GENERAL BOULANGER'S MOTION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1885, 5 July 1888, Page 3

GENERAL BOULANGER'S MOTION.

SCENE IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. ||(sTl«uscrrßXC tklbgbafh— cofybightJ « - - . - ■ ■ (Pis* P&iss Association.) (Received Jnly 5, 12 45 p. m .) '. - ; Albany, Jaly 5. The P. and O. Company's Arcadia brings European dates to June 4th : — . General Bculanger's urgency motion m the Chamber of Deputies, affirming tte necessity of the revision of the constitution, was very warmly discussed by both sides, and occasioned some of the. stormiest scenes m the Chamber which have* ever occurred under the Republic. In moving the adoption of the motion, General Boulanger said :— 11 The recent great electoral manifestations m my favor prove that it is the desire of the electors that there should be a revision m the constitution of France, and our misgoverned country now lifts her voice against party rule." These words were greeted with a perfect storm of ironical laughter, but nothing daunted General Boulanger continued amid tumult : — "Republicanism, as practised has caused terrible divisions among the people, brought about by the conflict of opinions which may yet prove fatal to the country. The votes given by the Conservatives at the recent election for the Nord and elsewhere were not given as a demonstration m favor of a return to monarchial government, but as a protest against the present unendurable state of things. The deputies of this Chamber think only of their own affairs and the affairs of the coteries to which they belong. Ministers m their turn are controlled by these coteries, and France is tired of this ugitne ot corruption, falsehood, and sterility."