Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
KEEPING WELL CONCEALED Hvs
GOVERNMENTAL POLICY.
TALKS, BUT SAYS NOTHING,
ANOTHER WILD OUTBURsT OF jim.
GOIsM IN FRANCE.
u. Hanotaux Urged to Make No Con-
cessions to the British in Africa
England Sends Thirty Of
dcers to the Disputed
Territory.

London, Nov. 1~3.-(Copyright, 1887, by the
Associated Press.) The speech of the Mar
quis of Salisbury at the Guild hall, or
Tuesday last, Lord Mayors day, AGAR
proved him to be past master of saying
nothing in many soothing words. 1t was
essentially a peace speech. and did no,
contain a single indication as to how fal
the government is prepared to go in In.
dian- Egyptian, Soudan or Niger affairs
beyond a general what can be done will
De done Even the supposed menace to
france has since been explained, and Was
not intended to excite French feelings, but
was merely to give English public opinion
mild satisfaction from a pretended blun.
The premier's utterances upon the SUBJ
oect of international federation lead to the
conclusion that the government is weary
ing OF Great Britain's splendid isolation -
and the fmperialistic plans of the secre-
tary OF state for the colonies, Mr.. Joseph
chamberlain, have not yet progressed
enough to permit Great Britain to MAIN
tain her policy Of separation from the rest
of the world.
The Continental newspapers regard dis
trustfully praise Of the concert of the
powers coming from the leader Of the pow
er which, rightly or wrongly. the whole
or Europe believes to AVE been the most
Enthusiastically element in it. A Vienna
newspaper voices the general d~istrust, say
ing:
England has seized in Africa, as else
where. the lions share. First she cheated
Germany. trucking her out of a promising
territory In exchange for tho crumbling
fock OF Heligoland. Then she caused Italy
to bleed for her in Erythrea, and has now
only to deal with one opponent, whom she
oespises, namely, France, to which she has
always been an unpleasant neighbor, con-
tlnualiy tearing pieces from her living body.
She took Canada and everything valuable
the French had In Asia, mostly by cunning,
and proved herself the perpetual enemy of
the whole Continent. Now she proclaims
the right to exclusive possession Of all the
Niger territory worth having"
The momentary check caused by the
Marquis of Salisbury's bluff has been fol-
lowed by a recrudescenoe OF jingoism in
France, which has been intensified by the
arrival in Paris yesterday of the band of
the cars Preobrajensky regiment, which
has been sent to the French capital as an
earnest OF Russian friendship. Another in
centive to Chauvinism has been found in
the announcement that a strong detach-
ment OF Russian cavalry and artillery will
shortly sail from Oedessa to Diibutii. and
thence will so to King Menelik's capital.
with the object Of assisting the French to
thwart the British in grabbing Central
Africa Consequently. the tone Of the Paris
newspapers is again excited. They are
claiming that the possession Of France is
unassailable. both by virtue of justice and
recent military operations. which, it is as
serted. assure the permanent occupation of
all the Niger territory already hypothe-
Gated on the French maps, and the French
minister of foreign affairs. NJ. Hanotaux.
Is being urged not to make any conces-
sions.
On the other hand, Great Britain is not
idle. Thirty army officers left Liverpool to-
DAY Tor Lagos. on the west coast Of Afri-
ca. and 1t is asserted that Captain Fred
erick Lugard. of the Royal Niger Com
pany. with thirty more British officers. will
start for Africa next week, with ~instruc-
uons TO lead the land expedition on Bous-
boat fiotilla. e eon-
Great Britain is making the evacuation
OF boussa by the French a sine qua non.