The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-19
FRENCH REPUBLIC IN PERIL
RRiNGE WARNING OF CLEMEN-
CE4U IN MIDI DEBATE.
says That II His Ministry RetIres the Next
Must Face Enormous Difficulties Re
action Said 20 he Behind Wine GroWeFs'
ReVOlt-CbambeF supports Ministry.

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ReVolt-CtIamber supports Ministry.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
PARIS, June lS.-The full gravity Of the
Midi crisis was made known and aoknowl-
Adged in the Chamber Of Deputies to-day
when Premier Clemenceau repealed q de-
nand that the Government answer an
interpolation Immediately as to the meas
ures decided upon for the restoration Of
order in the rebellious departments. NJ.
Clemenceau requested a p-ostponement
Of the Interpolation until Friday to enable
the Government 70 carry out the meas
ures already determined upon.
NJ. Jaures. the Socialist leader, vigorously
attacked the request. and NJ. Clemenceau
replied with unaccustomed warmth. His
remarks brought NJ. Ribot and the Centre
to his support. NJ. Ribot made a grave,
almost impassioned speech. upholding the
Governments demand for time TO execute
the law and restore the national integrity.
NJ. Clemenceau said that az long as the
manifestants confined their protests within
legality the Government let them alone
TO prove it's sympathy with their desires,
but a continuance Of this tolerance would
SIS defiance Of the law soon spread through
out France. Legal measures had been
be gun against those guilty Of misdemeanors
and crimes which were in course Of eXecu-
ton although not executed at the present
hour. II the Government were put in the
minority he would return to the Ministry
and cancel those measures and the re-
eponsibility would lie with the Chamber.
VI. Clemenceau then uttered the dark
foreboding that If another Cabinet we're
to succeed his it would find itself in the
presence Of enormous dificulties-difi-
culties that some Of the Deputies knew
and others did not know we're most grave.
lie added:
The Deputies from the Midi themselves
cannot Renter the Midi. They find it
interdicted TO them. We nave decided
that, like all French citizens, those in re-
volt shall be made TO respect the law
NJ. Jaures in the course of the discussion
said that NJ. Clemenceau asked the Chamber
for three days credit, which the members
Of bis own Government would not accord
him NJ. Jaures's speech had little effect.
To a direct question from another Deputy
AZ 10 the exact measures taken M. Clemen-
ceau replied: Il cannot reveal them with
out increasing the zoe evident chances OF
a bloody conflict The Premier stirred
the Chamber to considerable emotion and
won frequent applause from theyLeft and
Centre, but never from the Right.
NJ. Ribot, in the name of the Centre,
declared for postponement. He stirred
The Chamber not only to applause but to
some excitement when he made this I'M
compromising statement:
I'M. Jaures says that to accept POSTPONE
ment would be TO abdicate parliamentary
authority. l believe. on the contrary,
that il to-day we break the Government
for doing its duty there will be parlia- |
mentary suicide. We must rise above
ministerial rivalries. There is a higher
question. We nave arrived at a situation
graver and more dolorous than any seen
since 1870, with national sentiment on the
eve OF dissolving itself in certain regions,
and the germs Of in~discipline developing |
here and there in the army. The French |
law 10 not respected in certain sections Of |
the country. Disturbance there is ger
minating and may tomorrow become a |
terrible Instruction
After M. Ribot had concluded the Cham |
Der, by q vote Of 412 to l5s. approved the !
demand for ~postponement Of the inter
pellation.
NJ. Clemenceau gave no hint OF what
graver crisis he referred to as confronting
the next Ministry II the present Cabinet
were Immediately unseated. Aside, how
ever, from the charges that the reaotionaries
sre backing the Midi movement it is a fact
that all the monarchical and clerical jour
mails are these days making the most of the
disturbances there, attacking the Govern
ment, blaming 1t for the Midi's troubles.
and daily printing articles on how much
icttar m the ponplo uara tfpdar rnona rphinaI |
authority. It has been openly charged in
che opposition paper that is not monar-
chlcal that the Church supplied much OF
the money which enabled the Midi to dem
onstrate. The Temps. on the other hand,
probably as a mere coincidence, publishes
tonight ccnspicuously q review Of a book
reciting the history Of ls4s and the coup
d'etat.
Not the least interesting incident in The
Chamber was NJ. Sarraut's explanation OF
his resignation Of his sub -eecretaryship
in the Ministry of the Interior, He de-
clsred himself heartily in sympathy with the
Governments policy and said he was de-
voted body and soul to NJ. Clemenceau,
hut he resigned to show his constituents
thar he would not sacrifice them to retain
power and in the hope Of aiding in bringing
ln'U DICK 10 TesDeCU LOT bHe Jaw ho was
roundly cheered, and the cheering was
redoubled when he declared he was a
Frenchman before everything and that
II was necessary to incline himself before
the imperious obligation to see the law
respected. He added;
For long years ! have been loved by
these people. | see in the midst OF those
against whom the rigors OF the law must
be employed my comrades and brothers
in ? In these conditions ! have not
believed myself at liberty to remain in
power. Perhaps now I have the right
after my sacrifice to turn toward them
and say Return to the way OF law and
order, for outside OF it there lie only misery"
The Argelliers committee processes is
habltual confidence. 1t says it 10 deter
mined TO yield nothing, II reafirms that
there must be a strike OF crossed arms.
with no violence. Ferroul himself fastened
h a village where the wires leading TO
Narbonne had been cut by manifestants
and babe them never to repeat the act.
II la H.