Show FRENCH fiNANCES ARE IN BAD SHAPE Government May Have to In Include Include In- In clude dude Rente System in Tax System FUTURE EMPEROR IN COURTS Italian n nt on Oil Taxation of 01 arlo HIes of or Life IMe Republican Cable Service Ser London Nov ov 13 It It is generally beI bo- bo I tio in iii British ministerial circles state of that thai the thc un unsatisfactory Frances France's national finances and amI the urgent need of la raising more revenue will willel el very cry probably abl compel the tIre French government to In adopt the tite extreme cour Couple couise e of including French Rente I coupon coupons in tI the i income ome tax scheme Hitherto successive c flounce finance ministers though casting casU lon longing illg e eyes c on these coupons hl have thou thought l It more prudent not to tax them It has been repeatedly C urged h by French tax lax reformers that lint In reducing the interest on ill the Rente from 3 l- l l-i l to 3 per cent and promising to make no further reduction for tor a fixed term of or years the state morally hound itself not hot to lay hands indirectly on income from Crom this stock tuck by enforcing a si deduction deduction deduc leduc tion from the tile coupons but this period of immunity which gave n e the lie French Rente a Il certain a advantage e in comparison com corn parison v wIth ith many other securities appears to be ho nearing Hearing its us close No o official statement has been m made or Oh will he ma made mado L' L until the cabinet has haR med finished Ms lis deliberations on hit subject tub sub hut but from flom what is reported here the thc French ministry will recommend nd an aim income tax dieme heme in which the burden Is Js cast not only upon iho tho I revenues rf de derived Nl l from Crom labor but hut from capital including tho the hitherto sacred Hen Rents Rente te Another si sign n of or the hardness s of or the times ough which the tho French budget has hns to pass Is the thc revival l of or n 0 to tax foreign firms ha having establishments l in France at a percentage per per- c on their capital irre irrespective of or lh the amount t of business th they do In thc cu and other earning arninG departments there are arc various various vari vari- ous indications of oC a de desire lesire In iii high h quarters to swell the revenue perhaps in the hope of Justifying to nattering flattering estimates whereby both hoth ends may be be- made nacle to meet on paper in the tile next budget statement Future in Courts COUlts On Dec 7 j next the future emperor of Aust Austria il ia Archduke Francis Ferdinand Ferdi Ferdi- nand nanti of or Este will have ha to appear bo- bo tore fore the Roman law taw courts in connection than lion with the famous Villa at Tivoli TI That Thal beautiful abode which was built buitt for tor Cardinal Ippolito dEste dEstein In tho the middle of the sixteenth century I passed some somo fifty yearS i ago aso Into tho the possession of the last Duke of o l Modena cna i In 1863 the duke dulce granted rante the late Cardinal Hohenlohe the gratuitous use of the tho entire villa for Or r life lite with the II ob b ti n to keep a. a suite of apartments apart apart- ments at tho the ll or of the of-the the owner and to execute all nit repairs and improvements im Im- ml- ml pro at his own expense On the death lentil of oC the thc duke the villa vitia passed Into lOtO the possession of the present Austrian presumptive heir its actual owner who vho being desirous of oC soiling s-elling the property is stated Mated to have agreed with Car Cardinal inal Hohenlohe to give S one- one third of or the amount realized by tl the tho sal sale in consideration that the cardinal r relinquished aJI l I further rights to live there and in return for rOl the large ex expenses expenses ox- ox Incurred b by the tenant for re rep repairs repairs re- re p pairs and maintenance Amon Among the these c expenses was that Involved In obtainIng obtaining obtain obtain- ing log the ri right ht to use a certain quantity of or water for Cor the tile fountains and ponds pond of oC lh the beautiful grounds Th The Thevilla villa Hta was not however howo sold old the tile cardinal hn has hns lon long been dead and his heir Ca alicc Gustavo is socking seeking to obtain from the tile archduke e the sum of ot 6 0 for fot th the expenses S incurred b by the thc cardinal during his tenancy