The St. Louis Republic., 1904-05-08
In Paris, at Least, They Appear
to Stand for Law and Order
Against Unruly Bourgeoisie.
SMALL c0MMUNEs QUIET.
President Loubet's Trip to Italy
Still Viewed With Satisfac-
ton for the Friendly Dem
onsuation 1t Caused.
By J. CORNELT.

sPETA By CABLE 10 TIE 81 LOUIS RE
FCRLIc AND NEW YORK HERALD
Paris. May L-{Copyrisht, 1914 l-French
voters last Sunday proceeded to renew the
municipal councils OF our thtrty-six COM
mmes
AZ there were nearly <35Doo persons TO
be elected. there were nearly looo.ooo can
ddate4 II .s therefore Impossible to see
ones way clear amidst such an avalanche
But common sense shows that In the
majority Of cases for all the little COM
munes. which form ntne-tenths Of the
total. nothing has been changed from the
existing conditions Five or SIX revolutions
passed o-er these little communes in the
last century without anything being
changed. and We are now experiencing a
profound peace, little conducive TO
changes
LARGE CITIES SOCIALIST.
There remain the large cities, where
sudden political waves may occur Here
We remain restricted TO ccn5ectures which
can be verified But the facts show that
here also nothing has been changed The
Socialists remain masters Of the grea; nu-
inequalities The second city Ia France
especially where IL was said the people
were disposed to give shock TO the
ruler. its Mayor. Socialist physician. e
Augagneur. gave him a bigger majority
than ever.
As to the first city-that Is to say. Paris
1T has only elected ffty-tour Councillors
cut of eighty. Twenty-six seats remain to
be contested at second ballots. but out Of
the ffty-four there are twenty-eisht So
ciaiists and twenty-stx Nationalist The
Nstionalisls I'D to the present had 2 ma
5ority OF one-onty one.
They have lost IL and they are In MI
aority Of one vote, barring what happened
On Sunday, May L. But this single vote
would be sufficient to give them control
of the committees and al the advantages
which result from II
WIN these ADVANTAGES row accrue to the
Socialists This Is possible but it Is Curl
Gus to see first how parties are divided and
rspresent @ @ ia anarchy a | while the Socialists
appear to represent order and discipline
Moreover, IN this first halloting. every.
lend one TO believe that nobody IS and that
each party is resting on its positions
LOUBETS RETURN.
On the very morning of the elections
NJ Loubet came back to Paris from his
trip to Italy, where he had been SO well
received. and where he seems TO have
done good job by causing France TO be
acclaimed by her Latin neishbor. The
only person not satisfied was the Pope.
who caused a protest to te sent to the
French Government
The situation. for that matter, was very
complicated, for the Italians would not
have seen NJ. Loubct visit the Vatican
without disappointment NJ Loubet and NJ
Delcese did not think Of going there, and
the Pope, following the tradition Of his
predecessors toward the heads of Cath
Ole States. did not wish to receive him.
There resulted from all these contradic-
tory influences general restraint but
this restraint viii not ameliorate the re-
lstions between the Republic and the
church, and perhaps bring 10 fruttion the
formidable question Of the separation OF
church and state
n speaking of the events of the week
we must speak Of the opening Of the
salons OF paintings. which are the great
attraction Of Paris in the spring We also
find in our budget the signing of an
agreement as 10 the Panama Canal which
Is q windfaH for the French. because Il
has not put into the pockets of French
Capitalists the $40. 900 600 which the Amer
lean Republic pays for the canal