The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
'I'flEFOR''..E:;.l||CV'I
MINISTERS,
HIS PositiOnE Easier ThanThat
OF. Other Cabinet Members 4;
is IN Tor INTER Erred : WITH i !
Few Members 81 the parliamentary
8 Bodyknow Anything About Foreign
Affairs and do Not Meddle
g5,l With Them. NJ N al

i5.8 With Them,
PARIS. Mar Oh g. Both the English and
French Parliments are now busy DISCUSS
Ing foreign questions, and both 4 Parli-
lnonts. the French especially. show how
relatively easy the position Of q Foreign
Ministers 4 A. ss3 53$s3, Ssi5 d,
There are not ten members Of the
French IIouse OF Deputies who know any
thing about foreign olitics. a few, bet
ter gifted VIII the CAB than others, ven
gture to make sonorous speeches about
Russian al liances.' the part OF the"Light
b O.: the World that France has to play,
the sympathy that should 60 to people
oppressed BY Turkey and after some
platitudes OF this Kind they resume their
seats amidst the applause Of their coll
leagues, and the. Chamber 4 Is perfectly
satisfied that lt,conducts the foreign poll
tics OF France. n ST 81 ne
n For that matter you could count on the
fingers Of one hand the Deputies whose
opinions on foreign politics are worthst the
slightest attention from clever Foreign
Minister M. Delcasse, by far the best
man who has occupied this post during
the last thirty-two years that the third
French Republic has existed. "a
@ Every time that the French Parliament
has RET fused to act according to the adj
vice Of a Foreign Minister the result has
been disaster for the country.
The best illustration of this assertion
was given to the world when the French
Deputies did not follow Gan1betta's adj
vice to Il let France Join i, Eng land lin res
pressing the rebellion on in ] Egypt, and
thus. twenty-three5 years ago, handed oy-'
er the land Of the Pharohs to England. Y
who will never q gain let It go (; from rom
her Strip. NJ 3ssyt5 III
n. 10 mys mind the opinions OF the repre-
sentatives Of the people on home q ues--9
lions are the only ones worth mentions
ing and as Foreign mister should not
be party man, but only a clever and
}far-seeIng patriot, he should survive the
falls OF all ministers and remain In his
place forever. NJ l gi
~ FRENct sFi IN NcEs. v. 5..33
For thirty-tWo years and g. half the
enemies Of the French Republic have not
only predicted her ignominious fall, but
also ruin and even bankruptcy II that thai
form OF government con tinued to Eexi s5
There are III two infallible signs which
show how the prosperity Of q nation
stands, and those are the price Of the
consos and the amount Of money deposi-
ted In the savings bank. III Ssta gsS
Tho first shows the amount sof conf
idence hat the country Inspires at nome
and abroad and the second the amount
of money that the working classes have,
had as q receiptsof surplus over expendi-
ture. "a s,i 4 81 z
Let us examine both. Three per cent
French consols are above q hundred. On
~ Ame rica and England have their con-
soils at that price. AS for the savings
banks, here are the figures, that Will
speak for themselves (these figures Will
5besiin francs.) (.
vs. II a 1s47 Il eposits at the savings banks
were 1858. 100000. 55s d I.
In 1870, the last year Of NJ oleon5 Is
reign they amounted to III, 10000, that
is to say an Increase of 1853, 600, 900 IN
twenty-five years. IN iis
n Now let Il US examine what hiss been
done during the thirty-tWo years OF the
Republic. ai5 ty y, / ii :S5 .95.5f
posts amounted to 1884 millions, that Is
to say. an increase OF 1888 millions since
the establishment OF the Republic.
"a Add to this that the three per cent con-
soils which stand now at over 10y stood
at 81 at their highest point during their
most prosperous days Of the Second En-
pire. & 7. 35i 4 SS5 ii ,{ !, VII
a Figures have always had reputation
for being eloquent and even for being un-
. ~ - 4f
ansWerable arguments. 55 z. ,SSs t55t
9j8 feel sure that those which ~ nave
quoted will prove that. from the financial
point Of view, France has never been so
prosperous as 1t Is now. "a Il
THE RoYALIsTs, 81 "A
g5 Our surviving royalists are nothing II
not persistent. g5 3 ..f8s
Though there is no sensible person n
France who expects, or far less hopes g! 20
see another King Of France, the few Old
relics who formed THE so-called ERoyallst
party act as III any day the family Or
leans mi ght be called to occupy their old
throne, which is still on view at Louvre.
G Just now the whole nation ough 81 to pc!
extremely excited at the report that the
Duke OF Orleans after a careful exaInt-
nations OF the feeling of the French 3peo-l
5ple, has aecled upon a secret conference
with his most prominent su pporte RS
Though tho conference Is supposed 70
be a deep secret great care has been TAX
an that the news should leak out but II
the Royalsts had hoped that It would
cause any commoton their dlsappoint-
ment must be great. III j7s e K si
n France desire Is not for kings or empe-
rors, It has had all the experience per nc y
wants. i$ v. n AZ "A =
FLooGlNo IN ARMY,
N The British Guards scandal which re-
yealed the fact that young officers and
gentlemen we're being flogged by order Of
their superior officers, not only for breach
Of military discipline, but even TOR breach
of social etiquette, reminds us that fog.
5gIng in the British army was abolished
twenty years ago. 5. ailt "
Even so lately as that there were
doubts as to the wisdom Of the abolition
and curious letter from Queen Victoria
10 the Minister OF War IN the second
Gladstone administration expressed her
Views on the subject. S138
I'.rhe Queen commands me to let you
know. +, wrote her secretary. that haya5
by Her MaJesty's command. commune
Gated to Mr.. Gladstone the Queens hors
that officers on service may not DO de-.
prlyed Of the only power they possess Of
keeping young troops IN orderi that is to
say by inflctlng corporal punishment ~,
the extreme cases Of cowapdlce. treach-
cry, plundering and neglect OF duty on
sentry,
'phe Queen hates the system OF fog
cling, but sees no alternative In extreme
cases on active service IF
b nSspite OF her personal wishes IN the
matter, flogg!ng was abolished, and the
Queen was obliged to aEree 4 but the dear
foIa Ia ~ ,avarl lived to see the practice