The times., 1898-01-18
MISTRUST ORLEANS.
Chaos in the Ranks of the French
RoyaIist PARTY

Roya list PARTY
Paris Jan. 17.-It is difficult TO de-
scribe the chaos which at present pre-
walls in the ranks OF the RoyaIist mar
ty, a chaos which. attributable to the
extraordinary distrust inspired by the
Duke of Orleans. viii effectuaIIy pre-
vent him from taking any real advan-
tage Of the present propitious moment
to attempt a monarchicaI restoration
here.
Three or four weeks ago both his
cousin, Prince Henry, and his fathers
lifelong secretary, N. Dufeuille, who,
for the past three years, has been the
pretander's principal lieutenant in this
city, announced their withdrawal from
the Royalist party, on the ground that
the Duke, yielding TO the councils of
the younger and more advanced sec
tion of the party, had resolved upon a
policy of unconstitutional action
against the republic. Neither Prince
Henry, who has received the Legion of
Honor from President Faure for his ce-
ographical work, or NJ DufeuiIIe wish
ed to incur the risk of exile, imprison-
ment, and confscation of property
which would naturally fall to the lot OF
those who. living here, We're to adopt
unconstitutional means of attempting
TO overthrow the republic. Indeed,
Prince Henry openly declared that he
quilted the Royalist party because he
could not approve of the policy of ac-
ton inaugurated by his cousin. a
number of other moderate Conserva-
tives, men Of property, who did not
care 10 risk the path of exile, followed
suit
The Duke thereupon issued an ex-
traordinary manifesto intimating that,
far from wishing the overthrow of the
republic, he thought it was the best
sort Of government under the present
circumstances, and practically invited
his followers to vote for the govern
ment, that is to say. for the moderate
Republicans. at the forthcoming gen
eral election. In his manifesto he like
wise intimated that it was by consti-
tutional means alone that he hoped one
day to restore the liberal and constitu-
tional monarchy Of his greatgrandfath
er King louis Philippe. This led to
an outc1y on the part Of another sec
ton of tine Royalist party, namely,
those who look upon King Louis Phil
ippe as having been a usurper, and,
who, fervent believers in the legitimist
principle and in the divine right of
kings. have given their allegiance to
the Duke of Orleans solely as political
heir of the late Count de Chambord.
who, as 4 child, after the abdication in
his favor of his grandfather. King
Charles Y. reigned for a few hours on
ly as King Henry V Of France. These
ultra-legitimists, comprising Gen. Bar
on de Charette. husband of Miss Polk,
of Tennessee; Baron Tristan Lambert,
and even the Dukes old tutor. Col. de
ParceraL thereupon issued in the Ga
zette de France manifesto de
nouncing him and refusing to have
ANYTHING more to do with him. And
in fact they are at the present moment
on the lookout for another pretender
to take his place.
The only Royalists who adhere
to their allegiance are the young MEM
bers OF the party, who ars in favor of
a policy of action. and for whose sake
the Duke quarreled, in the first place
with his cousin, Prince Henry, and N.
DufeuiIle. They declare that they are
perfectly satisfied to trust in his wis
dom." and this leads to the belief,
therefore. that his recent manifesto,
far from being asserted an act Of abdi-
cation, was merely destined to cloak
some maneuyers against the govern
ment that he has in view, maneuvers
which viii be rendered doubly difficult
by the extraordinary distrust with