i Taxation on in Iii JOI I II I Political interest In Rome centers at al I pre present f nt in th tile the probable re reductions of or taxation on nn the tho necessaries l of or life lIe The general g-cueral opinion among Minister t seems I to Lb be le that of tho four foul articles of i necessity now heavily namely coffee correo salt s petroleum and rind sugar the tile two tuo last should bo he chosen Tho rho case caso for Cor sugar is coy coy- certainly a H strong stron on one Sugar costs to produce in Italy between 10 and 15 cents cent a pound whereas it is sold old to tho lie consumer at it nearly four times that price even en for 01 tho cheapest kind Tho The consequence is Ix that I Italy tal consumes le less sugar per ner heat head of or tho the population than all any aimy other othel country In Europe and exactly on tenth one tenth o of what whal Americans are are accustomed to takEs takE's take As s regards petroleum which which-i is Js the light of oC the poor and of or tho the country districts an Italian deputy has hils recently shown that hat tile the Italian consumption of that flint article IH ho the tire lowest in izi Europe because nowhere oli-o oli Is It so highly taxed A reduction of or tho the duty on petroleum would not hot only emily directly benefit tho ti-mo poor but would encourage motoring antI and other Italian industries s This subject ct Is in und under r the consideration of or the till Italian treasury Algiers J Situation E. a Exaggerated A good deal of oC satisfaction tion hn has heer v s caulle caused In diplomatic circles hero heio by the lie official notes from flom Algiers to lo the tile I effect that tho the situation on the Algerian Alger Alger- ian lan frontier has been greatly J 1 exaggerated exaggerated g-crat g ll In tho the French press s Thereta There I has ta ras never been any question of or a I holy hob wl war var r. r the thc agitation If such It Itcan can be he termed erme 1 being due duo to the time tra o y of Ain tn Serm with whim Fez TIc Bc- Core foro ore the extension of or the Iho French railway railway rail raU- way to the Iho rc region on tIre the tant dep depended upon Fez for tor their supplies supplies sup- sup supplies plies oT or food clothing and other othel coin coin- which were ar forwarded eq b by caravan the Journey being beIng- accomplished accorn- accorn In el eight ht day days Latterly the Inhabitants o of if Taillet have found it I more convenient to obtain their goods I via th the French frontier to the detriment detri mol ment t of or the trade trado with Fez Aa As the r result sult of or protests the authorities have hare tried to bring back the tho commerce to its Us original original- channel but hut the authorities an- an au au- being heing anxious to lo avoid any cause of difference with the French have l Issued orders to the Tartlet authorities au au- au- au not to raise al any f further ob ob- ob stacle In tha tho neighboring region the tue famine prevails a few ten I byle tribes have ha resorted to the plundering of ot caravans but bits are arc now no being taken to check these raids raid with satisfactory results Taking tIre the situation as a whole holc there Is S. S no reason jeason what whatever vcr for anxiety Mr Hosle the British commercial in Pekin has arrived at Shanghai with Ith a reassuring r report on I the tho pro of trade In Manchuria Th TIre The natives he hr bell v have o hoarded UP ill considerable sums fI of mom n y a av mill IH v IM Is when the i cua- cua i of Manchuria has haM been Ill I'll ti Ow I iov r uY t m l has fl e established M ILI Its Its- customs C on t the u c ec rn and southern frontiers the pro pro- i- i v ince will become the most prosperous pr-I pr vi i In n th the t empire He lie that the Russian general I G GIo will not lie bc t 1 by a a. aien lit 11 tire the Far Farat m now ien commander ln I E Eat at Russia Hussla will keep a a. mIxed rl i in n northern Manchuria but no Other t troops I I I According to Mr rr r. r I Russia will vii lave have to open district I c Courts at at Harbin Hiu the the- l land a and nd English Uh courts at Shanghai Before Doore Be Do- af f fore ore the thc war Ih hie he Russians had n a. district dis dis- dis I De-I t riet court at Port Arthur hut now tt Russians and anti other forel foreigners netH can be I t tried ried by tile the Russian Hussan consul at Harbin I i I I i I |