The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-09-17
The Gazette. Paris Letter.
FRANCE AND EGYPT.
PANS, August 18Th, lss

PANS, August 18Th, 1851.
For the second time France has Numbered
herself out Of Egypt. The French are not only
vexed, but regret in their heart Of hearts, the
collapse Of the conference Had tic nation
been candidly informed Of the question, it
would never have permitted its government TO
be made the organ Of the HnHfe BdHqHs, TO the
detriment CT the .tsll1lsen, for the French are
instinctively the foes Of oppression. At best,
the Bond Holders formed only the red herring
irailed to throw England Of the real scent.
The aim Of France was, to regain the position
she herself had forfeited in Egypt; now she
sees England paramount and resolved, and the
dynamite uniting resorted to; the fee faw fun
representations INDUCED in, may fairly be
ranked as stage thunder. As England cannot
60 back, she must 20 forward. She has TO
show the cbsiructionisis, that their day is over.
She must let her determined will and strong
hand be felt, not only in Egypt, but through
out the East. That should constitute the new
departure Of Lord Granville. Overhaul Egypt
from top TO bottom; give the Ie2aaeta hope;
give them courage, byreininE IN usureEs, es-
tahlishinE equal taxation, and cleaning the
AuCean stable OF incapable, Gillette and corrupt
pachas. There is good material in the ooun-
try, only let it be properly worked up. No
one here believes any other programme worth
a fig. In the way Of encouraging "Protecto-
rates" France has nothing to touch Anglo
Indians, and in matters Of finance, NJ. de Big
nieres will be long time before he comes up
to Mr.. Gladstone.
What the French are puzzled at, is the mu-s
tual bambOozling Of signing a preliminary
agreement that all misunderstanding having
been removed between England and France,
and that the conference had only 10 register
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in frances abusing the conciliatory spirit Of
England, and in getting the inch, trying 10 OBJ
tain the ell The presenting Of tue ulhmatum
two hours before the last meeting Of the Con-
gress, is an old weakness with France. Aud
when It was met with firm and logical refu-
sal, that fHrid fr.HiosSc retired as usual, dis
comhted and discouraged.
NoTE OF WARNING.
1t is something like the fox and the sour
grapes for France to point ont all The Difficult
ties before England in Egypt. 1t is high time
for France TO concentrate all her attention on
her. own Egypt at Tonquin. She would do
well 10 keep her weather eve open on Ger
many Bismarck is a clumsy siren, but in
tempting France into an alliance, and SO have
the world between Them the French may be
squeezed. In ls56 Bismarck trieksd Napo-
leon Ill and Benedeite, at Ploubiers, on the
Belgian seizure He is now setting the Ger
man journals, which are merely telephone
connected with Varlin and the Berlin Foreign
cf5ce, to stroke down France, TO accept the
conclusions Of 1901 as irrevocable, for her
10 Law down new keel and pitch into old John
Bull. And there are Frenchmen who nibble
at the bait, and cannot see that at a moment,
siren Bismarck will turn to the Alsatians aud
will say: "You have remained in mourning
because separated from France; look how the
latter is ready to throw you over; cast away
your black mourning caps and here are some
new ribbons to tie up your bonny brown hail"
rHE PARLIAMENT OF FRANCE.
The Congress does not present a healthy
look. The seeds Of dissolution seem 70 have
taken root hard and fast in the ministerial
quorum. II was hoped to finish the work OF
Congress in a couple Of days; now week
hence is fixed as the date, and each new day
means, perhaps, commencing danger The
opening meeting was extremely unruly, but all
popular assemblies when excited do not re-
semble Louis XIV, the courtiers; the vivacity
Of the French character only makes the diff
ference more marked. The government CON-
nIitled the error Of voting down the minority
and sirangling all discussion. That was bold
bgi certain 10 create great irritation and pro-
mentally another great blunder, to view the
Congress, the highest political power IN tie
realm, as subordinate 10 the Senate and Cham
Der Of Deputies: the mere voting machine Of a
ministry whose position had already been
seriously shaken. The expectation is and the
necessities Of the situation require, that NJ
Ferry's revision hill be carried, even with all
iis faults, and 50 close the Congress. The OPP
poneuts Of the cabinet are all able men terribly
IN earnest; in a white heat at the premier, and
full Of expedients. II NJ Ferry be defeated,
anarchy Is the consequence.
IHK ANARCHISTS.
The Anarchists held violent meeting. they
stated that they desired TO be in no manner
compared with the deputies sitting at Yer
SALES, who were simply bandits" N. MArei,
himself deputy, svowed the Congress was
positively "abOminable," and N. Laisant an
other deputy, agreed the best thing TO do, was
TO suppress IT, Only fifty members Of the
meeting volunteered 70 march then and there
On Versailles. Il was whispered that General
GulHpet, who gave the Communists such
terrible punishment, was at Versailles, ready
for work, despite his wounds from locomo-
tive, received few days ago while saving a
woman and hcr infant from being run over.
Il is generally thought that Gallipets body
offers no more room for wounds; he has been
90 riddled with shot and shell, so gashed with
spear and sword, that the fragments Of his
body are ouly kept in place by an ingenious
combination Of silver plates and screws.
CONVICT EMIGRATION
VIII Australia be content with the eoDoes-
sioa the French Government proposes, Of send |
Ing, not ten, or sixty, thousand Of her ineor- |
rigible criminals, bat oue-fouIth. estimated al |
o5e thousand, 70 New Caledonia The re-
maipdsr viii Be dispatched to Gaayne, where, |
II thew teal inclined they can wander into the |
vast empire Of Brazil, nearly as large as Aus
tralia herself. Opinion IS anzions 70 know, /
does Australia stand by the wbOie-hog de- !
nnnd-n0s to let loose single sirkly Sheep |