Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-17
A CABINET AT STAKE.
The Fate of Loubet's Government
in France Still Undecided.
A GROUPING OF THE BIG PARTIES
Before Yesterdays Debate Began Makes
the Issue Uncertain.
LIVELY SCENES IN THE ASSEMBLY

PARIS. Nov. 16.-The Governments bill,
providing for the imposition of severer pen.
alties upon anarchist papers that incite tt
violence and generally adding to the strin'
gency of the press laws, was introduced in
the Chamber of Deputies to-day. An ex.
citing debate followed, but the Chamber
adjourned without taking vote. Great
interest was manifested in the bill, as upon
its fate depended the fate of the Govern.
ment
NJ. Laguerre, the well-known Boulangist
member, opened the debate. He declared
that he was irrevocably opposed to the bill,
which ne declared was dangerous measure,
tending to interfere with the liberty of the
press. The Government, he declared,
ought to prosecute Anarchists, not jour.
nalists. This remark brought forth loud ap-
plause from the members of the Left.
NJ Lassere, the reporter of the bill, urged
that it was necessary to fill up the loophole
in the present press laws The Chamber,
by supporting the bill, would show that the
liberty was not be confounded with license.
The Roman Catholic View of It
Count Albert de Nun, an extreme Catho-
lie, said that the lamentable state OF affairs
shown BY the introduction of the bill was
due to the secularization of the schools and
anti-religious education.
NJ Loubet, the Prime Minister. protested
against an assertion made by Count de Nun,
that the whole Republican party aimed to
destroy religious belief, and that the Gov
ernment prosecuted a propaganda of Of
fetal atheism. The existing laws of the
republic, NJ. Loubet stated, were founded
on the principle of religious neutrality, both
regarding the schools and their admInistra-
tion. The State Government did not re-
sort to coercion in any form. It had never
swerved from this line of policy since its
advent to power NJ. Loubet's remarks were
greeted with cheers
Count de Ouville- Maillefeu, member of
the Left, opposed the bill. Abiding to
Count de Nuns opinions, he caused a scene
by exclaiming, "The monarchy is mere
tissue of falsehoods." Many members of
the Right sprang to their feet and loudly
protested against such an assertion. Others
laughed derisively, whereupon Count de
Ouville-Maillefeu violently abused them,
and concluded his attack by declaring that
he pitied them.
An Incorporate Orator Called Down.
NJ Flouquet, the President of the Cham
Der, called the Count to order. The latter
protested, and when he was prevented from
uttering his opinions he left the tribune.
NJ de Schanel supported the bill, which
he declared would restrict, not the liberty
of public opinion, but crime. He de-
nounced the doctrines of the Collectivists,
and said they we're profitable only to those
preaching them. Every strike, NJ. de
Schanel added, produced new politician,
who soon blossomed into member of the
Chamber of Deputies He appealed to all
Republicans to oppose ideas which were
carrying France back to the days of bar
barism.
There were several conferences by the
different party groups of the Chamber be-
fore to-day's sitting, at which was discussed
the course to be pursued Only the Royal
ist and Liberal Right finally decided to
vote against the press bill. Thus the issue
of the debate remains uncertain.