The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19

league. il Nas asserted. seek to change
the form OF government by street
risings.
A letter from the Duke of Orleans to
hts representative. NJ. Buffet, written
from Marienbad in July, 1896, instruct
ing him to commence a royaHst organl-
zation, was read and then other secret
instructions, in which it was stipulated
that the sum TO be spent was not to
exceed 100000 francs.
The mention of this figure evoked
laughter from the Senators and others
present.
Three hundred thousand francs
would be cheap" was the remark heard
from the press gallery.
NJ. Fallieres tapped for silence and
NJ. Bernard continued to review the
royalist agitation at the end of 1898,
showing that NJ. Buffet, October "a and
October 26, telegraphed in code to the
Duke OF Orleans. who was then in Bo-
hernia. to come TO the frontier. October
% being the date of the anti-Semitic
and Royalist disturbance on the Place
de Concorde. on December u there
was further disorder, a mob marching
y
-Vive le Due d'Orleans," The police
stopped the mob but NJ ChevilIy wired
to the Duke of Orleans: Success
d'estime; 2000 demonstrators; police
stopped them, but will recommence."
This royalist outing, it appears.
aroused the jealousy Of the other par
ties and NJ. Buffet wired to the Duke
of Orleans that he feared the Bonapart-
lists were also contemplating action.
The Indictment proceeded with a re-
Capitulation Of the Royalist maneuvers.
and declared the Royalists led and paid
mob to insult President Loubet on
the Gay of his election.
Letters seized at the residence of NJ.
Chevilly showed that the funds were
becoming exhausted by February, 1899,
and promises of money, mostly for
ladies, was found in the correspond
ence.
The CULINARY event of the Royalist
conspiracy was reached February %.
when NJ. Deroulede made his notorious
attempt on the Place de la Nation to
induce a brigade of infantry TO march
on the Elysee Palace. Everything. it
seems was prepared to carry out the
Royalist plan that day, but NJ. Derou-
lede's failure spoiled all, and the Duke
Of Orleans, who was awaiting at Brus-
sells the signal to come to Paris. re-
Ceived instead a telegram from NJ
Buffet, saying: useless to come. Send
you further news tomorrow"
The Duke of Orleans then wanted 70
go farther away, and the fact that the
Royalists wished to carry out their con-
spiracy If possible was shown in a tele-
gram which NJ. Buffet sent him. beg
ging him to remain, "as the Govern
ment did not know what to do with NJ.
Deroulede"
Continuing, the indictment then ex-
planned the conspiracy was not aban-
boned with the failure of February 90
but that the Vaccinations continued in
secret. and public meetings were con-
tinually held. MN. Deroulede and
Marcel Habert in July at st. Cloud and
in the Theater de la Republique. Paris
outlined the plans still existing for the
overthrow of the parliamentary regime
by a mob uprising, aided by severa,
chiefs of the army and troops on whom
they could count.
The indictment evoked frequent out
bursts of derisive laughter and ironica
comment at the expense of the Royal.
lists especially on the reading of the
various kilograms exchanged and the
failure of the plots.
At the conclusion of the reading o1
the Indictment NJ Bernard and his col.
leagues left the Senate. and NJ. Fal-
Heres ordered the Senators to sit behind
closed doors.
In secret session the Senators dis
cussed whether they were competent tc
sit as a high court and try the case.
On the resumption of the public sit
ting NJ. Fallieres announced that the
Senate had decided by a vote of 234
against 80 to allow the prisoner to be
represented by counsel during the pre-
liminary inquiry, but that the question
of the competence of the Senate to sit
as high court to try the charges hat
been adjourned until after the conclu-
sion of the preliminary inquiry
This is tantamount to the adjourn
men Of the high court for severa
weeks at least. Most of the Senators
were present when the announcement
was made, but there were few persons
in the public and press galleries.
The general comment in the Senate
lobbies was that the Indictment dis.
played the ridiculous but still crimina
character of the royalist intrigues tC
overthrow the republic