The morning call., 1893-10-11
DEPUTY DOUVILLE
Talk With the Radical
NObleman.
SPICY COMMENTS ON AFFAIRS
He Declares the French People Do
Not Want War and the Govern.
ment Must Obey.

The head of one of the oldest and mos
aristocratic families OF France. In the per.
son of Count de Douvile- Maillefeu. is al
the Palace.
The gentleman is also one OF the best
known French legislators and has been a
member of the Chamber of Deputies con.
tinuously for the last eighteen years. He
represents the reimbursement of St
Valery- sur-Somme. II has also served in
the French navy.
Although the Douville family has been
noble from time immemorial the Count
and his ancestors, for several generations,
have been leaders in the advanced wing oil
the Liberal party. The present head OF
the house is a pronounced Radical and
strong anti-clerical. In fact it is case oi
heredity. His grandfather was mixed up
in the affair of La Barre in 1866 The in
cident caused tremendous excitement
throughout France at the time. A crucifix
had been destroyed and desecrated at Ab-
bevllle. A number of young men were
accused of the act of sacrilege. among them
the Chevalier la Barre and the then Comte
de Douvlle. The latter escaped arrest by
fleeing to England but La Barre was ap-
pretended and burned at the stake.
The Count maintained last evening tina
the young men we're falsely accused. He
stated that book is now being written
containing proof that members of the
clerical party destroyed the crucifx and
threw dirt upon it. with The idea Of in
volving the La Barre and DOuville fam
lilies, who were pronounced anti-clericals.
The Count came here from Chicago.
where he has been visiting the Worlds
Fair. He will leave by the next steamer
fNr 81. Ill IT, h.
Australia. India and Madagascar. return
ing to Paris next spring. His trip is
purely for rest and pleasure. During his
sojourn here he will be entertained by
members of the French colony. He was
the guest of A. de Lalande at luncheon
on Monday. afterward driving to tho Cliff
House and the Presidio. The indefatigable
Jerry Lynch, who endeavors to capture
every visiting Frenchman, that he may
cultivate his Partisan accent, lay for the
Count all day yesterday. The Deputy
managed to elude the enthusiast, how
ever. and escaped an evening with the
California statesman and his mummy.
II prefer never TO speak French when /
am in America" began the Count ill
speaking to CALL reporter.
II want to quiet my French brain. so
talk English. San Francisco is more like
Paris than any other American city. This is
the Cilly place wherein some quarters are
the same by night as by day. 1 went to the
banks this morning, to restaurants and to
clubs. spoke in English, and, to nv sur
prise, was answered in French. 1t was
the first time l had tDat experience in
America. Poiteness made me resume NY
native tongue.
You haven't got much idea in this
country of polices made in Europe" con-
tinued the French Deputy. with refreshing
candor. mo. you really don't know much
about our politics. You get your opinions
from the kilograms sent out from Germany
and Epgland. and the news is highly col
ored
Now. about war. The peouls are mas
tiers of the Deputies. The Deputies rule
the Ministry. The people do not want war
and through their servants, the Deputies.
will see that the Ministry observes their
wishes. A good understanding between
France and Russia? OF course; but not
to make war. England is always trying to
Interfe1e with all the business of the
world. in every possible way. But we
propose to be friends with every body, es-
peciaily America, because she is most like
France.
Personally my policy is and always has
been to have less expense and more free
dom, and 20 have no mixture of church and
state affairs. want TO keep the constitu-
tion we have. 1t ISN'T perfect, but don't
throw it down. We can't keep patching
and piecing it like an old quilt. The peo-
pie are our masters and saw to the Depu-
ties. as you would say to the cook here"
with wave of his hand towards the cafe,
Cook, do better; put moro meat in the
SOUP. The cook may not do all that, but
he has dinner ready all the same.
1--WE must do things in a busness-like
way. Every year the nonsense of mon
arrhy is growing DINNER. We won't have
boss who dresses six times a day like the
German Emperor. At O'clock he is a
German hussar. at 8 an English dragoon,
at II colonel Of Austrian cavalry, and so
on. Even the little King of Belgium plays
soldier in the Same way. but we have ad-
vanced beyond such boyishness. We have
utterly broken the monarchists. You
know that monarchy has been long time
dead, but now it is buried. 1t made a
dreadful smell and we had 10 do some dis
injecting. But it is underground now.
DID | approve of the ToDQuin and ST.
amese affairs? or course not. Did not
say was opposed to needless expense? If
we have TO 90 to war we are ready, as a
good Government should be. But it is the
poor Government that ruShes wildly into
the field when there is 10 necessity for
fighting. What we want is 10 educate the
people of France. We have now an excel
lent system. All of the children go to
school. They are free from clerical influ-
ence If they wish to be. We say, DO as
you like about religion If man goes to
confession and then comes to me for aims.
l help him just as readily as a citizen who
has never been inside church. l have a
son In command Of tOrped0-boat. ahd
another nm officer of dragons. They are
we'll educated. but they have never been
under the power OF the priests. So have
always held my principles. and then say,
II want no clerical vote for mev
needn't tell you that don't get many."
Count de Douville is midde-aged, with
keen eyes ana a gray. pointed beard. He
is stout and well dressed. but he looks the
prosperous country squire rather than a
Deputy. He talks hnently on any subject,
and his neatly turned epigrams make MIN
a charming companion whether no con.
verses in English or in bis native Ian
guage.
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medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilia which is pecul.