Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
POLITICAL CHANGES In FRANCE.

and expense. He declared that their
condition should be surrounded by all
guarantees against favoritism and arbi-
trary action. but he insisted at the same
time upon the principle that function.
aries are the servants OF the general
pubic He would accord to corporate
bodies all legal means Of realizing their
OBJECTS and the government would submit
TO the chamber a series OF legislative acts
which will give the right Of concluding
conceive contracts. the extension of the
civil capacity OF syndicates. the estab-
lishment of the laborers' credit, the facul-
~ TO form between capital and labor
societies. assuring to the latter a iegiti-
mate part OF realized benefits in common.
In that way the republic. having enamel
pated the citizen politically. will furnish
him the means TO work out his economical
salvation.
Order was Indispensable to the devel.
opment and prosperity OF the country.
and the first duty Of
Republicanism government is to main
~ rr.,o. tain ii energetically
against any and all at
tempts at violence. Thus there Is some
thing changed in the principle of the re-
publican party in France. which for too
long time has dallied and coquetted with
another so-called republicanism. which IL
nothing more than anarchy. NJ. BRAND
by this energetic notice that the republic
an party henceforth is ranged on the side
of law and order declares war against the
extreme socialist left and all those who
advocate direct action'-that is to- say,
violence and disorder.
NJ. BRAND is no less emphatic against
internationalism, anti-militarism. pacific
ism and other isms which have contrib
nj IN hn f~ae ma 49, YVn
France in his declaration relative to the
exterior policy of government.
The republic. in order to accomplish
its destiny and realize its work of eco
BRAND does not say, but might have said
with truth. has not been greater than
that of other governments with less pre-
tensions. has want of peace within and
beyond her frontiers. France had con-
tracted alliances which she would
fortify. but these agreements necessitate
the creation of force to maintain them.
The value of her aid was measured by
her strength and on her part duty
to her allies and friends to guard that
strength intact Government would not
fail to watch over her interests with
jealous care. and with this in view It
had decided to demand from its citizens
every Indispensable sacrifice. Govern
ment proposed notably to ask parliament
urgently to discuss the naval program
submitted to the preceding chamber.
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These grand lines of the ministerial pre-
gram were applauded by the republican
left, radicals and radical
Divided socialists The center
-. maintained a conciliatory
sentiment. attitude; the right was
reserved: only the extreme socialist left
showed itself systematically hostile.
NJ. Jaures in his journal expressed the
idea that NJ. BRAND has turned toward
the right. For fact the president of the
council has understood that in order to
save the republican party, and perhaps
the republic, the hour had struck to oper-
ate the concentration OF all republican
parties against the extreme right and the
extreme left.
NJ. Francis Charmes in the Revue des
Deux Mondes praises the government Of
NJ. BRAND for lighting its lanterns I'm
publishing in the commencement OF the
present session the statistics of public
opinion expressed in the elections: SO
many votes for such a reform. SO many
for another. reforms which were Ope-
cially promised by the different candi-
dates in their manifests to voters.
According to the computation OF
NJ. BRAND in the chamber OF
less than 900 deputies, 271 voted for the
secret ballot with proportional represen-
tation: 81 for electoral reform without
other indication. but 80 of whom had AL
ton. Therefore. there is a decided major
ity for the proportional representation.
NJ. Charmes in discussing this phase Of
the new chamber declares that the sue
cess of the proportional election program
is a defeat of the radical socialists who
were opposed. The public has not for
gotten the banquet presided over by NJ.
Combes. who denounced the reform. NJ.
II PnHrOopic lACC - Y.~sS
concluded that he was opposed. Nor can
one be surprised at this. because the re-
publican party as IL has been directed
for the last decade is the legitimate prod
its infirmities and vices. and because Of
them the country does not want the rad.
ical socialist regime any longer.
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The secret ballot with proportional rep
resentation is thus admitted in principle
as a reform in the cleo
Secret tons hereafter. NJ.
Charmes foresees much
DallOt. discussion and in the end
no great reform. What will be the 70
suit when the departments have adopted
it? The country will be thrown into .
violent reaction. which will risk the
sweeping away Of the entire program
and shake the foundations of the repub-
lie itself.
nj. Charmes cites a reform which was
badly devised because 1t was made to
cover too many points at the same time.
He refers to the famous tax on incomes,
the project of NJ Caillaux. This project.
with other defects. possesses one that
may be cited; that is. to suppress at once
all direct contributions. to suppress the
whole fiscal edifice of the government and
replace it by another. The project of N.
CaillauX will not pass the senate as lt
passed the chamber What attitude will
the government take? What will the
senate counsel? NJ. Charmes does not
know, nor does the government itself.
The radical journals demand with in
sistence the complete abolition of free in
struction. that is. the suppression of all
schools except those of government. In
the recent elections, nevertheless. there
were only siXty-siX members elected on
this latter program. while 29S members
defenders of free schools were elected.
Thus an overwhelming majority for free