The Calumet news., 1912-02-17
SERVING LAST
YEAR OF Term
Fallieres Will Not Seek Re-Elec-
tion as President Of the
French Republic
BOURGEOIS MAY SUCCEED HIM
Successor viii be Chosen by Sep-
ators and Deputies
Election Will Take Place January ".
1918. Brisson and Doumer Also
Talked o.

Paris. Feb. l7.--Presldent Armand
talIieres has now entered the last year
OF his seven-year term of Office. ON
January II, 1913. the French Senate
and Chamber of Deputies will convene
in solemn session at Versailles To elect
his successor.
Although the election date rs distant.
the discussion OF the question of the
next chief executive Of France Is being
taken up animatedly. II seems gem
orally accepted that President Fallieres
has no wish TO succeed himself. He Is
represented as being well satisfied With
his long term in office. which IL IL has
brought him a succession of the high
est .honors leads him 10 feel that he
may now seek a repost from the often
times arduous duties. He will retire,
IL Is stated. to southern France. where
he Is the proprietor of large area of
vineyards.
Many names are brought forward In
discussion as possible successors to Mr.
Fallieres. The most familiar is that
Of Leon Bourgeois. whose distinguished
parliamentary record and long public
service for his country must have sug-
gested him as a worthy candidate
However, Mr.. Bourgeois has entered
the new Poincare cabinet and, should
he decide to remain there. it might in
nuence his candidacy for the presi-
dency. Another much talked OF cam
didate is Antonin Dubost. the president
of the French Senate. Many believe
that the presidency is a natural step
from the leadership OF the Senate.
Other names talked of are President
Brisson. of the Chamber of Deputies.
and Paul Doumer one of the younger
Frenchmen. who has made a strong
name FOR himself in French national
life.
There is, OF course, always the
chance for The dark horse" The next
President of the Republic may be a
man who is little known now in the
political world.
The concluding year of President
Fallieres' term will be filed with inn
portant engagements. At Belfort he
will unVeil the monument to be erected
To commemorate the three sieges. and
he will also be present at the fetes TO
be given in the frontier region.
tour of several weeks in Algeria is also
being arranged.
At Paris the President Will receive
the King and Queen OF England on
their official visit and will probably
undertake n return visit to London
towards the close of the year. Queen
Wilhelmina and the Prince Consort of
the Netherlands are also awaited In
Paris this year. Finally, there Is an
other visit calculated to be of poll
tical and picturesque nature. Mouiay
Hafid, the Sultan of Morocco, which
has recently been made a protectorate
of France. will be the guest of the Re-
public in the month of July. and viii
be present at the great military re-
view at Longchamps on July IL.
Saved Nuns From Fire.
willing masculine hands prevented
fire disaster n short time ago In the
little town of lie Puy. where was sit
uated the convent of the Clarist Sis
ters. one of the most vigorously closed
orders In France. Despite the associa-
tions law, which dissolved the organ
ization. n few aged nuns were per-
mitted TO remain at their old home.
The aged sisters. rather than break
their rule which expressly forbids that
a man should set foot within THEN
walls, would have allowed themselves
to die a horrible death rather than
summon masculine help.
When fire broke out in the convent
the sisters fought 1t desperately; then
not wishing TO solicit masculine assist
ance. took refuge in the dormitory, the
door of which they barricaded. The
ere made rapid headway. and In few
minutes their refuge would have In
eyitably burned unless a policeman,
aided by courageous. townspeopie. had
broken down the door, removed ths
barricade and carried the aged nuns
already partially asphyxiated, to a
place of safety.
Princely Fortunes Left.
An examination of the fortunes left
by inheritance In France In 1910 shows
thirty mine fortunes of over a miiliof
dollars. Ten of these between two
and ten million. BY far the majority
of the legacies left on death were be-
tween four hundred dollars and TIVE
thousand dollars. The total amount o'
property admitted to probate exceede,
n billion dollars. divided among s7S,-
sol estates.
Object to U. s. Imports.
The packing-case manufacturers o.
raris have petitioned the government
TO take some step to stop the growinl
practice by French exporters OF i'm.
porters Of importing packing eases
from the United States.
The American customs NOT only Inn