FRENCH AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1876, 9 April 1889, Page 1

FRENCH AFFAIRS.

Paris, April 4. General Boulanger, in bis manifesto, telegraphed from Brussels, whither he secretly fled, says the Government attempted to coerce the public prosecutor to indict him before a unique tribunal under a unique law. Ho flatly refuses to submit to submit himself to the [jurisdiction of the Senate, which ho alleges'is wall aware of its unpopulauiy. He considers the duty all Frenchmen owe to their suffrages prohibits him from recognising the attempt to suppress the liberties of the country and to tamper with the laws of the country. He accuses the present political parties' of widespread corruption, of opposing the manifest wishes of the country, and ruining its prosperity, M. Laguerre, one of the Deputies, who eubmitted himself for trial yesterday, gravely announces that the Government proposed to execute General Boulanger. It is believed that the Government will proceed la Boulanger's absence to secure a conviction which will render him ineligible to sit in Parliament. It is thought the Belgian authorities will expel him from that country. The flight of their leader is causing secession from the Boulangist party. The Royalists stigmatise him as a coward, and a large saction of the Press abuse him in no unmeasured terms. La Lanterne says he departed like a defaulting cashier. Boulanger, in an interview, stated his principal supporters advised him to fly, He met Boohofortat Mons. The latter, who wrj also interviewed, hints that the Government aimed at nothing less than the murder of their political opponents. He also announced that the National Committee, with only four dissentients, urged the necessity of Boulanger end himself seeking safety in flight. April 5. At a stormy sitting of the Chamber of Deputies to-day, a motion granting leave to prosecute General Boulanger was carried by a majority of 162, on the grounds that ho was conspiring to overthrow the Government. During the debate M, Baundry Dasson, representative of the department of Tend6], threatened M. Mdline with violence, and was severely censured by the President of the Chamber. Later. The procurer's indictment against General Boulanger recites the particulars of hh career in Tunis, his machinations to obtain the position of Minister, the circumstances under which he was oompolhd fa retire from the army, and his complicity with the proceedings of the Patriotic League. The Government intended to arrest him while leaving his house on Tuesday morning, and had told off twenty police commusionareg for the duty, but General Boulanger wjvs warned in time, and 080ttp :d at two o'clock in the morn’ IDfJ ’ April 6. The manifesto published by General Boulanger declares that the indictment brought against him by fiL Grery and the Procurer-General h a tittsue of falsehoods, Ha admits (hut bis du«ire is to wrest the Republic of France from the hands of those who are degrading and ruining her.