The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
PARIS AGAIN JAY
 AS FLOOD FALLS Orders Are Issued to the Peo-
 pie to Disinfsct Houses SUFFERING STILL GREAT
Aid Is Coming in for the Flood suf- ferers From All Quarters and Au- thorlties Are Handling the
 Problem Promptly.

Paris, Janusry s1.-rhe improvement in the general situation -3ntinues, and the spirits of the Parisianx are rising as the waters fall Street hswkers are selling postcard pictures of the flood and the boillevards are once more gay with re- joicing thousands.
 With the crisis past, the mercurial French temperament faces the subsidiary troubles with light heart. but the papers are already sounding note of warning that the lesson must not be forgotten; that measures must be taken to avoid a repetition of the disaster. This can be done by the construction of a cutoff, either in the way of 8 canal or large underground conduit around Paris.
 The prefect of the department of the Seine has issued instructions to the own- CTS of flooded houses to clean and disin- feet their property to the satisfaction of the municipal architects within two hours after the subsistence of the waters. Other wise the work will be done at the cost and risk of the owners. The government has ordered the tax collectors to show the greatest leniency to delinquents and the Mont De Piete Is extending pawn tickets for three months
 
 work of pumping out the subway, and considerable progress Is being made in the sections where the flood is lowest.
 Public and private benevolence contin- ues to respond to the call of the sufferers. All the theatres and musical societies are organizing benefits, while the various race courses are arranging big meeting for the spring, the receipts of which will go to the poor. A resolution has been intro duced in the chamber of deputies, asking the government to award special crosses of the Legion of Honor to those who have been conspicuous in the rescue work.
 Although the papers are printing col- umns of pitiful stories, hundredth part will be known. Many corpses have been swept down the liver. Scstres of half -famisied families lave beet rescued from their homes, and there are hundreds still occupying their half-submerged houses waiting for the water to recede. A source of danger will be the starving dogs roam- ing around Alfortville and Ivry and many of these have been shot in the fear that they might develop rabies. In several in- stances they have made attacks upon hu- man beings.
 M. Millerand, minister of public works says that so soon as normal conditions are restored the government will serious ly consider the canal scheme Inc gov- ernment has arranged to loan money to the ruined house and shop owners to en- able them to rebuild immediately These loans may be refunded in installments.
 Some of the suburban towns which have been deprived of light were provided this evening with gas from the Paris mains
 The work of disinfection in the streets of Paris has already begun
 The River Seine continues to recede at the rate of three-quarters of an ,inch an hour, but at certain points out of the city the rush of waters is threatening and soldiers are still at work building dams to divert or stay the currents.
 The relief fund of the American cham Der of commerce has now reached s45,O0o