The State funeral of President Faure went off on Thurs -
day excellently well. The pageant„ with its long pro- cession of all the eminent persons in France and repre- sentatives of all Europe, from the Elysee to Notre Dame, the vast masses of troops in attendance and on guard, and the endless crowds all moving under bright sunshine, impressed even the Paris correspondent of the Times, who has seen so many State funerals and described so many forgotten days of ceremonial. Agitators, if any were present, were completely overawed, the Court of Cassation was not attacked, and it was not till the funeral was over that even M. Deroulade ven- tured on making a disturbance. He called on General Roget, who is a bitter Anti-Dreyfusard, to march with his troops on the Elysee, and was promptly arrested by order of the General, incensed either by his counsel or its want of opportuneness. As M. Deroulecle's offence was technically an incitement to mutiny, as he was arrested while committing it—a fact which abrogates his privilege as Deputy — and as the Govern- ment wants to give such firebrands. a severe lesson, it may go hard with the foolish orator, who has no real force behind him. Altogether the day was a bright one, both for the Republic and M. Lonbet. Neither, it seems clear, is so hated that Parisians cannot enjoy themselves because of it.
