The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-30

palace of justice. the assizes court on
the other side of the building was occu-
pied with the trial of Nm de Roulede
and Marcel-Habert, who are charged
with melting soldiers to insubordina-
ton on the day of the election of Presi-
dent Loubet- Conspicuous among the
audience were Mn. Rochefort Colonel
Monteil, FRANCHISE Cope and NJ. Cues
nay de Beaurepaire, former president of
the civil section of the court of cassa-
tion- AS the defendants entered some
of the spectators cheered. The read
ing of the indictment caused some MUIR
murs.
When NJ de Roulede. who is a mem
Der of the chamber of deputies and Gre
ator, in 1882, of the League of Patri-
OTIS, was called upon to plead, he began
diatribe against parliamentarianS and
the Jews. During the course of his re-
marks he declared his action was ma
turely weighed and reminded the court
that he created Boulangism in order to
save France.
The audience in court cheered NJ de
Roulede and Habert, and cried: Here
is jury of acquittal," when the jury
men entered
Murmurs were heard when the
charges against the prisoners were
read. The presiding judge then asked
NJ. de Roulede how he, a former Off
SCA VI tiic army anu the SOlulerS lyTlSC
On. de Roulede is the author. of Chants
du Soldat" and ''Nouveaux Chants du
Soldat'O could wish to turn the army
away from its duty To this NJ de
Roulede replied, amid laughter. with
comparing Premier Dupuy to the frog
in the fable and said he (defendant)
wished to lead brigade to overthrow
the parliament republic. adding that his
action was fully premeditated.
da laIa
voice, then gave an account of his life
and relations with Gambetta, with
whom, he said, he had a communion
of ideas" Continuing, NJ. de Roulede
said that when NJ. Gambetta disap-
peared he (the defendanD was disgust
ed TO see eXtortion and bribery reign at
the palais bourbon, saying:
we then created Boulangism When
that ended two plaques descended upon
France-Panama, a ST n of parliament
tary decomposition, and Dreyfus, a sign
OF national decomposition, for which
parliament is responsible. l am not
surprised that there was a reaction
which was neither royalist nor imper-
lallst, but popular reaction, which was
inevitable. The false constitution of
1873, the drafters of which wished to
place the people in the kings bed. ex-
plains why the people sleep so badly"
NJ. Marcel-Habert followed. He adj
admitted that he wished to cause
revolution but denied having melted
soldiers to disobedience. He said he
only sought to lead General Roget to
the Elysee palace and that the men
with him (Habert) had been merely
following the officers.
Habert also harrangued against
parliamentarism, saying the chamber
OF deputies was empty when useful
questions We're discussed and that the
senate was dilatory
The presiding judge stopped NJ de
Roulede when the latter referred to
President Ioubet declaring he must
not bring the name of the president of
the republic into the case. To this NJ |
de Roulede replied that he was obliged
to mention the president because his |
election determined him to take action.
He proceeded to make another attack |
upon NJ. Loubet, but was again called |
to order and NJ. de Roulede retorted !
hotly that he wanted to drive NJ. Lou
bet out of the Elysee palace, which he |
said, he had only reached thanks to |
his mediocrity.'
When De Roulede concluded he was |
loudly acclaimed by the audience
Subsequently NJ. de Roulede acknowl- !
edged he was guilty of all the charges
except the allegation that he wanted |
to lead the soldiers astray without a |
leader. He shouted:
4 wanted general at their head. I |
found only a brigadier general. 1 |
would have preferred the commander |
in-chief. Unhappily | had no choice"
AS the court emptied the crowd made |
a demonstration. Cries of ''vive |
Parmee," "A Bias lie Juifs," and A |
Mort Les Traitres' resOunded. The |
police routed the demonstrators and
then dispersed band of members of
the league of patriots.
A crowd of anti-Semites attempted !
to hold noisy meeting in the Place du
Chatelet and a slight collision with the
police resulted. There was another
demonstration in the Place Dauphine,
where opposing bands. shouting ''vive
farmee" and "A has larmee" came
INTO collision. a few persons being in
iured.