE.
The Bourbon Prince Pines to
Serve His Country.

serve his country.
PARIS. Feb. S.-The Duke of Orleans
has written letter to President Carnot
appealing Tor permission to serve his
country. The Republican majority in
the chamber approves the attitude the
government has taken in deciding upon a
simple enforcement of the law. The
Left looks upon the dukes act as a
mere boyish escapade. and holds that he
Should be tried and sentenced, to assert
the majesty of the law. but that after
sentence he should be pardoned and be
sent out of France. Thus the law
would be upheld, and there would be no
royal victims Of republican persecution.
The Right has decided not to inter-
pellate the government. The Mnniteur,
the Orleanist organ, applauds the prince
for obeying patriotic inspiration which
he communicated to no one and upon
which he acted spontaneously with the
generous ardor of youth. The letter of
the Duke of Orleans to M. Carnot is
written in the slightly injured tone of
one who is surprised that others do not
do justice to the ,
PURITY OF BIS MOTIVES.
He expresses his confidence that
every Frenchman who loves the tricol-
or will approve his conduct, and he
ventures to think that he has no reason
to fear the judgment of Carnot'S own
conscience. He then proceeds: "Since
you are SO justly proud of your great
and patriotic ancestor, yOu can hardly
be surprised at my invoking the
memory of the many princes, my
ancestors, who died for France i'm
the field of battle, nor that as
one of the descendants of Henry ". l
aCty f- oAi,t r
monsieur the president, to accept the
assurance of, my high esteem. ..The
Duke of Orleans occupies comforta.
bic apartment in the COnciergerie
prison. The Duchess de Chartres and
Princess Marguerite, his aunt and
cousin respectively, and other friends
will be permitted to visit him. M. Con-
stans, minister of the interior, has
given orders that he be treated with
distinction. The Republique Franchise,
in commenting on the arrest of the duke.
points out that the expulsion law i'm
poses penalty of from two to FIVE
years Imprisonment upon the head or
direct heir of any family that has
reigned in France. who violates its pro-
visions The Paix and journal des
Debats think that the best policy of the
government is to have the duke
again conducted to the frontier.
At meeting of the cabinet to-day it
was decided to strictly enforce the pro-
visions of the expulsion law against the
young duke. The duke was taken be-
fore the tribunal of the Seine to-day,
where he was charged with flagrant
violation of the law banishing from
France
PRETENDERS To THE THRONE.
In reply to the charge, he said he
came to France to perform his military
duties. He asked for an adjournment
of the case in order to allow him to in
struct his counsel. The court there
upon adjourned the hearing until We'd
nesday next. At the conclusion of
the judicial inquiry NJ. Con-
STAINS will state that the gov'
ernment merely executed the law
the provisions of which are precise. He
will explain to the chamber that article
4 of the law of exile enacts that no
member of the Orleans family shall en-
ter the army. 1t does not mention the
grade from which they are debarred, ,and
the cabinet will, therefore, not admit
the argument of the dukethat he could
join the army as private.