The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-09
PARIS PICKINGS.
Interesting Items From the French
Capital.
Our Paris Correspondents Comments
on Leading Topics.
Especial Correspondents Of the HERAED.]
PARIS, February 18th, 1884.

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"For am nothing il not critical,
says Iago. A patriotic journal, no
much known to fame, might state
I am nothing if not "originsl;" i
claims to have fathomed the ''sub
ieotiveness" OF the mind OF Per6dt
Albion; as usual she has been deceiv
ing every one respecting Egypt. Tn
English cabinet has simply beer
playing a Machivelian game; it in
tsntionally remained in the back par
of the stage, putting forward th'
Egyptians, as ministers. iunc!ionarieI
and soldiers, the better to show ur
their incapacities; and, wnen fully
played out, John Bull comes to the
front, makes a little speech to the
powers, and the world: Gentlemen
you have seen how thoroughly rotten
everything native is in Egypt; We
have given the country all the iope
desirable; it is now between q break
down and q wreck; the moment ia
rome to brush aside the poppets, Ia
finish with organized hypc CIRCLES; 20
we will now take over the manage
ment OF the country for our own ac-
count-it may be for years or it may
be for ever; like MacMAhon, We are
here, and We will remain; thus secure
OF our grip, we have conceded to NJ.
de Lesseps bis personal direction OF
the Suez Canal, having it in our power
to use the route as We please, when
it ia our interest to do 90. We will fix
matters up with the Mahdi;,will make
him Q stakeholder OF all the tribes be
can weld together in the Soudan; We
will construct railways under the
8gis. and in time, when he shall post
on III Borak to rejoin Mahommed in
the seventh heaven, We shall succeed
him as stakeholder, and 60 control
the trade and commerce OF central
Africa"
Be these day dreams, or Bismarck
calculations, everyone, save the chau-
vinists of pure blood, are glad to see
England forced ID put an end to her
sham role in Egypt. and manfully
grsppls with the difficulties of which
she has undertaken the responsible :
ties.
1t was only few days ago the
ministerial journals we're congratulate
ing France at having again become
fortunes fsyorite. LIE Paris notably,
boasted the country was not like AUS
tris, q prey to socialists. or as Ger
many. the victim of-say the seven
capital sins Italy was commiserated
with-.s for England, her sun was set
though such never sets on her domin-
ions SIS was said of the empire OF
Charles v. Algeria could vie with
Australia, and as for Tunisia, it never
knew such, trsnquility-thankss to .
CORES d,armee. and its. material pros
perity. was A. I. Tonquin was about
becoming q little heaven below, the
taking of Son Fay collapsed Tsl-el-
Kebir-wbat must Bacninh then be;
all French colonial enterprises have
succeeded, while those Of England
still harping on my daughter. were
tantamount to Beau Brummels ora.
watts, etc. Again, the day that tele-i
grams were published that all was
serene ct Tonquin. q wire arrives
from the biahop OF that diocese, stat !
ing some 260 Christians were mana
cred. and imploring help, like Sinkat
and Tokar. when there is no help.
The "Delta" instead OF being Cleared
OF Black Flsge, appears to be 40
France in 1898, 10 reign Of terror.
Unhappily there is noimpartiai, for
eigp, special correspondent to tell %
now matters are ia Tonquin.
When Bacainh falls as in due
ecukse hmust, France intsnds, should
China become ugly, to lombard come
OF her itsral. terfitory-enongh ex.
ltsnsiye 20 enable, q choice 10 be made.
u islmorss likely the French viii pnsh
from Bacninh. through the big wall
into China proper, Al, their objeCtivs
Is, 20 help themseivess to an empire
eat otthe FloHery land. And il they
only ALLOW all nations to trade an the
new tsks, on the same conditions as
themselves. Europe will ahut her eyes
as 20 the ways ana means. 50 eze9ag