Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-30
in throwing such complete oblivion over all
clips" Latest Plot.

Its details.
clips" Latest Plot.
Out of that wilful oblivion we have, here
and there, some tantalizing glimpses of
"Flip's' latest plot. They are contained in
q letter written In his own hand from the
by the French government in one OF its
last perquisitions:
Secret instructions for M. de Ramel and
the Comte de Lur-Saluces.
not be named. have decided on action that
ought to assure US . within less than
a year, tho aid OF a great number Of labor
syndicates. unions and associations, not
only in Paris but all France.
THE personalities will disclose themselves
when the organisation shall be completed
and favorable occasion presents itself.
and the workingmen-movement commanded
by them will be made in my name
The sum necessary will certainly not
be less than 10000 or 3Oo,OO0 francs, and l
judge we cannot make better use of the
moneys that have been confided to you.
M. Andre Buffet will give receipts for
the sums handed him by NM. de Ramel and
de Lur-Saluces. M. Andre Buffet win pay
them, against receipt to person who has
been designated to me and whom have
indicated to him, and who will remit them
to the personalities in question.
II need not Insist on the most absolute
secrecy, and we should never let it be sus-
pected that we have means of knowing
what goes on in the unions.
IF the kindly feeling of these unions
should manifest itself before the decisive
hour by certain attitudes. we must appear
to be equally surprised and satisfied.
In the light of this letter, written entirely
in .Flips'' well-known hand, 1t Is not diff
ficult to understand the arrest of certain Of
ficers of the general confederation of labor
That they have since been put contemptu-
ously at liberty proves notfling-unless that
selling an option on the action of mass OF
good republicans means no more treason
than ability to deliver the goods
So died the cause of French royalism once
again The stately tombs at Dreux hold all
that remains of 1.-THE bodies of Flps
ancestors.
Tombs at Dreux.
Dreux is a fine old town of 5000 inhabi-
tants in the valley Of the Blaise, some f1f-
ty miles from Paris. There are quaint old
| a renaissance city hall and Gothic clock
tower; but dominating all Is the Orleans
capel. at the summit of hill beyond the
end of the principal street.
1t is built in the park grounds OF an an
cient castle. very little of which remains.
Only funeral services are held here. Since
1913 the family have arrived for the SER
vices in the morning, leaving again in the
afternoon.
1t is the Orleans chapelle royale, built by
the dowager duchess of Orleans In 1873.
There are magnificent stained-glass win
dows. And all around, behind the altar.
corner stairway descends to vast erypts
full of other royal tombs.
Here is the tomb of the little Mile. de
Montpensier the two-year-old daughter of
Louis Philippe and that of the little Duke
of Penthievro,, his eight-year- old son. OBJ
serve the huge tomb of that king himself.
He stands with his hand resting on the
head of the kneeling queen.
Observe the tomb of the Princess Marie,
duchess of Wurtemberg. The angel above
her was her last work of sculpture. She
had done lots.
Madame Adelaide, sister OF Louis-Phiiippe;
the kings aunt; two children OF the zComte
de Paris and six OF the Due dAumale.
Here lies Francois, duke Of Guise dead
at eighteen-and Robert, son of the Due de
Chartres, dead at the same age.
And SO on At st. Denis they will show
you the crowded tombs of the more an
you know that nothing lies beneath them
they were desecrated and the bodies were
scattered during the French revolution
May Not Set Foot on French Soil.
This fs the only French resting place for
the house OF France Its chiefs. while liv-
ing, may not set foot on French SOIL Only
when dead have they the right to be
brought here to rest.
Does 1t not seem mathematical of their
dead hope7 Even more so Is the tomb of
Philippe's grandfather and grandmother.
Being Catholic, he had married the Prot
estant Helen of Mecklenbourg- Schwerin
80 In death she could not lie in the same
soil with him.
They put his tomb close to the wall.
They built her a separate Protestant
chapel up against 1t. Her tomb Is close to
itS edge close to her husbands
Observe the sculptured window between
them. Her hand outstretched from the
dark chapel almost. touches him.
She stretches her hand across the bar
rier. 1t Is like France stretching q hand
across the insurmountabie barrier to her
ancient race OF kings.
STERLING HEMIG