DEROULEDE, PAUL (1846 )

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DEROULEDE, PAUL (1846 ) , French author and politician, was born in Paris on the 2nd of September 1846. He made his first

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

as a poet in the pages of the Revue nationale, under the pseudonym of Jean Rebel, and in 1869 produced at the Theatre Frangais a one-act drama in verse entitled Juan Strenner. On the outbreak of the Franco-German War he enlisted as a private, was wounded and taken prisoner at

Sedan

SEDAN

, and sent to Breslau, but effected his escape. He then served under Chanzy and Bourbaki, took part in the latter's disastrous

retreat

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

to Switzerland, and fought against the Commune in Paris. After attaining the rank of

lieutenant

LIEUTENANT

, he was forced by an accident to retire from the army. He published in 187 2 a number of patriotic poems (Chants du soldat), which enjoyed unbounded popularity. This was followed in 1875 by another collection, Nouveaux Chants du soldat. In 1877 he produced a drama in verse called L'Hetman, which derived a passing success from the patriotic fervour of its sentiments. For the exhibition of 1878 he wrote a hymn, Vive la France, which was set to music by Gounod. In 188o his drama in verse, La Moabite, which had been accepted by the Theatre Frangais, was forbidden by the censor on religious grounds. In 1882 M. Deroulede founded the gigue des patriotes, with the object of furthering France's " revanche " against Germany. He was one of the first

advocates

ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

of a Franco-Russian alliance, and as early as 1883 undertook a journey to Russia for
the furtherance of that object. On the rise of General

Boulanger

BOULANGER
BOULANGER, GEORGE ERNEST JEAN MARIE (1837-1891)

, M. Deroulede attempted to use the Ligue des patriotes, hitherto a non-political organization, to assist his cause, but was deserted by a

great

GREAT

part of the league and forced to resign his presidency. Nevertheless he used the section that remained faithful to him with such effect that the government found it necessary in 1889 to decree its suppression. In the same year he was elected to the chamber as member for

Angouleme

ANGOULEME
ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

. He was expelled from the chamber in 1890 for his disorderly interruptions during debate. He did not stand at the elections of 1803, but was re-elected in 189S, and distinguished himself by his violence as a nationalist and

anti

ANTI, or CAMPA

-Dreyfusard. After the funeral of President Faure, on the 23rd of February 1899, he endeavoured to persuade General Roget to lead his troops upon the Elysee. For this he was arrested, but on being tried for treason was acquitted (May 31). On the 12th of August he was again arrested and accused, together with Andre Buffet, Jules Guerin and others, of conspiracy against the republic. After a long trial before the high court, he was sentenced, on the 4th of January 1900, to ten years' banishment from France, and retired to San Sebastian. In 1901, he was again brought prominently before the public by a quarrel with his Royalist allies, which resulted in an abortive attempt to arrange a duel with M. Buffet in Switzerland. In November 1905, however, the law of amnesty enabled him to return to France.
Besides the works already mentioned, he published Le Sergent, in the Theatre de campagne (188o); De l'education nationale (1882); Monsieur le Uhlan et les trois couleurs (1884) ; Le Premier grenadier de France; La Tour d' A uvergne (1886) ; Le Livre de la ligue des patriotes (1887); Refrains militaires (1888) ; Histoire d'anzour (189o); a pamphlet entitled Desarmement? (189x); Chants du paysan (1894); Poesies Militaires (1896) and Messire du Guesclin, drame en vers (1895); La mort de Hoche. Cinq actes en

prose

PROSE

(1897); La Plus belle ftlle du monde, conic dialogue en vers libres (1898).

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