The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
bONAPARTIST CAUSE Is STRENGTHENED Friends Claim Government
 Is Weak AFFAIR IN MOROCCO Queen Wilhelmina Will Probably Go To Paris in May To Return Recent Visit of President
 Fallieres
By GEO. DUFRESNE

AAFa By GEO. DUFRESNE
 Paris, August 12.-(specia1.)-The recent marrow escape from the war with ter many, which most Frenchmen openly ad- nit would probably have resulted in an other ''debacle." has enormously strength ened the Bonspartist cause and has added to the followers of Prince Victor Ma 1 poleon hundreds of thousands Of French nen who care little for him personally, but who are convinced that if France Is to maintain her place among the great | astiens of the world some way must be l found of establishing a. .firTner government -a government which does not heel at ktha slightest breeze.
 The prevailing feeling towards England i here is one of gratitude, because the British government. dtd not fall to show it's faithfulness to the entente cordiaie in s critical moment, but back of this yrastt1de is .sNfeeling that Germany would Ehaye been. taught a much-needed lesson band nave been forced to eat humble pie Ejf England and France had sent war khsips eachsto ;Agadir immediately after she arrivsEthere Of the French gunboat Panther.
 fuever have&daredp propose that France. swtf1sout any apparent reason but the moznentary.swealzness of her government. kshouid oede to Germany part of one of fher most profitable colonies. To avoid Ea4rspetition of an incident Of this kind En growing majority of the French peo- bpIe are signing for the appearance of a Eman with some of the characteristics of kfhe great Napoleon to grasp the reins of lgovernment. and save he-country from the eternal changes which are sapping its vital strength. running the respect for the flaws and degrading France m the eyes fof tho world.
 ~Most alarming of alf Is the indisputabfe facts that these continual changes are affecting the effectiveness of the French fnrmy to such an extent that not only Is it at p-esent anything but ready for big war, but it looks as if 1t is not even ready for the usual great annual ma neuvers in the north, which are, so to speak, dress rehearsals of a war with 1 the Kaisers legions.
 j, In the last few months France has had no less than four ministers of war Gen. eral Brun, M Borteaux, General Goran and M. Hassiny. each of them with dis tinct system of his own. To the confusion resulting form experimenting with these ! various systems comes the fact that the long military occupation of the riotous champagne districts has cost much money that there has even been some talk of giving up the gerat maneuvers this year from motives of economy. Cor many's sudden move and other foreign f<lrl vinced the government of the unwisdom Of such a step and General Regnault, ac- companied by the most prominent mem- bers of the general staff, are now at St
 Quentin to make an inspection. On his
 return he will at once lay plan for the
 maneuvers.
 The army's progress since 1905 has been
 continuous. Anti-militarism has no suc- bcess among the peasants. who-after all are l.the real fighting material of France. Officers and men understand each other Eyery well, and there is mutual confidence and sympathy The French army has fnow the unique advantage of possessing an admirable service of military aero tplanes. Those aerial St. Michaels will be Ethe angels to inspire the French troops fto-deeds of valor.
 ThesFrench minister of commerce.. M tCouyba. made amusing confession at ta banquet the other evening. One of the kepeakers who preceded him had spoken k1n enthusiastic terms of the new minis Eters power of work, and the minister of kcommerce. rising to reply, said quaintiy kthat his trouble was that he was not al- Flowed to work enough.
 < Nobody knows" said M Couyba,
 'funtil he has held ministerial rank, what kfhe life really means. You think that I Espend my day working. You are entirely Ewrong. I should like to- believe that E1f wonh be better thing for France k1f were to be allowed to work, but as kmatter of fact I spend my day. and so
 do all my colleagues, In being interrupted
 La Bruyere said that no minister was Sso busy that he could not afford to lose 1.-two hours day. The fact of the matter lis that every minister wishes that he Ecould find two hours in his day for quiet kuninterrupted work. Unfortunately, the kwhole of our time Is taken up with wis., ksts, and we do not get two hours unin- kferrupted work in a month. As for Sun fdays. the ministers are the only citizens kof the republic whose Sundays are un- Etouched by the law of weekly rest. We ehave to open public buildings, unveil tetatues, open exhibitions, and preside at
 ceremondals of every kind.
 \ There are fiftytwo Sundays in the kyear," he continued. There are twelve Ininisters and four under-secretaries. So !
 free Sunday is an unheard of thing while
 we are in office
 2 This frank confession was received with laughter, but it Is more than likely that M. Couyba did not intend 1t al-
 together as a. joke.
 !, It has already been decided that Queen Wilhelminia will return the visit of President Fallieres by coming to spend a few days in Paris next spring. The date is not yet fixed, but it will probably be
 in May, and this reminds one of cu- irious, but natural. incident having to do with the visits of heads of state. which is worth while recording.
 M. Fallieres has no very great liking for
 journeys, and when some time ago his
 visit to Belgium was being arranged 1t was understood that the president should go on to Holland and enable the one de
 placement to suffice for the two visits
 When this was brought to Queen Will
 heminias notice, she replied that she would be delighted to receive the presi- dent, but that she hoped that he would pay a. special visit to Holland-entirely
 and solely for Holland. This of course
 was royal command. and therefore the
 visit to Holland after the Belgian visit
 was countermanded, and special arrange
 ments were made for state visit to Ho
 land by sea in the cruiser Edgar -Qui
 not" which obviated the need of tn, president setting foot on any territor except France and Holland.
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