M. Jules Simon, according to the Paris correspondent of the
Globe, states strongly his opinion that General Boulanger will succeed; He considers that the situation of 1848 is repeating itself, all malcontents concentrating their support on the General, as they did before on Louis Napoleon. The Extreme Radicals and the Monarchists both help him in hope of profiting by the revolution, and both will be used as tools. General Boulanger's failure in the Chamber is not greater than that of his prototype, nor does he utter more enigmatical things. He is probably the abler man, and though not a. Prince, he is a soldier—an immense convenience in a coup (rasa—and his want of European rank may be in some quarters an advan- tage. M. Julea Simon thinks that the General, if President or Dictator, must go to war; and that if he desires power for any period, he must " proscribe "—that is, shoot or deport those who oppose him. If not, he will be overthrown at once. The opinion is a remarkable one, for M. Simon is a cool observer, and by temperament as well as conviction, a conservative Republican.
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