Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-03
|P0INCARE WELL
KNOWN FIGURE IN
french CAPITAL
French Army Captain Makes
Sensational Escape From
German Fort
Curious Battle Was Recently
Fought in Suburbs Of
1lipOIitan Town
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 3.-Raymond Poincare,
the new prime minister, is one OF the
most interesting figures in the French
Republic. In him are combined all
that one understands by French cul-
ture. dignity and charm of manner,
added to a reputation of stern in
tegrity that is nationwide.
This is the third time that the
French Academy has supplied the
Third Republic 18th prime minis
ter. The first was the Duke of Brog-
lie in 1873, and the second was M.
de Freycinet in 1890.
Poincare comes to power with ripe
ideas on the subject of government.
He once expressed the triple wish,
which may be taken as the key to
his attitude, that deputies would
legislate without attempting to gov
ern, that ministers would govern on
their own responsibility, and that
justice should know no politics. He
is a consistent opponent of socialism,
but he expressed himself grateful to
socialists for the opportunities they
afford for studying their theories and
discussing them calmly and dis
passionately. His versatility is to a
considerable d egree matter Of
family influence, for his father, uncle.
elder brother and cousin have all
been distinguished in science and
literature; and, as was said by Law
isse when Poincare was introduced
into dhe Academy, they might be-
said to constitute little family uni
versity all by themselves. Poincare
has denounced anti-patriotism in the
present state of Europe as a most
CHASTITY deception and places love of
country above all other considera-
tons.
In his private and domestic life,
the new premier is anything but a
recluse. He has a fine house near
the famous Bots de Boulogne, where
20 entertains largely, but his family,
his friends, his books and his work
of art occupy the greatest place in
his affection and his attention. He
doe" not miss many first might per.
formances at the theatre. He is
fond of racing and may occasionally
be seen at Longchamp and Auteuil.
He is also lover of animals and his
companions while at work and study
are handsome collie dog and a.
rure-bred Persian cat.
A lawyer by profession, Poincare
is equally at home in art, literature
and philosophy.
A curious battle, not drawn on the
programme of the opposing generals,
was fought recently in the historic
suburbs AinZara, one of the last
towns to be captured by the Italians
in the Tripoli war. At midnight a
furious bowling was heard coming
from a score Of dogs attached to the
Italian army who had last been seem
turning about the outposts. An al
larm was at once given and all the
soldiers seized their rifles and pre-.
pared themselves for a night attack
from the Turks and Arabs. It was
not man attack this time, however,
but a surprise visit from about fif-
teen dogs attached to the Turkish
forces Soldiers leaned upon mus.
kets and watched one of the fiercest
engagements of the campaign. The
dogs fought with something of the
savagery formerly seen among the
CANNES of Constantinople, and when
the soldiers finall' cleared the field
of action five dogs were found dead
and number mortally wounded.
The recent sensational escape of
Captain LUX of the French army
from a German fortress has brought
into lively discussion the question of
spying. A leading French monthly
has invited leading members of the
French Academy and of the French
Institute to give their opinion. The
majority consider that the employ
ment Of spies is dangerous, demora-
LIKING and useless. Jules Claretie
declared that Germany on principle
buys all spying information offered
to her, but that Napoleon always re-
fused to confer any decoration on
a spy, whatever risks he might lave
incurred.
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant
answered that while he considered
espionage unworthy of any civilized
nation, he still thought that it was
puerile to attempt to suppress it I'M
der a system of armed peace. He
thought however, that the question
might be referred to Hague confer
ence.
Professor Perrier recently an
nounced to the Academy of medicine
the successful result of a long Sc
ries of studies pursued by DR.. Dupuy
into the causes of backward and gen.
orally feeble children. who do not
grow. cannot learn and. later become
life's failure if nothing worse.
DR.. Dupuy having first established
that the principal cause of this state
of physical and moral inferiority was
an insufficient secretion of certain in
ternal glands. sought and found a
simple and effective remedy by max
ing a serum from the same glands |