Paris, Feb. 11.
A government bill for paying an annual pension of 200,000 francs to all French presidents who have deserved well of the Third Republic was endorsed by" the Chamber's financial committee late fast night, according to the morning press. Though couched in general term: the measure is chiefly designed to assist M, Poincaré, the former president, whom a life time Of public service has left a poor man and whose earning capacity a arter has been reduc almost nothing by his illnoss.—Trans-Ocean. Kuo Min,
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