The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-26

PtCtCAcO Va OV0bHSAirAbA sASAt
English missicnaries, nurse among
them the spirit of rebellion against
France. Their ministers and other
Englishmen have the cunning even
to circumvent American coasuls TO
act according to their own
English and an,i.French designs.
Some years ago the French govern
ment had to apply TO Washington
to have the American consul at
Tamatave to respect the most
elementary obligations of his cffice.
And again now the English anti.
French intriguers are trying to
utilize the new Americ N consul
there, and his exequatur, to raise
difficulties against the French pro
tectorate in Madagascar. Sir Charles
Dixie has asked in the house of
commons about the exequstur of the
American consul at Tamatave, as if
it were any business Of the English
Mr.. Edward Grey has answered for
the British government that the
American consul had not asked for
his exequatur yet, and that the
government did not believe it was
desirable to take the initiative of q
concerted action. They would pre-
fer, of course, that it be taken by
the American government as their
cats paw. On the other hand
many Engishmeu say it would not
BIZ favorable to the English interests
in Southeast Africa if France had
prosperous colony in such a close
vicinity as is Madagascar. And the
French reply that, in that case, it
would not be favorable to French
interests in Madagascar to have
prosperous English colony in such
close vicinity as Southeast Africa.
There is no escape. Either be good
neighbors or enemies. Peace or
war!
1t has been said by many of those
who are favorab' to the Dreibund,
or Triplice, that the treaty of CON-
merce between Russia and Germany
had superseded if not suppressed
the Russian entente with France;
but such is not the case, and the
Russian government, anxious to
emphasize the solidity of the Franco
Russian alliance, has caused the
grand duke Michael, ON the very
day after the conclusion of the Ger
man treaty of commerce, to send
long friendly dispatch to Marshal
O. nrobert in honor of France, her
army and navy.
Military circles all over the con.
tinent are occupied with the inven-
ton in France of new kind of ar.
tillery. 1t is field piece of IS mil
lime,ers, which is said to possess
wonderful qualities of stability,
power and accuracy.
1t is with great satisfaction the
public has seen the promotion to
the grade of lieutenant colonel OF
Commandant Joffre, who so brayely
and successfully led his column to
the rescue of the 800 French SOL
diers and native Senegaese auxi.
liaries who were blockaded in the
fatuous central Soudan city of Tim.
buctoo, after the death of their
glorious commander, the unfortunate
BONNER.
The fanatical Touaregs have been
repulsed with big loss every time,
but they are not yet pac fed, nor
will they be probably for some
time to come, for they are very
numerous, brave and fanatical, and
they manage to escape every time
into the Businesses of the desert.
An artist of noted talent, the
painter Csillebotte, is just dead. He
died wealthy, not only from the sale
OF his works, but also by fine col
lection of postage stamps he had &C,
cumulated for many years. Oue
day a wealthy Engishman came to
his studio, not to speak of, or look
at, art, but merely to see The stamp
collection he had heard of. After
having locked at it, he asked to
buy 1t; the artist answered he had
collected these stamps for his pleas
ure, not as speculation. But the
Englishmau, Mr.. Tapling, insisted,
and made him point blank offer of
100000 francs for it. Mr.. TAPPING
died lately also, and he left the