The Anti-Anarchist Bill has, during the week, been steadily forcing
itswaythrough the French Chamber,—the Government adopting the policy of standing mute while the Radicals ran through the whole gamut of rhetorical invective in their attacks. On Wednesday M. Ja,ures, the Socialist leader, moved an amendment declaring that all public men " who shall have trafficked with their mandate, received bribes, or participated in questionable financial concerns, whether as directors of companies condemned by the Courts, or by ex- tolling such concerns before one or more persons, shall be considered guilty of Anarchist propaganda." This parody of the Bill was supported by a speech as violent as it was eloquent, in which the speaker contended that the Panamists 'were the real parents of Anarchy. The Chamber should send to the fever-haunted shores of Cayenne and Noumea, not only the Anarchists, but the men who had driven the maddened .and despairing propagandists of Anarchy to desperation. They were complementary aspects of the same social evil. M. Desclaanel replied by flinging M. Clemenceau and his news- paper in the face of M. Jaurils—when in doubt,, abuse M. Clemenceau, the friend of England and the Triple Alliance, seems still the rule of the French Moderate—and by remind.. ing his antagonist of the misery caused by strikes promoted .lay agitators. Altogether the debate was a very exciting one, -and M. Jaures's amendment was only beaten by 264 votes to 222. On Thursday, however, the whole Bill was put to the vote, and carried' by 268 to 163. The Ministry, therefore, .recovers its position, which seemed seriously imperilled by the 'narrow majority of Wednesday.
