“Puff" on the French Crisis.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 73, 29 November 1887, Page 4

“Puff" on the French Crisis.

Poor old Grevy’s drying up ! The oven’s too hot tor him! He has resolved to resign because it’s impossible for him to govern the country ! He can't get anybody to form a Ministry, so he’s going to form one himself and summon the Legislature to choose a successor to him in the Presidency! That's about the best thing he ean do 1 He seems to bo behaving very well!

Oh yes, he's a very superior men, in a quiet way, and there's no fear of his malting a fool of himself merely because he's been badly treated ! Be foresees home and foreign entanglements, in consequence of hU enforced retirement, but he's going to issue an address to the country declaring that he is in no way responsible for them!

He is quite entitled to do that! My own belief is he will be sincerely regretted by the country, and there will be a strong reaction in his favor before long! Did not you say he is the third President who has had to retire P

Yes, there have been three Presidents since the establishment of the Bepubliq in 1870, and they have all been driven from office by the turbulence of the Chamber of Deputies ! How can Republican institutions endure if the representatives of the people behave like that P They cannot! It's bound to end in a military dictatorship sooner or later I How soon ?

Well, the revolution’s not due till 1890! Thev have one every 20 years in the regular course of things! But, perhaps, it may eome a year or two before its due date this time!