The mystery of the Boulangist money seems to be finally
cleared up. Besides the £120,000 subscribed by the Duchesse d'ITzes, the Comte de Paris gave £100,000, making, with other smaller subscriptions, nearly £300,000 in all. An account of an interview between the General and the Comte de Paris has been published, which can only have been given by. the Duchesse d'ITzes, who was present at the conference.. It seems clear from this that the Comte, though he blundered sadly in his diplomacy, actually making it clear that he in- tended the Due d'Aumale to command General Boulanger, did succeed in capturing him, and that he was regarded in the inner circles of Orleanism as their agent. The General may have intended to throw them over, but he accepted their money, though not, as he himself strongly avers, for his own expenses. He declares in his defence that, so far from gaining anything by his agitation, he ruined his personal fortunes, which is likely enough. The charge against him is not that, but that he made promises to the Legitimists, the Republicans, and the Reds at one and the same time.
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