New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-07
HOLIDAY Law TO BE EN-
FORCED IN PARIS.
Especial by French Gable 10 Ths Tribunal
rCor-rfght. 1908. u The Tribune AssocIationl

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Paris Oct 6-M Clemenceau has decided to
apply with the utmost rigor the new law OF
one holiday week for all workingrnen, saying
that this is the only way to find out whether
the law is good or bad. and let the public decida
The Immediate consequence Of this rigid appN-
cation viii be that Parisians will have TO eat
stale bread next Monday. if not every succeed
ing Monday. The journeyman bakers have
solved not to furnish the extra quantity Of
loaves which would have enabled everybody to
bread Monday, Will they strike.
as the last time they refused to work at their
ovens they were unsuccessful. The masters de-
clare they will close their establishments next
Monday. although 300 out OF 1.726 agree to
continue business as heretofore. Most Of the
bakers OF Paris have sent out circulars inform
ing their customers that no business will BE-
transac led Mondays. In future orders should
be given on Saturday else bread should be
fetched away on Sunday. Serious trouble is
possible on Monday, and the troops in the Paris
envfrons have orders 10 be in readiness to act
a moments notice, and the army bakeries are
prepared II necessary to supply Paris with
bread in case of a general strike OF the Paris
bakers
SEPARATION LAW ~ BRITTANY.
NJ. Clemenceau. Minister of the Interior re-
turned on Thursday evening from his trip
through Brittany. where he made speeches and
talked freely with his political opponents in the
very strongholds Of clerical reaction concerning
the Separation law. NJ. Clemenceau is IN ex-
cellent health and spirits and highly pleased
with the way in which the hotheaded Bretons
listened to him when he pointed out TO them
that the Roman Catholic Church nowhere
so prosperous as In the United States where,
the Minister said, "the Church is content with
exactly the same rights ana status as II viii
enjoy in France under the Separation law NJ.
CIenenceau told the Bretons that there was
reason why their Church should not be stronger
than ever under the law: that twenty
seven millions of francs still figure in the budget
for the benefit of the Roman Church. and the
loyal transmission Of the property Of the Church
to the public worship associations is assured
unless the spirit Of rebellion and civil war
which the Church has displayed since the for
mality OF the inventories again shows itself The
Papacy, so unoompronising toward the liberal
French Republic, submits obediently to the Ger
man Empire $50 rigorous and authoritative to
Protestantigm) which wishes to become the pro-
tector OF Islam and of Papacy" NJ. Clemenceau
called the attention Of the Bretons to the inter-
ference OF the Vatican IN the domestic politics
of Spain and to the alleged aid given by Plus K
TO the Carst pretender to the throne of Alfonso.
He concluded by saying that the present govern
nent would respect all religious convictions with
absolute irnpartiality and tolerance, but would
never permit foreign interference nor all i'm
pertuun In imperto IN France. NJ. Cl6menceau's
remarks have been translated into Celtic and
scattered broadcast throughout Brittany. The
question Of Church and State continues to ex-
clude all other subjects and is the only topic
discussed by the leading papers.
LECTURERS AND TOPICS.
The French schools and colleges began this
week their regular courses Nine. Pierre Curie
started her Monday lectures at the sorbonne
on radio-activity. taking the popular investiga-
lions Of her late husband and herself concern
ing radiu1n as her subject. Paris students
also looking forward with interest TO the COM
ing lectures Of DR.. A. c. Coolidge, of Harvard,
at the Sorbonne, the United States as a
world power. and the faculty OF the University
Of Paris has expressed to James II. Hyde its
satisfaction with his choice OF Anatole lie Braz
and Vicomte Georges d'Avenel as French lect-
urers for the winter season in the United States
for the federation Of the French Alliance and Of
the Cercle Francais at Harvard University.
Meanwhile Lafayette College, under the direc-
ton of Mile. Alice Kuhn. has opened its lecture
rooms. and among the subjects selected are
prominent women. in French history and ntera-
ture. Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre. old
Paris streets. etc. The lecturers include Andre
Michel curator Of the Louvre Museum; Funck
Brentano, Andre Hallays Henri Chantavoine.
Laurent Tailhade and others.
AMERICANS IN HOLLAND.
There are a number Of American tourists just
now in Holland Among them are Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart Schenck, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Jones' Mr..
and Mrs. George Bentley, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Crorner, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Long, Mr.. and Mrs.
a. b Colvin, Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Burnett, Mr..
and Mrs. James Lawson Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Camp and Mr.. and Mrs. A B. Denny.
Among the Americans at Salso Maggiore and
the Italian lakes are Mrs. Robert Mccormick.
Senator and Mrs. Clark, both enjoying first rate
health and amused at the recent fantastic
stories Of their motor car accident; Mrs. Ingra-
ham, Miss Ingraham and James Gordon Bennett
c. I. B.