NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE telephone makes of Brussels a mere suburb of Paris, communication being instantaneous, and nobody, not even the clerks, hearing what messages are sent. The French Government, therefore, grew irritated at the presence of General Boulanger in Belgium, and signified that feeling informally to the Belgian Minister in Paris. The Belgian Government, though willing to yield to the request, which is quite in accordance with precedent, was not willing to issue a formal decree of expul- sion. The Secretary of the Minister of Justice, therefore, paid a visit on Saturday to General Boulanger, "just to ask whether he intended to stay;" and the General, who under- stands diplomacy, informed him that he did not intend. He was about to proceed to England on Wednesday. He accordingly parted with the house he had taken, took rooms in a London hotel, and on the afternoon of Wednesday added himself to the long list of French politicians whom England has sheltered from imprisonment.
