The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-21
NJ. LOUBET'S MESSAGE
Forecast of the New Presidents First
State Paper.

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! Paris Feb. 20.-According to the best
/ authority. NJ. Loubets message to Par.
! lament will not be a lengthy document
| After returning thanks for his election
| affirming his respect for the constitution
| and pledging himself to uphold it faith
! fully, both in spirit and letter, the Presi-
! dent will appeal warmly for pacificatior
| and concord and will eulogize the army
and express the hope that the country
WILL in its attachment TO the navy and
/ its respect for justice, speedily witness
/ the restoration OF. harmony and the So
! luton OF questions that are agitating the
/ nation.
! The President will then recall the fact
| that he has always devoted himself 10 the
| study of labor and social questions, in
| dustTial matters. financial economy, and
the organization of industry. and he will
| insist upon Parliament dealing with these
! questions in practical and faithful man
| ner.
Foreign Relations ofFrance.
Regarding foreign affairs, the message
will say that in her relations via for
eign nations France will pursue a policy
which will remain faithful to friendships
formed, and which, by its correctness and
disinterestedness, will conform to the
traditions of her history. This policy will
be the surest guarantee of peace and best
calculated to maintain the place which
France now occupies in the world.
According to the Figaro, President Lou
bet is surprised at the hostility of which
he is the object, and has said: mo one
has a right TO say that l am a Dreyfusist
or an anti-Dreyfusist. / am, with the
majority of the nation, for truth, sup
ported by justice"
The Faure Obsequies.
In the Chamber OF Deputies to-day the
Premier. NJ Dupuy, asked for credit OF
lG1 900 francs to defray the expenses OF
the obsequies OF the late President Felix
Faure. NJ. Dejeante, Socialist. asked that
the obseduies be purely civil. This drew
forth murmurs and protests from the
Richtists and Centrists. who threatened
10 leave the Chamber. The President OF
the Chamber of Deputies, NJ. Deschanel,
interrupted NJ. Deieante several times,
calling upon him to respect the stricken
family of the deceased. NJ. Dejeante's
motion was rejected by vote Of Al TO 6S,
and the credit was adopted by vote Of
463 TO ~
The Chamber unanimously decided TO
attend the departure of the body from the
Elysce palace on Thursday, although the
procession VIII really only be formed after
leaving the cathedral of Notre Dame. a
large multitude defled before the coffin or
the dead President to-day.
Cor,egr to Form at Elysee.
In view of the decision of the Chamber
OF Deputies, il has now been arranged
that the entire funeral cortege shall form
at the Elysee palace. instead OF at the
Cathedral OF Notre Dame. as was pre-
ViOuSly intended.
Considerable comment has been caused
by the fact that a priest was summoned
10 NJ. Faure's bedside. although the Pres
ident was stSnch Free Mason NJ. De-
Jeante. Socialist. raised the subject in III.
Chamber Of Deputies today. NJ lie Gail.
the Presidents private secretary. when
questioned, declared that VI. Faure. while
conscious. twice asked that a priest be
brought.
The strictest measures have been taken
10 maintain order in the streets tonight.
the police, among other things having
been instructed 10 arrest Immediately any
person utteTlng cries hostile 10 President
Loubet.