FRANCE HONORS MERCIER.
Frws Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,
PARIS, January 29'. General Mercier has been elected a member of the French Senate. [The name of this honorable soldier and loyal gentleman will be familiar to those who followed Lib career through the infamies of the Dreyfus esse. France, in electing Mercier, has merely confirmed the wantou disregard sh« has expressed for the ordinary decencies of civilisation during the past twelve months. Election to the Senat.u is indirect, and made by an electoral body composed of delegates choseu by the Municipal Council of each commune in proportion to the population, and of the senators, deputies, councillorsgeneral, and district councillors of the department. They hold office for nine years ]
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Evening Star, Issue 11152, 30 January 1900, Page 3
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115FRANCE HONORS MERCIER. Evening Star, Issue 11152, 30 January 1900, Page 3
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