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CHAT OF THE LONDON GOSSIPS
RRTTISH-FBENCH WEST AFRICAN
AFFAIR STILL BEING DISCUSSED.

RRTFISH-FUENCH WEST AFRICAN
AFFAIR STILL BEING DISCUSSED.
The Graphic Thinks the Disinherit-
ing Plan of MIR. Pullman Dangers
Gus to Society ty-Anti-Gfain Gam-
bling Crusade Acquiring Form in
Frnncc-French Employers Liza
bility Bill Imposes PaymenN of
Indemnity by Employer I'm Case oa
Accidental DIsablcment of Ems
pIOyc-Cnpt. Alfred Drcyfus' Case
Being Agitoted Agnin--M. scheureH
Kestner Claims Him Innocent.
Copyright, 1887, by the Associated Press.
London, Oct SO.-The African situation
has been aggravated by the French SEMI
official note, made public on Tuesday last
and reading: 1.-THE news from West Af-
rica foreshadows great difficulties at NIkki
and in Bergu. The Niger Company (Brit-
ish) Is sending officers there to incite re-
bellion and distribute arms to the natives
In view of this situation French troops
have been dispatched to that district from
Senegal as a preventive measure. More~
over, the British negotlators for a settles
Paris for over a week, and everything
points to Great Britain seeking to let the
matters drag. Seemingly she does not In
tend to discuss the question. but means
will undoubtedly be found to foil these
tactics"
1t Is amusing to hear the worlds most
notorious land grabbers condemning
France for following a similar policy
France, however seems equally determ-
ined not to recede. In fact, the st. Louis
speech of the French colonial minister, NJ
Iebon, seems to show that the cardinal
feature of French policy In Africa is the
extension of French influence from the
west coast to the Nile valley and themes
to Ethiopia.
Much interest Is taken here an the called
account of the provisions of the will OF the
late George NJ. Pullman and the question:
issraised as to whether such precedent is
desirable The Graphic, for instance, sayss
MANY economists opine that an lrrespon-
sible heir is the most useful check nature
has provided against the efforts OF the
'Napoeons of commerce to get all the
wealth of the world into their clutches
II all milllonaires declined to pass their
savings to sons who do not share their
talent for accumulatng, the terrible power
of the money bag would soon grow to di-
mensiOns endangering society,"
'"Tod" Sloane, the American jockey, who
Is riding for the Lorillard-Beresford stable
here, has been so successful lately that
the newspapers are asking whether the
American short stlrrup and tucked up ac-
tion has not a decided advantage in the
case of surefoOted animals. Sloane Is stlll
positive that st. Cloud II won the Cam
bridgeshire stakes on Wednesday at New
market.
The anti-grain gambling crusade is taxi
ing shape in France. The Chamber OF
Deputies has appointed a committee TO
investigate and report upon the proposed
prohibition of speculation In grain and
articles Of food generally. Almost all the
members OF the committee are favorable
to the idea of stopping gambling, but they
recognize the difficulty of doing so with
out interfering with legitimate speculation
The committee, however, IS determined TO
thoroughly investigate and examine the
reports of commerce and industry, and
will try to determine where legitimate
speculation ends and gambling commences
The employers liability bill which was
adopted on Thursday by the French Cham-
ber Of Deputies, is of a dramatic character
1t imposes upon the employer the payment
of an indemnity to workmen, who are ac-
cidentally disabled, IL they are made idle
for over four days.
If a workman Is disabled for life tha
employer must pay him pension of two
thirds OF his wages lost. In case of tenn
porary disablement the employer must
pay half the wages the workman thereby
loses, and in the case of death by acci-
dent the employer must pay a pension to
the workman's widow amounting to 20 per
cent of the wages he earned.
Provisions are also made for pensions
to orphans and aged parents. In order
to secure these payments, even in the
event of the employers insolvency, the
bill compes employers to insure their
workmen against accident.
There seems to be some substance be-
hind the latest agitation in behalf of
Capt Alfred Dreyfus, the French artil-
lery officer who In 1895, on conviction by
court martial on the change of selling
important military plans to agents of Al
foreign government, was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life in fortress. and who
is now confined on a small island of the
French group off the coast OF
French Guiana. The prime mover
in the present steps taken in
behalf of the prisoner is NJ Schuerer
Kestner, one of the vice presidents Of the
French Senate. M. Scheurer Kestner
claims TO have irrefutabe proofs of the
innocence of Dreyfus, and he asserts that
ne knows the real culprit. 1t is understood
NJ. Scheurer Kestner Is determined to
raise the question in parliament. He has
already conferred with the ministers OF
war and justice on the subject.
The Patrie of Paris tonight, on the au-
thority Of a member of the court-martiaI
which condemned Dreyfus, declared that
the proofs of the latter's guilt involve Al
state secret which might become a casus
beli.
A NEGRO CHILD BURNED.