The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-06
TROUBLE IN BRUsS8
The Kingdom has Had a VIEW ~.
Escape.
Az RESURRECTION IS VERY pss,,,
pniess the Demands of the -.
and Liberals Are Coz "
piled With.

New York. July s.--A dispatch !.
Herald from Brussels says: Tia M
Kingdom has escaped very s,ron, NJ
up. The socialists. who are aimir,.,- !.
oipi.nsd. had purchased arearm, ~ !
lectsi stores Of every kind TO A.. l
police. he eonstabuiary and all r.s,,.'
stiyes Of authority and Organize ! e, ,
surrecilor II " ysa Den Pereboon,
had not been w.thdrsxn. 81
! TIE danger has sQbsi3e3 for l.. 2.
eat It IS thought. however, ~. :
I special committee TO which The thr..
tentative bills have been referred ~, /
TO agree and that dissolution Of ",
nsui with sn appeal 10 the count,, !,
T the question OF universal suffrage IN !
sue. Should the committee agra. z,
any bill dls.asteful 10 the sociali,,, \
liberals. az Instruction will only \,
been postponed = few days or weeks n
opposition Is n tie greatest earnest III
10 lose and spill blood. MeaawkiIs n
truce Is colnplsts. and With the assir,,~
CT tov1pcur o. rain Brussels touIss,
comparatively quiet. although the 20 n
Den PsrebooI" AID the "Marsaillu,1
aye freely sung under umbrellas.
4 cable from Paris 20 the He-an NJ
The Brussels correspondent OF the PM
gives some striking official figures Al
reveal il clear liEh. the moving csn,.
The crisis that has shaken Belgium a
center. and sti,i threatens z revoluuos /
The chamber q deputies is conpo,A
i52 members The government or els,sI
vote Of The last election Tor represenllil
in this body was es5.s57. while the orr
ton yots for socialists and iibsrsIs A
gelhsr was s5s,2S7. On q fair. souny
system Q! representation this wouM r
the government about ssven;y-eigat q
the opposition ssveuty-fou- rsports q
neager majority OF four for the iormx
Nov. as q matter o. fact, the Cleric
have liz members and thei. oppor.r
only forty; that e 20 say, wh.le 4
clerical outnumbs. the liberals ana B
cislis.s Z. the polls By fewer than nN
votes il the total vote o, nearly 2,o0ax
they outnumhe- them IN the chsmhs,
nearly three 20 oar-
Such is the practical effect OF tbs -
ent system OF propo-;iona.e repressss
ton and plural voting Since is ~
ton some years ago, that system has n
aSsatls6 By socialists and lberals d
has been disapprovei By uoderan IA
icsis
Ths necessity Of reforming It has II
RECONSTRUCTED BY King Leopold, bat
bin brought forward by Premier Van 4
Pee-ebon. though osteasibly ND
measure, is really designed 10 make "
lers worse.
Its practical efec; will only i
strengthen the clerical majority. n
Is its purpose.
That the government has made I'd 4
q mistake, bur = dangerous mon
bringing It forward is sufficiently ~
by the serious crisis il has p.ecip,tsl
i has united the socialists ana tie a
erals IN solid opposition. whose sssu
and determination may well cause
King, as we'll as tae clerical prerxI
grave concern.
II seems 10 be taken FOR granted U
Il the obnoxious bill is rot withdraw,
radically modified 9 revolution viii ii
But will either It's mobilization q.
xAhdrswsl now satisfr the opposiHe
NOW tnzt the crisis has been forced u
ne allied socialists and liberals "a
demonstrated their combin strength. q
-hey stop shorT OF insisting upon an III
oral reform that will give them pua
neniaTy representation approximately n
soriionaie 10 their voting numMI
herein lies the danger that hangs "
ne government, II no. the monarch
eli in Belgium.