Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-19
FALLIERES HAS NO
WISH TO SUCCEED
SELF IN OFFICE
President of France Will Re-
tire; New Chief Executive
to Be Elected in 1913 May
Be Dark Horse"
my nysaIar herald a. >. Leased wire


year Of his seven-ycar term Of Office.
On January a., 1913. the French sen
ate ana chamber OF deputies will con-
yeno In solemn session at Versailles
to elect his successor.
Although the election date Is dis
tant the discussion OF the question OF
tae next CHIEF executive OF France Is
being taken up animatedly. II seems
generally accepted that President
FalllorOs has no wish 10 succeed him
SELF He Is represented as Deiug we'll
satisfied with his long term OF office,
which, IL Il mas brought him a sue
ctssion OF the highest donors leads
him TO feel that lac may now seek "A
repOse from the oftontimcs arduOus
duties lie viii retire, II is stated, 10
southern France. where he Is the proc
prlotor OF large area OF vineyards.
Many names are brought forward
In discussion as possible successors to
Mr.. Falheres. The most familiar is
that OF Leon Bourgeoise, whose dis
tlngulshcd parliamentary record and
long public service for hts country
must have suggested him AS worthy
candidate. However, Mr.. Bourgeois
has entered the new Polncare cabinet
and, should ne decide TO remain there.
u might influence his candidacy for
the presidency. Another much talk
Cd OF candidate Is Antonln DubOst,
the president OF the French senate.
Many believe that the presidency rs
u natural step from the leadership of
the senate. other names talked 81
are President Brisson, Of the cham
Der OF deputies, and Paul DOdmer,
one OF the younger Frenchmcn, VINO
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 DC
q man who is little known now In
tho political world.
Tne concluding year Of President
Fallieres' term win be nlled with im-
pVrtant engagements. At Belfort ne
VIII unyei the monument to be erect
ca 10 commemorate the three sieges,
and he will also be present AZ the fetes
TO be given Ia the frontier region. a
tour OF several weeks in Algeria ~ also
being arranged.
Al Paris the president viii receive
the king and queen OF England or
their Oniclal visit and will probably
undertake return visit TO London
towards the close OF the year. Queen
Wllhclmina and the Prince Consort
a.. the Netherlands are also awaited
in Paris This year. Finally, there IS
another visit calculated to be OF a pV-
| lit.cal ana picturesque nature. Mouiay
Hund, 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 ana VIII
W present at the great military re-
view AT Longchamps on July IA.
willing masculine hands prevented
ire disaster a short time ago In the
little town OF Le Fuy, where was sit-
uutud the convent OF The Clarist sis
ters, one of the most vigorously clos
cd orders in France. Despite the as
sociauons law. which dissolved the
! organization. a Jew aged nuns were
permitted TO remain at their old
nome. The aged sisters, rather than
break their rule which expressly for
bids that man should set foot with
in their wallis, would nave allowed
themselves 10 die u horrible death
rather than summon masculine heip.
When the fire broke out in the con-
vent the sisters fought u desperately
then, not wishing TO solicit masculine
assistance, TOOK refuge IN the dormi-
tory, the door OF which they barricad-
- The IRE made rapid Roadway,
aud In few minutes their refuge
would have been inevitably burned
unless policeman. aided by cour-
ageous topnspoople. had brokon down
me door, removed the barricade and
carried the aged nuns, already par
tally asphyXiated, TO a place OF safety
An examination og the fortunes left
by inheritance in France in 1910
SHOWS thirty-ninc fortunes of over a
million dollars Ten OF these were
between two and ten million. BY far
the majority of tae legacies left on
deaths were between four hundred
dollarn ana two thousand dollars. The
total amount pi property admitted TO
probate, exceeded u billion dollars,
divided among 313,8Ui estates.
The packing-case manufacturers Of
Paris have petitioned the government
10 take some step to stop the growing
practice by French exporters OF I'M
porting packing cases from the Unit
ed States.
The American customs not only inn
poses a duty on goods. but also on tho
crates IN which they are packed. IL
was To avoid paying this that French
exporters conceived the idea Of order
ing cases from America, which on re-
turn TO the United states were admit
| ted free as reimpOrted matter. This
policy has assumed such proportions
that il now causes loss OF something
| like 20 5000 900 year 90 the Paris
packing-case makers alone De- min
| lister OF finance Is considering the adj
visibility of placing prohibitye emit
rance duty on imported packing cases
as measure Of protection 90 the
French manufacturer.
John ID. Rockefeller's Offer 10 con-
tribute $4,000 TO complete the fund
necessary for che purchase of the Pas
teur birthplace. Ia the town OF Dole,
was very pleasantly received by the
Fronoh press A the same time some