The age-herald., 1897-09-12
DOES THE POPE FAVOR IT ?.
Suggest X That There Is No Further Need
 For a French Army.
q 4M BAKE BREAD FOR THE POOR
2 hiking of Birth Rate and Consequent Scar city of Children Creates Alarm-A Duel Which Came Near Proving Serious
 Vienna Is Stirred Up.
Copyrighted. 1897, by the Assoc.atsd

Copyrighted, 1897, by the Ass oc.atsd Press).
 Paris, Sept 11-During the intervals
 in the discussion of the prophecy of Herr Falb of Vienna, that the world would come to an end on Nov. 13 1899.
 the Faiis newspapers. are still most busi-
 ly engaged in shaping up the future of France in company with Russia The
 undercurrent of reaction which set in after the first excitement caused by tha announcement of the Fdenth-R-s fam
 alliance began to subeide ard ds no
 longer visible. It Is scored by Henri Roeheforts sarcasm in the Intrarsige- ant, in pointing out that the Crons adt meeting has rendered French soldiers superfiuous and that the best thing to do is to make them bake bread for the poor, which has been made, the paper claims, far too costly by the political melinite alliance. The alliance, however, is topic for daily congratulation among most classes in Franlce, and 1t has given the greatest pleasure at the Vatican, where the intrigues of Cardinal Kopp, the prince bishop of Breslau, to detaeh Vatican sympathy from France has met with but little success. and the French, indeed, claim that the dual alliance has another partner in the pope.
 The shrinking of the birth rate in France, which for some years past has been repeatedly brought to public no- tice, is now a:tractig serious attention A society styled the Alliance Nationale,, of which Dr. Jacques Berti1on is presf- dent and which was organized early during the present year, has taken the question in hand and has induced thirty-eight departmental assemblies to adopt resolutions ernbodying the soci- ety's programme demanding that the government pass law reducing taxation in proportion eo the number of children in the taxpayers family, and that his principle be applied to all financial laws. In eddition, where the number of ser var.ts exceed the nrnlber of children the taxpayer is to be subjected to an ex- ceptional surtax, and all favors at the disposal of the state are to be reserved for members of large families.
 All Paris is excited at the moment oven duel which has just been fought be- tween a lawyer and a literateur. These two gentlemen fought with such bitter ness that for a time their hostile meet. ing threatened to have results contrary to the usual outcome of such affairs The lawyer speedily had the point of his sword against his opponents body, and the latter grasped the weapon with one hand and with the other trisd to run
 his own weapon through the lawyers
 body. The latter sprang back and cried with alarm and dismay: Would you assault me, wretch?" At this stage of tdle combat one of the seconds rushed | forward and pulled the bloodthirsty ht- l terateur back, shouting:
 Unhappy being, would you commit murder?''
 Eventually the parties were separated. 1 though without the customary reconc-i-
 iation.
 l At Vienna there Is psrfect tempest 1 in coffee pot The corporation has sud- | denly announced that the placing of ta- bles and chairs on the sidewalks in front of cafes causes an obstruction and has ordered a stoppage. To those who are familiar with Vienna. or for that matter nearly all continental cities, 1t is almost unnecessary to add that the indignation of the viennese at this brushing away of one of their most popular msthods of relaxation and enjoyment is unbounded. Their anger is not in any way soothed by the fact that the burgomaster of Vienna is ghe anti-Semite leader and that the principal cafe proprietors are Jews. az.