The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-11
DUKE OF ORLEANS
 HAS MADE PEACE With Dissenting Members
 His Party OPPOSE PENSION LAW Many Members of Chamber of Deputies Want Amendment-The Population of France Con
 tinues to Dwindle
OPPOSE PENSION LAW
nv GEORGE DTFREsNE

Fly GEORGE DUFRESNE
 Paris, June 10-fSpecial)- Duke of Orleans has made peace with dissentient members of his party. There are two forms of royalism in France, the old and the new The former is arstocratic and ecclesiastical and has for it's imme- diate chief the Comte de Laregle; the latter Is of the street and is under the organization of the Action Franchise. The young bloods utterly declined to be led by the count, whom they con- sidered old-fashioned and incapable. This aroused the displeasure of the prince and there was a serious split Evidently there have been negotiations, for the new royalists recently addressed to the pretender a letter full of attachment, to which an affectionate reply was given. The Comte de Laregle has communicated the two letters to the press. The union is now complete and is bound to become a power in politics. It cannot be dis guised-republicans themselves regret fully acknowledge it, that the new roy alist movement is extending throughout the country The Action Francaise-is conducted by young men of the highest intelligence and courage, tenacious and zealous mixing with the working classes, and gaining recruits every day. As long as there was a divided camp one could afford to look tranquilly on, but it is different now. The old royalsts have the money and they have enormous society influence. These will now be placed at the service of the common cause and republican journalists have reason to take alarm.
 Though the pension law has not yet been put into operation it has many critics in the chamber. Several of these are determined to spare no efforts to have the law altered. The pensions scheme was passed in the interests of socialists But more than one socialists leader-M. Jules Guesde to wit-does not like it. M. Guesde has drawn up pro- posal, which is agreed to by 66 deputies, that the workmen's contributions should be suppressed and replaced by tax on inheritance.
 An interpolation to this effect Is to be submitted to the minister of labor. It will be seen that the proposal is to renounce the obligatory character of the law and to favor the Belgian system; liberty for the workman to claim the pen nsion, but compulsion for the employer aiding the NOIkilldH DS dll dhHudl contribution In view of a coming de- bate on the subject the minister of labor is collecting information likely to prove useful. He has requested the pre- fects throughout the country to furnish him with statistics of the workmen who can benefit from the law of those who have registered themselves for a pension, and of those who have refused to do so.
 This information will be forthcoming in fau, davs minister Of labOr does not believe that the legislators will mod ify the law in accordance with socialist aspirations. The government will, how ever afford an opportunity for a full discussion of the interpellation
 An unexpected effect of the separa- ton is that priests can now be jurymen. Before the separation, the state regarded the clergy as functionaries. They are now simplycitizens. The Abbe Barrue presented himself at the Seine assizes the other to do duty, which so aston ished the public prosecutor that he fiatly refused to admit him. The next day the acknowledged that the abbe had a perfect rigt to serve on the jury and, for the first time on record a priest in his cassock was seen sitting in the box One of these days 1t will be worth while to draw up a list of the ad- vantages given by M. Briands famous reform to the Roman Catholic church. The old republicans warned him, but in the fever of anti-clerical agitation he gave no heed.