Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-30
roRE1GN TOPICS OF INTEREST.
The Suppression Of "Thermidor'' Considere
I'm the French Chamber of Deputies.

In the French Chamber of Deputies.
The suppression Of ssThermidos'' was the SUBJ
iect Of an exciting debate in the French cham
Der Of deputies yesterday. n. Fonquier began
the discussion with q violent speech, in which
he censured the prohibition Of ''Thermidor"
as an act against the interests of dramatic art
1t was possibls, he said, 70 be republican with
ont making cult Of the "Reign Of Terror"
| M. Courageous, minister Of public instruction
and fine arts. said that the government had
not acted rs a dramatic censor, but had inter-
| fered only when the piece had led to disturb
| anceA
N. Reinach expressed the hope that the re-
publicans would remain faithful to the princi-
pies Of liberty, and that il would not be less
liberal than the monarchy Of Charles Y. under
which plays inimical TO the regime we're per-
| mittcd.
NJ. Constans, minister Of the interior, said
that it was no part of his duty to judge dra-
matte work after the second night Of ''Ther-
| midor." The necessity OF maintaining order
was the only reason for the prohibition Of the
play.
NJ Clcmcnceau said that he considered the
play directed against the revolution great
| historic whole, from which individual episodes
could not be isolated.
Count Albert dc Nun Of the right said he did
not wish to discuss the revolution, but he
would ask the government what il thought
| OF NJ. Clemenceaus theories, and whether the
cabinet desired war with the right of con-
| citation.
FUNERAL OF PRINCE BAUDoUIE.
The funeral Of Prince Daudouin Of Belgium
took place yesterday in Brussels. At o'clock
in the morning Saint Guaule was overHowing
with the immense congregation which had as
| sembled. the early Corners reaching the cathe-
| dral as early as o'clock. This assemblage
| was allowed 10 remain in the cathedral until
$50 a m. when the troops marched into the
| building from several different doors and
cleared it sufficiently 20 leave n space for the
| funeral service and fo- the distinguished per-
| sonages invited to be present at the funeral
! ceremony. The whole of the interior Of the
| cathedral, it's vaulted roof. choir. transepts
| and huge pillars, are covered with immense
| sable hangings fringed and ornamentcd with
heavy silver bdllion. The catafalque 70 receive
| the coffin was erected in the center of the
grand transept and in front Of the chancel
| 1t was covered with massive black canopy
| superbly Ornamental with silver. triple
row of tall candles in heavy silver candle
sticks surrounded the sarcophagus. All the
| candelabra in the cathedral were lighted and
| the choirs from end to end together with the
grandly magnificent main altar, were ablaze
with light.
After the arrival at the palace Of a procession
OF parish priests, robed in cOttas and cassocks,
the cortege began its solemn march to the
cathedral. The presidents of the two chambers
and the ministers bore the pail. Next came
King Leopold. The Count of Flanders walked
behind King Leopold, having his son, Prince
Albert, on his right and Prince Henry of Prus-
sia on his left. An enormous crowd gathered
IL front Of the cathedral, and in spite of its
good nature. tho solemn occasion which caused
the assembly and the efforts of the police. a
number of people were crushed into insensi-
biiity by the half-frantic swaying here and
there OF such packed masses OF humanity. The
mineral service was fully choral and included
the GregOrian chant and Tilman's Pie Jesu
At the conclusion Of the service. which was
most impressive, when the coffin was raised
from the sarcophagus Lux Eterna rolled sol
EMMY IRON the cathedral organ.
JUSTIN M'cARrHY's APPEAL
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, in his recent speech at
Manchester, said that he did not desire to I'M
derrate the magnitude of the trouble that had
bcfallen Ireland, but that i. need not concern
the English people. 1t would pass away, aad
though there's might still be determinations
among the Irish members, he did not believe in
the lasting nature of anv quarrel that had not
roots in some real and general principle The
people must be patient and hopeful. work AZ if
nothing had happened and support the National
League to the utmost Of their power. He still
had hopes of speedy reunion. II they failed
to reach an agreement the Irish people had
better see,. another parliamentary party. but
home rule was safe with Gladstone and the
English democracy.
REDUCTION IN TELEGRAPH RATES.
DR.. von Stephan, secretary of state for posts
and telegraphs, announced in the German
reichstag yesterday the governments intention
to reduce the tariff on kilograms from 40 pfen-
nigs to 10 pfennigs. Herr Richter, referring to
the contracts between the government and
VOLTS Telegraph Company, said that if the
government had an interest in the news agency
that an agency must be publicly recognized as
government organ, the same as in the case of
the Reichssanzeiger. He therefore moved that
the imperial chancellor be requested to COM
municate TO the house the terms of contract
with the Wolff Company. A lengthy debate
cnsued, the conservatives and members of the
Renchspartei opposing the motion and the CEN
ter and Freisinnige parties supporting it. The
motion was finally carried.
KOCH PATIENT DIES OF BLOOD POISONING
young English lady suffering from con-
sumption, who was treated by the Koch method
in Berlin for two weeks, has since died at
Cannes Of blood poisoning.
DR. v1NDTHoRsT INJURED.
DIR. Windthorst, the leader of the center party
Of Germany, met with a painful accident YES
terday. While leaving one Of the committee
rooms Of the reichstag he slipped and Eel.
down flight of stairs Minister Won Gossler
hurried TO his side and assisted him to rise.
when 1t was found he had sustained severe in
luries. but that no bones were broken. DIR.
Windthorst was conveyed to his home in car
riage.
CRUSHED TO DEATH BY An AVALANCHE
|. Dispatches from Greece tell of horrible dis
aster wrought by an avalanche. One of these
huge masses Of snow, ice and earth came roll
ing down from the mountains upon the town
of Athama with terrible results. Twenty-Five
persons were killed outright and many were i'll
Jured, while eighty houses were destroyed.
TURBULENT FRENCH STUDENTS.
A body of, students. numbering 200 persons,
stormed the offices of L'Egdtite (newspaper)
in Paris yesterday, demanding to know the
name Of the writer of an article which an
peared in that journal accusing them of op-
portuueism. Being met with O refusal the STU
dents became very boisterous. They abused
the officials Of the paper and upset all the fur
niture in the place. They then took their de-
parture, threatening to return 1000 strong
AUSTRIA TAKES aKRMANY's PLACE
The Hamburger Ndcis'icttea of Berlin. which
is inspired by Prince Bismarck, declares that
Germany, by allowing Austria to approach Rus
sia seen in the visit Of the heir to the throne
to st. Petersburg, has lost the leadership in the
of the situation and that Germany ought to
counteract the possible results by restoring the
former Russo-German entente cordiale
VARIOUS FOREIGN NOTES.
The German reichstag committee ON the
sugar taxation bill rejected that measure in its
entirety on its second reading