The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
Naldeck- Rousseau Condemns the
Executions En- Masse Or
dered by Parliament.
C0MBEs APPEARS HELPLESS.
Law Which Was Given Him Was a
Bad One. but 1t Was All He
Could Get From the
Radical Chamber.
SPECIAL. BY CABLE To THE NEW YORK
HERALD AMI TIE ST LOUIS REPUBLIC.
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sf afEAtD h Ix SA HE To TIFF T Kl, T9RK
BY J. CORNELY.
| Paris. July +.-tCopyright l90SD-M. Wal
! deck RouSSeau's speech in the Senate at the
/ end of last week was formidable stone
| thrown into the pool OF political frogs. the
surface Of this pool is still acItated by il.
| This mastery and lucid speech In my
opinion. may be thus summarized:
The law should be law for controlling
the congregations. You nave made Of II i
law for their general exclusion"
In other words, VI. Waldeck- Rousseau
thus declares himself and leaves i; 10 be
inferred that. # he had been in the place
of II. Combes. he would nave only smit-
Ten the congregations that deserved 1t by
Their conduct. He disapprovcs OF the exc
cutions en- nasse organized By VI. Combes
Al Combes can reply that all this is the
FAULT OF the crude law that was given him
10 apply. This law gives Ia Parliament the
fisht 10 dissolve the congregations nut
Parliament is rot qualified 10 solve partic-
nlar cases. II only decides on the things as
whole. Besides that. as 300 consresa-
ions asked authorization. II Parliament
mad 10 pass 1900 judgments in the shape Of
S."' law&. tt would nave work enough for
twenty years.
BOTH STATESMEN RIGHT.
through the fault OF this accursed law
we have come 10 a blind alley and an ms )Iu-
|, Ole diihcuity. In fact. ". Waldeck- Rousseau,
Is thousand times right when he demands
Ior inc congregations their righ; TO irdi-
'innal decisions. and VI. Combes is NOT
wrong when he says he cannot give srcb
decisions.
ne policy of NJ. Combes and that OF NJ
" aideck-Rousseau are in contradiction and
al lament Is obliged 10 approve both OF
mem. The Deputies know very we'll MAT
Tk-E s-
gret that he did not himself appIv rho law
mat ne mad them pass bu: the majority
Goes not wish 10 desert VI. Cor,bes. 7, ar
uei 10 remain faithful 10 him, 4, alleges
Sentimental motives and political reasons
me sentimental reasons are this: The
Hepuoicahs have been demanding for the
iast thirty-three years the dissolution OF tho
congregations. NJ. Com5es is the Arc, 90,
among them who dared take responsibility
ior this dissolution and to offer himself ss
target He has braved everything to a.
compiish this. the essential part of the Re-
publican programme 1t would be dishonest
of the Rel .ublicans to desert him. Besides
1t would be awkward
POLITICAL PHASES.
And here come in the political rsasons 7,
they upset II. Combes it would be. in n.
eyes of France and OF the world. victory
for the reactionaries and check to the Re-
publicans. 1t would be SIN another thing
1t would be the end of the very combination
which has been vital TO the Republic for
the last four years. and which was organ
lied by NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau.
Before him there were two parties IN op-
position. an opposition formed by the Right
and an opposition by the extreme Left All
previous ministries met their death from
the coalition OF these two parties in the op-
position. NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau gathered
the opposition of the Left into the ma jority.
and the minority since then has only con-
sisted of enemies of the Republic who have
been beaten always and in every encounter
II you upset the Combes Ministry you at
once create an opposition OF the Left, con-
sisting of 30 members. Socialists and Rad
ical Socialists, who would make all govern
ment impossible by forming an alliance on
every occasion with the Right In my opil-
ION this is the great danger of the present
situation. Nobody knows how to escape it,
and every one IL so discouraged that people
accept as a blessing the vacations, which
begin Saturday
The French Parliament is in the position
of a citizen who has lost his head and says.
Let US go TO bed. La mutt porte COUNSEL
tomorrow 1t will be clear