The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-27
SOCIALISTS ARE
IN WRANGLE OVER
FRENCH ELECTION
5oTSnevlSm Is Openly Taught
by Second Political Party in
France Republican Groups
Are Also Strong.

bf lEHh NRLENCE.
PARIS, Nov. y, t~ttciprucHl News
Service. 1.-The sensational development
In our electoral campaign has been the
issue chosen by the groups of the left
under the leadership Of the majority
Socialists, As ! anticipated in a pTevi-
Gus letter this block Of Socialist groups
is opposed In the electoral field by a
Republican coalition Of moderate
groups, forming a powerful Center par
ty, balanced by n rcRCtionary block Of
Clericais and Royalists on the right.
The overwhelming strength Of the Cen
ter, providing the Republican groups
forming II hold together, Ia sufficient 10
stand any pressure from either eS-
treme. Yet II was with some trepi-
dalton that we realized the progress
made by bolshevism in France, for that
n nothing else Is the policy openly
and unreservedly adopted by the So
cialists for their campaign.
Bolshevism! II In only a few weeks
ago that we were ridiculing this for
eign spectre as a distant phantaSm
which a breath Of entente realism
would blow away, or at worst (and at
best) a philosophy which had taken the
place OF anprcnism In the select cir
Giles OF rev~oluttonarics who, like the
early Christians. were satisfied II they
were left In peace 10 conduct their
services In the secret and unsanitary
catacombs Of our social order, And
now, here Il is, not only above ground,
but adopted as the political. almost re-
ligious, creed Of the second largest po-
litical party in the state, Their news
papers proclaim II u~nblushingly. We
are thus threatened not only by the
syndicalistS with communism imposed
by direct action, but by more or less
constitutional development directed to-
ward the same md We are a long
way yet from a Socialist administration
and one may expect that as their pro-
gram nearer 20 realization II will
be modified, although the recent history
OF the Socialist party c~ontradictS that
assumption. BY all the laws Of polit-
icRl psychology when LoUguet and his
minority extremists grew TO be a con
trolling majority 81 the party their in
t~ransigant views should have been mod
Grated by the cares and responsibilities
Of leadership, which has been far from
the case,
Paris Coal Strike.
We are chilled 10 the heart by the
news Of o coal strike, for here in
Paris we have been shivering fer
weeks In the midst Of a coal famine
very much worse than anything we ex-
perienced during the war. 1t IL not
that enc can not get coal delivered; n
IL not even permitted to order II, For
four weeks | have been trying TO per-
euade coal merchants 10 take my mod
est order, hut | am always received
with a smile Of amusement. when indeed
the door is not locked and n notice put
up that business is suspended until
larger supplies are. received. And now
ali hope Of these promised supplies has
been dashed by this most serious news
from America. To which country our
dealers had turned when supplies from
England were cut Off by the railway
strike In that country, Dur only con-
ISOLATION Is the report that English pro-
duotion Is increasing. But II is just
like our French egoism, you viii say,
TO complain Of our chilly rooms when
who knows what hardships readers OF
these lines will be suffering.
Excitement Provided.
A government which does not know
how TO keep us warm has at least
found a way TO provide us with some
excitement, We are going to have the
biggest lottery the world has ever
known, and II one car believe govern
ment financiers we are going TO attract
hundreds Of millions OF francs from all
over the world, Presently we shall not
seize our morning journal to see wheth-
er peace has heen~declared or coal re-
ceived, nor what political trial Is taxi
ing place, but only TO know who Is the
Fortunatus OF the day, who has drawn
the great daily prize OF a quarter Of a
million dollars--nothing lessl And this
Is to so on daily for two years. For
two years We are going to produce mil
~lionaires in France Mt the rate Of one
a day. That should be something to