Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-30
Swollen Seine Slowly SubSid-
ing, Bringing Relief to Desc
lated City, Though Danger is
By No Means Over,
FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
ARE HOMELESS IN FRANCE
Hospitals and Public Buildings
Shelter Refugees Red Cross
and Government Cooperate
in Work of Relief,

Pars. Jan. 29--slowly the swollen
waters of the Seine, which reached
their high mark at ; O'Clock this MOI =
ming. were subsidine ana At 'aidnight
the fall measured 4 y inches, enough
TO bring q sense Of relief to the desc
lated and distracted city.
The danger OF some great calamity
such as has been predicted now seems
over. although - ntinues
critical partiet
are station where the en-
and solid blocks of buildin
to sink through the crust INTO the wa
ters beneath.
The effect of the removal of the Wa-
Ter pressure has been To weaken fohn-
dations generally and this causes the
greatest anxiety Besides, there Will
be thousands OF acres 10 be cleared or
repaired when the water has feceded
and there is also the possibility OF an
epidemic.
II is believed the breaking Of the
dam 1T GcnneVillicres appreeiablN has
fastened the climax BY releasing an
immense amount of water but 'ne
consequences are appalling.
t;ennevillieres and Colpmbcs nave
30 600 inhabitants. They are com
pletptv submerged. the water reaching
lie tops of houses in - - lower sec
zion. Wfife the Hood ds backing up m
10 the center of Asnieres.
Certainly 10000 people have been
driven from their homes in the valley
of the Seine TO hospitals and other
buildings placed at the disposition oi
refugees.
Dispatches from provinces Indicate
n general Improvement except in the
lower valley Of the Seine.
Premier BRAND today gave a cate
yorical denial tn reports that the gov
ernment contemplated procllmlhs y
state of Siege in the city. lie sald tha'
there would have been no hesitation 70
dn this if the necessity had arisen
but that the public had manifested
complete confidence in the government
and was cooperating in such splendid
fashion that France might well be
proud before the world
The French Red Cross. the Societe
des Danes Francaise and the Soclete
Femmes de France are rendering nm
mensc assistance to the authorizes III
relief work.
sixty relief stations have hcen es-
tabished in Paris as well as camps
for the free distribution of soup, food
and clothing.
Nevertheless. conditions, especially
in country districts are pitifui. Tho
houses of farmers are submerged t'
the roofs and in many cases lnhaDi'
tants have lost everything.
It is estimated that the Seine which
under normal conditions moves
through Paris at the sluggish rate
of less than mile an hour. Is now
carving thirty times the ordinary
volume at twenty miles an hour.
A number Of depIorable incidents
have been reported. Several shop
keepers. who attempted to charge
duadruple prices have been mobbeo
while a groceryman who was driver
TO the upper story of his house bN az
angry mob. fired a revolver wound
ing q woman.
Rowdies have attempted to piliag'
many houses, and at several times
they have been driven off by the mil
itary.
Explanations Of the floods given b,
French scientists are of especial IN
Eerest Etienne etanislas Meunier
an eminent geolOgist considers th'
phenomenon to be more Of a geo
ghraphical than "A meteorological ma
ture. He declares the soil of the en-
tire basis OF the Seine has become i'm
perceptibly filled TO the point of com
plett saturation in The precedins
three months of gentle rains with mod
crate temperature. which RETARDED
cvaporation When the heavy rain
came AtSi Wttk Aitt SAVhtiA We" az
solutelN impermeable. and the waite
ran of as II from cement floor.
NJ Meunier concludes the powe
given to an area OF country 10 TAX
care Of water, outside of consideration
as to natural soil. is measured by tn
evaporation per acre. As the tree
draw the moisture from the soil per
mitting evaporation. this energy i
proportional 10 In. number Of leaves
Consequently. reforestation is the onl
natural remedy
The American chamber of fcnm
merce. presided over by Amhassadu
Bacon. today. adopted resolutions q
sympathy. The American ambassa
dor said he and General Mason wer
receiving cahlegrams offering assist
anee, IL agreeable to the French gov
ernment.
''The offering of aid from abroad
said the ambassador. rs matter "
great eiciieaey upon si'-h e'''''isien
but / am sure that contributions IRON
Americans ln an parts of the world
or from anybndy else. viii pe CRATE
1ully received
Ambassador Bacon subscribed 8.
o0e and the amount. through thi
agency. tonight reached S5a.e"'
Newspaper subscriptions now rXeee
Sseu ooa.
Premier BRAND has arranged fo
Hour mills and oil reservoirs In th
west aud north L" send flour and &"