POLITICAL CRISIS IN FRANCE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1665, 19 January 1895, Page 2

POLITICAL CRISIS IN FRANCE.

♦ A ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT. iT] Pbb Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Pan Press Association. £ Par;s, January 17. l M. Felix Faure haa been elected Pre ;sident. The Duke of Orleans has issued a * manifesto m which he declares that the hour is near when- the country must revert to a monarchy ; m the meantime P he advises his supporters to select a man as President who is best able to preserve order. / At the meeting of the National Assembly m Versailles the first ballot s resulted— M. Brisson, 344 votes ;M. 8 Felix Faure, 216; M. Rousseau, 195. This rendered a second ballot necessary, the figures being— M. Faure, 430 ; M. Brisson, 361. Violent scenes were caused by the c Socialists on the announcement of M. Faure's election. y The first ballot for the election of President was conducted amid pers i stent uproar, and was interrupted by the Socialists. M. Dupuy received 4 votes. M. Roasseau withdrew from the second ballot. On the final result being de- *■ clared, the Socialists cried " Down wit:, rogues and robbera; to prison with J them ! "> } M. Challemel Lacour abruptly closed * the National Assembly m order to avoid a worse tumult. ( M. Faure, m replying after the election, said that he accepted the position with gratitude and a deep sense of the responsibilities of the position. At the same time he appealed for the support of all parties. The new President received a great ovation on his arrival m Paris. London, January 18. The new French President is a shipowner of Havre, and a self-made man. He has a spotless record, and is of a ( Protestant family. He, assured the . National Assembly that he was a Ca- , tholic. J The Times thinks that M. Faure will ( prove a second Carnot, but less austere. The Standard doubts whether he will be better treated than the late President, and thinks that M. Brisson would have been a stronger selection. It ex- : presses the opinion that the election to ' the highest office would have converted the latter from Radicalism to Toryism. It is stated that M. Challemel Lacour privately urged M. Faure to act with firmness, even to severity if necessaiy. (Special to Press Association.) Paris, January 17. Prince Victor Napoleon is issuing a manifesto. M. Rocheford thinks that the chances are m favour of M. Rousseau's election. The Vienna and Berlin press condemn M. Perier's cowardice m deserting his post. Le Tempi considers that the Republic has not been exposed to greater danger since the Boulanger episode.