Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

oIe no IonSeI apostles They Will bid him
goodnight still. but they will no longer
cut up the sheets in which he sleeps to
serve as souvenirs OF the hero.
M. Claretie. the spiritual chronicler of
LIE Temps, writing Of the affairs in the
Midi, says: I'VE witness
interesting phenomena of the past both
deformed and transformed
manifestations, the cause OF
which Is no longer religion as in the time
OF the wars, Of the Cevennes. but for inter
est. the desire to live or to sell. And every
thing Is to commence in this world and
there Is always something ancestral in our
daily existence. in the dramas and comedies
which go to make up our everyday life
referring to the mutiny of the nth Reg
iment. which has been sent to Gafsa. NJ.
Claretie says that there is really nothing
new In these outbreaks among soldiers. He
mentions as an example that in the expe-
dition to Mexico there were dramatic In
ctoents. Soldiers pillaged and mashed
things. sang refrains, not the "Interna-
tionale." which did not then exist but i'm
provisattons which We're quite as bad. Now
these same men. who were wild and I'M
manageable en- route. were admirable I'M
der fire.
Col de Bonneville. in his souvenirs, writes
that In passing over the mountain Guadar
rama during frightful snowstorm the
men OF the division commanded by Gen
Lapisse often slipped and fell The divi-
sion grumbled. spoke out loud and de-
nounced Napoleon. who heard It all: Come
on, let US finish him! He deserves a good
r .i shot: we will then have done with
MIN! We will then go home. Come on!
yes. Will go. Aim at him. Shoot. then.
shoot! Get out. You are too cowardly!
Well. why don't you shoot since you are
SO courageous. clampin! Qaggard) farceur'"
bonneville heard 1t and SO did Napoleon.
and what think you they said? Why. moth
Ing at all. They marched on and paid no
more attention to 1t than to the fakes of
snow. But when they arrived at the
heights Napoleon called Gen. Lapisse and
said: You will take the road to the right
and lodge your soldiers in the village,
where you will find plenty Of resources.
Those men are tired. A little rest will
calm them. Everybody has excitable nerves
when In snowstorm like this These
soldiers who would kill the emperor were
not peasants camped within q few kilo-
meters OF their native towns. but veterans
who were ready to die for the emperor on
the first signal from him. A soldier knows
soldier and loves him. Marcellin Albert
fortunately or unfortunately-it is per-
haps unjust to decide which until the play
Is concludedNs not q soldier. Marcellin
has kept the model cafe of his village: he
has been a successful vine dresser. but
events have shown that he Is not a leader
OF men. Clemenceau OWNED his subject.
He appealed to the ''redeemer'' 'to save
the country" thrust. amid tears. a note Of
the denomination OF one hundred francs in
his hands. and ere the honest vine dresser
could protest he was in a cab and In a
train speeding back to the Midi charged
with the urgent mission from Clemenceau
Ito save the country"
This mission laid out Marcellin Albert
and the mut1ny at one blow. Ridicuie kills
effectually in the Midi as
Fatal elsewhere in France From
R,d,cula the day that Marce!lin wrote
NJ. Clemenceau returning the
100 francs and voluntarily went to prison.
he knew. for as a meridional he has a quick
sense Of humor. that he might have said
with Rabelais at the prison door: Draw
the curtain, the farce is finished
The viticultural crisis for a fact ended on
the 18th of July. when the chamber and
senate voted the law concerning the fraud
OF wine and spirits. At Carcassonne the
municipal authorities who resigned. al
though they have not withdrawn their res
ignations, have decided to assure the exc
cution of the routine of public service. At
Montpelier. NarbOnne and elsewhere there
Is partial II not effectual resumption OF Of
fetal business. On the nth of July MARCEL
lin Albert from his prison in condemning
the 327 members of parliament who sus-
tanned the ministry, recommended peace.
NJ. Aldy, deputy from Narbonne. declared.
however, that pacificahon might only be
effected on three. conditions: Elaboration
II only provisional, of all prisoners; 90 the
recall of troops; 90 the application Of the
laws with reference to fraud in wines and
spirits AS reported, the government has
already accepted and acted upon these con-
ditions.
NJ. Louis Perrier in an article entitled
The Wine Culture Crisis" IN La Revue
should seize the fraud products in their
normal places-that is. in the numerous re-
tall wine shops. The retailer is the great
and redoubtable enemy. He furnishes the
,t,,n fhok v>yn No xv,lpn hat TO, a
scratches. more natural than pure wine tt
self. The wine retailer sells his wine which
has been frauded and the fraudeur has
established his depot
-
This condition is Of long date. goes back
indeed. according to M. Perrier. to the time
Of Jean II. surnamed the
Traditional Good, and he cites law on
rreud. the fraud in wines. dated
January 30. 1850. issued
under his royal seal:
mo merchants or tavern keepers shall
mix two wines together under pain of los
under same penalties, declare names of
wines except those Of the vineyards in
which they are grown.
'In the city of Paris there shall be eighty
wine sellers: each seller will put up 100
livres parisis (Parisian) as pledge that he
will buy wines from the vines or from the
quay; there shall be in Paris sixty cour-
tiers: each shall put up a pledge OF thirty
livres Par:sian. Whoever shall engage In
the courtage of wines who is not courtier
shall be banished for year and day"
On January 80 of this year Q907) 1t was
just 557 years since Jean III, lie Bon, King Of
France, issued the above order against the
fraudeurs of wines. and yet after so many
years the fraudeurs have provoked the
formidable movement led by the unfortu-
nate Marcelln Albert
History has recorded its estimation of the
good King Jean. whose device is often
cited: "If good faith was banlshed from
the rest of the earth. 1t should still be found
in the heart and In the mouth of kings"
The verdict Of history has not yet been
rendered as to Marcellin Albert, but the
graphologue has endeavored to anticipate
it. The analysis. however. contains one
element that Is not to be despised. namely
1t is made after and not before the facts
Needless to add, the graphologue readily
represents Marcellin's caligraphy as evil
dence of weak soul. "a man not to be
counted upon to carry out his enterprises,
nor to fulfill all his promises But good
graphologue, may not this be said as we'll
of men generally without regard to the
hooks and crooks Of penmansh!p. of men
whom you have deemed strong. with whom
you have been Intimate for years and
years?
Poor Marcelln Albert! The world will