NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE French elections took place on Sunday. The papers differ a good deal as to the distribution of parties in the New Chamber; but according to the Standard correspondent, the 578 elections of which the returns have been received—the House consists of 581 Members, but intelligence as to three of the Colonial seats has not yet reached Paris—may be thus classified :— Republicans and Radicals Radical Socialists and Pure Socialists ...
"Rallied" Conservatives ... ... 13 Conservatives 56 A second ballot necessary ... 104 57S The Republicans have altogether gained sixty-three seats, and will gain a good many more in the second ballots. The Times' -calculations show that if the Radicals are deducted from the Moderate Republicans, the Moderates will still number more than half the House. This and the virtual disappearance of the Monarchists and Imperialists, are the great facts of the -election. No one who will not accept the Republic will in future have any place in French politics. It is remarkable that the Panama scandals seem to have had no influence at all on the elections. Practically all the Panamists have come back, and even M. Wilson has been re-elected. ... 315 ... 30
