The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-08
Echoes From Foreign Shores.


The revival of the Panama scandal at
Paris through the revelations OF Arton,
which have led to the arrest during the
last week Of senators and deputies galore,
has brought to Eight the fact that President
Carrlot died knowing the names of the real
| culprits. 1t seems that at the moment
when public opinion was becoming excited
on the matter OF the Panama scandal few
years ago, Charles de Lesseps, who is with
out exception the finest and strongest char
acter of the whole Lesseps family. sought
and obtained an audience OF the chief mag
istrate. On being admitted to the presence
OF NJ. Carnot he exclaimed
IN. le President, I am a Republican,
and it is as a Republican that I come 10
tell you there is a Republican interest as
well as national interest 10 prevent the
judicial authorities concerning themselves
with the affairs of Panama
Then. with his eyes liked on the ground
II. Charles de Lesseps related the history
Of the canal, giving a vivid, moving and
terrifying description of all the attempts
made to obtain money from the company
from the day when the question of the IS
sut OF a lottery loan was first mooted. the
innumerable pressing demands which has
been made on the directors. the compromise
they had been constrained TO consent TO
and all the rest
1t is affirmed that NJ. de Lesseps mention-
ed all the names, and that when he had
finished speaking, after two hours, during
which NJ. Carnot had not interrupted him
once, the president. without saying single
word, took both the hands of n. de Lesseps
and pressed them warmly.
At Berlin as well as at Brussels il is as
serted in court circles that Emperor Will
lam and President Faure are to meet under
the hospitabie roof of King Leopold toward
the close of next month. The chief mag:s-
trate of the French republic has already ae-
cepted an invitation to visit the interna-
tional exhibition, which opens at Brussels
few weeks hence, staying al the royal
palace, as the guest of the king, while
Leopold's brother, the Count of Flanders.
when he proceeded to Berlin the other day
for the purpose of taking part in the GEN.
tennial celebration there, was commission
ed TO invite young Emperor William 10
visit Brussels al the same time.
Emperor William, who is extremely anx-
ious to meet President Faure and TO do
everything that he can TO propitiate France,
with the object of obstructing any under
accepted the invitation with alacrity, and
thus. unless something occurs to interfere
with the realization of the project. emperor
and president will meet next month on neu-
trail ground, King Leopold acting the part
OF intermediary and broker in the matter
role for which he is peculiarly fitted by
taste and instinct.
OF late France has shown a very marked
tendency to cut adrift from her Russian
alliance and TO come to an understanding
with England, her natural and old-time ally
This is warmly recommended and persis-
tenuy urged by all the former friends OF
Gamabetta, the powerful opportunist party
at Pris, and no one is louder in pointing
out the advantages of such course than
Nine. Adam, the owner of the Nouvelle
Revue, and the woman whose name during
the last quarter of century has been more
Conspicuously identified with the Republi-
can party in France than that of any other
woman.
Emperor William realizes the danger to
Germany in an alliance between France
and England, which would be infinitely
more powerful and would have at its COM
mand far greater resources than any other
alliance In the world. He knows full well
it would combat Germany. both politically
and economically, at every point, and he is
anxious. therefore, to prevent it at all costs.
He is under the impression that he can
achieve this by means of his personal in
ffuence, if only he can be accorded an op-
portunity of bringing pressure to bear upon
the ruler Of France. and his opportunity
he houes to find at Brussels when staying
under the same roof with President Faure
Fears are entertained in court circles in
London lest the procession through London
June p next prove too severe tax upon
the queens strength, and there are even
many who predict that she Will succumb
during the trip. The route over which she
will have to travel on that day, almost at
a walking pace, is more than six miles
long.
The ordeal would tax the strength of
even a powerful man. What it will be for
this poor old lady, broken with age and in
trinity, an easy prey 10 emotion. tears
yelling to her eyes at the slightest provo
cation. it is difficult to predict. Moreover,
she will have to keep bowling without In
terruption throughout the entire route. and,
although the royal carriages are provided
with an ingenious mechanism in the seat
back, with view TO diminishing the exer-
ton of bowling. yet it cannot but subject
her to dreadful fatigue.