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Show LATE FRENCH CRISIS. About two weeks ago it seemed to a casual observer ob-server as if France was to add another to the ma.iy revolutions with which she has been afflicted since the fateful year of 1789. Premier Clemenceau, it would now appear, has successfully weathered the storm. He has gained a vote of confidence in the chambers, and he is now stronger than any public man since the days of M. Constant. This is not saying that France is blessed with a strong and a wise administration. Never since Napoleon came back from Egypt to turn out of power those whom he termed "the Imbeciles," has France or any civilized civ-ilized nation for that matter, been cursed with, such a lot of foolish rulers. If an official of the civil service, and more especially espe-cially an officer of the army or navy is known to attend to his religious duties, he is quietly passed over when his time for promotion comes. A system sys-tem of espionage, intolerable to a high-spirited peo ple, is openly practiced and defended by the government. gov-ernment. And yet the majority of Frenchmen, in spite of all the efforts which their rulers are making mak-ing to wean them from the practice of the Chris tian religion, still believe in the faith which their forefathers received 1,400 years ago. During all that long period France has taken a leading part in science, in art, and in literature. She has been foremost in carrying the excellent knowledge of Christ to heathen lands. When all this is considered, one may ask why do Frenchmen allow men who loudly proclaim that Christianity is a detriment to the human race, to rule over them. The answer is plain. Christian France is divided; infidel France is united. Christian Chris-tian France is torn by jealousies, by dynasties, by conflicting interests, but above all, by leaders who knowT not the times nor the hours. When all Frenchmen who are not socialists or anarchists realize that revolutions are out of date as a means of betterment, there will then be a true republic in France. |
