New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
|fORLD AFFAIRS VIEWED BY OBSERVERS ABROAD
FINANCIAL PL4NS OF THE
FRENCH C4BINEJ
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Copyright. 1896. by The Tribune Association
Paris. June 9.-The Chamber of Deputies
Is now normally constituted. and will settle down
10 business on Monday, when the present Cabinet
VIII make its bow TO Parliament and submit ac
eordinS to custom. its programme. At Cabinet
council IL has been decided that NJ Sarrien
snail read in the Chamber on MONDAY the dec
laraton of home politics. and NJ Bourgeois Min
ister OF Foreign Affairs that concerning the ex-
tefhaI situation. The ministerial declaration will
htst OF all deal with the financial problem, made
urgent owing to the SO 900 900 deficit i'm current
expenses for the Year. The Minister of Finance
VIII propose TO cover the deficit not by a loan
Ou' Oy imposing three new taxes-frst an in
eaSe OF legacy duties. even when in direct line
Vi uesceht' as from father TO soA second an in
Ease III outes on sales of real estate: third, an
N'ese III the tax on absinthe and spirits. In
regard 10 the extraordinary expenses which we're
incurred oy the Minister Of War in last years
tension with Germany, treasury bonds will be
ISSUED Tor short periods and the redemption of
'iiese VIII begin in 1907 special bill will also be
introduced by the Minister of Finance proposing
graduated income tax. the characteristic feat
ures Of which will be minimum of income free
lrofn taxation and a marked distinction between
incomes derived from investments in real estate
OF IN government industrial securities and
incomes derived from actual labor. such as
wages or salaries 1t is needless to say that in
comes derived from investments will be much
more heavily taxed than those derived from
labor Another important plank in the minis
terlal platform Will be the proposed law of am
nesty' which will apply TO those charged with
ahu-mihtarism, or refusal to do military service:
also to those charged with Catholic manifesto
lions against the inventory laws and those in
prison for acts in the recent strikes and for vio-
lauon OF press laws Such is the outline of the
CABINET programme that will be made on Mon
cay. But the essence of the policy of the pres
ent cabinet, which is due largely to the individ-
ual character and convictions of NJ Clemenceau
Minister Of the Interior is that the Cabinet has
decided to govern by its own force, and not TO
. be the mere instrument of occult influences such
as Socialist delegations or Masonic lodges of the
Grand Orient. But whether the Cabinet deems
II advisable TO make an actual declaration TO
this effect in the Chamber is doubtful Never
rheless, il is this ground the Cabinet will
stand or fall
Meanwhile there is bitter dissension between the
various groups of Socialists and Radicals NM
Jaures, Jules Guesde Rouannet Camille Peile-
tan and MauJan, all generals unwilling to
do the duties of simple soldiers of their party,
each day launch politics at each others heads
and quarrel. squabble and wrangIe. This
ables strong man like NJ Clemenceau to rule
the situation
ACTION AGAINST ANARCHISTS.
Great attention is devoted TO the feasibility of
international police action against anarchists.
NJ. Lepine. Prefect of Police, consulted on this
subject, says that the difficulties of efficacious
action are increased by the fact that Their -,
two classes of anarchists all over the RI -
those who are inscribed on the lists of the int--
national police and those who are not. The H.
mer may be termed the official anarchists. who
rarely do any harm and who pass their time in
being arrested and released, and making a
tain amount of political publicity out of the
operation The latter class the individual
anarchists who have accomplices, and who
act on their own account sort of free lances,
as il were of assassination, and who are isolated
anarchists who throw bombs and stab heads of
states.
OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENTS.
The outdoor entertainments of Paris, fetes.
garden parties. afternoon and evening dances
on the island of Puteaux, also smart dinners and
luncheons in the Bots de Boulogne. are in full
swing in the bright. sunny. but cool summer
weather Among the Americans participating a
the Puteaux Club are Mrs. c. Vanderbilt, Miss
Vanderbilt Mr.. and Mrs. Brayton and Ms.
Whiting Richards. Among the new members OF
the Polo Club is Spencer Eddy, whose sponsors
were H H Harjes and ". h Thorn. Among
the arrivals are Mr.. and Mrs. John Wanamaker,
of Philadelphia.
WOMAN~S COUNCIL TO MEET.
The woman's International Council. organized
under the patronage OF the National Council of
French Women, viii hold sessions in the hall
of the Civil Engineers Society in the Rue
Blanche on June II. 16 and Il, under the presi-
dency Of the Countess of Aberdeen. The munich
pality of Paris has invited all the women of the
congress TO a gigantic banquet in the Hotel de
Vile
WORKS OF AMERICAN ARTISTS SOLD.
The benefit auction of pictures painted by
American artists members Of the American Art
Association in Paris, at the Hotel Ritz in the
Place Vendome yesterday, was decided success.
the prices ranging from S400 down 10 800 The
works sold include those by Briggman. Leo
Nielziner Lionel Walden H. O. Tanner. Miller.
HubbeIl Maurer, Gihon G. c. Aid Frieseke and
Stewart Among those present were Ambassa-
dor and Mrs Mccormick. Consul General and
Mrs Frank Mason Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cryd-
George Alexander with a new rendering OF
Faust" Mrs Patrick Campbell is rehearsing
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