Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12
Republicans May Lose Balance of
Power in Politics.
PARTY SPLIT is IMMINENT
France Adopts Stringent Rules Gov
erning Aerial Travellers.
TRAGEDY IN A LOVE affair
Two Bodies, Tied Together, Are
DrnEged from River. and
shocking story of Suicide
Pact In Revealed.
BY PAUL YILLIERs.

BY PAUL VILLIERS.
PARIS. June 1l-(Special Dispatch TO
The Bee.)-French politicians are worried
the increased strength of the social
lists in the new chamber They now have
a block OF seventy-five members and with
prospective split among the republicans
over the presidency they may be found
holding the balance of power the Irish
members hold it in the British parliament
1t is too much to hope that they will use
this power in case they secure it with the
same moderation the Irish are doing in
London.
The fact remains, though, IL the repub-
lican 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 can
didatures of Senator Dubost and NJ,
BRAND being in sight. The former is
strong in the Senate. aud has been its
president since the election OF M. Fallieres
to the highest post in the republic. 1t is
to be hoped that M BRAND will not revert
to the opportunism of two years ago to
catch the votes of the different Conser-
vative groups, namely thirty Liberals"
forty-fivo "Progressists," nineteen RE
publicans," 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
example of their grandfathers In the early
spring of 1s4S of sticking on false noses,
and. as they themselves then said, Of
"Howlng with the wolves" II is also to
be hoped that the government will return
to the Waldeck- Rousseau policy in its
main lines, and to that of Combes, in
holding out the olive branch to the unified
Socialists. This would give the 261 Radical
Socialists a force of 800. The church as a
power in politics visibly wanes. Prof
Thalamis has been sent into the chamber
by Versailles 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 mis-
| sion.
Rules for "SOarers."
| Stringent rules are being enforced by the
French military authorities in consequence
OF the number Of strangers attracted to
! Chalons camp by the aviation school,
Once several Of the aviation pupils
there is now flying colony OF 600 people
flew out beyond the aerodrome~ over the
1
commander OF Chalons has now issued
orders that no aeroplane is to soar out of
the flying ground, and flights are now
only permitted for an hour before sunrise
and after $3.50 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Tragic Tale of Love.
Astonished at finding the corpse Of a
man floating on the surface Of the Seine
two Paris boatmen tried to pull 1T to the
lghA
more astonshed to discover the corpse
of a woman. tightly fastened to it with q
rope They dragged the two bodies up the
bank with some difficulty, and Informed
the police. An inquiry disclosed the fac,
that both had probably committed suicide
The man was q years old and was until
recently a shop assistant with a very good
salary and the prospect OF promotion He
had been engaged to girl sorhe two
years ago, but before the marriage took
place he fell in love with another girl He
tried to break off his engagement to marry
the second one but his people IL is said
objected, and insisted on his keeping his
engagement with the first lie yielded to
their wishes, but at the end of two months
he left his wife and went to live with the
other girl At the same time, he gave ur
his employment. and 1t was not known fol
some months what had become of him
1t is supposed. unable to find another
situation. he and the girl, for whose sake
he had left his wife in complete destitu.
ton, agreed TO die together.
stabIemRn I'm Tough Luck.
An unfortunate experience has Just be
fallen French stableman named Brode
quin. Seven years ago. when cleaning I
carriage. he found a brooch with a whit,
stone insot. which he took to be an imita
ton diamond. lie married. and a yea
later became the father Of a girl. Tn,
brooch was used to hold up the baby
bib, and on her 6th birthday Brodequil
took the child to a jeweler to buy SOM
earrings. The child was wearing tn
brooch and the jeweler recognizing tn
white stone as a diamond. offered 500 10
it. Brodequin refused the offer and tool
the brooch to another jeweler, who hande
him over to the police Experts find IN
brooch to be worth $50 and Brodequin
to be prosecuted for theft. because he di
? not take his find to police station seve
years ago.