The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
DUKE OF ORL Fans
MAKES HIS PEACE.
lie ! S Again in Good Graces Of
Dissentient Members Of
Party.
TWO FORMS OF ROYALTY
One Is Aristocratic, While the
Other Is Of the
Street.
ny GEORGE puEI,EsNE.

lsreciai ca he 70 The Times Dispatch. I
Paris. June l0.-rhe Duke Of Orleanr
has made peace with disscntient mem
bers of his party There arc two
forms OF royalty In FIance-the olt
and the new. The former Is aristo.
cratic and ecclesiastical and has foi
its immediate chief tho Contc dc La
regle: the latter is OF the street and
is under the organization or tho Ac-
ton Franchise. The young bloods Ut
terly declined TO be led BY the count.
whom they considered old fashioned
and Incapable. This AROUSED the lis.
pleasure OF the prince, ana there vas
a serious split Evidently there have
been negotiations. for the new royals
lists recently addressed TO tile Prctcn-
der letter full Of attachment. 10
which an afectlonatc reply was give,
The Comte dc Larcglc has c0mmuni-
Gated the two letters 10 the press. Tho
union Is nov complete, and is bound
TO become power In politics. Ii can
no, he disguised --kepubiican them
selves regretfmlly acknowledg. it,
that the new royalist movement is OK
tending throughout the country. The
Action Franchise IL conducted ~
young men Of the highest Intelligence
and courage tenacious and Jealous
uii"'hk !" IN tHc WofRinS classes, anu
gaining recruits every day As long
as there was a divided camp ono could
afford 10 look TRANQUILITY on. hut II is
Inherent now The lid royalists have
The money, and they have enormous
society influence. These viii now 81.
placed N the service Of the common
cnuse and Republican Journalists have
reason TO take alarm.
70, ~. II
yc; been put into operation, II has many
critics in IN" Chamber. Several Of
these arc determined TO spare no ef-
forts 10 have the law altered The
pensions scheme WAS passed In the
Interests or Socialists But more than
one Socialist ieahcr-M Jules Guesde.
10 wlt--doca not Ike It. NJ. Gncsdc
has drawn up . proposal which ia
agreed 10 BY siSty-siN deputies. that
tho workrnan'a coniributijns should he
snprrc sHcd and replaced by & tax OH
Inheritance. III
An Interpretation 10 thie cGco, IS 10
be submitted 10 tho Minister OF il.apcr.8
IL Will he seen that the proposal IS
10 :rnounce the obligatory character
system; liberty for the workman 10
claim the pension, but comrnlsion for
The employer IN aiding the workma II 1.
by an annual contribution. In view
nj coming debate on the subject The
Minister ~ Labor is collecting intorrna.
lion likely 10 prove useful liz ha.
requested the projects throughout the
country TO furnish HIM with Stats.
tics Of the workmen who can henctit
from tho law Of ihose who nave regis.
tered themselves for n pension and
of those who sia@e refused n do So
This Information VIII .hc forihcom
Ing In few dnys The Minister OF
I ttS,,. II .
lators Will modify the law III az
cordancr With socialist aspirations Tho
government Will however afford an
opportuni,y for fun discussion OF
the Interpolation.
An uneNrecteu effect OF the separn
ton bin Is that priests can now be
iurymcn. Before the separation thu
state regarded tho clergy as Junction
aries Thev arc now simply citizens
The Able Barruc presented himself at
the Seine Assaos tho other DAY Ia do
duty. which so nstonlshcd 5thc public
prosecutor that he nntly refused 10
admit him. The next day the advo-
cat general acknowledged that the
Abbe had perfect right tn serve on
the jury. and. for the first time on
record a priest In his cassock was seen
sitting III the box. One ot.thcse days
II will be worth while to draw up a
list Of the advantages given hy NJ.
BrlhndS famous reform to the Roma
Catholic Church The old republicans
warned him. but in The fever of anti
clerical aSitated he gave no heed.
Il! ,3i ..5il ~ .E4 1i t
The population OF France continues
TO dwindle. and statlsticIans raise the
cry OF alarm. The latest census returns
are just ms mournful rs the preceding.
There is. however, a ray of hope. The
marriage rate Is riainR. This Is TO be
In
lation introduced by that excellent
priest. the Able Lcmire. who was spe : A
cialized In this direction In the Cham
Der.
Unfortunately, he finds that in serv-
Ing the cause OF a wide humanity he
Is upsetting marrow prejndices. and he
mas to pay the penalty in some criti-
Gins of his work and aims by Catho-
lies. Still, the fact remains that mar
ftaSes have largely increased since the
old vexatious disabilities were re-
moved, and boy and girl can go be-
Tore the major, and afterwards the
cure, with a minimum OF formalities
The recalcitrant parent who withhoids
his consent because OF the lnsuGlciency
Of the "dot" can now be deflcd with
lmpunity a.isi8
Yet the birth rate has not improved.
Presumably Il will In the meantime,
special treat ent for fathers or large
families has become ono of The dues
lions Of the day Unless some chahce
Of sentiments arises France must
eventually disa ppear from the map. In
place OF the million year excess az
births over deaths in Germany, France
can show only few thousands The
only remedy one can see is that Other
nations will gradually come to follow
FRANCE In this respect. 1t is n ques-
tion of what we might call super !.
civilization;" and we arc all tending
that way.