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Show THREE-YEAR SERVICE MEASURE WILL PISS Fight of French Socialists Against Bill Not as Serious as Might Appear. POINCARE IS AS ROCK Rich Will Cheerfully Bear Additional Burden of Taxation Taxa-tion That Will Follow. By GEORGE DUFEESNE. Special Cable to The Tribune. PARIS, -July 19. Here, as in Ger-many, Ger-many, the government is having a much harder task than anticipated in passing pass-ing the new army laws, but Frenchmen French-men are proud at least that here in France we havo been spared the unpleasant un-pleasant sight of the government kowtowing kow-towing to tho rich and powerful and endeavoring to place the whole increased increas-ed burdens on the shoulders of the comparatively com-paratively poor. The bill for the return to the three-years' three-years' military service will eventually pass into law, first of all because even the Socialists in spite of all their open opposition to the bill realize that it is of vital importance to France under present conditions, second because President Pres-ident Poincare true to his name (poing carre. eleanched fist) iB a man of iron will and determination, and has made the passage of tho bill tho chief purpose of his administration, and third because, while the increased hardships will have to be borne by theyoung men of tho countr3' without distinction of class, the increased burdens "of taxation will be placed entirely on the shoulders of tho rich, who with characteristic French patriotism have declared themselves more than willing to fulfil any new duties du-ties towards their country. No Vacation Intended. Nevertheless tho bill evidently still has a long and thorny path before it, but Prime Minister 2vT. Barghou is as determined as the president and has declared that there will bo no summer vacation for parliament until chamber as well as senate has passed the bill. This will mean that our legislators in all probability Bhall have to remain for another month, not a very cheerful prospect for them, for Paris in July is about as hot and dusty as any place in the world. An application for a summons against the Duke of Marlborough has been granted to the heirs-at-law of M. Alexandre Alex-andre Becart, who claimed $9600 from the present duke. According to the applicant, Duke George of Marlborough assigned his estate es-tate in ISIS to trusteesj and in tho assignment as-signment admitted owing a debt of $2100 to M. Alexandre Becart, described describ-ed as "a countryman of the city of Paris, in the kingdom of France." The trustees of Duke George's estate did not satisfy tho claim, and the alleged debt, with compound interest, is now to be sued for. Law Protects Creditor. The judge who granted the summons against the present duke was influenced influ-enced by a provision of the Fronch law which declares that "a foreigner, oven a non-resident of France, may be summoned sum-moned beforo the French courta in respect re-spect of obligations contracted in foreign for-eign countries towards French persons." per-sons." In the Gazette, des Hopitaux, Doctor Doc-tor Paul Sainton gives particulars of a. curious malady from which a priest is suffering. The abbe's complaint 'is a horror of the altar. Ho declares that three years ago. when ho was officiating officiat-ing at mass, ho was seized with vertigo and on the following day he suffered from inexpressible anguish which upset his nervouB system. Since then ho has had a horror of crowds, and is particularly particu-larly afraid of the altar. When ho goes to the altar he knows that he will have to remain there about an hour and that thoro is a crowd behind be-hind him. His eyesight fails him, fear seizes him, he becomes dizzyt and loses all his strength. The prieBt is in other respects a healthy man. Although the origin of Mb malady is known no remedy rem-edy has boon found for it, and upt till now no treatment has given him relief. |