The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
RUSSIA AIDS FRANCE.
Will Send Strong Detachment Of
Troops to Abyssinia.
JlNGOlSM IS RAMPANT IN PARIS.
Government Urged Not to Make Any
Concessions.
ENGLAND is ALSO cOMBArlvE
Has Sent Officers to Lagos to See
That the French Evacuate
BOussa.
JINGolSM IS RAMPANT IN PARIS.
ENGLAND is ALSO COMBATlvE

London. November Copyrighted.
1897 by the Associated Press)-The speech
of the marquis OF Salisbury at the Guild
hall, on Tuesday last, lord mayors day,
again proved him to be a past master OF
saying nothing in many soothing words.
1t was essentially peace speech and did
not contain a single Indication as to how
far the government is prepared TO go in
Indian, Egyptian, Soudan or Niger affairs,
beyond general what can be done will
be done"
Even the supposed menace to France has
since been explained and was not intended
to excite French feeling, but was merely
to give English public opinion mild salts
faction from pretended bluff.
The premier's utterances on the subject
of international federation led to the con-
clusion that the government is wearying
of Great Britain's Splendid isolation" and
the imperialstic plans of the secretary OF
state for the colonies, Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain, having not yet progressed far enough
| to permit Great Britain to maintain her
policy Of separation from the rest of the
world.
| The continental newspapers regard dis-
| trustfully the praise of the concert OF the
powers coming from the leader OF the
power which, rightly or wrongly, the whole
of Europe believes to have been the most
Enthusiastically element In It,
! Vienna paper voices the general dis
|
Africa, as elsewhere, the lions share First
she cheated Germany. tricking her out OF
promising territory in exchange for the
crumbling rock of Heliogoland. Then she
caused Italy to bleed for her in Erythrea
and has now only to deal with one oppon-
ent whom she despises -France-to which
she has always been AN unpleasant neigh
bor. continually tearing pieces from her
living body She took Canada ory I, every
thing 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 monetary check caused by the mar
ouis of Salisbury's blum has been followed
by a recrudescence of jlngoism in Fraace.
which has been intensified by the arrival
In Paris yesterday of the pand of the czar S
| Preobansky regiment which has been sent
| to the French capital as an expression OF
Russian Friendship.
| Another incentive TO Chauvipism has
been found in the announcement that a
strong band OF Russian cavalry and ar
tillery will shortly sail from Odessa 10
Diititil and thence will go to King Meme
| lik's capital with the object Of assisting the
1 French to thwart the British In grabbing
Central Africa. Consequently the tone OF
the Paris newspapers is again excited
They are claiming that the position OF
France is unassailable, both by virtue oil
Justice and recent military operations,
which il is asserted assure the permanent
occupation of all the Niger territory al
ready bypothecated on the French maps,
ard the French mi<ister for foreign az
fairs. NJ. Hanotaux. is being urged not
to make any concessions
/ ON the other hand Great Britain Is rot
idle. Thirty army officers left Liverpool
TODAY for Lagos, on the west coast OF
| Africa and il is asser,ed that Captain
Frederick Lugard Of the Royal Niger CON-
many. with thirty more British officers, VIII
| start for Africa next week, with instruc'
tiops 10 lead the land expedition on Boussa
IN conjunction with the Niger gunboa'
hotilla.
Great Britain is making the evacuation
OF Boussa by the French sine qua non'