Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
'PR0LETARY AND THE PARLIAMENT.

rapid deterioration OF private habits,
temptations to which he makes no re-
Slstance. and which become greater by
degrees as his success increases. NJ. Pon-
care S hero is eloquent: he becomes min
lister, and little by little the deadly inf1u-
ence of the circle acts upon his morals.
which become weak. and upon his will,
which goes to wreck. He is an honest
man. nevertheless. but imperous obliga-
lions Increase. and he sacrifices the gen.
erai interest TO private necessities.
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NJ. Poincare afirms that when he was
IN the council of ministers he heard or
nothing but combinations
kX-MlnlSter and concessions-to live.
always to live. But NJ.
Poincares hero is de-
ceived. Discredited in his own esteem and
Inundated. he throws down his portfolio
and returns to his province to take up
the modest work of writing notarial acts.
Still, NJ. Poincare does not approve re-
nunciation. for" he says. one should
never desert the battlefield. True, we
should remain on the battlefield, but upon
one condition. We should be given good
arms-arms that are effective.
But if NM. Lasies. Gauthier and Labor
were discouraged before the recent us
closures, what they feel now In the pres
ence of the Duez scandal is better i'm
agined than described
March s Ferdinand Edmond DueZ,
judicial administrator OF civil tribu
nal who was appointed one OF three
chief 'llquidatorS' or receivers Tor the
property of the congregations dissolved
by the associations law. was arrested on
confession to the embezzlement OF S-,ooo'-
600.
This stupendous robbery has shocked
1l<I he
row, all the more sensitive that 1T must
go to the people very soon for the re-
newal of the chamber
The property of the congregations, II
was estimated. should have brought TO
the state 5000, 900, 600 which was to serve
| as a fund out of which old-age pensions
were to be paid. After nine years OF
liquidation the French government has
received only 81 .4G1 1871 out of over mil
lard of francs which it should have re-
ceived from the receivers.
The associations law of July, 1901, had
three objects in view-to enable the
government to declare
Associations null and void without
Law. a p.ttenS u,ht"h IN cnsrac-
ter. design or influence was deemed con-
trary to existing laws: to force native as
sociations to recognize the state as their
source of power. and. finally, to force as
sociations controlled from abroad to snow
cause why they should be permitted to
exist within the jurisdiction of the re-
public.
The scene in the chamber OF deputies
when the arrest of DueZ became known
passes beyond the power of description.
Nj. Labori of whose encouragement and
intention to separate himself from the
chamber mention has been made, rose to
interrupt the guardian of the seals.
why have You waited until NJ. Duez
has stolen one milliard francs to tell us
about the imperfections Of the SYSTEM
And NJ. Barthon. guardian Of the seals.
replied: ''It is never too late to mend
NJ. Barthon denounced the association Of
judicial administrators which, he said,
constituted veritable corporation which
enjoys a monopoly. 1t is necessary to
crush that oligarchy. exact guarantees
for their nomination and exact that there
shall be a collective responsibility in case
of failure. The republican party Is sub
jected TO a rude test. 1t will bear 1t
without humiliation. 1t should not be
compromised by the action of few ban
dts; it will establish the responsibilities
and will place those guilty of this mon
strous dilapidation under the yoke Of the
penal CODE
NJ. Paul Beauregard. a very calm and
conservative liberal, attacked the govern
ment with bitter sarcasm. According to
him that which had happened was inev-
table "A party of violent methods was
destined to come to grief because 1t had
appropriated the money of it's adverse
ries. What had become of the milliard
taken from the congregations? Where
had it gone? 1t would never he found
The account which had been presented 10
the country was absolutely mythical.
Such an inquest was a fraudulent maneu-
YER and has thrown suspicion and dis
honor upon the entire proceeding.
The guardian of the seals had not told
the country he said. why the sale OF
the Chartreuse had not given the results
awaited. The truth was the government
sold the right to the mark without giving
up the secret of fabrication Government
had committed a swindle in selling the
right to counterfeit the li1ueur.
In this matter the liquidators have had
only the single purpose of enriching them |
selves. 1t was proposed
Single to accuse the congrega-