The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
IN FRENCH CHAMBER
EVOLUTIONARY HYMN SUNG,
s~.,,.,,.ts Ra,se 80 Much Disorder That
the slttlns Is suspended-Then Comes
Calm, and the Government's
,ooduct OF the Strike ID Approved.

thtHf, eA
ronduct OF tho Strike il Approved.
s,,,,gl CaHe Despdteh to THK SUN.
r,r1s. May 13.-The revolutionary
,nu,, lie lnternationale' was sung in
,Ha chamber Of Deputies this afternoon
wv . small group OF Unified Socialists.
y al on the extreme left. They made
tentative effort 70 raise the hymn rs
.,nv ,.f, the Chamber on Tuesday. but
=" tav there was nc mistake sna chs
.are,ful voices. which are no small
sort Of the party's assets. drowned an
.,,srnt Of the Radicals TO reply with the
.warsnlaise.' As soon DIS M. Brisson.
p,.idant Of the Chamber. recognized the
',o,odv he put OH his silk hat, thus sus-
,anding the sitting. and hastily quit the
Chamber
Tbe incident had no direct connection
9TH the subject under debate, which
,as the continuation Of Tuesdays inter
nallation. NJ. Jaures, the Socialist leader,
ras speaking aud winning cheers from
tho Extreme Left when NJ. Combrouze, q
Radical Republican. i~nterjected:
1T is the Duke d'Uzes who is applaud
pg.'
member, Compere Morel, who wa elected
in Gard by Royalist votes, which were
gwen him to prevent a Radical Socialist
from beng elected. nj. fioroi arose ami
BEGAN saying in pompous tones: Il
rro,dly claim" when roars of laughter
.topped him. Then a voice was heard
saving to have been elected by the Duke
dues, ,
NJ. Morel tried five or six times to ex-
plain bis election. each time beginning
with the same rhetorical formula, Il
nroudly claim" and each time his voice
was drowned in laughter.
The members OF the Extreme Left grew
,rri,ated at their colleagues discom-
f,ure, and rising bodily they struck up
the Internationally in stentorian tones.
The Left, Centre and Right ros in protest,
and NJ Brisson left his seat. Pande-
monium reigned while the ushers tried to
clear the Chamber.
NJ. de Baudry d'Asson, the veteran
Royalist, assembled the tribune and e.
saved singing the Royalist anthem. NJ.
Depuy Binder took NJ. Brisson's place
and changed the presidential bell. AL
was uproar until the ushers succeeded
in p~ersuading every. one. members and
occupants Of the public and press gal
eries alike, to leave the chamber for
twenty minutes.
When the sitting was resumed NJ. Bris-
son after a few words on the regrettable
incident called on NJ. Morel, who said
be owed his election to the Socialist cam
paign he had conducted in his oonstitu-
ency. Comparative calm ensued, and
the debate ended by the order Of the
day being voted in three sections-frst,
that the Chamber wa firm In refusing
the right to strike to all functionaries
and was firmly resolute to see that the
Government exacted from them absolute
respect for the law; second, that the
Chamber maintained its resolution to
give legal status to the fu~nctonaries.
and third. that the Chamber had conf
dence in the Government.
The vote % the first section was 4S4
to so; the second section vas adopted
by q show Of hands, and the vote on the
third section was ss5 TO $50. The whols
order OF the day was then passed by q
show Of hands.
The postal employees replied to the
Chambers vote by holding a a meet
ing at which tw o. things ore apparent.
II was evidently expected that olemenoy
would be shown those punished after
order was reestablished, which showed
that those present at the meeting had not
heard the tone in. which Premier Csmen-
ceau told the Chamber in the afternoon
that while we remain Ministers these
dismissals shaIl be maintained. The
other thing wa the change In the tone Of
Pauront, who in addressing the meeting
said: rS #.
1T has been said that our movement ID
revolutionary. 1t u false for the present,
but if we are compelled to appeal to. Other
~categories Of workers we shall not hed-
tate y -
legleo. another OF tho speakers. said: =
The movement will remain professional
# imid ones Join US. Otherwise It may
become revolutionary
The strike appears to be moribund.
NJ. Barthou, Minister Of Public Works,
gave to-day the following figures for
Paris and the Department Of the Seine:
or s,227 postmen 1,o77 are striking;
n~inety-eight women out Of 4,oA7 have
quit work. OF 2,7o8 linemen Oil arc out
and Of s,17a other employees $40 have
''iit, or a total Of 1887 strikers out Of
2+.?l5 employees.
NJ. Clemenoeau received to-day adspa-
'ation Of retail merchants, who offered
10 organize a mail service. The Prime
Minister informed them that he was
able to say the Government needed no
assistance in handling the situation.
No men struck at Lyons. while the sit
Dation at Bordeaux has improved.
Nearly all the ~telegraphers are resum-
'ng work, and the result OF Government
inquiries indicates that complete order
will be restored in a couple Of days.