The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-02
Text Of His Last Political
Testament.
His Loyalty to Els Friends and SGorn
for His Enemies.
Preparations for Ills Funeral on Saturday.
His AdheTentS Arrive in Brussels.
The Feeling in Paris.
Epecial to TIKI MORNING CALI

BRUSSELS, Oct. lit has been decided
that the funeral of General Boulanger will
take place Saturday afternoon. Henry
RochefOrt will attend the funeral, which
Will be purely civic ceremony. The
clergy has refused to officiate at the cere.
mony attending the interment. Thiebaud.
Laur, Dumontel and Castelar, arrived here
to-day at the same moment with Rochefort
to attend the funeral of Boulanger. The
political testament of the dead General was
read to-day al a private meeting IF his
friends in the hotel in the Rue MOntoyer.
The text of it is as follows: "This is my
political testament. 1t is my desire that it
be published after my death. l shall kill
myself tomorrow. am convinced of the
future of the party to which l have
given my name. | cannot bear the
frightful misfortune which befell me two
and half months ago. l have tried to get
the better of it, but have not succeeded. l
am persuaded that my followers are so
devoted and numerous that they will bear
me no anger tor disappearing on account Of
q sorrow so great that all work becomes ila-
possible to me. Let them remember the
maxim 'Uno avulso non deficit alter and
may they continue then to act against those
who, in scorn of all laws, force me to die far
from my country. Tomorrow l shall be a
dead man; to-day l have nothing to re-
preach myself with. All my life | have
done my duty aud nothing but my duty. My
death is no shame TO myself, but it
is shame for my prOscribers; those
who sought to brand loyal soldier
by the judgment of a political tribunal
desire to recall the fact that have many
times offered to constitute myself a prisoner
If they would accord me common law
judges. This the holders of power have
always refused. Thus acQuittal was not
possible. In quitting life have one regret,
that | have not died on the field OF battle,
fighting for my country. That country, at
least, will permit one of its children, at the
moment Of returning into nOthingneSs. to
recall himself to the memory OF all lovers Of
La Patrie. Vive la France. ViVe la re-
public. Done and signed under my hand
on the eve of the day Of my death. Ernest
Boulanger."
THE FEELING IN PARIS.
LANCER, who is living at Versailles. was
overcome with grief when informed OF her
husbands tragic death in the cemetery near
Brussels.
The main, in fact practically the only
news feature of the newspapers to-day is
the suicide of General Boulanger. All the
newspapers agree in expressing the opinion
that the death of Boulanger will not affect
the political situation.
Many members of the so-called Boulangist
party say that they are convinced that
Boulanger's retirement from France was
due TO the influence that Nine. Bonnemain
had over him, and whom they do not scruple
TO call very hard names for what they term
her cowardce and love Of ease; but
in spite Of these facts it seems to be
certain that Nine. de Bonnemain had re-
ceived supposedly trustworthy information
that the lie of General Doulanger was in
actual danger when she persuaded him to
fly from France It is also admitted that
though placed in an awkward and difficult
position, Nine. de BOnneman was both
liked and respected by almost all her init
mate friends. Her devotion TO the cause of
Boulanger was absolute and unremitting,
and he seems TO have fully recognized this,
for, when following her coffin TO the grave,
Bouldnger repeated sOmbery to three
friends who accompanied him: ''She was all
had left, and now she also is taken from
me-"