The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18
Diplomatists of The Hague Prob.
ably VIII Have Last Word in
the Morocco Affair.
PROGRESS OF THIRTY YEARS.
If Present Events Had Occurred
BEFORE the War of 1870 the
Fleets of All Powers Would
Now Be Before Tangier.
BY j. CORNELY.

SPECIAL By b TO THE NEW YORK
HE.RAL AND H ST. IOUIS PEPCBLIC.
Paris. Jan. H.-Copyrigkt, 1903. )-Europe
once more shows how DEEP al: impression Is
produced upon every nation provided with
the system OF copscripiion by the prospect
of a general CONFEDERATION. The Morocco
question is almost orsn and not one of the
Powers interested Gares to take a vigorous
Initiative.
If present events had happened before the
war of 1870 the fleets of Europe would be
before Tangier, at the risk of a new battle
of Navaiino.
AS it is, people are more easy in their
mi,ds and the d~iplonatists Of The Hague
probably vii. f:ive the last word.
There are Persons who believe that no
more important thing tfah this yelled ac-
acknowledgement of the general horror of the
nations fer war has haILoned in the world
sipcr the fal, Of the Greek Empire and the
capture of ConstantInople by the Turks 40
years ago.
PARLIAMENTARY SITUATION.
The Chambers met this week and, as
ate and n. Routine in the lower. house,
10th belong to the moderate parties. the
members on reassembling had counseis OF
wisdom and mod. ration. However, the
speakers did not cherish TOO many Illusions
in regard to the destiny OF theiI SAFE ao-
itase to say that Ills precepts would receive
more applause than r'lctice.
Indeed. the Chamber forthwith proceeded
to infiict u defeat upon It's moderate mem
bcrs by electing ". Jaures g. Fourth wee
President. The majority desired in this
a ars 10 ;r 10 niatK sns spG !, s ccntii.ue u To- count on
the support Of :he Socialist party.
The defeated moderates Immediately laid
the check suffered by individual property in
| the person of their candidate.
Men of calm dlscerEment. whose opinion
Il n1trot. frttynr1,l In fhn end tln nor nprmtt
themselves to he fooled by these hypocrit-
i2al fears. They ere perfectly well aware
war upon bourgeois society, accepts gov
ernmentai or honorary fUlci.ons in that So
cisty. it is not Socialism that trlumphs, but
WHEN NJ, JAUREs PREsIDEs.
NJ. Jaures. in mis- quality Of Vice Presi-
dent. will preside at a session Of the Cham
bers one day. Wien hs does. this adyo-
will make his entry toiween two lines OF
soldiers. with the drums beating. and an
of Ssesr Tih pc b hlorgslse; n. sTo .ap. IN win nas say on
that occasion that the army Is Inundated:
Others will doubtless remark that the chief
Wise President Of IT,. Chamber. who is
obliged to abandon his cons lotions to the
protocol and 70 exchange eoIrtssies with
the representatives of an Institution tncom-
pa.ible with his Doctrines.
.Wher a hereto seeks baptism from the
church. is 1t the GhtIoh or is IT the heresy
Let US put 1t that In the case Of n: Jaures
there will be nobody tuIntitated. for real
wisdom consists not ia INJECTING humiiia-
tionS upon one another. but In bearing
with one another. as 1t is impossible to sup
press one another honestly.
GENERAL ANDRES BILL.
The most remarkable incident of the OPEN
Ing OF the session was the Introduction by
General Andre Of a bill directing the Min |
lister Of War to reinstate the army officers
who have been dismissed.
There Is no need to be In the secrets of
tie eods to understand what has called
forth this bill. With all of us who did not
lose our common sense over the DreyfuS
affair, General Andre believes that Lieuten- |
ant Colonel Ptcquart was unjustly sacri-
feed to pc ssiOns that can never be acknow1-
edged. and that love of justice, as wen as
the good of the army, requires. particularly
after the vote Of the amnesty bill, that an
unjust measure which has broken the ca
reer of this officer should be rescinded.
This initiative does the greatest honor to
the Minister of War. who thereby gives
proof Of fairness as well as Of tenacity. But
We can expect to see 1t opposed violently. |
for the whole of the opposition Is only seek |
ing a r:etext to rekindle the somewhat
embers of this famous affair.