The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-28
Will NOT ACCEPT
new PENSION LAW
People Throughout France Are
Boycotting Governments
Plan.
PET SCHEME OF RADICALS
Workmen Decline Weekly Con-
tributions Tor Mcagre Sti-
pend in Old Agc
NJ. GEORGE D,FREsxE.

ny GEORGE DtFRESSE.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.l
Paris. May aI.--.A singular spectacle
lis being witnessed all over France
The authorities are cndeayoring to nut
tile workmen's pension Law into effect
and the people will rot accept H. There
are more than 4 million wage carriers
in Paris. and only $1,000 have inscribed
their names: at Lyons. out Of 10000
workmen 5000 have made the neces-
sary declarations; at Narcotics. 10000
out os 100000 Everywhere 1t IS the
same story.
Al some places the Law Is boycott cd
altogether. Now this so-calied reform
vas the pct scheme of tic. Radicals
for years. and the" moved heaven and
earth to have II voted before going
to their constituencies a, the last gen
eral election. AS bal; 10 secure re-
election. 1t Was considered infallible.
Jules Cuesde. the Socialist. was sim
ply derided by his brother deputies
when he foretold the cXa spera iion the
bill would incite among the proletariat
as soon as they became aware Of It's
provisions n
For the sake OF totally Inadequate.
pension, in the long years TO come,
work men we're called upon to contrI-
butte. week by week. from their scanty
earnings. No distinction was made
between the better-eff and the poorer.
1t was an Immense accumulation OF
funds in the hands OF the state without
any control on the part Of the sub
scrihers. The Socialists are now quite
of the mind OF Jules Ciuesde, and are
doing their utmost to excite the people
against the law. The General Labor
Confederation is equally active.
NJ. lean Codet. Republican Senator.
has interviewed ministers on the sub
ject. and they. too. are Obliged TO con-
fess that the reform is a failure. An
other bill Is to be introduced. and NJ.
Codet Will be it's parent as soon as the
chamber meets.
An instance of an employe Of the
post office. who has saved the state
$4,000. 900. Is given day Paris rs
connected with all the large towns by
a system of underground telegraph.
wires. In 1879 1t was found that the.
wires did not work satisfactorily. In
the following year they did not work
at all. The wires were abandoned for
len years. In 1000 the budget COM
mission of the chamber acting on the
advice OF the engineers OF the post
office. decided to-. abandon altogether
the wires, which had cost IS. 100000.
The employe Of the post-oGice, who
had read the report of the budget COM
mission called on the under secretary
of state for that department and in
formed him that 1t was possible 10
utilize the condemned wires. The en-
pioye, Queinnec BY name. was listened
to- but the engineers laughed at the
idea OF his doing anything with the
wires which they had condemned.
NJ. Queinnec set to work. AZ small
expense he repaired the wires one BY
one. He not only repaired hut Inn.
proved them The engineers did not
laugh now. NJ Queinnec was given
an advance OF 5000 a year, and made
district inspector of telegraph wires
He has, again been heard of. In
consequence of the floods which de-
vastated the sub.-:,s last year. several
overhead telegraph wires We're dam
aged. VI. Queinnec called upon the
minister OF works and pointed out that
there was around Paris a network OF
underground wires which had cost
81. 600. 900. and which had been aban-
doned for twenty years. He promised
TO put them in order. Again the engi-
neers laughed but the minister Of
works placed the Job in his hands ali
the same He did his work satisfac-
torily. thus saving the state S2OOo.000
In recognition of his admiral BILE work
he was decorated last year, and Ii is
now a question Of giving him another
increase of $500 a year. and making
him principal inspector of the under
ground teiegraph wires in France
The Paris Assize Court has had TO
deal with 4 murder case rather out of
the common for the accused, who has
been sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment, IS titled teamster-a genuine
count. He was accused of having