Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

Combes- Jaures group, and NJ Dubief. pres
ident OF the radical So
Oppositiou cialist left, after consul
tation. was authorized to
1nfsSeo' present to the president
of the council the following ultimatum
which. 1t was thought, would be SUFFICIENT
to finish the Ciemenceau cabinet: First.
when would the president of the council
discuss in the senate the purchase of the
Western railway? Second, when would
the president discuss pensions TO work.
men? Third. when would he submit the
budget for 1909?
The ministry" says NJ. Charmes. will
survive until the Easter holidays. Alter
the holidays. we shall Sc. All OF these
parties have grievances against M. Glenn
enceau.
1.-The progressists and liberals. because
Of the Differentiation and administrative
from the tribune. but does nothing to ter
inmate. The good will Of N. Clemen-
ceau Is evident. but he is powerless to
impose obedience"
in the policy Of NJ. Clemenceau fits and
starts that are good but they are fits
and starts only and do not constitute q
well ordered action. 1t il for this reason,
he continues. that the pregressists make
no effort to sustain him and none either
to Overturn him. They do not for q fact
know by whom he may be replaced They
prefer Clemenceau> to Berteaux and
Combes. but NJ. Charmes does not believe
that either OF these can succeed to power
and asks. as did Perrault in his blue
Beard" Anne. my sister Anne. dost see
anything in sight?' And there is nothing
in sight. alas! This is somber presage Of
the future destiny OF the republic in
which there Is no peace. but on the con-
trary a sense Of impending peril.
n. Jaures. in his Interpolation upon the
general policy Of the government. re-
preached the Ciemenceau
Jaures' cabinet with adjuring de-
bate upon the question
Of pensions to workmen,
What" he asked, will that reform
cost? Two hundred and eighty millions
56.O0O00O. In deducting the actual cost
of assistance to the aged, the expense Is
not beyond the contributing capacity OF
the country. The attitude of the govern.
ment compromises the reform and en-
cOurages the senate to oppose all reforms
This is also true Of the proposition to
purchase the Western railway. You have
multiplied your derisory pretexts of ad-
jOurnment OF discussion Of these ques-
tions."
NJ Clemenceau in his reply said in SUBJ
stance: m. Jaures has demanded an &C.
count four government What is our
program and what are our plans of an
plication?
THE president of the council had called
into his cabinet two socialists; he had ex-
ecuted the law Of separation. M. Jaures
had not mentioned this fact. but the work
was long and delicate. Oh. b. 600 vicarges,
for example, %. 200 have until the present
been rented for communal work
did M. Jaures think that what had
oeen accomplished at the ministry of la
Dor. the presence OF two socialists in the
cabinet. the execution of the law of sep
aration: were subjects Of nature to rally
to the side Of government the progression
lists? M. Jaures had wished that the
senate would have already purchased the
Western railway. M. Jaures came with
his boots and whip and crying: Thus may
our will be done? We are not his men