The herald., 1897-01-24

lique proposed the rejection Of the suit,
declaring 1t was curious to fnd the
plaintiff asking republican court 20
confer upon him the title Of king of
France.
Still further to complicate mat
ters, counsel appeared for Don Carlos,
head of the Spanish branch of the Boalr-
bon family, and pretender to the throne
of Spain. claiming for his client the right
to bear the royal arms of France
Judgment will be rendered next week.
ALI the newspapers congratulated the
marquis of Salisbury on his diplomatic
triumph, as shown by the publication on
Thursday last of the official correspond
ence between Great Britain and Rus
sia which brought about the agree
ment of the czar to the proposal of the
marquis of Salisbury that the ambassa-
doris of the powers at Constantinople
should formulate laws for the Turkish
empire which should be enforced by the
powers should the sultan prove recalci-
trant, to which France consented la
ter, after Germany, Austria and Italy
had previously given their consent.
There is a general feeling that the con-
cert Of Europe for coercion is nearer
civilization than ever before
The plague news from Bombay Is not
reassuring. The government sanitary
commission has reported seriously on
the situa ton, but Engltshmen regard
the chances Of the plague getting foot
hold in Great Britain as being remote
on account Of the excellent sanitary con-
ditions. But on the continent the feel
ing of alarm has clearly increased dur
Ing the past week, and the continental
press demands the most rigorous In
spection of everything imported from
India
Some excitement was caused in Paris
during the week by the stopping Of q
small steamer bound from London to
Paris at Bougival, a village on the
seine, about four miles north from Yer
sailles. A rumor spread that the steam
er was infected with the plague and it
transpired she had on board carpets and
bedding from India. But it developed
later that they had been stored In Lon
don Tor the past six months and the au-
thorities allowed her to proceed to Paris.
Along the unsanitary ports of the
Mediterranean Littoral grave fears are
expressed that the plague will be intro
duced on the steamers coming from In
ola and the French minister of the in
terror, M. Barthu. has ordered large
quantities of anti-plague serum to be
prepared and sent to French ports.
AT meeting of the council of public
assistance in Paris a note of alarm was
struck in remark that infected Indian
carpets may already have been brought
ii@o Vic cIltu Capital. Df. BrOuarQel,
moreover, stated that the danger of the
plague reaching Europe was imrni-
nent; that the preventive means of
France only existed in rudimentary
form; that France could do nothing to
prevent the entrance of the plague and
could do nothing to combat 1t. These
grave remarks have created a deep i'm
preston, and at the cabinet council to-
day the minister of foreign affairs, M.
Hanotaux, and the minister of the in
terror communicated to their colleagues
and the president the sanitary
measures adopted by the govern
ment. These include forbidding pil-
grims from leaving Tunis, Algeria and
Senegambia for Mecca this year. and
President Faure has signed a decree i'm
posing severe penalties upon the i'm
port of merchandise from the infected
ports of India through other ports than
Marseilles, St Nazaire, Havre, Dunkirl,
and Algers.
The Italian sanitary council has con-
sidered the situation, and it is under
stood that it advises against the project
for a general quarantine as being COM
mercially ruinous and inefficacious.
In Germany the plague is viewed
through Anglophobe glasses and Great
Britain is attacked for allowing herself
to be lulled into a feeling of false Sc
curity by the Indian authorities and the
Bombay press, which is charged with
trying to conceal the real danger exist
ing.