Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-17
French National Assembly VIII Meet
Tomorrow Afternoon.
SUCCESSOR TO PRESIDENT FAURE
MN. loubet and Meline Have Both
Been Nominated
FRANCE FACES \ CRISIS

| Dupuy, has fixed the meeting of the ma
tiOral assembly at l O'Clock tomorrow
| afternoon at Versailles to vote FOR "a pres
ident Of France to succeed the late Pres
ident Faure.
| The body of the late president will lie IN
state at the palace from . o'clock uutu L
| o'clock this afternoon. Only the ministers,
members OF the diplomatic corps and high
| pubic functiou-ries viii be allowed TO view
the remains. But the public will be adj
mitted TO the palace from Q o'clock ON SAT-
urday morning until e o'clock on Tuesday
| evening.
The obsoQuies viii take place next Thurs
day in the Cathedral OF Notre Dame and
! the intcrment Will occur in the cemetery of
| Pore I.achaise.
| The minister Of foreign affairs. IL Del
casse teleeraphed last night to the foreign
sovoreigns informing them Of ;he death Of
| President Faure.
EX-Premier Meliuc says thar President
| Faure himself informed him that Dee had
| been suffering from heart tro.l,Ir for a
| long time past and that il was oau-in- him
cruel pain.
An Ev-Prcsidcnfs Coincidence.
NJ. Casimir-PeIrier, til, former president
OF Franco, learned the news of the death
OF NJ. Faure at midnight. and express,
! profound grief. He viii call today at the
| Elysee Palace and present his condolences
To Madame ana Nadomoisenc FaUre.
Or. Lanne-Longue. one of the physicians
who attended the late president in an IN
t=rvihw todav In thu Echo de Paris. says
| II at when he entered the room NJ Fagre
was already conscious Of the seriousness of
his condition, and said: Il am very sick"
Copdnuing. Dr. Lanne-Longue is quoted
as saying: "As a matter of fact, from ths
first there was no hope OF saving him.
Ai@Nia SupeTNyned almost immt4iia telv. AMI
was followed by paralysis of the l,ft side.
Finally the patient fell into a state Of alb
soaute coma ami died at 1890 o'clo. x. lie
vas unable To speak during his last mo-
IN ants.
ITO sum up. it was a sudden attack and
from the first all efforts to save him were
useless. The president had not experienced
any prcmonitory symptoms. and only had
| slight loss of appetite, which could not
! cause alarm. | was much surpris, ,d 10 see
| him thus stricken down. He had u0t un-
| dergone recently any official fatigue Buc
| the FaShoda affair greatly disturbed him,
and the Dreyfus matter also caused him
real grief. He was very anxious about ths
home and foreign situation Of France"
Comment of Ihe Morning Papers.
All the morning newspapers contain COM
ments upon the sudden death of President
Faure last night. These comments are ap-
pgrently dictated rather by each particular
journals peculiar views of the political
situation than 10y any other consideration.
Few Of them find time to dwell ujHuu the
best points Of the character OF the late
president, but many of them do Tot hCsi-
tate TO cali attention to his Weaknesses.
The Echo de Paris in the course of an
eulogistc obituary, points out that while
President Faures love Of ceremony caused
smiles, his attitude was always c1nstitu-
uonal. 1t adds: The French people viii
render to the dead chief Of state "a tribute
OF homage and respect. and will express
sincere regrets at his tomb"
The Journal says: The judgmen- Will be
Honor TO his memory "
The Gaulos says: Those who knew NJ
Faure will mourn him. He was "a wort hy
man. obliging and charitable. II was no
small surprise for Europe TO see his for
mer workman bear himself at he court Of
Russia as If he had always lived on the
steps Of a throne"
The Eclair pays homage to the deceas sed
president who. ii asserts, was always alb
Solutely correct and remained within the
strict limits assigned to him by the cousti-
tuition"
The Radical reproaches the late president
with not being sincere republican.
The Gil Bias says: Fortune was faith
full to him and will assure him the regrets
of the masses.
Siecie's Adverse Criticism.
President Faure. according to the Steele.
represented the laboring democracy and
unfortunately failed to understand the
greatness of the task which fcu to him.
He only regarded the presidency as The
means of making display"
The Petit Journal believes the president
succumbed to the weight of the moral sor-
rows and responsibilities accompanying the
lamentable crisis We are traversnr."
The Petit Parisien believes that m. d'~lp-
pearance of NJ. Faure viii be all the more
cruelty felt las it viii complicate situa-
ton already difficult"
The Petite RepubliQue says: He dld
much harm. Though he did not become in
tentionally reactionary, 10y egotistical COM
piaisance TO all the retrograde forces he
was one Of those who brought the republic
TO this dangerous crisis"
The Matin says: IF fortune, success and
grandeur affected him to the point Of max
ing him forget his old friends, the fault
was due more to others than to himself
This sudden end. in destroying the success,
effaces the miserable details"
The eIntransgeant accuses President Faure
of allowing his head to be turned by pride,
says it considers the election of his success
sor to be a life and death question for
France, and adds: "It is important above
all that his successor should be a sincere
patriot, free from all blemish of Dreyfus-
ISM"
The Figaro attributes the death of PresI-
dent FauTe to violently sudden angina pee
toris (neuralgia Of the hearO.
Republicans Nominate VI. MeIine.
PARIS, February 17.-At a meeting of
eighty progressist republicans today the
canddature of NJ. Meline, the former
premier as a successor of the late Presi-
dent Faure, was adopted
The chamber of deputies met at > O'Clock
this afternoon. The hall was crowded. NJ
Deschanel who presided, read Premier
Dupuy's letter announcing the death OF
President Faure, and pronounced n eulngv
of the deceased chief magistrate. He also
asked all Frenchmen 10 unite around his
coffin.
NJ. Dcschanel then read letter from the
president Of the senate, NJ. Loubet an
that the national assembly would
meet at Versailles tomorrow 1t was then
moved that the house adjourn as a token
of mourning. This was agreed to ana the
deputies dispersed.
All the sovereigns have sent conanla lions
on the death of President Faure
This city and the provinces are calm.
Besides the public buildings, many prlva-e
houses display flags at half mast
Emperor William of Germany has tcle-
sraphed his condolences with Madaf,le
Faure. and has directed the German an
baSSadOr here. Count Won AfunSter-F ,-;aF,-