Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

M. bTIduU, Will he sever his dSSoCfdttoh
or attachment to the social anarchistic
society or continue the doubtful attitude
of the republic which has worked con-
fessed injury to republican government
The vote in the chamber on the 10th is
an indication Of the chambers impa-
tience
NJ. Clemenceau possesses many high
qualities. and he deserves great praise for
his breaking away from his association
with Jaures and company. when their de-
testable anti-mfltary doctrines would
have voted the disarmament of France
in the face Of an armed enemy. The
session. 1t Is charged, was not SO radical
as it might have been. as Is shown by the
necessity OF commission on the state
Of the navy, which proved the rock on
which the Clemenceau cabinet was
wrecked. The republic has not been dill
gent: 1t has even been careless in main
tanning the government ready and pre-
pared for any emergency. NJ. BRAND will
be required not to do as much as NJ.
Clemenceau, but to do more. NJ. BRAND
appears to understand the situation that
confronts him. for when his candidacy
was reported as being supported by Jaures
he quickly announced that he would "con-
tinue the policy OF the Clemenceau cahi-
net" What Jaures will do about that
reputation 1t Is easy to fore.ell.
The scene In the French chamber on
the 10th ultimo was the climax OF the
series OF interpretations on
Climax Of the general policy OF the
aA.A cabinet which have placed
Clemenceau in pillory each
Friday for several weeks. NJ. Glenn
enceau met these assaults with calm
ness and apparent carelessness: in fact,
he was profoundly stirred. even to exas-
peration
NJ. Gauthier (de Clagny). NJ. Lasies. NJ.
Jules Delahaye. NJ. Pugliesi-Conti, NJ
Jaures and other well known party lead
ers entered the parliamentary arena to
The president of the council declared
that IL NJ. Gauthier (de Clagny) had
charged that the radical party was
failure he had forgotten to mention the
restore. II do not wish to restore any
party" cried M. Gauthier ode Clagny).
1T is understood" replied NJ. Clemen-
ceau, you are simply partisan of the
regime which prints on its flve-franc
pieces the words: 'Republique Franchise
Napoleon, Empereur.'
NJ. Lasies-There Is lacking the little
hat!
NJ. Clemenceau-The little hat has cost
the country wars innumerable. the blood
OF thousands of citizens and the loss of
territory. You should not laugh at things
like that. M. Lasies.
NJ. Lasies-I have not laughed
NJ. Clemenceau--You are right. I repeat.
you will permit me in turn to shock your
own ideas. for you will agree that you
shocked mine.
why have we made laws for educa-
ton, assurance and social justice? Why
have we established schools? Because
these gentlemen on the right have not
done SO. Do you forget that the republic
has lasted longer than any other regime?
You reproach us with our quarrels
with the extreme left. But we feel that
ry and thonor for US and as honor
able for them as for u.s.
In all the elections continued NJ
Clemenceau. "the party OF the right have
away from you and your friends, NJ. Gau-
thier (de Clagny). apd 1t is right to do so
because you are false liberals thirsting
for absplutism, false conservatives, arti-
sans OF revolution
The extreme left is extremely sensitive
and violent at all times. When M Glenn
enceau said. 'In the So
Extreme cialist party there are
TO. certain men too much in
clined to speak Ill OF the
republic" there was vio-
length that the president Of the council
fusion left the tribune.
In the war Of words that followed be-
tween radicals and socialists NJ. Clemen-
ceau was induced by his friends to return
and resume his speech. NJ. Jaures re-
preached him with being violent. inco-
herent brutal and thoughtless. There is
a party in the country which not only
does not hesitate to resort to violence,
but extols it. NJ. Jaures repudiates vio-
lence. but when 1t occurs he excuses 1t
and makes government responsible. NJ.
Jaures Is the most incoherent of men,
government of the republic to such a
man as NJ. Combes had done. NJ. Glenn
enceau showed that the international con-
gress at Amsterdam, where Bebel pre-
ferred imperial Germany to republican
France. contaminated the rupture be-
tween radicals and socialists. NJ. Jaures
calls himself patriot and defends Herve,
who advised his tramp reformists'' to
unite with anarchists. You preach uni
versal peace. but you admit civil war"
exclaimed M. Clemenceau, addressing M.
Jaures. The orator then "keelhauled" his
rival on his indifference in the Moroccan
question and foreign policy. in which he
desired that France should not aid Eng
land II England were attacked, in order.
no doubt. that England should not aid
France
One day. without having sought Office.
he found himself in the grand cabinet of
the Place Beavau, reading the journals
filled with savage attacks against the re-
public. He would not plead inca
culpa," but assume all responsibility for
his acts. seeking to explain his state of
mind In his desire to serve the country.
He resolved to devote himself to that OBJ
ject and never yield to solicitations OF his
friends unless they could convince him
they were right. From this attitude,
perhaps, came the charge Of incoher-
ence.
It was the 18th Of July when the cham
Der accorded the Clemenceau cabinet its
confidence by a splendid
Majority and apparently unshak-
able majority. On the
REVERSED. 10Th we have seen how
that majority was crumpled up by mi
nority vote of 212 against 176. Jaures In
that moment exclaimed: There goes the
most dangerous man in the republic"
In this connection and as showing an
other opinion Of far more Importance
than that Of the anarchist leader. NJ.
Henri Rochefort. formerly editor OF the
but now editor Of the
Patrie said: 'Clemenceau has over
thrown SO many ministries that he
deemed 1t logical to overthrow himself. |
He committed suicide yesterday by firing |
several phrases at his own head
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG. |