The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-17
The Country Will Calmly
Await Settlement Of
UOrOCCOQ Question
BIG RECEPTION FOR
AMERICAN MISSION
Frenchmen Give General Chaffee
and Party Enthusiastic Greet
ing-Manoeuvres Show That
Commanders Have Troops
Under Control-In
Perfect Training.

Especial Gable. to The Times Dispatch and
a'i New York IIerald.) 5I
Copyright. BY the New York Herald Coz H
PARIS, September 1G. An indl .putablc
symptom to the extent this country IS
learning wisdom 10 the calm win wllltn
1t submits tosintcrminablc Interviews be-
tween the German and French uelesctcs
DIR. Rosen and NJ. Revolt respecting the
Morocco question: The subject mas finally
become comical. 5
Newspapers every morning announce
that NJ Roscn and Revolt Will disc uss
this evening. They discuss. but never q Z.
& ish. In the meantime I hc Emperor VIII
liam amuses the gallery BY al',ri1 ely
celebrating the yIrtucs Of peac. d ex-
altlng the beauties Of war.
After all, this Is indifferent 10 Us. We
have made ample provision for pr!rn, .c
and shall wait as long as necesstlr, coh-
tenting ourselves with #intcrmis,in. $ Ike
that OF the other day when, Nv sheer
4 calm and Hrmncss we forced III. !totoc-
can vlzir to come to present US lis rlas-
ter's apologies
Great Manoeuvres.
We, have also been entertained by the
great military manocuvrcs In the West
and East, whereof the most interesting
y episode was the enthusiastic reception
the French officers gave the American
mission. headed by General Chaffce. The
Tf'TsluGHt ttOll4 tIcS4 FcpuDilEt. llic
review concluding the Eastern manoeu-
vres, which General I3ulgcrc directed
According to the general verdict the
results OF the manocuvres were excellent.
They enabled US to show that the COM
nnanders have their troops well under
control. and that tho soldiers are in per-
feet training. There are nearly three
) hundred thousand men in the manoeu-
vrcs in the open air. bivpuacing or
1. y tt,ara IA
nevertheless, been practically no one III
or disa bed.
II Is n consolng and reassuring spec
tacle which proved thnt the interna-
fionalists, with their theories of 3deser-
tions BY the masses, are still remote
from success. This NJ Loutct pointed
out with his exquisite tact In q toast at
the conclusion Of the manoeuvrcs.
The Cabinet Council has not yet set a
date for the rcopening of Parliament: but
every indication points to October~17th.
The task awaiting the legislators is con-
siderable. Before the end Of the year
the Senate must discuss the budget, be-
sides examining and adopting the law
on the separation OF Church and state;
E willie the Chamber discusses the work
mems pension law. which is the capital
achievement Of the present republic.
5Cavalry%O Officer Kills Workman.
This week has been snddcned bytdcplor-
< able accidents. There are strikes at
aLongwy. near the Belgian frontier. ,The
strikers mot to demonstrate against the
arrival of train conveying strike
breakers, and dragons were summoned
in order TO prevent access to the railway
station.
In an encounter between !. the crowd
and tho cavalry a Belgium workman was
killed by n non-commissioned dragon Of
& flcer's lance. It is II deplorable m!sfor-
4 tune, but practically Inevitable, when an
excited crowd faces cisvalrymen who
are not absolute masters of their ap-
ons and horses The name Of the non
commissioned officer who killed the
workman is unknown. Ills supcriors
{ have probably caused him to disappear
by giving him n mission. This termn-
atcs scandal which was advantageous
to nobody. ,5s
NJ. Loubct is about to receive the
Prince of Bulgaria, who is travelling OF
ficially The President starts for Spain
on October 22d. and great preparations
IRE being made to receive him. both IN
spain and Portugal, This journey win
probably be the npotheosls of the noble
presidential career Of a man who has
honored his office, and who leaves be-
hind him nothing byt affection n@p MI ana nv re-
grets. =. : I