The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
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BY A w LAMouREux.

Paris, Sept, 1.-The returns witb regard to the recruiting of the French Army during the last few years. which have recently been published by the France Militaire," are arousing anx- fety In military circles in this coun- try. They have attracted considerable attention also among such patriotic observers as have already felt con- cern with regard to the alleged dim mutton, or at all events the stationary character, of the birth-rate in France. It appears that there is steady in- crease in the number of young sold fers who fail to join the colors at the required date. Since 1908. when the number of refractory recruits was 4,5s7. the figures have slowly risen. until they have now reached 1l,782. The soldat insoumis may be punished in France by Imprisonment of from one month to one year. But on about an average of very two years during the last twenty years Parliament has regularly voted An nesty Bill in favor of deserters and re- calcitrant recruits or reservists. At the same time there has been e grow ing tendency in France ever since the Dreyfus case to show indulgence fp the application of military justice. Courtsmartial, in the words of the Temps" are terrorized by the att tacks of certain politicians.
 The great cause of the evil, now So strikling revealed by the statistics of the France Militaire." must be militarism in the large towns. In Paris the number of insoumis has risen from 2sS to LAY. The General Confederation of Labor, which has been actively organizing for Miiitarist Congress distributes annually some thousands of ''soldiers' animals" which constitute the most dangerous appeal to insubordination and desertion. The late Government undertook systemati- calIy to eradicate this evil. No Prime Minister ever worked more assiduously to stamp out this form of anarchist propaganda than did Clemenceau. The prosecution of anti-militarfst agitators however, cannot suffice to arrest the progress of the trouble. so long as in- ternationalist humanitarianism re- mains an article of faith of so many of the primary school teachers.
 For the first time since the war, saving. of course, ofncial occasions when military attaches are present, Prussian officers appeared on French territory recently in full uniform. A monumfent was unveiled at Mars Ia Tour, near Strasbourg. but on French soil, to the memory of German troops who fell there on Aug 1e. 1870. The German Government had some time ago requested that . deputatiou Of twenty-five officers of dragoon guards the regiment which charged on that occasion and lost many men. should be allowed to attend the ceremony in full uniform. It was a delicate matter for the French Government to handle. The sight of the full uniform of the Prussian dragoon guards is still to fA French inhabitants on the German frontier. whose neighbors and cousins have become German. At length the French Government replied that, "iD the interest of the friendly relations of the two countries 1t would be bet ter that only two officers of the de- putation should be present in uniform Two only. therefore, crossed the from tier in uniform, the others being ip multi. The deputation Is said. to have included the son or Prince Leopold Of Hohenzollern, whose candidature of the throne of Spain was at least the official cause of the France-German War. .rt
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 There Is no truth in the statement that the Government of France in- tends to convert the ancient and in- teresting Church of St. Julien le Pauxre into a museum. It is intended to clear the space around the church and to make garden square there- in which will be shown the remains of the fortress of Philippe -Auguste. which exists still In the close. Those who know this most interesting quar- ter of Paris will rejoice at this an- nouncement. The rumor now contra dicted appears to have arisen from the fact that a number of statues found in the course of the dem molition of the ancient Hotel Dieu, the hospi- tai of Paris, on the left bank of the of St. Julien le Pauvre. The church was formerly the chapel of the hos pitaI and one Of the statues now placed there is that of Saint Laundry, Bishop of Paris, who founded the hospital in $50. The church. dating from the fifth century is the oldest in Paris and its triple apsidal ending is peculiar. For some years it has been in charge of a Community of Eastern Monks governed by an arch imandrite, and the High Mass on Sundays and festivals is carried out in accordance with the eastern rite.
 For the fame of Boredeaux wine the Council of State undertook some time ago, and, as announced lately. com pleted a vast work, which consisted in mapping out the exact districts growing real claret, which alone call their wine by the proud name Bordeaux. Instead of being delighted the wine growers are disgusted with the the in growers are disgusted with the