The sun., 1910-06-13
ENcOME FAX AND INoUISITTON
8FBAfk nv FRANCE.

ana struggle toward inQuiaition into tha
Affairs Of corporations. tha fats u m.
French radical measure. the famous Cal.
llanx income taK bill. h Og no email inter.
est. 10 Will Be remembered that Aero.
and widespread opposition 10 IL dsve.
oped all over France not Only on accoun,
% lie burdensome cumulative TAXATION n
incomes. lie plan of tar and nlrtaH. hu,
even more because of The system Of inaui.
sition which was an inssparabls feature
Of lta application. 10 II certain tha, m.
inQuisltional features will b. dropped ani
that the income tar Measure which will
bs submitted 10 thu nv Chamber will b,
drafted along conservative lines
u sesms that In the new Chamber ,
Ministry depending on the bloc-Ror thu
present. a. least. tho Ministry II NJ
AFistids Briand-WiIl have Rar les temp.
iation 20 court extreme radical rip.
port than In the Chamber which has h,st
pissed out of existence. Although a.
matter u fact the bloc Lost eight votes in
the elections last month, and the extreme
loft. the Soeiaiisfss URiffs. gained twenty.
the support Of the Ministry is more cohs.
sivs than befUrs and the mandate Of m,
people is universally interpreted AZ heinR
Tor moderation-nOt reaction. Il IL cars-
fully explained. just moderation. "
Brands speeches during the canvass
and two made after the election az Pari.
g'Ieux and Saint -Chamond have hesa
pitched in this key. He recommended
relaxation of strain and social 70.
forms AZ the sane time he Eavs
signihoans warning against anything
which might interfere with the material
prosperity Of the country In a country
which il not prosperous. slid ne at Saint
ChamOnd. mo progress Ia possible
The simple truth IL that the recent
Chamber IA rather In The black books of
French public opinion and its present dIs.
favor IL 20 a large eTtant due 10 ita pss.
sage Of the CaillauG bill. One newspaper
charges tha, the Deputies. or a majority
of them. voted for the measure on March
Q. ipoo, out of sheer cOWardics bacauss
the Ministry cOerced them into doing a.
But Il says the Ministry also Cit was the
Clemenceau administration. in which "
Caillaux was Financs Ministsrl acted
out Of cOWardics. Il VISA afraid Of the
eject on the people Of a defeat of the bin
followed by q split in the Cabinet. Thoss
who didn't like the bill relied upon the
Senate 10 hold Il up until the people could
BE- heard from. The Senate did hold il
up, and the people have spoken. TAey
have Condemned he bill.
Premier BRAND has had made, through
the projects OF all the departments. a
census Of the issues which the various
successful candidates for election dwelt
on in their speeches and printed addreas.s
20 the voters. The returns show thA, iS1
of the new Deputies stood pat for the
Caillaux bill ~ were opposed 10 any In
come tar whatever. rs were not opposed
10 an income tar with careful areasrvA-
tons, nearly all of which had 70 do with
the inquisitorial features of tho CailIaur
project. This amounts 20 a poll Of SIS
TO iS against the Caillaux meesure -
IL s regarded ~ dad beyond revival.
In the course of the recent campaign
much capital vas made out Of the fac
that the late Chamber had augmented thu
national budget by tOO.OOO.OO francs
lsso. .OnO. .oOO, a year In the course Of lts
four years period and the departmental
local or provinciah budgets by no. .OOo,OOO
irancs C'7O ~. .ODOl. Here. u was pointed
nut. was the true reason Why a raid had
10 be made or the prosperity of the coun.
ny in the forsh Of an inquisitorial moons
IAN bill. viz, 20 provide means TO cover
Inc eGtravagancs Of heedlees Legislators
This charge of eKtravagAnce IL q second
,auss Of tho present unpopularity Of the
recent Chamber 80 fAr a. the taxation
question IL concerned. N BRAND will col.
aborats With tAe commission Of the Sen.
ite upon taxation questions. using the
project adopted by ths last Chambsr
he CaillauK bill. a. basis Of discuaaioa.
This avoids a clean backdovn and means
nothing
The new Chamber has been IN session
'ince June 1. but Il has not got down 70
business yet. lts time has been taken I'D
Eith disputed Rsats and oaucusss for the
iignities. Ohices and the like that it has
% bestow On the face Of the returns
md no great change u expected 10 result
rom COntesss. the membership. ssi
Deputies. against SCI in the last Chamber
consists Of l1t Radicals. lS3 Radical
u Republicans Of the Left
md ~ lndependent Socialists making
~ a ministerial bloc Of So Deputies
q Progressists % Rsactionaries and Con-
lsrvatives calling Themselves 'Llbsrals.'
md 10 Nationalist, making q reactionary
opposition bloc Of riShtists Of 100 Depu-
lee; and the "a Unified Socialists. Who
ire the opposition Of the Left The
bloc has lost eight votes from
he late Chamber. and the ReActionariss
iK; these with the dK new members
ldded 10 the list account for the twenty
'otes which the Unified Socialists gain
he gain itself Ia explained A. having no
,olitical signiHcanoe. The actual num-
,er of voters behind the faction is said
o he les than II old on a fair count In
he recent election. however, In the hopes
( adding TO the troubles oi future Repub-
Ican ministries. the Reacthnnary elements,
'hurch and monarchist. in many con
where they had no possible
hAncs Of winning themselves threw
heir weight 70 the supPort'oi tho other
pposition.' the eleuent more radical
ban any that vas wiling 10 join the bloc.
iowever. II will be aeen that the bloc
o long as II can b held together has
lear maiohty Of M votes over both tbe
ppositions combiRsd.