The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-18

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Paris.-French politicians are wor
r1ed over the increased strength Of
the Socialists in the new chamber
They now have block of seventy.
five members, and with prospective
split among the Republicans over the
presidency, they may be found hold
ing the balance Of power, as the Irish
members hold 1t in the British parlia-
ment. 1t Is too much to hope that
they Will use this power in case they
secure IL with the same moderation
the Irish are doing in London. The
fact remains, though, IL the Republi-
can vote should be split seriously at
the next Versailles congress, these
seventy-five Socialists can make their
bargain. That 1t may be split seems
probable. the candidacy of Senator
Dubost and M. BRAND being in sight.
The former Is strong in the senate,
and has been its president since the
election of M. Fallieres to the high
est post in the republic It is to be
hoped that M. BRAND will not revert
to the Opportunism of two years ago
to catch the votes of the different
| Conservative groups, namely, thirty
Liberals, fifty-five Progressive. nine
teen Republicans, without any more
definite label, and sixty-six Blues.
known still as Republicans de
Gauche. 1t is to be observed that
at the elections the Clericals and the
Royalists generally followed the ex-
ample of their grandfathers I'm the
early spring of 1S4S of sticking on
false noses, and as they themselves
then said, to "Howling with the
wolves" 1t is also to be hoped that
the government will return to the
Waldeck-Rousseau policy In it's main
lines, and to that of Combes, in hold
ing out the olive branch to the Uni
fled Socialists. This would give the
PSI Radical-Socialists a force Of $50.
The church as a power in politics VS.
ible wanes. Professor Thalamis has
been sent into the chamber by Yer
sailles. You may remember what
riots the Kings Stalwarts'' got UP in
the Latin quarter because he had in
his chair at the. Sorbonne attempted
to explain away the miraculous side
of Joan of Arcs mission.
An unfortunate experience has lust
befallen French stableman named
Brodequin. Seven years ago. when
cleaning carriage, he found a
brooch with a white stone inset,
which he took to be an imitation dia-
mond. He married, and year later
became the father of girl, The
brooch was used to hold up the babyis
bib, and on her sixth birthday Brode-
Quin took the child to a teweIer to
buy some earrings. The jeweler, re-
cognizlng the white stone as a dia-
mond, offered 5000 for 1t. Brodeouin
refused the offer. and took the
brooch to another jeweler, who hand
ed him over to the police. Experts
find the brooch to be worth $3.50, and
Brodequin is to be prosecuted for
theft, because he did not take his find
to police station seven years ago.
st. Petersburg.-The question of
Russo-Japanese relations which has
lately given rise to sensational reports
in the foreign and in the Russian
press. may be briefly stated as fol-
lows: Both countries have realized
the expediency of a closer under
standing. This view has been dictat-
ed by political economic considera- |
tions. The attitude of the other |
some cases friendly, but |
in others adverse-to the respective |
interests Of Russia and Japan has only |
the tendency on the part |
Of st. Petersburg and Toxic to come
together
The road to a final understanding
however, must be cleared of disputes
arising out of the late war. Altogeth-
sr, fourteen controversial matters are
pending. All of these. with one exc
,eption, are trifling. The exception re-
ates to the capture of Russian hos
oital ships, which the Japanese justi- J.
" on the ground that they carried