New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-03

r.,,o,s uruprRs OF THE Cuban AUSTRIAN
pp1xcEss- THE uNGRATEFUL BoULANGEI
AND HIS BLACK HORSE.
Paris, Jan. 25
7, would be dificut to find man whose cleo
ton to the Presidency meets with more general
approval than that Of the new Chief Magistrate
OF France. II he is rich and can anord 70 De
charitable his wealth is net, Ike that OF MS
predecessor. inherited but earned oy dint o.
hard work and the sweat OF his brow. MS
father was upholsterer in very smail way
IN the poyerty stricken suburb Of Saint Denis
and he himself after spending few years at
business school in England. where he acquired
a taste for athletic sports and pronounced
fondness for briar-wood pipes and "spats re-
turned to France and started In to learn the
trade Of tanning. He may be said 70 nave
worked his way I'D from the bottom OF the lad
dor ari although he has branched out since
,ben into other lines Of business notably that
~ shining and importing yet his pr1nc.pai
trade remains TO this day that Of hides, ana ne
has AZ Havrc on the door Of his offices huge
hrass plate on which figure the democrauc
words Felix Faure. Cuir) ct Peaux 'Hioes
and skins He may be said to be the nrst
President Of the French Republic VINO mas PC"
democratic enough to keep his n-me up over NO
shopfront To Parisians his election ought !"
be especially grateful: for when the city "a'
,,,rr.d n the close OF the Commune he brought
IN from uavre the magnihcently trained nre-
hrtgade Of which nc was then the chief. ana look
. leading part In extingu!shlng the names ne
Is tall. manly In appearance. spienhio r'uei'
good tennis and football player. and almost alone
among the present rulers OF Europe WEARS d
monocle; the only other head Of a State VINO IN
dulges In that form Of artificial aid TO his V's'oh
being the present King Of Wurtemoerg
Franco is on the eve of losing her only remain
inc Marshal and the visit which the British gem
orauss,mo the Duke OF Cambridge. paid rev
dave aSo 10 the old warrior. Canrobert. when on
his way to the Riviera. partooh OF the nature OF
4 fnal and solemn Jeavetaking between these TWO
IA comrades q, arms who had fought together
an many Crimean battlefield. or all soldiers
nil, h,vs horne the baton Of Marshal within the
r,sror, ~ the present generation. X Is Canrooert
c.r,ainlv who has enjoyed the greatest degree OF
nonu,ari,y No one else. save possibly Bosque''
ha. heen in such complete sympathy with the
neople whose qualities and faults ne may De sa'a
m have reflected. Thus there was always GER
tain air OF braggadocio In his bearing ~ncn re-
sembled that Of King Victor Emmanuel ne gave
one the Impression that he was always posi"s 'o'
Me nor,rai, ar. as the Parisans say. FOR the
,,or,." Va ons ever can boast OF having seen
him on desha bile or in his Observation-Disclosures
srick and span In full uniform and wearing MS
,lu,ned chapeau when he might well nave oee'
content with his KEPT. Yet, at heart no one was
more truly modest than this gallant old soioier'
who cheerfully resigned the CHIEF COMMAND III
tho Crimea and consented TO serve under inc OF
ders OF his junior. General Pellissier' sooner IMAM
...,,,, tho responsibility Of the tremendous loss
OF French life which the operations against Sc
has,onoI involved Yet Canrobert was perfect
hero az far as personal courage Is concerned IN
Vulnerable feats OF bravery and Of that dash ana
daring for which the French soldier Is so famous
eyur. ON his record and to this day the Arabs in
Algeria relate with bated breath almost legendary
stories Of the ubiquitous Zouave Colonel ana
General who contributed more toward the SUD-
| ,ugaton Of Frances great African dependency
| than anv other commander. Devoted to the Bona
nar,es and grateful to Napoleon III. at whose
hands he had received most OF the rewards ana
favors that fell TO his lot, no one mere ever
dreamed of reproacring him with MS sehtlthe"'S
Of affection for the fallen dynasty OF 'e"'u'e' ~
| insinrate that II interfered with MS pau'o"1
! LOYALTY to France. Although he was among 'hose
/ officers who formed part ~ the GARRISON of Me'"
when It was surrendered by Marshal Bazaine 20
| the Germans in 1870 yet no blame was ascrioed
! 10 him In the matter and the military failures Oh
| the latter portion Of his active career III 'he
army were looked upon with an Indulgence ae-
! corded 10 none Of his comrades. II ne was not
| great General he was at any rate grann ola
soldier and resembed the old Prussan Field
J Marshal Wrangel In his relations to the masses
That ia 10 saw. he was their IDOL and they were
never tired ~ telling amusing anecdotes apo"'
him ~ quoting his droll remarks and Of laughing
| ri n
ahounded in the comic journals. Toward the end
| ., On. Ep,nire he married a Scotch lady. Miss
Macdonald. who was a protegee OF Empress Eu-
penie. but he cannot be said 10 have been par
| tcuIarlv fortunate In his home life. since 1t was
| only n few months ago that he was compelled 10
invoke the assistance OF the tribunals In dealing
with his spendthrift son. now In Africa Like
most other French marshals Of the present CEN
fury he won his way up from the ranks. starting
| In the army as private. 1t Is probable that
| when he dies he will be accorded a state funeral
and that as far as the French Nation Is con-
| cerned he will be granted even greater obituary
honors than Marshal MacMahon; for whereas the
latter had many enemies In the shape OK disap-
pointed politicians among the Republican as well
as the Monarchcai party. old Canrobert has none
but friends.
Like Marshal Bosquet who was the son OF a
peasant Canrobert belonged to the Jockey cub,
| these two soldiers. who received their baton
from Napoleon III on the same day at the close
OF a dejeuner intime at the Tuileries. being
nearly the only members Of that club not titled
or of aristocratic birth. 1t must be said. how
ever for the Jockey Club that 1t has been well
represented In the history OF France during the
last half-century. and that most Of the men who
have played important roles In that time have
figured on It's roster. Thus. as far as the army
il concerned one finds the names OF General
Count Fleuvy, the Genera, Ney. Prince de la
Moskowa and the General Marquis de Forton
who enjoyed the distinction Of being the mos
diminutivA soldier In France. 1t il related OF
him that the Minister Of War who was not &C.