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had for its particular object to prevent the oessou
ofthe Luxembourg Belgian Road to the great French
Eastern Railway Company. But the French, like
the English and some other big peoples seem 10 feel
if not think that little peoples have no rights that
! their great neighbors are bound to respect
| With few exceptions, chiefly among the socaIed
0rleapist journals, the press here, without much
distinction of party, have been taking the Belgians
to task for yenturing TO pass law which shows such
dstrust of France. 1t is an insult an impertnence,
challenge, political bunge politico-economical
folly Some proposed to meet it by withdrawing the
French Minister from Brussels. 1t rumored ter
rOneousyl three four days ago that Minister Guer
roniere had left Brussels. The bully Pays advised
that French regiments be set on march straghtway
for King LeOpolds capital. More moderate COUNSEL
ors advised commercial reprisals-excessive tariffs
on Belgian merchandise, that would in few months
bring that needless folk on their knees to offended
France The Emperor was said to be quito hurt
wounded in his more delicate moral parts by such
mark of distrust.7 Did not Belgium owe her indie
pendence to France in 1890 Is not Napoleon her
sincere frendf Does he want more territoryi Hath
he ever talked about agglomeration Did he
try to buy that pitiful little Luxembourg territory
that gives its to this little railway which the
French Eastern was negotiating for. If anything is
unpleasant to the frank and generous mind of the
powerful it is dstrust in the weak. No, let alone,
the Belgians would never have thought of slch q
law. They were instigated to it by that mischief
maker, Bismarck, who delights in veXng France,
and has not forgotten the Luxembourg question. and
still has views ON Luxembourg quite contrary to
French views even to the purely industrial views of
the Great French Eastern.
IL was especially this suspected tinge of Prussian-
blue in the law that has stirred the greeneyed ZEAL
onsy of France and the bile Of editors for the past
few days This breeze in boiler is now quietiRg
down. The Belgian Minister Resident here has been
ordered to explain to the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs that the fusion of the Luxembourg with the
French Eastern objected to solely on the ground
OF Belgian economical interests, although in his
speech urging the passage of the bill to the Chamber
of Deputies the Belgian Minister OF Commerce took
into the account of his argument strategic reasons
and considerations OF military defense of his country.
AS for Prussan ntriges in the affair, why the Prus-
sian Cabinet itself has furnished its own denial OK
anything of that SORT with the greatest cheenness.
As every one knows, Cabinets can no more lie than
can figures. When this teapot tempest was NJ ITS
hight OF two of the Liberal papers seemed TO be-
come aware of the mistake they weIe making in en-
cOuTa1ng revival of the war spirit and moderated
their tone TO common sense standard. The War
party far as there is existing here is both by
intention and naturally hostile 60 the growth
of political freedom; as ChduUTtnSnl Is nearly
incompatible with enlightened patriotisn-the cry
Of our country right or wrong when once up to It's
passionate note sitting tue voice of right. For the
rest, the sO-caed Orleanist pubcists, by which are
meant, in general the advocates of liberal consti-
tutional monarchy, and some of the sO-caled Demo-
cratic journalists, have all along taken tie sOberer
view of this little Belgian business, which is now
getting 10 be prevalent, aud which recognizes the
right of the Belgans TO legslate for themselves. lt
is also to be observed that when the feeling OF rri
tation was at its hight, the public generally were
more inclined to smile at than sympathetically adj
mire that bold dragon, Mr. Editor Cassagnae OF the
Pays on his war horse, and Mr.. Grardn of the Lao;
ertS on his war hobby. MIR. Glrarlin has several
hobbies on each of which in turn, he takes violent
exercise in his Liberty riding school. One of them
is the Rhine boundary hobby-a taVorlte with Nun
since SadOwa
The Minister of the Interior has written an official
dee fUE PIhSf S
severely enforce articles six and ten OF the June law
On public meetings. Article six empowers the police
officer, who is always present at their meetings, to
dissolve them whenever, IN his opinion, the debate
touches questions foreign to the "tnn%ntnons Ar
Gle ten provides for any member OF the oaredH tine
presiding and other oicersl or OF the audience VINO
hesitates to obey the order to disperse prison for
not less than fortnight nor more than year, aud
orders tine which it does not provide, OF not less
than 800 nor more than COCO francs, which trlling
penalties are entirely independent OF such other
punishment as the ordinary penal code provides for
disobedience and dsEespect to the TeR1larly const
divergent lines of argument TO justify new anu
vigorous severity in the application Oh artleies SIX
aud ten One line runs TO the enect that n ,1netto
the Government has applied them with excusapIe
midness, but because the violence of the speeches
at these meetings could be safely left Tor It's punish
ment to the contempuOus good sense OF an lndlner-
ent or disguised public. The other line runs ~ me
effect that vigorous severity OF repression
is absolutely necessary TO save society: b9t pom ON
lines traverse the common ground OF charge that tue
speakers at many of these meetings riot In Wild eX
travagance of attack religion, property law and
foundation Mr. FORBADE, doubtless, bases IL on tho
reports of certain meetings which are done IN sten0-
graphy by official reporters, and from when are
made surepOrtS carefully selected and coOrdnated,
of the most extravagant and violent words and
phrases, illustrated with running gloss ny tho
police. These subreports are the ones tnat are 50
ostentatously printed in the seni-ohcial journals
Tho cOmmendable amount OF good sense, tue weary
amount of commonplace the occasional W.T. a an.
Randrilart Professor of Political Economy and chief
editor of the Constitutional. prints them sac
by side with his expressions Oh sSHne ess ~ ~
the ignorance among the working classes OF
the first principles of political economy; ny
which. OF course, like all political economists, ho
means his principles But when tne DISCUSSION % '9
amendment augmenting the appropriations ior CON-
mon schools, the Government orator oDleeis Oh me
ground that the treasury is too poor TO add nan
million francs 70 the popular education tun, MI;
Baudrillart will sustain the Conservative orator ana
reproye Mr. SimOns restless spirit OF TevoiutohhaIy:
with the Baudrillarts opposition, anu M Bau'iit
will find 1t accorlant with his principles OF poltloal
economy 10 defend and admire the prolouna states
mansip Of tho economy appropriations Oh the war
budget. ~, q A. Y..
who no longer dare leave society To protect itself by
contempt Indifference, or discussion, against the
formidable attacks of q few extIavagant and lgno-
rant phrasemongers, refuses ms MlsteIiai pra 20
handbills that shall simply advertise tne puDhc 3
day In advance of the honr and place when ana
where Jules Simon, or Ed Laboniaye, or J9ies awe
ia 10 deliver popular lecture Duty, or Literature
and Progress. But although sncb advertisement Is
strictly prohibited BY tho s9hGsies thSs STS sr0 SSd
fanatca orators the vulgar masses and on society
great audiences do find out when and where they
NAV listen in wrapt attention 10 the almost too per-
feet periods of Favre, tho high morality OF Jules
Simon the wit and wisdom that flow NJ easily from
Laboulaye's lips into orr minds that We hair fancy
il was already therein latent state.
Some OF your readers who hold with Mrs beecher
Stowe that Bslzac is the Jace pfncsps OF al French
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