Franco cannot exist very Jong without strike, it would seem, The latest is it imes, a term struck, not against 1 inst the Government 801 description of the inscription maritime necessary, It originated two centuries and a hal in the time of Colbert. All the mar ion then had to serve on vessels of the navy. As this obligation was very unpopular with the fishermen and others from whom the 1 crews were entirely drawn, they given certain privileges by way of] compensation, and notabl; 7 whi they were not on actual sevice, The system worked fairly well so long as the crews of the warships continued to be drawn from the sonfaring classes; but since the abolition of sailing vessels, the importance of these men hax be come lessond less. The electricians, enjineors and other mechanics come mostly from inland towns, They serve for just as long as the sailors, without having inscrita continue to enjoy the privileges accorded to them in Colbert's time, that is to say, an anonol pension of 204 francs for ordinary sailors, payable at the ago of fifty or after twenty. five years of service. Captains receive, pension of 780 franco. They complained that this was not enough to hoop them alive; and the Government, after going into the matter very thoroughly, brought in a Bill raising the minimum po lors to 360° france, and that of captains to 1,000 refused to cent payers twelve million francs a Under the now Bill this amount will ye raised to cightoon million francs, sud this, the Government thinks, is quite s much as the community can fairly be asked to devote to the relief of this particular class, Government helps Shipowners, The strike lasted only three days, but that was quite enough to have serious effects on French trade and industry. Algeria and Corsica, which draw a large part of their supplies from thometropolis and send it, in exchange, quantities perishable cargo, such tables, received & bad up ite postal America, the Government was obliged to appeal to other countries. The Com. paguie Generale Transatlantique bad to send 750 emigrants, who were "cating their heads of" at Havre, from that port to Southampton, whence they were forwarded to New York by White Star oe, herald and S. C. & C. Gazette.
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