The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
MOROCCO AFFAIR
 IS NOT CLOSED President Fallieres Soon to
 Be Chosen ORIGIN OF KINGSHIP
Good Document for Suffragists. Create Belgium Committee of National Defense-The Food
 Riots Continue
By GEORGE DUFREsNE

By GEORGE DUFREsNE | Paris, October 14.-(Special)-Th Mo- | rocco crisis is over. as far as all danger | of a war with Germany is concerned, but the affair is bound to have an after effect | in the chamber of deputies in little over two weeks, for the chosen represen- tatives of the people are very indignant at having been left entirely out of the
 play at time when national honor was at stake The whole thing in a nutshell is this:
 France is a republic based on the sov- ereignty of the people. That sovereignty is asserted through the nations repre- sentatives. In 1871 parliament was con- voSed to deliberate on the Bismarckian demands and vote accordingly. The con stitution defines the rights of the cham bers in moments of grave peril to nation- al interests. It is admitted by all that France has never. passed through such crisis as the recent one, since the war with Germany.
 For all that the French government never called parliament together. Depu- ties were kept as much in the dark as to what was going on as ordinary mortals.
 But in the weeks time they will make their voices heard and they will show the result of education" in the recess. The old peace-at-any-price majority, i judging from all the signs, no longer eX- ists. Radicals and radical socialists are | as downllgnt in patriotism as conserva- tives and nationalists. The proposed ces- | sion of the Mid-Congo has particularly I aroused hostility. The constituencies ob- | pect to the transaction absolutely and | deputies hold their constituencies in re- spect Hence the report that the cham bers would refuse to ratify the accord if I it included the alienation of the Mid l Congo.
 M. Armand Falliers' will cease to be I President of the French republic on Jan
 uary 1T, 1913. In little more than one l year, therefore, the national assembly
 will meet at Versailles to appoint his i successor. The president of the senate
 and the president of the chamber of i deputies, who rank immediately after the 1 chief of the state, naturally stand the | best chance. These two exalted posts are
 held by Antonin Dubost and M. Henri l Brisson, respectively.
 l The probability that the national as- semby this time may seek elsewhere 1 lo doubt accounts for certain candidates l being discussed in political circles. Among | these is that of M. Emile Loubet, whose 1 seven years at the Elysee were so suc-' cessful. But the ex-President of the re- public is neither deputy nor a senator. One could have thought that one who had filled the highest point in the land would find a place ready for him in the senate on his retirement. But no pro- vision whatever has been made in the constitution for such contingencies. If M. Loubet is again to be the Presi- Je,f he firyfl I, i,, rIfo-
 ment. That is why he is a candidate for an approaching senatorial election in the Monteliniar district. Should he be re- turned, a movement in favor of his re- election to the presidency of the republic will take definite shape.
 The "Revue des Deux Mondes" has a brilliant article by Frank Bretano on tie origin of ilingship. The old chronicles give certain color to feminist preten- sicns. Know, all stiff necked men who would deny women the vote, that, in mediaval times, the sex had it's part In the administration of France. The Queen Eeld the purse of the states. and under her orders was the chambrier or chan oellor of the eXchequer. The hierarchical order was: King, Queen and eldest prince. An old historian accuses the royal consort of being too sharp. She made money out of the bishops for the good of the treasury.
 Phillip Augustus was the first king to break with the feminine tradition; but, down to quite recent times. the trace of primitive conditions is found In the ab- sence of Louis XIV Marie Theresa had to sign and deliver the lettres de cachet"
 SuTragettes should rejoice in this his torical warrant for their claims
 
 King Albert of Belgium decided upon the creation of committee of national defense, under his personal presidency. Events have shown that the Belgian army is in a state of profound ineffcien- cy, and his majesty desires that prompt measures be taken. The committee will include several ministers and generals, and will settle plan of eventual cam paign and other questions regarding de- fense. King Albert's decision is generally approved.
 Coincident with the recent fears of war there was interesting demonstration of Franco-Belgian friendship at the con- gress of the "Amities Feancaises." The congress, at which were gathered all Bel gians who claim French culture as their own, finished few days ago and at a demonstration at the Jemapes monument in commemoration of the first victory of the French revolution General Langlols, | who represented the French academy, de- | livered fine speech.
 The agitation consequent oi the in creased prices of food still continues. The government imagines it has a remedy in the establishment of cooperative bakeries and butchers shops. In other words, the desire is to do away with the mddleman | Naturally, those who sell things in- dignant at the idea of the government in- 1 terfering with the intermediates
 NJ. Million, the president of the Partisan | alimentation committed. falls foul of the | suggestion made by NJ. Paul Boncour | the former minister of labor, that the | intermediates, among whom must be in- | cluded the small traders. should be sur | pressed. He points out that if the small | shopkeepers were done away with not | only would a great social injustice be l committed but an iIreparable financial i error would result.
 He suggests that instead of Interfering i with the business life of the country | the government should seek to reorganizc ] the transport services, so that the centers | of production should be brought into more | rapid communication with the centers of consumption. Another suggestion is that | the regulations imposed on tue refrig- efated meat should be suppressed.
 The opinion is strongly held that the creation of mrnepal bakeries and butch CTS shops will not solve the dear food | problem. Provisions are attacked and de- stroyed when they arrive at the mar lsets, and the police are making arrests. At some meetings the temporary sup pression of the octroi duties on prov- | SiOnS which are an absolute Deressity