Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
KAISER CAUSED
GREAT STRIDES
Of NEW FRANCE
Patriotism Of People Aroused by
Demands of German Ruler
Against DeIcasse.
BY GEORGE oUFREsNE.


Special Gable to The American.
PARIS, June 14.-In a political
salon the other evening. for we have
salons once more in France as we
had in the days of Nine. de Stael,
a discussion sprang up on the sub
ject who is responsible for the new
France" which we hear so much
about nowadays, who is the creator
and who are the bearers of the new
national spirit, that like the bird
Phoenix arose with renewed vigor
and youth from the great scandals
Of Panama and the Dreyfus affair?
II was generally agreed that the
rejUvenation Of France is due to two
men, who are bitter political enemies;
Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany and NJ.
Delcasse, at present French ambas-
sador to the Cars court.
1t was the conflict between these
two men which aroused France from
the apathy in which she had been
suffering for decades
Before the French people realized
what he was doing, the Kaiser saw
clearly that there was no more SER
ious stumbling block in his path than
NJ Delcasse. 1t was necessary to
y
ser demanded his removal and France
had to obey.
1t was on that day that the new
France was born with a lusty cry.
And 1t was the Kaiser. who time and
again caused the new born to grow
big.
Three Year Service.
One must have been in France,
in Paris or in the smallest hamlet
when the question of the three years
military service came up to form
an idea of the enthusiasm among the
people, among the young men upon
whom the burden was to fall, as
they rushed to the mayors office to
enlist Immediately.
While France was formerly a ma
ton of office seekers and parents
had no higher ambition than to get
their children into the government
service and used all kinds of tricks
to accomplish this, government jobs
now go begging
The young Frenchman OF the pres
ent generation, does not want to be-
come a government official moping
in an office over tiresome books and
tied hand and foot by more red tape
than you find in any other coun-
try in the world.
The young sports-loving vigorous
Frenchman Of to-day abhors the very
idea of entering an office of this kind
which quickly robs its employees OF
every initiative, every ambition and
prefers to start in business himself
and as a result the government is
in continuous trouble to find "func-
tionaries."
No Race Suicide.
For years the cry has been heard
that France is committing race sui
eide. But a fete that has Just taken
place at Blois shows that large fam
lilies are still to be found in the
country. 1t also shows that the
reason for the depopulation Of the
country is to be found in the rush
Of agricultural workers to the
towns.
To combat this the powerful syn
dictate of the agriculturists Of the
Loir- ct Cher, which numbers over
l6, 900 members. instituted a compe-
tition between the wives Of farmers
and the wives OF agricultural labor
ers who had not only reared large
families. but had kept them on the
land. The competition was keen,
and the task Of the judges was not
an easy one. 1t was found that among
the q mothers who received no re
ward there were some who had 10
children.
There was an interesting spectacle
in the large room Of the chateau de
Blois. Farmers came from all points
of the department. There were II
grandmothers, the youngest Of whom
was As years Of age and the eldest
so. They were surrounded by 85
children and 1853 grandchildren, all
working on the land.
NJ. Riverain, the president Of the
fete, is an ardent back to the land"
apostle. He believes that when the
country is in danger she will find
the report she requires in the coun-
try districts.
The chief winners were Nine.
eger-HenriOt and Nine. Liable
Goevier who each have 80 descen-
dants in a direct line. The former
is 20 years Of age. and had thirteen
children, Of whom nine are engaged
In the farming industry. The latter
is also 20 years Of age and will cSFe
brate her gold wedding in two years.
Eight sons, one daughter have small
farms. These two grandmOthers
each received $50 and plaques Of
honor. Besides, they were given the
crosses for agricultural merit which
tho praFacf Of the dpnaTtment pinned