The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
CAUSES OF UNREST IN FRENCH CAPITAL Change of Ministry Does
 Little Better TROUBLE IS DEEPER General Interests of Country Are Subordinated to Private Political Interests in Every Minis
 terial Crisis
By GEORGE DUFREsNE

importance.
 What France wants is good and strong government. That is not at tained by forming cabinet composed of men responsible in a considerable measure for the national deadlock of the last ten years. For example M Messering, a radical socialist fanatic, as Minister of War, is scarcely calcu- French officers. who were beginning to think that a better time was in store for them with General Gorran. As for the Foreign Department, no doubt M. Cruppi was not an ideal person to fill l the shoes of Richelieu, but he did his best, and was really in the way of be- coming an excellent Foreign Minister apart from the good work he has done during the past three months In using the broom at the Quai d'Orsay. But NJ de Selves seems to have been given the post of M. Cruppi simply on the prin- ciple of promoveatur ut removeat tur 1 That is the rule at the Vatican when the bishop of a diocese givets trouble. He is appointed archbishop in part | ibus. Higher rank, but put on the
 
 moving M. de Selves from the Prefec- ture of the Seine. but why should he raise him to one of the most difficult posts in the government passes all comprehension.
 The fact is, the great interests of the country are subordinated to private political interests every time there is a ministerial crisis. At the very mo- ment that the delicate question of the discharged railroad strikers has to be settled. M. Augagneaur, socialist mil itant character, Is put in the Ministry of Public Works, M. Callaux might just as well have selected the chairman of l the strike committed. But M Augag- l peaur was the friend of M. Camille Pei . l letan, and M Caillaux was anxious to mollify the chief agent of M. Combes, I In the Chamber of Deputies. The new Premier till now has been identified with financial statesmanship. in which he succeeded in arousing the wrath of | French capitalists and French land owners. The late M. Maurice Rouvier did not approve Caillaux, and the lat ter's income tax bill Is still sleeping in one of the Senate's pigeon holes. The only indication of change of front on | the part of the new cabinet is in the
 
 ern firmly. It is a mirage NJ. Calliaux | is counting on the restoration of the l famous blow. But the combination that | succeeded under M. Waldeck -Sousseau and M. Combes has no chance now. | Why? Because the raison d'etre of the bloc was the war against the church and the religious orders. The concor- dat has appeared. so has the Nuncio The church is separated from the state, and the later has laid hold of all the property and foundation. The re- ligious orders have been scattered ano | their goods "liquidated" a la Duez some 10000 Christian schools have beer shut up. So the clerical spectre i. dead and buried Radical and radical Socialist groups have no longer any common ground for united action, ant all the kings horses and all the kings men" will not pull the bloc together again.
 The Due de Guiche, who has been identified with scientific pursuits all his life, has now become a doctor O, science, thanks to his thesis on serody. namics. When the Duke began his sci entifc experiments he found that thert was no laboratory for physical me- chanics. He created one, making spec ial journeys to Zurich and Darmstat in order to study the model installa
 
 laboratory is situated at Levallois- Per ret, and contains the most up-to- dat machines and instruments. Being in Iterested in aeronautic research, the Duke set to work to study the resis l tance of air, and conducted in the fores. try of Comte Greffulho at Bois- Boudrar and on the property of the Due de Val. Here.
 His laboratory has now become . centre of scientific activity and he in. tends to place it at the disposal of all scientists who can make use of It. Ths Due de Guiche does not devote all his time to science. He is a keen sports. man, and a very acceptable artist. H. shows his pictures at the National society. He is also an enthusiastic golf CT and generally manages to win more matches than he loses It is his in. tention to follow the example of the Due de Broglie, a doctor of science like himself, and publish scientific books.
 Maitre Labori Is not only one of the most eminent barristers at the Par. Is bar; he is, also, one of the most pop. ular. He has just been elected Baton. nier. or President of the bar society by the largest number of votes vel cast for a candidate. l well remembe, the emotion caused in Rennes tho morning he was shot, and the hue and
 
 search of the man who had thus at tempted to end the days of the defende, of Dreyfus. Even the presence of his wife, a charming member of the Anglo. Saxon color of Paris, did not save La. borf from this cowardly attack. Ther. were stormy days for him in ever, sense during the great trial, and public opinion was so set against him that he lost much of his practice. But to day it has nor" than attained its ole proportions. His career in Parlian1en was of quite short duration, and he re tired in disgust at the impossibility- as it seemed to hm=-of effecting ser ious reform. The advocate of Dreyfu has always held staunchly to the view of his clients innocence, but 1t is sait that he has another opinion of his grat ltude.
 The International Congress on Juven ile Criminality, just held in Paris, ha, under consideration report showin, how young deinquents may be deal with by tribunal ad hoe. Each cas will be tried by single magistrate the presence of public prosecutor no being indispensable. The ordinary ad vocate. may be replaced by the membe } of q benevolent society. The Judg } d'instruction will prepare the case b [ a careful inquiry into the delinquent 2 family life, surroundings and antecedents I a medical examination will be made by ' specialist in childrens character. psychol 2 ogy and ailments If normal, tbe cas I goes before the tribunal; if abnormal, tn { delinquent is placed In special establish : ment In court, the child is placed nea the magistrate so that the latter ma address him without being overheard. Tn not -t,o, for.,