The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-26

England has new scare, and. ma
usual, is pretty not ana very sillv over
H. She has learned that a French Jews
plp,r man named Pain, whe il with the
Mahi has bveu smart enough To- fool
EnSlaud's Industrious cououeror of
sklrdh,hes, Lord Nolselry Pam Is
known as n shrewd and uuscrupulous
auNenturcr. He Was sent 10 New Gale
uoIln Tor his share in the work or the
commune, escaped with kuCheturt. went
through the lurcu- kussit IN war with
me ks, and spout season in "A Rus.
sian prison because his own country
dlsowued him. IL has been known lie
world over for week., that he has been
win the Mahdi, aud his brilhancy,
knowledge ol war, mischief making
qualities aud hearty hatred of the Eug.
llsh have been equally well understood
one would thlnk, therefore, that, being
'ofewarhed, WOlseley would he fore
armed against the tricky Freuchman
VINO had cnniessedly gone into the
cause oil That gloomy warrior.
On the contrary, IL is Civ
en- out that Wulseley has
been swallowing sbait, hook and lipe.
Fam started the stories If
tho mahui's sickness, OF the
M rta'lly among tho troops, and
oi me general disruption Of his forces.
lie has, too, organized a secret service
hy means of which the mahdi ke Us
pos ed Ms ~ all Wulseley's movements
aud English doings in general. In fine,
while W"lSeley Knows little or hotniug
about the uahdi, except 10y sitting con.
Trajectory rumors, the Soudanese are
pretty thoroughly coguizantO of the plans
of their enemy.
THIS should not he very serious mat
ter, now that 1t il II known danger tn be
guarded against. but when II comes To
matler"i patriotism the ordinary Brit.
iSher ~ not altogether n reasoning ant
mai. Wolseley Is said to be very in
diEnant," In Tact there is "much iudig-
nation everyW here" in England, aud IL
Is considered not only "prubahlo lhut
there will he an Immediate revival of
angry words " tween the pewspapers of
Palis and those ct LOudOG,n but that this
"whully unlocked for discovery" will
provoke u dl plOnatiC quarrel between
France and England" It, is to he hnped
that England will not he 40 foolish. The
feeling between the countries has not
been ut the pleasantest for some time.
and France has hardly taken the trouble
10 conceal her hostility to the British
policy In Upper Egyp,. But there seems
~ be- no good reason for connecting
France with this Frenchmau's perform.
ances. He mas been disuwned by his
country, and started upon this ndven-
lurOus journey alone aud apparently ON
his own responsibility. France migh.
ms well bn held To account for the mis-.
conduct ola French pirkpncket In the
London streets. the government Is lit
tie likely In commit itself tn 80 foolish n
demand, though the cutlery is not sur.
priSing in II people who de uand n
change in U"ited States laws whenever
"A pOr-guu eNplndps.
To the dis nter's ted ohScrverit would
seem that tn indignation, IT, IL is orth
| cherishing ~ all,uight hemure properly
directed against the British commander +,
who has been c'ovcrly hoodwinked he
fore his face. lhe Fru.,hman's tactics
are legitimate WarlBre; he deserves
credit IT, among y band ul savHges, he
has successfully dpiied all the resources
OF the most popular British general.
Wolseley has too much sei iOus work at
hand To waste his time in dragging
France into the quarrel by tho noels.