FRANCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8331, 6 April 1889, Page 2

FRAN CE.

(Received April 5, 10 a.m.) 1 Paris, April 4. General Boulangcr, in his manifesto 1 telegraphed from Brussels, whither he secretly fled, says that the Government attempted to coerce the Public Prosecutor 1 to indict him (Bonlauger) before a ' unique tribunal under a unique law. He flatly refuses to submit himself ' to the jurisdiction ef the Senate, which he alleges is well aware of : its unpopularity. He considers that a duty which all Frenchmen owe to their : suffrages, prohibits him from recognising the attempt made by the Government to suppress the liberties of the people and to tamper with tbe laws of the country. He accuses the present political parties of widespread corruption, ot opposing the manifest wishes of the country, and of ruining its pros, perity. M. Laguerre, one of the Deputies who submitted himself for trial yesterday, gravely announces that the (Government proposed to execute General Boulanger. It is believed that the Government will proceed in Boulangev's absence to secure a conviction which will render him ineligible to sit in Parliament. It is thought that the Belgian authorities will expel him from thatcsuntry. The flight of their leader is causing secessions from the Boulangerist party. The Royalists stigmatise him as a coward, and a large section of the Press abuse him in unmeasured terms. La Lanterne says that he departed like a defaulting cashier. General Boulanger, in an interview, stated that his principal supporters, advised him to fly. He met M. ilochefott at Mons. The latter, who was also interviewed, hints that the Government aimed at nothing less than the nmrder of their political opponents. He also states that the national committee, with only four dissentients, urged the necessity of General Bonlangar and himself seeking safety in flight.