The sun., 1890-10-19
FRANCE AND B0ULANGER.
TEE ERENcH REPUBLIC PASSES ITS
TWENTIETH BIRTHDAE.

Gisn"- The Treaebery OF lie Brav,
GeneraI" - How the Count or Paris
estaads-Ths Duehess d'Uaes, and her
ContFibution 60 the Foes OF France.
PARIS. Oct. 3-we were deceived IN suppos-
ing that all was over with BoulanRer. His
name Ia again echoed all through France. hut
in a manner little calculated to gain much
glory. The small amount OF consideration
that remained TO him cannot possibly survive
the revelations that havo permitted the public
TO enter into the coulisses. These revelations
commenced in very common manner They
Hromised little more than what is given in So
oret memoirs-R resume OF facts already
known, augmented by details moro or less
piouRnt. and intermixed with equivocsl Gos-
sip. But the sequel has been quite different
The gravity and the precision OF the facts ro-
ported have given to them an unexpected i'm
portance especially when the first recital was
oorroborated by tho publication OF au-
thentlo documents. We know now, with
cut the least chance OF denial or pallla-
tion the extent OF the plot with which
France had been enveloped. We POSSESS all
che secrets OF Its organization and OF its bud
Get We are thoroughly enlightened in regard
70 the men who have taken part In the venture
and particularly In regard to the false hero
whose fortuitous popularity, unscrupulously
exploited. came very near making him the ar
bitter Of our national destinies. Until within
recent period, Notwithstanding all that has
Sranspired. in spite OF the evidence accumu-
lated in the trial before the High Court OF JUS
tice, without the possibility OF error, either in
regard to the personal merit or the character
OF the man. there still remained in his favor q
few obstinate illusions. Mono Is now possible
or admissible after what has appeared to-day.
The evidence OF this scandalous campaign
leaves far behind all the most severe
judRments and the most extreme sup
positions which the whole Boulangist
affair has created That n. Boulsnger never
had conviction or q political opinion Of his
own; that he never possessed even the quail
ties Of an adventurer: that during the whole
course OF his career he was never anything
but vain vugarian. anxious only for the sat-
isfaction OF hiR vanity and OF the pleasures of
IN easy going life, without the least scruple in
regard to the means by which he procured
those pleasures. are facts that are now thor
ouRhly known. From the time when the songs
OF the cafes concerts first set his notoriety on
foot until the hour when he fled to Belgium
the opportunities to judge him according to
his real value came up every day. Only
those who were blinded by an infatua-
tion allied to madness or were seeking
for some profit from his notoriety. we're able to
Even those who could no longer be astonished
at anything coming from Boulanger expert
enced q surprise. mixed with disgust, when
they saw tho depths to which his shameless
traffios had descended. led on by what must
call his greed. instead OF his ambition. be-
cause he is not worthy OF the latter word.
There were some who believed that he had been
led to conspire simply by resentment, rather
than original design. and that he only entered
into that career after having been stripped OF
his command and returned to the liberty OF O
free citizen. That was the last error; the last
presumption in his favor that Is now dissipat-
cd. Some months before the creation OF the
Court Of Inquiry to examine into his
conduct, and when he was not only in
active service but placed at the head Of
one OF the military regions Of France.
this man. who had SO extensively advertised
his honor as o soldier. secretly quit his post
in disguise. and went to Switzerland to pro-
pose to Prince Napoleon to Join with him in
the work Of overthrowinG the Government Of
France. On the part Of any officer, much less
one OF the chiefs of the army. who had occu-
pied the post OF War Minister few months be-
fore, such an act would have been regarded as
desertion and treason. II 1t had been known
at that time. II is not before the high Court Of
Justice that the culprit would have been
brought, but before q court martial. and he
would have been tried by the military code.
In itself this fact. which BoulanGer has
never been able to deny.is crushing. but many
others must be added to It. Up to the present
he affected the role Of a great Independent
patriot. indignant at the manner In which
things were carried on in our politics. and
having no other aim In view except that of
putting the republic on the right road. He re-
poled with Indignation the accusation OF an
alliance with the Imperialists or the Royalists
and OF accepting their money. The visit to
Prince Napoleon shows that from the very be-
ginning OF his manpuvres he was willing to
negotiate with one OF the pretenders for the
sale Of his chance popularity. No doubt he
spoke In covert words and doubtless he en-
DIoyed the formulas Of the plebiscitary doc
tTtne, and the respect for universal suffrage.
Doubtless. also. his princely interlooutor re-
piled to him In the Same language; but each
ono Of them knew perfectly well what
such language really meant Il was
simply an alliance against the republic the
political trickster proposed. while at the Same
time bo was seeking funds to defray the OK =
pensos Of his enterprise. In this last matter
he was deceived. While accepting his over
lures and approving his projects for opening
mp to France new perspectiyes the Prince
shut himself up in pRrsimonious silence
upon the question OF funds. But the plan OF
Boulangism was not TO be stopped by any false
deliescy: 1t was ready 10 take money from any
quarter. Tho HoyaliSts were there to furnish
the sinews OF war; but the Count Of Paris Was
IN no greater hurry than his imperial opponent
20 unite his purse stTinRS. He also. when in
Vited 20 mako common cause with the BoulRn-
0ist movement. confined himselito o warm Ad
beslop 10 the thing AMI D. y promise OF the co.
f:tisf there were lew Who undSfsiooi Ihst Il
yaB psesssAry g. 90 somethlnR more.
tho Duchess dt'zSs. Who gave gave ss t6ISs
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