The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Rejected Petition.

hal Rejected Petition. s.
,,v,s r,arfact referred the petitioners Il
3 nm Interior, who Is also Minister OF Jus
fIee. Tho Minister lost no time In turn-
io,r Inn petition down--in which, ! may
stat i m IA ssfiig no did perfectly right
well. when this plan had failed. the
.,r,hnrs formed a procession and setgot
20 take the prison by storm. BY means "
az a heavy beam transformed into q pa n. :. .
tering ram, the strikers succeeded. a'i,lo
treat excitement, In Knocking down .t .1..
principal door. But, they were na' t,,s
trcpared for what they saw wnen tne
portal at last flew open.
For there, drawn UP In lighting lorna:
" tiof and ready to fire was aacompan! q q
artillery. The crowd fell back and scat
tered through the city. Most OF the strlk-
ers assembled shortly afterward IN the
principal square Of the city, place c :.
ID the "cfiamp de Foire," and 1t was here
sthat they were charged by the cavaAl ar
MOI ones hut h half A dozen times.
t,arricndcs were thrown up, as you
know, and by and by the infantry came
10 help tho cavalry and to level these
Notifications. But as the infantry ap-
,,roachcd the first line OF these crude De.
lenses they were met with shower or
sticks and stones and chair or Two.
Thc,, amid the general hubb1Il, a dozen re-
yolver shots were heard. Two or three
officers we're struck and twice as many
soldiers 1t was then that the soldiers,
without awaiting the order OIL thelr oi
fiters. pulled up their pieces and let liy
at the crowd In front OF them oHe
man dropped dead in his tracks ana many
fell wounded as they sought 10 flee.
Not only Limoges was stirred by these
tragic events, but Paris as we'll 1t was
on the very day following-that Is. Tues
day--that the Cabinet was called to task
In the Chamber of Deputies. 1t was only.
after the splendid speech made by the
Minister or the Interior that the G chamber
declared that the government was In the
right It did this with an ample mo-
jorIty ana by IS vote expressed sympathy
with all the victims concerned, both MILF
tary and civilian. aSj
On the following day the still inspired
Paris Municipal Council felt called upon
to mix In and passed Il vote similar to
that passed by the Chamber, though what
business it was OF the Councils no one
seems to know. And gradually Limoges
has resumed Its calm.
There was trouble also at Nantes, where
the dockers were again on strike, put
this was sn,oothcd over by the ready con-
cession made by tho employers, raising
wages and assuring n day OF rest
Trouble for Delcasse.
After devoting a part of It's time to
these questions OF internal welfare and
misfortune, the Chamber turned IS at
ttention to the relations Of France With the
rest OF the Powers, and NJ. Delcasse not
only had to- respond to critics Of his
Moro can policy but, in a more general
way, had to explain the present status
of our relations with Germany Nj.
Al %l,
ing responsible. through his exaggerated
GOODNESS toward and loofness from Ger
many, with that grandstnnd play Of En-
peror William at Tanger. This was call-
ed a check for our diplomacy. as, after
fashion, we were forced to take notice
Of the Imperial utterance and furnish
something of an explanation.Eif. not an
actual excuse, for our delay in no tifyng
Germany Of our arrangement in the mat
ter with England.
Il M Delcasse was obviouslytatf fault. The
best that he could do in face of his
critics, was to enumerate his various SER
vices to the country. which are, as a
matter OF fact, fully recognized.
II NJ Rouvier INTERVIEWED on behalf OF his
colleagues and no vote was taken, but
lie debate was fatal to the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs.
In the meantime, the debate on the sep
li.ation Of Church and State continues.
determination of the Chamber has made
IA concession or two. 1t now admits that
the lay associations which are to take
oyer church property should be In tac-
Cord with the various bishops
And they have at last wound UP the
business of the budget, both Chamber and
Senate yielding each a little to the other.
So French legislators are going 10 be
able to pass their Easter holidays in
peace. ]. CORNBLY. 81