New-York tribune., 1909-05-16
FRANCES PERIL GROWS
THE STRIKE IN INCIDENT.
Bitter Censure Of Parliament The
Radical Position.
Ispsclal ~ Fren.h cahls . 81. rrIhurs.l


Paris. May 15.-The French parliamentary
regime is undergoing q severe test The Cham
Der of Deputies when compelled by NJ Gle
menceau 10 choose between revolution and pub
lie oreer. somewhat grudgingly supported the
government by q large majority. but the fe
was accompanied by lamentable incidents which
made the session the object Of public ridic'ile,
much To the delight Of the royalist and impe-
rialist reactionists on the one extremity of the
benches. and Of the socialists and anarchists at
the other end. Indignation is so general and
censure is so bitter is Paris and the depart
ments that the question arises whether the
present Chamber really represents any longer
the constituencies. n. Pugliesi-Conti, National
ist Deputy Of Paris. has laid before the Cham
her proposition worded follows:
The Chamber. convinced of its incapacity.
demands the government 70 request the Presi-
dent Of the Republic to make use Of the right
Of proclainling the dissolution of parliament
conferred upon him hv the third article Of the
constitutional law Of February % 1870"
There is no likelihood of this being voted but
e. indicates widespread trend Of opinion caused
bv the apparent inability Of the Chamber to
deal effectively with the present situation. As
II Clemenceau wisely pointed out the postal
strike. which is now collapsing in the face OF
the energetic measures taken by the ministry,
Is merely isolated incident o. the lhpeluLiS
istruggle between order and anarchy. The
Chamber, for instance hesitates to investigate
end come 10 4 decision on the most urgent
questions of grievances in the public service,
notably so in tie case Of the police force and the
.Eendaruaes, who as regards pay emoluments'
hours and conditions Of service ere in positions
greatly inferior to other government servants
isnd It Is precisely on the loyalty and discipline
of these men that the existence Of the present
regime must Depend during the coming con
sficts between order and anarchy.
The postal strike has. at least, had the effect
Of clearing the atmosphere and compelling the
various members of the Radical majority to
make known their real opinions Premier Gle
rnencesu and the Cabinet have come out boldly
for g strong handed Executive authority. while
NJ Clemenceau-s former colleagues. Nm. Ber-
4s,1x and PeIletan. hare deliberately gone over
10 the militant Socialists NJ. Jsures has cast a
wholesome searchlight on the situation by de
Arisrinx that the employees of the state ARE
struggling fcr liberty and security. hy means Of
which they are determined 10 conquer property,
with AL its powers and advantages
The scene Of tragic buffoonery in the Cham
Der Of Deputies on Thursday may he compared
70 that in the same building on May 10. 1S49.
,zhe, the revolutionary agtator Aloysius who
was in the secret pay Of the reaction. Jumped UP
on the tribune and proclaimed the downfall OF
the National Assembly. Tor, as the editor Of the
Temps points out. in the history Of the re-
7,uhlican regimes Of France it has always been
some parliamentary bufToonery ike that OF
THURSDAY that prepares the way for the work
q 2 Norny or a MaUpas. ( l. b.