Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-30
DRIVEN FROM FRANCE
Expulsion Of a Correspondent to
Please Turkey.
FIRE IN A PENNSYLVANIA TOWN.
President Harrison's Message Read
by the Chilean Congress.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.


France Expels Journalist Marengo for At
lacking the Government of Turkey.
PARIS, Jan. 3O.-France is no sooner out of
one journalistic scrape than she il in another
Hardly has she scrambled out of the
unpleasant position she thoughtlessly
placed herself in by protesting against
the exbulsion from Bulgaria of a
French newspaper man, NJ. Chadouine, than
she expeis Levantine journalist, NJ. Justin
Marengo, from her territory in, apparently. the
most outrageous manner, by order of the min
lister Of the interior, NJ. Constans. If the ac-
count given OF this affair by NJ. Marengo is
correct the agents Of NJ. Constans have acted in
a more high-handed manner than did the
agents Of VI. Stambuloff.
NJ Marengo has appealed to NJ. de Freycinet,
president of the council, protesting against
his expulsion from France and demanding that
he be allowed to return.
In bis letter to the French premier M. Ma
rengO recalled the fact that it was through him
that the Mon,tem- Oriental OF Constantnople
became Franco Russian organ and the sole
controversial exponent of French ideas against
the hostility of the other powers. Through tho
Mon,te'1' Oriental NJ. Marenso, it would appear,
fought against English influence in tine
east NJ. Marengo, it would also seem, for some
reason or other, left the staff of the Moniteur
Oriental and came to this city, where he edited
paper which attacked Turkey and advocated
forcing Abdul Hamid to renew the constitution
of Midhad Pasha. and it is presumed he was
expelled from France on demand Of the sultan
NJ. Marengo is now petItioning to have this
sentence OF expulsion committed and to be al
lowed to return to France, and his request is
being considered by the French government to
the extent of consulting the wishes of the porte
in the matter.
This, in itself, is not a very serious matter,
but the account NJ. Marengo gives OF the man
ner In which he was expelled throws a very
serious light upon the affair and, it is said. de-
mands some explanation from .he French gov
ernment. NJ. Marengos expulsion took place
on January 8. but the facts in the case have
only recently become public.
NJ. MARENGo's STORY.
The following is II. Marengo's account of the
affair:
This is the story of my expulsion which
took place without the slightest previous warn
ing. On January 9, 1892. at y in the evening,
two police officers appeared at my house, No.
"a Rue de La Victoire, and requested me to
follow them to the district commits
sary Of police, who had little
communication to make to me- Your hus-
band will not be away more than a quarter of
an hour at the most they said to my wife.
who wished to prevent me from going out, as
had been i'll for a week. Arrived at the COM
missary the secretary informed me on the part Of
his chief. NJ. Guenin, that was to be expelled
as "a man dangerous to the public peace
When protested the secretary contented him
self with replying that / should have time
enough to make all necessary explanations TO
the project of police. The two officers above
mentioned then took mo to the prefecture with
all the common prisoners arrested that morn
ing. was oven hit violently to allow any arms
which might have about me to fall was
then brutally shut up in cold. wet cell. From
that they took me to the measuring depart
ment, where, after being almost entirely I'M
dressed and made to stand on the cold floor in
my bare feet. was forced to wait my turn to
be examined, photographed. measured, &c.
Finally. was taken back to my cell. near Anas-
tey's (the murderer of baroness Dellard), said
an officer.
Thence was taken out again ut about 5
O'Clock III order to be put aboard the first train
going to Belgium. At about IL O'Clock at night
when we reached Mons, the two detectives who
accompanied me suddenly informed me lit was
snowing) that 1 was free. This punishment
had lasted fifteen hours / beg to call
your attention, cir, that was Just
getting over an illness following an attack of
influenza, which had kept me in bed, and that
was not suitably dressed for travelling in such
severe cold weather without endangering my
life. might have had to sleep in the open air
at Mons had not fortunately had by me a little
money. As 1t was, indeed on reaching Brussels
1 felt seriously ill, ard it is only to-
day-s week after my expulsion--that / have
DeeH stTOIS 10 draw up Win Qlmcultv
this protest to inform you of the outrageous
and inhuman proceedings, like the acts OF an
earlier age, employed in country which only
the other day made great diplomatic
stir about the expulsion of NJ. Chadouine,
correspondent Of the Havas agency at Sofia
NJ. Chadouine was expelled violently and ille-
gally. admit. But he was not so knocked
about. so maltreated, as l. Moreover, he had
been warned beforehand on several occasions
LIKE THE CHADoUISE AFFAIR.
LAS for me, was simply carried off. l was
not allowed an hour to see my wife again. to
attend to my affairs. to provide myself with
money or my papers. &c. And, again, there is
no analogy between the Chadouine case and
mine. l repeat it, sir, have never attacked
France or any OF her public men. / have
been merely busy with eastern affairs-iu
particular with Turkish-which l know COM
pleteiy. The only plausible explanation that
have so far had OF my case is that my expul-
sion was asked for by the sublime porte. Itwould
seem that the sultan had demanded it as a sine
qua non to forcing Bulgaria to grant some sort
Of satisfaction to France in the Chadouine
affair. l refuse to believe in this
version although it reaches me through several
deputies who have kindly INTERVIEWED for me
with NJ. Constans. But even if this be true
there was necessity for maltreating me; ii
would have been enough to appeal to me per-
sonally; would willingly have sacrificed N.Y.
self for the dignity Of France or its govern
ment."