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Show French Frauds. The Frch premier, M. Briand, having, hav-ing, thanks to his promise that such things would not happen again, securer! a large majority of the chamber of deputies dep-uties In the vote on. the recent Duez scandal, had to defend himself once more before the Senate, on March 17. There M. Provost de Lunay, Senator for Cotes-du-Nord. deplored the fact that Duez and his accomplices were defended by lawyers who had held high positions in the government. For instance. in-stance. M. Millerand, ex-minister of commerce, had accepted this odious function. In a speech that was frantically franti-cally applauded by the Left, M. Briand tried to justify the government, whose system of control had brought about the arrest of Duez. The Republican regime cannot blame itsejf for the crime of a swindler. But, he added, the work of laicizing the republic had let loose the hatred of its adversaries, who try to involve the government and the Republican Re-publican party in the Duez affair. "However," M. Briand concluded, "I distinctly wish to proclaim that the Republican Re-publican party has done nothing to dishonor dis-honor or humiliate Republican souls. The honor of the party remains above all these polemics." And the Senate by a large majority voted confidence in the government. As an earnest of its intended radical reform of the judicature, judica-ture, the government, on March 18, decided de-cided that the liquidation judges must be debarred from all share in the awarding of the proceeds of property belonging to the religious congregations. Henceforth, enly the official agent of each property shall be charged with the actual liquidation thereof. America. |