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*Qerier's Resignation,
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*Qerier's Resignation, France, the home of all kinds of social and legis- lative experiments, has once more undergone a severe and trying ordeal, through the abrupt re- signation of President Casimir-Perier, who placed his country in a most dangerous position, by giving up his responsible work without sufficient warning. To his credit, it must be admitted, however, that he came forward against his will, to fill the presidential chair, at a critical time when his interesting country was threatened by the destructive and desperate aims of anarchism, whose upholders were highly elated over their recent success in assassinating President Carnot, his popular predecessor, and who were not sparing in their threatenings to anyone who would bravely succeed him. Some critics wish to affirm u ^er*er resigned on account of his unpopularity with that section of the Socialists, who have a sneak- ing sympathy with the Anarchists. Alas, the French hough a clever and capable race, suffer as a nation in consequence of their having no true religious ideal ln all their affairs public and private.
Motes from Wales.
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Motes from Wales. THE PARISH COUNCIL IN WALES. BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. There are many reasons for believing that the Parish Councils Act will have a very great influence in granting a TRLE POLITICAL EDUCATION to the masses at large. It may be the means of developing a truer form of patriotism, by making every man conscious of his own grave responsibilities, and to convince him that his own individual efforts will considerably add to the welfare and prosperity of the nation in general. Hitherto the majority of people have been somewhat careless and indifferent with regard to the manner wherein certain local affairs have been transacted in their districts. Any Parish work of a public character has always been performed by a few non-representative officials, who were at no time subject to very strict supervision. The distribution of taxes and other financial matters were hardly ever inquired into by any of the parish- ioners. Such a state was bound to be productive of a certain amount of abuse which can only be effect- ually prevented by a keener interest taken in the administration of local affairs by the parishioners themselves. Happily the Local Government Act of '94' gives us very sanguine expectations of that desirable improvement in the near future. PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT. Experience often teaches us that many a good measure is spoiled by those who push themselves forward to carry out its proposed object. There are many now elected on the Parish Councils, and who had no fitting qualifications for that important office, except their own audacious shamelessness in con- fidently declaring in front of the people that they were in possession of such admirable qualities and abilities, traces of which they had never displayed before in their lives. Such events as Elections, Local or Parliamentary, are always dear and interesting to those who love any amusing kind of novelty, and who like to hear themselves talk and pronounce big economic terms, borrowed from some reviews. When will electors exercise the same essential cautiousness in finding out the best rep- resentatives as successful generals do in searching for the most qualified and trustworthy officers. Never will the prosperity of any country be lasting as long as good and true men are prevented from coming to the front by the SUPERIOR TECHNICAL SCHEMING of their opponents, many of whom are noted for nothing except what savours of unscrupulousness and deception, or that usual political readiness to promise all things to all men, without any intention whatever of fulfilling any of their promises. It is high time
T,he J^elt iehind the Qoiznter.
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and daughters wherever they may be situated. It would be difficult to find a class that takes a keener, and more intelligent interest in general politics; yet thousands of our countrymen are denied their political birth-right through a technical evasion of the Registration Acts, made possible by the living-in system. An opportunity will be offered during the coming session, when the Registration Bill comes up for dis- cussion, to redress this standing grievance, and we shall make an earnest effort to press the claims of this reform on the attention of the Welsh members, believing that political power is one of the strongest safeguards to personal dignity. Here, the Welsh- man can be the emancipator of his class, and a pioneer of reform, as in another sphere he has been the leader, and champion of religious equality. We will urge on our young countrymen to have faith in themselves-and to strengthen that convic- tion with the examples of the heroes of our race,- always reminding them that all great national deeds begin with unknown men of the people. Your business training, and thorough, if often harsh, discipline in the ways of commerce contain splendid possibilities for good; that training; fired with a national ideal, could be of infinite blessing to our native country. Tourgenieff, the Russian novelist, speaking of one of his characters, a capable business man, says He is one of a class that are not heroes, not even heroes of toil, about whom some eccentric English- man wrote a book for the edification of us poor people; they are firm, grey, neutral-tinted men, and true Russians." "Such men are the real men and it is to them that the future belongs." Let that be your ideal, and with self-confidence and self-respect the future is yours.