The French Crisis.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 171, 18 January 1895, Page 2

The French Crisis.

FRANCE ON THE EVE OF A REVOLUTION. THE RESTORATION of MONARCHY PROBABLE. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GUARDED BY DETECTIVES. (Per Press Association.) Paris, January 16. M. Casimer Perier, in a message to the Chamber, states he declines to become tho instrument of the conductors of the campaign of slander and insult against the forces of authority, and that tbe President is powerless unless supported by the moral force of the nation. The Assembly will meet to-morrow to elect a President. January 17. The Chamber of Deputies received the President's message coldly and separated amidst great uproar The Senato greeted the message with loud protect. At a meeting of the Nationat Assembly at Versailles, the Socialists proposed to move for a revision of the Constitution. Later. The result of the voting by the Republican caucus is — Waldeck Rosseau, 84 ; M. Brisson, 66 * M. Loubet, 18; M. Challemel Lacour, 17. M. Dupuy was rejected on the first ballot. London, January 17. The Due De Orleans is staying at Dover ready to take immediate action for the restoration of the monarchy if the opportunity presents itself. The' Times doubts whether M. Brisson or Waldeck Rosseau will obtain the requisite 450 votes. It hopes a neutral President will be selected, otherwise it fears the sudden revival of a permanent convention. So far the European Bourses have not been affected by the crisis. The Standard says French politics at present are in a complete state of chaos. Tbe Daily Telegraph considers the position extremely critical. The Times considers that the Chamber of Deputies has abrogated its functions, and the Ministers are expected to act as puppets, subject to the arbitrary freaks of the Deputies. The Daily News thinks that it is impossible to exaggerate the gravity of the crisis. The country is plunging into political confusion. A force of five hundred detectives surround the building in which the National Assembly meets in Veraailes. This precaution has beeu taken to guard against outrages by the anarchists. Primitive Methodist Conference. o I Per Press Association. 1 Wellington, January 17. At the Primitive Methodist Conference an appeal for help on behalf of the jubilee loan fund was made, tbe promises given amounting to about £300. It was decided that the Conference meet at Timaru on 10th January, 1896. It was resolved that this Conference renews its oft repeated testimony in favor of local option by direct vote of the people at the ballot box ; also, that the conference, believing it to be the duty of Christ's church to bear its testimony against all unrighteousness and recognising in the increase of gambling a grave peril to the church and nation, enters its solemn protest against this vice. The conference trusts ministers will denounce this evil from the pulpit and recommends members of the churches to discourage lotteries and also urges upon school officials the duty of safe guarding the young under their care by warning them of the sin and danger of gambling practices.