The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-11
EX-PREMIER NO MORE
Waldeck- Rousseau Expired
From Operation Near Paris.
FRANCE MOURNS A GREAT STATESMAN
Germ.n ana Canadian Expert Sur
EeOas Decided That There Was
Only One Chnnce For Pa
TENTS Life.

PARIS, Aug l1.--Former Premier
Waldcck- is dead at his coun-
Try residence ut COrbel, eighteen niles
from Paris, from the effects of an OPP
Grafton which his medical attendants
deemed to be a final necessity. \ SINH
lar operation which was performed in
Paris some months ago proved partial
~ successful, and the former premier
was able to he removed to Corbeil,
where, it was hoped, rest and the effect
Of the country air would restore his
strength.
The evil, however, was not eTadicat-
ed. and alarming reports regarding the
condition of the distinguished patient
have been frequently circulated. De
spite the efforts of his family TO con-
rpal the truth NJ. Waldeck Rousseau
condition during the last few days be-
came much aggravated, the patient
having frequent Authorizations and dis
playing extreme weakness The fam.
lly accordingly called in two famous
liver pecialsts-Professor Hans kehr,
German, and DR.. Armour a Cana
dian surgeon-who at consultation
decided that, since the liver had
ceased TO perform its functions an i'm
mediate operation was the only hope of
saving the patients life, NJ. Waldeck-
Rousseau was Informed of the neces-
Eity for this operation and received the
news with calmness and courage. The
operation was performed under chl6ro-
form at noon by Professor Kehr, who
was assisted by DR.. Armour and three
French surgeons. II at first appeared
that the operation. which was admira-
oily performed, would prove successful,
aud the patient was removed from the
operating table to his bed but the
pulse became more feeble, and despite
the administration of injections of Sc
rum NJ. Waldecll- Rousseau gradually
sunk and died without regaining con
Sciousness.
Nine. Waldeck Rousseau, Jacques
Iiouville, the patients brother-in-law;
Rene Waldeck- Rousseau, his nephew,
| and three intimate friends were pres
ent at the time of his death. From
Paris priest was summoned to adj
minister the last rites of the church,
but he arrived too late.
AS soon as the death of the former
premier became known messages OF
| coincidence began to arrive Mt Corbeil.
The first came from Premier Combes,
who telegraphed:
II have received the news contained
In your telegram with the keenest
grief. Please express 10 Nine. Wal
deck Rousseau the share | take in her
mourning, which is the mourning of all
republican France"
Premier Combes decided to postpone
hts departure from Paris. and the
members of the cabinet will meet to-
dav to consider the details of the fu-
neral. which the government desires
shall he of a national character,
though Nine. Waldeck- VIII
be consulted on this point.
Notwithstanding the fact that failing
health prevented his active particlpa
hon i'm politics for the last two years
the death of NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau
leaves gap in the ranks of French
statesmen which it will not be easy t(
I'LL
The most striking measure of Tho
early days of his ministry was the par
doning of Captain Dreyfus after his
second conviction at Rennes, which
was followed by the proclamation o
an amnesty covering all offenses con
uected with that notorious case
The former premier WAS general!
respected, even by the most bitter OF hi
opponents, and expressions of regre
at his death are universal.