The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
REVOLUTlONISTS SCARCE,
BUT AGITATORS PLENTIFUL
Men in the Present: French Ministry
Too Powerful to Be

PARIS. July. 1.-The revolution with
which we were threatened if the
WaIdeck- Rousseau. Ministry We're sup
ported has not even flashed in the pan,
Agitators are plentiful enough, but
reVolutionists are scarce, so things are
going along as calmly as ever, only
more so. .-.'..
General. de Gauifets appointment to
the-.War Ministry is probably the
cause. Ills reputation as man who
will stand no nonsense has therefore
beer" valuable Anecdotes about him,
about his faats of arms his love Of in
trigues. hrs duels, his escapades and his
severity3 have been the theme of con-
i VersatiOH for the last ten days IN
Paris .Tireless and energetic, he WAS
The terror of the slOthful when he COM
manded an army corps. lie was per
.petuall sweeping down upon barracks,
F. giving rhe.aFaTm and TOuSlng troops at
am sorts OF. unearthly hours. subjec1lng
them. to most. .fatiSuiug maneuNeIS ana
-TiuniShiligS Nit}l"draCOnlan riSOr any IN
fraction of ARMY regulations, any care
. lesSneSS in GriH or any negligence IN
costume. Yet in spite of all this he IS
WOrShipea Il in. the army. it may De
because lie. asked nobody TO do even as
much as he: was. willing to undergo or
did himself He. was a real frleI9 OF
the.Ir00per, chatting with prlrateS- IN
familiar. aEg0t. and in a friendly way
that made them ready TO. go through
fire=and wafer for him. IN fact he has
all the qualities and all the haTshness
that make "a: leader loved and: Dreaded
His..audaCitN in the dTaWing-rOom- is
oIlly.equaled by. his reckless bravery on
the Battlefield. ..BrisSOn related in the
Figaro the other. day q Well known m
cident about. De*Jdllifet Ild%lng Kissed:
MnIe.. J JgIiette- ADAM He 'feceiYed: a
sharp @iJroly.~JVith:a fan, after which he
cried. -.1T hat, is that all. they cost?
and kissed.:her again. =. - A." >:.*.-:.
A book could be filled with such aTlec-
dotes ABOUT .hiIu- He. has serted :as. a.
s0rt#0f <o4re with which r@yolutIona}les
have. terrified. each Other. .eveE since.
1S71.yet his kindIiness is: the ls>l bje2t. OF
many. a tale. told by his troopers. I4e
shares. Nv aide eek IsD3lSseaQ}s foye for the:
placid sport OF fishing r.. indeed, :. me
Cabinet: was roughly s4ietChed' out by
the 1.-TWO: during fishing t%cursf9I}. Z.
TVaIdack@RoQsse by. the May, is 2
ferVeTt. sport sIiian.. The news of his
election as Senator. was drought. him
While he was out shooting With NJ Fee
lfx Faure Thus both the president Of
the Council ard NItuister-%oE War lraVe
many. points in common. .hesIdes thelr
impassibility Under attack and ready
pungent. wit ..-. 49,.
During the perfectly infeEnar din in
the chamber on Monday ] .notiCed DE
Gauifet time and again ask q neigh
bor the names of those who were par
ticularly outrageous in the insults they
were shouting al him. These names he
scribbled down on slip Of paper. Up
in the press tribune a Journalist said
grimly He is making up. list of the
first batch to be shot"
But De Gallifet is not only. a most
determined disciplinarian, but also
man Of the keenest humor. 1t seems
that he was noting the names of his
most ViTulent insuiterS, with the lnten-
!. ton of sending them invitations to
. reception he is going to give in the
Ministry of War on July II.
That viii be their punishment" said
q. cynical. society hating Deputy to me;
for If they go to his reception: they
may be sure De Gallifet viii treat them
with elaborate courtesy and cons1dera-
ton. -" F.. r.
There has been much comment. on the
scene which is said to have taken place
on Monday in. the salon of the. PaEafS
Bourbon, where Deputies gather. DUR,
ing the counting. or corroboEattQn OF
r. votes. According TO the generally &C
scepted version De GaIifet was passing.
a group, one member of which was M.
2 Der0ulede. He stopped and 11ela out
his hand to the turbulent. Deputy
Not just now, general said NJ.
Deroulede, putting his han9 behind him
Very well, thea, :nevez,f retortea De
roulede - ~. ~ g. =. ~-..'
Half an hour later The Wafldecl5-.
Rousseau Ministry had carried their
position a the point of taG bayoqlet: o.: ::
- The. joke is thar I3erdilEet<&TS GJpport-
ers are angry with thGiT@ leader. for re-
fusing TO shake hands With. the general,
as it would probably have com promised
the whole Ministry for De % q 3Ii3e ct 10
have been seeR@ hObnGbbIns. with dgi
arch enemy Of. the. pr&sA Mt. t..regfme--
namely, Dtr0uittle. = 80. &"
1t may not be true. but Deroulelje has
made SO many biundeTs that most: pe0=
pie Believe that if anyt hing Had been
required to unite. the Strong 9ll6JOrity
for the Government DerOu!etie's project
for revision Of the constitution would
have cone. il. Not that the c0TEst tItiQn
is regarded with favor :gelefaiiy:%' On
the contrary, it is difficult to- get.aIEy
one TO say word for II, unEess it be NJ
WalOn, the man who drew it.up. -:
Most of the. Deputies: have a: pet
scheme for revision of the Constitution.
NJ -Nfyiani, Socialist for RXafnpIe
thinks it is not: sufficiently demo era ii c,
and would like TO do away With. the
Senate, or even the PRESIDENT. -
Charles BenOist and De AIarcere
both Irish, wish to increase the. preroe g.
atives of the President and. extend the
authority Of the Governments: But no
matter how much the differentsrev visers
may quarrel among themselves they
present a united front in opposition to
Paul Deroulede's scheme in favor. of
the President being elected directly by
the, people, or as he puts it, a republic
formed by the people instead" of a re-
public formed by Parliament: :.
There. is nothing .Derouiede despises
more than Parliament, though*it is: al
ways Parliament that he selects when
he wants to make his voice heard by,
the people. 1t is also amusing TO think
that very Parliament which he so
scorns is elected by universal suffrage
to which he would appeal for the cleo
tion of the President For the present,
however. NJ. Deroulede has no chance
of being listened to-when he implores
for plebiscite. It has been tried here
and Louis Napole0n's election was the
beginning Of Caesarism. war, invasion
and the loss of AIsace-Lorraine. The
only consequence. therefore, Of NJ. De
rouIede's last escapade. on .Tuesdas- was
to gather up a solid majority f~327 in
favor OF. the Government. This is not
quite what NJ. Deroulede was after, but
it satisfies Waldeck- Rousseau
President Loubet, too. is strengthen