

nd another for the poor. M. 

 [man. and VMoiUadtc rdarbj 



aid another for UM 

 Beman. in replv. desc 



ttTptesidenU M?d?*UnUheere. The Left rues 



in | : le UM Kighl re- 



-f th.- lajanmimm Hn Ub .- 

 Congram, which met in Rruanis on Feb. 94. 



. 



Parliament and WAS there shelved. Owing to 

 ti Procedure th* rntr de Mr rude r- 



signed UM office which' he had filled for more signed the Ministry of Foreign A flair.. M. de 

 kftantenjaan HBaanu. . . i ..-,......: i: M .-, .-.:.: ' fir 



aid e*-lWler,wa* elected to the vAoant port aign Affair*, while M. SchoUAertTa Deputy, be- 

 on Jan. 80 bj 98 rote* aninst 46 given by the came Minister of th. >SS*M 



rWSomtttawaad aO UM pi ,| icftfc Oppo 



11 a 1 electoral la I.. 26. thai 



WAS the first step of the ConservAtive ( iovcru- 



-.ward a ; reaction. It fixed the 



f Age At thirtv years, UM same as for sen- 

 atorial elections. The plural vote was main- 



property-holding cuu*. Instead of giving an 

 additional vote to 



Minister of Industry and Labor. UM 



pUced Aduty of 9 franc. Mr 100 UM 

 on flour And on malt, one of 50 i 

 chocolate. 25 franca on bfa 

 18 per cent 



line, A dun 



e to every householder aateaeed At 

 A franc* A x A t .. ,,!,. to vary 



. of socar. 16 par cent, ad ralervsi 

 r* on batter and marga- 

 , a duty on cotton, and one on silk*, ate. 



tit Arranged demonstration* in Ant 

 [> and other town* against the new dutie*. 



from 5 to 90 franc. in the vari 



mmune*. 



This provision was afUrward modified, hot one 



other qualification*. In ca*e* where 



aO the seats to be I 

 receive an absolute n * vn pro- 



posed to apply the ur d re|- 



resrntAtion instMMi of holdingasacond ballot. 



A r> s;.|.-ii' '. ':.: \. art in ti..- . . n.u.ur.. i> 

 miuircd. ThoChrinti 



-NT P... dnfi t prol 



. the UL 



in favor of A general strike." The miner* 

 U^ge district. 



for a ritM r 90 per cent in their 



day's wage*, van me fr. t -. went 



into tl,,. i ..;;!, a 1 -!r i k. . \\lij. !. I- . ar:.. po I i"' r 



that striker* shot At the police with revolvers. 

 And the police fired into the mob. wounding 



people And killing some. Th. -ink. 

 iWcome**nara] had w* UM BoriniM 



mon- 



r- dtsApproveil ami 



innctl |M>1 it ical strike* 

 .-pled an amend- 



iie electoral bill, offered by M. Helle- 



th.- Christian Democrat*, by 



(iialiflcation WAS mAtle 5, 



10. ami 15 CrAJMl fr o.inmune* containing re- 

 IT uniler 2.000, from that to 10.(* H 

 IQyOOO inhabitant.-, and that Additional 

 communal coun- .1<I he chosen n 



masters And workmen l>y the electors - 



lehate 



on th.- lull th.- loader <f th,- Liberal*, M. Ana- 

 pach-PuiMutnt. diM-lanng that he har 



.f tin- Might nor the Left, nor 

 and to sur- 



Th.- lull WAS passer! on 



April 3 by 99 vote* to 8. the I^-ft having with- 

 drawn U'fon* the vote WAS taken. 



-ninriit was avriooslv rmUrrassed 

 in dealing with the question -f the Annexa- 

 tion of the Congo Free > 'he opposJ- 

 -Mi^il throughout the country by the 

 Radicals And Socialists. The Progressists and 

 a pan of the Clericals, who were averse to the 

 project, urged that the country should de- 



especiallr Against those on floor And 



The Socialist., led by M. V 



fisted the taxation of these art icles of 



otherwise they took the attitu 



spectators of a struggle between industrial and 



agricultural capttaOsta. The bill WAS pasaed 



II. Lejeune. late Minister of Justice, brought 

 op UM question of the alarming inert as* in the 



.., .... . , . . . . . .. . . 



for ra* h adult in 1851 to 48 litrea. the rev 



dnnk shops from 58,000 to 

 cUred that the country WA* reverting through 

 alcohol into barbariam, criminality having in- 

 creased 200 per cent, and insanity W 

 and that 80 per cent, of the death* of 



oonected with the abuse of alcohol and 

 were a nsufflciency of the food procor- 



able by the working claaw* and to thepotsonou* 

 ouality of the spirits that war* sold. The aflUb- 



amafasj , r :>..-. -:.:.;..-.:-- 

 .g to stay the increase In the consumption 

 of liquor, for as mar 



sprung up in the i. lace of thow that were avp- 

 preaseB. A ootnmtonii. of which M. Lajant 



f the ravage* produced by UM 

 alcohol, and to report on the mean* of 



the evil. 



r the prvtcrtiTe dutie* were adopted UM 



O~ ,. - ,--,,-, ... iiB^nijkt t-.mim J. -! <l ^L n ill Kill 

 overnmeni urongni lorwaru 11* scnooi oui 



making religious education compulsory. All 

 U-ral element* of UM country protested 



. . . , -- ' 



odoccd b 



tlmXand the vote* on UM 

 npanied by aoana* of t 



rerr-Orban in 1879 edoca 

 free and undenominational, although religion* 

 instruction might be imparted to particular 

 pupil* by the deaire of their DArenU. Wheat*) 

 gad ikrateiMdtopowvni l884tnaraJ vri 

 to substitute Church school* for UM 



the latter, 



or to maintain them 

 The purpose of the new 



nil 



porpoM of U 

 was declare,! by M. Schollaert to restore to re- 

 ligion in all primary schools the place of honor 



