The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-25
French Premier Is Severely Crit
icised on Reopening Of
Parliament.
MINISTRY IS EMBARRASSED.
Approach of Municipal Elections
Makes Members Anxious to
Give Anri-Republicans
No Opportunity.

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SPECIAL, EE CABLE TO THE Ssr-yy yORr,
HERALD AND The ST LOUIS REPUBLIC
Paris. oct 2f.-tCopyrlght. IsI3D-The
Italian s0Eore.rus have left and Parlia-
meut has eoue-such IS our weekly bud
W.
Up 10 the last the courtesy or the Off
a.aI Eg-id and OF the people or Paris ac-
agmUa1ied thc King and Queen of Italy.
and the day OF review AT Vincennes. in
spite OF the torrents OF rain. was not the
least OF the demonstrations. The only
-EuLt OF these five days IS that there We're
packed into them sightseeing and diver
81 ms 100 numerous for the average ca
p-nllty of human beings. Any one who
-E.a2 90 see all and especially TO feast at
all the bauGuets would have certainly been
made 90. We must believe that scyerclEns
ara better endowed than other people
ar that they know better how 10 restrain
themselves.
ON the whole. these visits OF sover-
ellus are fattering to our seIf-esteen and
even hcalthfuI for our national tenpera-
uaat- Nations. like individuals. become
sgurcd by living alone. It IS good FOR
them TO have friends.
The reopening OF Parliament has been
marked on the part Of the Chamber Of
Deputies by a rcgrettable incident. The
y NNauonaIists wanted 10 make a military
demonstration by obtaining a vote OF con-
gratuiatiOns 20 the army for the battle OF
II M0ngar. IN the south OF the Province
Cf Oran. Algeria The Socialists there
upon declared that they were willing to
vote everything that was desired for the
army, but they Gid not wish 70 lend them
selves 20 reactionary demonstration. and
the Intervention OF the President, NJ
Bourgeois, some long explanations, the
withdrawal OF half the resolution by the
Nationalist and its rejection by the Re
pUblicans were found necessary in order
10 have the Chamber pass by a unanI-
nous vote the congratulations TO the
army,
COMBEs CRITICISED.
The next day the battle was continued
by means Of interpretations addressed to
81 Coubes On his general policy. He was
blamed for the riots at Armentieres. the
singing Of The International and the
withdrawal OF money by depositors in the
postal savings banks. He was sIso blamed
~ to-erallnE the Basilica OF I.ourdes.
~ me closing less important chapels
At heart NJ. Combes is ennbaTra ssa7 b,-
ILE approach OF the municipal elections
concerning which, they say. ne has moi
Lal very good accounts and he would NOT
MlSh 10 say anything which could be- ev-
plotted IN an Gnti-Republican sense bafo-.
me municipal elections. II Is Just on tbat
account that his opponents desire abso
lltely 10 have him speak
HIS partisans desire IL lust as r1urF The
closing Of converts and schools aDnssTs
10 ilem a necessary prelude to a law On
instruction, because. they saw. the MA
Jorlty OF the schools closed have been re-
opened and because the religious continue
20 leacn. The Jesuits especially have scat
,e!gi ABOUT almost everywhere, each one
with Eve or six pupils
mat leads Us 10 the abrogation Of the
taliouN law and TO the monopoly Of the
university, ana. before that, to some very
heated discussions
And then there IS the case OF General
Andre General Andre has alienafed from
himself a part Of the majority by appoints
ing as Governor OF Paris aud as Governor
cf Lyons two Generals who are supposed
10 be reacuonaries-GeneraI Desserer and
General de Ia CroiE
Radicals and Radical Socialists are for
getting their former feeling for the Cen
eral and the services be has rendered
1hem- He has ceased 10 be a persona
A,grata-
: For all these reasons one need not be
astonlshed n within a short time there
should be a breakup Of the Ministry.