| Show PRESIDENT LOUBET HAPPY l j The Tho ho president of the Trench French t lie Is III not In tho the habit of o ot V 4 t 1 taking no Into Inlo lila liU f but u t recently he tie has taa granted 1 l I an Interview to a t 1 French reporter from Jf j which It Is III gathered d that thit he lie experiences keen Veen I en from the tho tact fact that lila Ills term of ot 14 ha about to expire I On the tho of or Pel next he wll will willMo havo Mo his hili full tull term aa all the tho president dent of ot tho ti French Republic and ho he hoIs Is III i looking forward to his hili release e with a Ct feeling bordering tin on III Speaking III hi raven roven year ago a o ho lie said acid It was wn brought II under un er abnormal circumstances to 0 cruel that no n one ono I 1 ao them men died on the Uth of ot iry and andon andl l on the of ot the BI mo month Louet was U elected 1 I Ml felt ho pa said 11 1 hi great d pleasure In having merited this honor anti nn 1 a ni conscious louA of lit tIe the heavy henvy du duo duties dut t ties tie It Imposed 1 10 lit II upon me nie On the other hand I love hove privacy and antI a it J quiet life In tint tho midst of ot my family i t r tn t 11 It MIH not without A II degree of or apprehension that I 1 looked forward to the eternal to which I 1 1 must moat mu t be bl for Cor overal everal I MM a 11 slave shave I Thank God bd 11 the seu lIeHn een n yours years eurll ar are nearly i uit The president then went on to tomy f my It that he was waa looking l to the 1 I 4 1 of February with the thA utmost Im In 14 patience J Tram Prom that day ho he continued Jk he ho will hAve hive nit nil the Joys Joy of ot a n private l citizen HP lie will dine alone with his bla fl family for tor tho the first Int limo lime In seven leYen years year i and nn enjoy tho the Hostile without a at t it thought of ot the peril leria of ot the thA ministry C the stormy e slon of or parliament or ortho orthe r 11 the tho diplomatic complication 4 President has han to look tl r forward to lila hla hl conIng coming release with sat 1111 satisfaction he sInce the beginning of lit me the French Republic It has h bee en the bite I I exception for tor a president to 10 serve carve hU hl hi hiL L full tull term let IUS us the first president I il of o thug the th new nil republic H II Hp was elected In J I i August 1871 1671 Ills Hla administration was wan want t from fron the th first hai by b the factions actions II l in tho the national legislature and already In 1872 he ha tendered his resignation It wall wag wa not accepted but In May Iny the fol following ni lowing year Car ha resigned It Marshal MacMahon succeeded Thiers Thier and the presidential term tern of ot onice wa ani changed from tour four our years yeara to seven lIeen MacMahon was waa B P j of ot lea leal leanings ho lie resigned In 1ST Jules Tulea Orel wall wae n then thea elected president anti and he served tar for seven BeVen year anti II nIl secured a rele tIon But Buth Butha h ha had hat been president only two yearn of at the now new term tern when Otis ous rumor of ot the sale lIale of ot I of at Honor memberships by b his sonin caused hUn him to resign In talI Carnot mis lIS then chosen rho en but hut six fib months before thu tt completion of ot his term he ho WAS assassinated This Thill wax waxIn In iii June 15 4 who succeeded 11 Sat Bur held only a n short time his resignation being accepted In Jon Jan January uary 1595 IS On his bin retirement thoro was wan a II keen keci light fight for tor or the position and was Willi elected Ho lie had the tM reputation of or being an honest man Inn II but hut hu ho vis somewhat you aln of or his lih grave dignity 11 lIn It It 11 soon lIoon became evident that political combination combinations were vere forming Corm In Into to compel him to resign before the ex cx expiration of ot his tern term t In 1902 It was nIK broadly hinted that tue Illness which carried him Ida otc off with startling sudden new February 1 I lR 4 was Wl largely hut duo to tho worry vorry roused by II his hili knowledge of the tho extensive Intrigues u H that were vera carried on against u him When the tho history of or the French rench pres presidents presidents Is III considered M I 1 Loubat who succeeded In 1899 IS 18 1 certainly tins linn i fur Cur or congratulating himself on ott the tho successful completion of ot his bin term of ot f onlee Of Ot his policy impartial his tile histo tor to will III b bo be a n better hetter Judge than con coit contemporaneous biographers lIe He hau hM been nt lit the hend head of ot the state during I home I critical politico political storms as well tat nil hot religious contentions contention On the whole shohe wo to believe he has served his bin hI country countr well II 11 rl he has haft the satisfaction of oC contemplating the tho achievement oC of o many ilary f |
