The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

| TO obtain a seat. Ex-Professor JAUREs
failed to carry an ACCOMPLISHMENT in which
the Socialists were supposed to be
because he had the courage to
avow his convictions No sooner
did the Chamber, chosen under such condi-
tions, come together than it turned out the
Brisson Cabinet, which had set in motion
the revision machinery and upheld the new
Premier, NJ. DUPUY, In minimizing DBEY-
FUSS chances Of acquittal by transferring
Jurisdiction OF the case from the criminal
section OF the Court OF Cessation to the
whole tribunal. When, subsequently,
NJ. DUPUY resigned, President LoUBET
found it next to impossible to form
homogeneous Republican ministry,
owing to the refusal OF NJ. MELINE
and other leading anti-revisionlsts
TO enter into any combination with the
friends OF DREYFUs, and, accordingly, Nj.
WALDEcK-R ROUSSEAU had to form an al
lance with the Socialists, two Of whom
figure in the present Cabinet. 1t was u.s.
sumed from the outset, however, that the
Socialists could not be relied upon long to
support Ministry which included General
the Marquis DE GALLIFFET. the extermina-
tor OF thu Paris Communists. Consequently,
President LoUBET seized the first available
or convenient pretext for averting new
Cabinet crisis by propagation OF Parlla-
ment until Nov. Ia.
For NJ. WALDEcK-RoUssEAu and his col
leagues to retain the confidence OF the
Chamber for any extended term will be
impractcable, but a concerted attack upon
them may be temporarily deferred lest 1t
should be construed as disloyal attempt
to discountenance the trial OF reactionists
now proceeding before the Senate, organ
lied as a High Court Of Justice. Nobody
disputes that NJ. MELINE and his friends.
who constitute the strongest single faction
In the Chamber, are sincere Republicans,
and they cannot afford to be suspected OF O
wish to shield GUERIN, DERouLEpB and
other alleged conspirators against the
existing regime, the evidence OF whose
guilt collected by the committee OF the
Senate Is said to be irresistible.
After tho conspirators have been tried.
the present Ministers. in their efforts to
supply a reason for their retention Of office,
will have to fall back upon their bill for the
suppression OF all schools and colleges not
conducted by the State. Theoretically. all
genuine Republicans must approve OF this
proposal, because it Is strictly in line
with the anti-clerica policy formulated by
GAMDETrA and pursued since his death.
Practically, however. the project is open
To the objection that 1t would debar q
large part OF the French children OF
school age from any educational facill-
ties, unless the present appropriation for
the State schools and colleges should be at
once sgnally increased. As things are now,
there would be no accommodation for scores
OF thousands OF pupils. II all the teaching
institutions not controlled by the State
were suddenly closed On the other hand,
It Is not certain that the Chamber will be
inclined to vote the large sums OF money
which would be needed for new permanent
buildings and plant and for the stipends Of
additional professors and teachers.
In any event, the coming session Of the
Chamber OF Deputies will deserve to be
watched carefully by all who are inter
ested in the current history OF France.