Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
INCOHERENT SITUATION In FRAEJL,

part OF tho D-lssn'st preteadere I
future only can answer th9t query.
ON the other hand the Bona D. F;isis aie
not idle. and are preparing 10 consult tr@
people by means OF their favoriie mstaoa
the 'plebiscite
The initiative is To be taken on or aheu
the time OF projected visit Ia Paris -
tie wife Of TER nee Victor Napoleon an
Princess Ciementinc Of Ratciuml
Prince Victor being in LONDON recently
was interviewed h. an editor Of the
Figaro. 10 whom he made In substance
the following declarations
one was mistaken to attribute to him
said the prince. spirit OF blind ana
systematic opposition. He MAS no: an
abettor of disorders. he would not pra ctice
Dad politics. he would not b. associated
with maneuvers which might augment the
troubles of the nation, compromise her In
terests and risk the paralyzation of ar
lairs OF the government of h country.
he placed above all else his wish for tho
happiness and tranquility OF France
In truth he had been frequently asked
Tor advice as to the means 10 be employ
ed He would tell them nothing that Was
new. that To great number of political
men pariiamentarism had arrived at the
last stage OF Its evolution. The cham
bers could no longer vote the budget It
was the reign of incoherence The dis
orders II engfndered resulted I'm all sort.
OF manifestations of anarchy. post Office
telegraph and railway strikes insurrec-
tons In the Marine and Aude and repeat
ed scandals in all branches of admin
istraaion.
We are dying OF lack OF authority ana
Of false democracy" said the prince. who
| reviewed his policy, which was the policy
| OF the consulate. thus:
| Bonaparte in the year VIII found
France torn by factions. France had
gone away from the ancient order OF
| things and was powerless to create a
new order The first consul had recon
cied France with herself. In consolidat-
| ing the conquests Of the revolution he
repudfated its excuses. Bonaparte sp-
| pealed TO all for their aid and put every
one in his proper place. associatinR I'm q
common word g;rondns. moutagnards.
mountaineers. royaiists and republicans.
1 The consulate republic established in
stitnt'ons SO well adapted to the wants of
| France Of the nineteenth century thar
| France had lived with them and because
. OF them II created the political con
cordat, the religious. judicial and social
4 out doubt the institutions Of the year
VIII had grown Cd, but the inspiration
ont Of which they sprang should more
than ever serve as guide.
1t was necessary TO close the era Of dis
orders 1t was necessary to finish with
theories Of ostracism and
| Urgent the doctrines of hate. IL
| MI was necessary to group
Neeus. all sensible and patriotic
/ Frenchmen who wish TO throw a veil over
their former differences to labor In con-
cert for the resurrection of their coun-
try.
Today, as a hundred years ago, girond-
| ins mountaineers, royalists and republic
ans are engaged in a fratricidal war.
! Was il not possible that today. as a CEN
fury ago. France was tired OF that war!
/ Nevertheless the prince recognized the
fact that If all was not changed many
| things were modified and new problems
| were presented.
And the prince expressed thus his ideas.
/ which will doubtless be Incorporated i'm
! the proclamation which may be Issued In
a propitious moment: The "plebiscitaires
were not partisans OF a revolution, but Of
| an evolution. Whatever conception one
| may have, the republic should have at its
| head a government that governs. To
! this end it was necessary to give IL an
authority strong enough to protect true
| liberty and to march at the same time at
| the head Of progress. The 'plebiscltaire"
| theory Is the only one which may achieve
| this object. 1t alone conforms to French
| temperament. France desires to live
| Some day, very soon. said the prince. he
was firmly convinced that the country.
disa bused of demagog;c chimers, and
| freed from retrograde Illusions would
| vert to the great principles which the
/ name of Napoleon represents and which
alone may assure Order ana progress.
Ii is quite too soon to form a just idea
of the stability Of the Caillaux cabinet.
| For the moment we must be content TO
make an instantaneous" of the members.
First, there are six of the new ministry
who belonged to the Monis ministry-MM.
Caillaux. Cruppi. Massimy. Delcasse.
| Pans and Steeg.
The new minister OF foreign affairs. NJ
| Casimir de Telves, was senator of Tarn
ct Garonne and project of the Seine lie
secretary Gambefta Hp
an administrator but no one knows IL he
has in him the stuff OF the diplomat which
| is required at this moment. when the
question of Morocco may develop Euro
| pean complications.
NJ Klotz minister of finance. held this
portfolio under the BRAND ministry. NJ
Augagneur the new min
Some New lister of public works. sue
M;~;,4. ceeded to NJ. Dumont.
Aise0As' who does not belong 10
the new ministry He is deputy of the
Rhone and former governor Of Madagas-
car. NJ. Couyba, minister of commerce.
is senator of the Haute-Saone. NJ. Fran
co.'s Lebrun is deputy OF the Meurthe at
Moselle and succeeded to NJ Messmy.
who now takes the portfolio of war NJ.
Messimy. minister of colonies in the
Monis cabinet, is a former officer OF
"chasseurs a pied who left the army To
go into politics. He is the author of sew
eral projects marine and army. and
among these the creation OF native CO.
lonial army. NJ. Rene Renoult Is deputy
of the Haute-Saone and takes the port
folio OF public work and labor. succeeding
J NJ. Boncour.
1t is to he remarked that in the new
ministry the ma jorty OF its members are
adversaries of the r. p. In the first meet
ing of the cabinet. held the night of the
2Sth ultimo, the terms OF the ministerial
declaration were discussed-the budget,
the delimitations. the electoral reform.
the restoration Of the revoked railway
employees in the strike OF 1910.
AS well as the Monis ministry, the Gail
laux ministry is recruited principally
among radtcal-socialist senators and dep
uties: that Is to say, anti-clerical and
adverse to electoral reform. And yet, the
chamber is in favor of that reform, and
not against Ii. Under such circum-
stances only the unexpected which hap
pens in politics may lend long life to
this ministry.
NJ Caillaux. president Of the council
and minister of the interior. is the author
of the project of tax on incomes. against
which public opinion Is arrayed. II 10
to be assumed that the premier will
maintain his project in the chamber that
voted It, but which the senate continues
g.