The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-29

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the bullying programme of the
French in Egypt, and the floods OF
norrlble abuse poured out upon Eng
land by journals that forget decency
facts, fair play. The kid-glove, the
unctuous, bland, and Uriah Heep
policy OF the foreign Office ia simply
q subject of ridicule and laughter.
The multiple control is the triumph
not only of France in Egypt, but ip
the east. 1t is better to force Fran oe
to 90 all she can now, than here after.
1t would be well for England to keep
ever before the eyes OF the world, that
France. in letting up as the champion
OF European rights, now. in Egypt,
shamefully abandoned that role, when
Arab threatened the Khedive's ex-
istence the monarch France and
England act up, snd pledged them.
selve to sustain; that the champion
Iship in question is of the same DIS
interested character, as displayed in
Tnnis and Tonkin-Frsnce first. civil
ligation, spd all that sort of thing.
next. And finally, that England
having gone into Egypt single-hand-
ed,
EXPENDED HER BLOOD AND TREASURE,
has not the slightest idea of being
dictated out of the land of the Nile,
ljockeyed out OF Cairo, or bullied out
OF Alexandria.
The idea of conciliating French
hate, by soft soap. corporations,
entente cordiales. and slmilar rubbish,
lis pure folly and OF the most danger
Gus kind. The more England shows
herself independent of France, and
respects her traditions of pluck and
fearlessness, the more Lha French will
heed her. Germany is not brow
beaten, nor howled down by united
royalists, imperialists. republicans,
and commun cts, that in their days Ct
misfortune found a repose in Eng
land, and certain in due course &c
require is again. E. gland let her
self down and misled the Francb, by
her ''gush" foE them. by f4tteIiaQ
their vanlties ard testing their foibleo
She onght 10 have acted towards
them as if men. not a mosaic Of a
child and the woman; treat them as
she does other nations-as men.
For the future. toe relations be-
tween France and England must BE-
based on other lines. France must
be shown. rather than reminded that
her friendship is not actually neces-
sary for the existence Of England;
that her humors are misplaced AMI il
she adopts pin-cushion war in
Egypt, she can in return, be made
uncomfortable in many parts of the
world. It is old tactics with France
to indulge in hyperboles and superla-
tives as to her grievances, when she
desires to cover her designs. 1t may
be complimentary 10 Englishmen to
observe. they cause so much anxiety
to the French-When they do nothing
at all; and to reflect, what must be
their potency if they became antago-
nists. A Frenchman sees in those
who differ from him, not an adver-
gary, bat personal enemy, AID those
who have the weakness to believe
there are other nations, at least, equal
to France, are actuated by motives OF
envy, hatred, malice, uncharitable-
ness, and above sll-jealousy. dc
not see why France arrogates to herr
self that she and England are the
oIvILIzAING AGENTS OF THE WORLD.
Brother Jonathan has no time for q
broad grin at such Wind-baggism,
Italy may lay claim to helping the
good work; as for Germany, inquire
of Bismarck.
France wants Africa from the Red
Sea to the Atlantic: this was Provost
Paradol's day-dream. Englsnd-the
nation not the government, will not
''scuttla" from Egypt, but che must
be prepared to protect Gibraltar from
the opposite side of the way. ss
Morocco is doomed. The French
minister has returned with his Gin
struUtlons" to Tangiers.
The Senate committee has not
formally made it's report On the
recidi0istes' question, but the draft
recommends sending the, choice
SCUM OF PRISON FILTH
to New Caledonia and Guyane.
Australia is now challenged; viii! she
rely on the colonial Office, which has
no backbone; or on her own anti
cosmopolitan nuisance laws?
The chamber of deputies has voted
the touchstone clauses of the army
bill, military, active service. spending
three years for all. Thus theological
students must unsheath the sword.
Perhaps the Senate mag make ex-
captions. The revision OF the con
stitution bill, which when proposed
| in 1882, By Gambetta, was made the
pretext to politically extinguish him. is
meeting with fierce opposition on the
clause of tying down the congress in
advance. The bill is a perfect Pam
dora's box-may "hope" be found at
the bottom.
The French are of the opinion,
that Tonkin is white elephant on
their hands; instead, ss expected,
finding there larks dropping down