The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-09-15

AnAlrr Are becoming NJ Strained Ia I'm
rope That '.shut Up" Or Fight VIII Be ths
Affirmative.
PARIS, Sept I2--The irritation OF
France against England seems to In
crease day by day. First the govern
ment was urged to assert itself against
England's interference In the Siamese
question; then It was claimed that at
the opening Of the chambers the gov
ernmcnt must make the power of
France felt by raising the Egyptian
ghost again, and now the French press
has found fresh cause TO attack Eng
land, and Is angrily harping against
the obstacles which II is claimed tho
Niger Co has placed in the way Of the
French explorers.
There are people who are unkind
enough to say that these attacks upon
the part Of the French press. directed
against England serve Intentionally
or unintentionaliy. 10 turn the atten-
! tion Of the people from the really irri-
/ tating reviews, sham battles and visits
10 frontier fortresses now being in
! dulged by the German emperor with
4 the crown prince Of Italy at his side.
: That Is really where the shoe pinches,
and 1t will take more than the visit Of
the Russian feet to Tonlon to dissipate
the angry reflection which is now agi-
tating the thinkers Of France
Great preparations are already being
made here and at Toulon for the re-
ecption Of the visiting Russians, and
the political drums will undoubtedly
be beaten the loudest in the effort to
drown with Franco-RussiaH glorifca-
ton the sound of that German de-
fiance made by Emperor William at
Metz, when he boldly asserted
that Alsace-Iorraine would be held
forever by the German sword. Those
words hit the bull's-eye In Germany
and in France, and the shot echoed
around the world No amounnt Of de-
nial from official or unofficial sources
will alter the fact that the peace OF
Europe is in danger and that matters
are becoming so strained that IL will
soon be- ease Of shut up or fight, 10
use a vulgar expression, which. how.
ever, sums up the situation in Few
words
Frenchmen are both astonished and
alarmed at the German emperor's pop
ulnrity with the people Of Metz. Stras
burg and Carlsruhe, for fayorite, moi
TO say stock rallying, cry for French
orators since 1871 has been ia Re
vanche, as they pictured the unhappy
condition Of the inhabitants OF Alsace
Lorraine under German rule, ant
painted in glowing colors the love tn,
inhabitants OF the conquered provinces
had for Franco, And now, sad to re
late, il seems that these same in
habitants have decidedly high re
gard for Germany and the German EN-
peror.
Thus il is that extra enthusiasm
must he infused into the ceremonie
attending the visit Of the Russian fleet
and many people here are hearth
wishing that October IL, the date Sc
for the arrival Of the Russian fleet, wa
already here
Paris will undoubtedly turn ont e.
mpsse 10 welcome the Russians but
strange to say, as upon the oeOion Q
a somewhat similar demonstration O
affection between France and Russia
the announcement is made that a ne,
loan at per cent will be offered b
French banks TO the people of France
Russian friendship to France ma
mean a good deal; then, again, it ma
mean nothing but hard cash and cor
yenience