Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
SIGNS OF COMING STRIFE.
England, austria and Germany sidan

Austria and Germany Siding
off Against France and Russia.
Paris Correspondent y. Y. Tribune.
The Prince ofWales, tor the first time
in his life, has ran through Paris without
Mating to dine with gay French friends
at a restaurant, and finish the evening at
a theater. Various reasons are assigned
Ior the flying nature of his visit. The
ohly good one is that of Lord SalisburF's
new diplomatic departure. To avoid ap-
PBearlhg clrcumvented or defeated by
LIIlice bismarck, who is now master of a
N"st aSglomOration of military force. and
10 some extent dominates the continent
Vi EUROPE, the English cabinet wishes to
Ptss ioF MS ally. The German chancellor
. mo i hiucn more afraid of English SOL
uiefs ana sailors than of the DeTsonal in
II nueilce OF queen Victoria at the CO11rt of
perrin, Is not sorry to draw Great Rritai,,
as well as Austria into his orbit ar6 70
ASSIST the former power in arrestinp the
CROWN OF Russia. Not to be exposed to
the hampering effects of the autOUrsnb
letters from her Brfttanic Majesty fo tba
emperor OF Germany, who holds in afFac-
tiOnate esteem and, indeed veneration.
his good sister of England, it is agreed
that, if Great Britain folds her arms and
holds her tongue in the event of France
being attacked and beaten, she is TO he
helped by Germany to take Egypt and to
keepit. This Republic will have too much
to do in looking after her own defences
TO get in the way of Lord BeacOnsfield at
Cairo and Alexandria. Official ENGLAND
is far from desiring the overthrow or dis
memberment of France, hateful to it as is
the form of Government under which the
French people choose to live; but, with
its hands full in Asia and Africa, and an
agricultural crisis, and commercial de-
preston at home, it is important to pre-
vent a hostile collision, which is more
imminent than is generally supposed. On
the principal of the half loaf being better
than no bread, DOWing street viii console
itself with Egypt for what itcannOt help;
and, as the general elections approach,
Lord Beconsfeld will go to the country
with new jewel, which he has obtained
by means Of the AustrO-German alliance,
to set in the crown of the Indian En-
press. 1t may be that Lord BeacOnsfield
calculates that France and Russia allied
may give Bismarck and his new ally
harder nuts to crack than their teeth are
equal to. If they do the powers which
seem ready to assume an antagonistic at
titude may mutually balance one another
The proposal to hand Egypt over to 4
syndicate of the European powers. which
the Downing street organs now think so
mOnstrous, is four years old. At the
same time the Cabul insurrection gave a
dangerous Importance, in Lord Sails
bury's eyes, to the plan l have mentioned
for dealing with Egyptian affairs, which
1t did not earlier present. Bismarck has
discovered that if Russia were a member
of the syndiCate-and she could not be
excluded from it-she neutralized-that
is, open only to merchant vessels convey
ing merchandise, or to ships of war not
bound on a hostile mission. Hence it
would follow that transport vessels laden
with English troops on their way to India
would be stopped inasmuch that France
draws closer and closer toward Russia,
and would not oppose her proposals in
the Egyptian Syndicate. At Berlin it
was adrOitly given out, and it was be-
lieVed at Downing street, that General
Chanzy was sent as Ambassador to St.
Petersburg to enter into communication
| with the Grand Duke Michael and Gen
eral TOdleben; and when he had proved
| to them that France and Russia would be
more than a match for Germany, to So
/ licit an alliance between President GreYv
and the Gar. A report of this nature
could not but exasperate the royal family
of England against the Republic: and
| it may in a degree account for the i'm
moderate show of official grief at the
| funeral of the late Prince Imperial.