Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-09
ROCHEFORT'S VIEWS.
rWO THINGS ENGLAND WILL
NEVER DO.


Paris, Apr. 3,--The European edition
Of the Herald this morning prints the
following signed statement from NJ.
Henri Rochefort:
"Thcre are two things to which Eng,
land will never consent-the construc'
ton of bridge over the channel and
the evacuation of Egypt,
MIR. Cavendish- Bentlnck, a member
of Her Britannia Majesty's private
council, once said to me in London;
we are perfectly willing to allow en-
glneers TO study the means of linking
Great Britain with the continent of
Europe, but the strait, which we call
our silver streak is our defense and
we shall never allow it to be brdged.'
"Much the same holds good with
regard to Egypt The English will let
the powers continue to protest against
the continual delays in evacuation, but
they are daily growing more determ-
ined not to quit
Her majesty's government pro-
fesses for the diplomacy of Europe,
particularly for the diplomacy of
France, an intense disdaln 1t believes
perhaps with good reason, that it is
equal to the task of paying off all the
Talleyrands and all the Matternlchs of
| the old world, and it is in this thorough
! confidence in itself that it finds its
chief strength. This the British gov.
eminent, for that matter, has just
proved by inducing the commissioners
, of the Egyptian debt-those of France
and Russia eXcepted-to authorize a
payment which is nothing but loan in
I disguise out of the seventy million of
/ francs of the reserve debt.
During the last two years of my ex-
! lie | was the witness Of excessive work,
! the object of which was the improve
| ment of the fleet of the United King,
dom The most unimportant conten,
ton served as a preteXt for the build
ing Of war vessels. III reality England
was aware that the insufficient reasons
alleged for the maintenance of her
troops in Egypt would not long pass
muster, and was making preparations
for Il possible 1!.s 10 -w-fcifG, iaeieetf-4ii
my opinion She has quite made up her
mind, Notwithstanding Prince Bis
marks insulting prediction that Eng
land will astonish the world by her
cownrdice.
The expedition to Dopgola, per
chance to Saukim, was invented only
in order TO justify a refusal to with
draw from Egypt the army which Lord
Salisbury on the contrary has decided
upon reinforcing. He is not little
pugnacious by character. He will
| evoke the spectre of the Soudanese in
| vasion in the event of defeat compare
BILE to that of 1874, when of the 10000
men under General Hicks none re-
turned to tell the story of the disaster
He will rack his Imagination to invent
grounds acceptable or not for. the ever
lasting prolongation of the British occu-
patton, but whatever happens, what
ever response he receives, or whatever
objections may be made he will not
evacuate Egypt.
This is my firm conviction, based
upon numerous conversations had on
the subject with several members of
the house of commons and particularly
Irish members, who being opposed to
the English policy, had no reason to
conceal its undercurrents from me.
''The English papers are pleased to
state that the death Of the Mahdi
caused disruption among the fanatics
who made of him a rev prophet. That
is, l believe, serious error in which
cross-cbannel chauyinism will be
wrong to take stock.
"The question our diplomats are vain
ly endeavoring to solve will perhaps be
settled by the Soudanesc. and il Egypt
is ever TO be evacuated by the Englisu
1t will be battles waged before the walls
of Dongola, or before SuakirN, that
will determine the evac iatlon Ques-
ton. Henri Rechefort."