Show S S S 5 of F France rance I Head of of House HOLise of co Comments on Oil World Old r S r- r M. i-M. 1 E ven 0 S S lt BY JI J r n S Sj SpecIal cILI Service Copyright 19 1 7 Paris March Illch 1 17 The Thc Tho wealth of of or France h In lit personality a and 1111 realty y i ii calculated at ut francs i. Of or this there arc I which are JC not ta taxed cl at al all ull or 01 arc taxed tax lux- axed ax- ax ed In iii an nn Infinitely Ic hers s proportion than the other half I Ou Ought ht thIs this disproportion c to In I continue III In a country which inscribes the word void equality over O all II Its walls walls' The nit whole question of ut th tho Income tax now proposed lies in this It I Is saul said that hal tho ho Introduction of oC such a tax tUx con con- con 1 I a revolution Nothing is I truer Ittel bul but it is iM the i evolution o of equality equal equal- H ity a n a revolution lacIl al nl c although al- al though I 1 admit it will wm vIl seriously I incon- incon i those those- who have brett been aCCUM I I lomed to Ila pay the state I some sime 0 ti I or cm 10 11 J per IWI cent of their Income u Jn hS whereas on ott the other hand owners have paid nahl up ill to TO W or 01 n Lr 25 per cent 4 A new Ill equilibrium Is IH to III lj he made between land a and money awl and lIW they ate are to lo 1 be tIC given I en the tho saute same con con- As AI- regards the argument 1 I often hear hia r 1 repealed hin 11 aI Hint t that what hat I Is possible with others such uch nf nl the ilic Germans bri and Swiss I is not possible I in It France Fiance thIH this Ii Is IK Is sheer hl I c mimi and andis 1 is nut not worth while discussing ln No NI n Frenchman rita it hits has a U right t to consider con coti- I sider this who does not wish In lo be hl regarded as mis a bad citizen dUzen Thank H Heaven V ve l' French a are IC nut not yot fl eL I r b I 11 1 and amid no ito one will ill II h believe l I our omit municipalities impose I more inure or n taxation on In those thoc who ishi are arc not nol of ur their political opinion The French 1 republic simply LI to III I level cl taxation and amid make It equally II applicable I a hi t tu III ii al all I. I and fat far hut from ii blaming blam ill ing them tI they be lie ly ought to 10 congratulated upon their Intentions The rhe work vork will illI II by he painful PI For I a It year perhaps for rill two years tim tills 1 weighty II h question will bo be this this- u tl a and ancl til lIell el without bout any In conclusion being hint come to cud and it it wl sill l be he sent Kent times hines froth the thic senate to the lie chamber of deputies and illiCIt bark J again hut hilt It U is 11 certain to triumph in the time end We f ha have o te sup suppressed God Citti and amid hin In Iii n 1 we ve have hate resuscitated the thc thel l to I II be lit Cli Christians Chris hans tiam we ve naturally 1 turn ago again agun Iii lo tel Im paganism JI So Si lam far 1 the thit matter I Is very hut bul h r less lesu explicable I Is that new mien cult h has invented hi bv republic or lI revived bv a which declares that thaI It tI hll at all VA V A d 4 d tI what a cult It Il is ho of or orma ma matter ler in Its lowest lovest form torm lOrIn matter l reI- reI rl- rl resi II 1 by an nn animal excessively fat Im bathed In iii and auth followed followed- followed and tI antI and ac- ac through the city by br a aJ J sodden wine sod en crowd without dignity or 01 orthe the lic k t elegance t I So StI it h bas been the privilege lIc Cl of oC his i. i ministry which two thIrds i-f i France would like to get rid of or tl to 1 revive I an old uh custom which was Vaa abol abul thirty ago French It Is well url understood under er- er stood tood Is not given to snobbery but Is IH a iOSi therein nevertheless I P is high highly I rampant at the cs ent time and amId which 18 Is cl especially intense in- in tense louse in iii the thc Winter months months namely the Lie literary poe itie It I Is the tho fa fashion nowadays la to iti h be t seen 11 at al such and such sucha uchi a II lecture when more often orten than not Iwi most L of th those e present do tIo not oven 11 know what whal the lit lecturer I Is is- talking about otto one goes Q g because c It Il It I Is the tho fashion ti to go 0 S This year nal It IL Is R the lectures of ur M. M I Jules Lemaitre on call which arelie are arc lh the lie n ne ume plus ultra of nf lIC elegance It ItH Is H that lint nothing like U It h has h 1 been heard before ever tn lC and anI auth O CH i bin body i is proud of or having hu been present elt al mit hiSs exposition of cf I thi the great philosopher by hy a a- man of oC letter let let- ter who is hs greatly by 13 his contemporaries s. s a although no one ono one HUS sus- sus peeled him hitherto of or being an ora Olit tu tot tor I In iii society rooms drawing this winter win lc ter or I we WC of unexpected revelations revelation 1 antI and quite novel hoVel points of fir thiat that cau was vas the Invent of If nature that thul h he lie wished to substitute It for fot the atmosphere o of reigned In th tic the eight eighteenth century And from n one lUte circle to another hit nat topic tupie of cultured conversation orl I Is th Ihu number Humber o the philosophers philosopher's CH Cs 2 ti is IK such mich a charming speaker I I that lint oven thi thy youngest t r authors auth auth- lhor lh- lh or ors call can lind few Y faults s I In him Kin King mg lidward's recent little trip III to Paris aris will wll ha have one tote result and thatis that Is to tu cause nu n a. 1 new str tl ti to still stillmore more brightly II In lii Put our artistic lIc firmament firma Ilium- ment In lit choosing the lie atelier of f Mile to lo show the lii queen JUNn a particular par ham Im and peculiar manifestation 0 of ot French 1 art nit hl his majesty ty has given shen Just that to this ladys lady's art alt which every artist atI l liCe needs to I bring her out of or the tho common 1101 groove 1 Henceforward Mile 1 lIh and her j work I ls is the fashion and auth lo to he In Inthe Inthe the thin fn fashion Is IN tantamount to tn success It Is true this charming young youn- S Va was wis nut not un unknown lot for her pastels ami 1111 especially her ochre had hall drawings had hod great I nt success and I know numbers 11 of or I Americans who entrusted her bce with tho the task lask of painting S' S th their h pretty chil then dren Nil Now Nii that king lin has hus taken her lice up thC their l' l number will grow O enormously anI and her prices are nrc certain to double And this ts is for lh the- young laity lady I is working hard voting Wo We wish her hem every cry c. success U |