The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07

CHALLENGE
Sir Michael Hicks Beach's
Speech Anglers the
Paris Press.
RESORT TO THE SWORD
DEMANDED.
Great Britain Said to Have Dis.
dained and Defed France
and Russia.
/GERMANY LOOKS ON WITH
EQUANIMITY.
1t Would Now Seem That the Egyp.
tian Question Threatens the
Concord of Powers.
GERMANY LOOKS ON WITH
EQUANIMITY.

PARIS, FRANCE, Feb. 6.-The Paris
press are greatly excited over the speech
delivered in the British House of Com
mons yesterday by Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Chancellor of the Excheouer, up
on the occupation of Egypt.
The Journal, in an article commenting
upon The speech, says: THE insolent
challenge thrown to France and Russia
ought TO be taken up"
The Autorite says: England disdains
and defes France and Russia and will
continue to do so until both of these pow
ers resort to the sword"
La Libre Parole says: ''The reply TO
England's challenge must be action, not
mere words"
BERLIN, GERMANY, Feb. 6-Oficials
and news papers regard the renewed strain
between France and England with com
plete equanimity, and the declarations
concerning Egypt made by Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, the British Chancellor OF
the Exchequer. in the House of Commons
in London yesterday are attributed to
that gentleman's knowledge that England
has the support of Germany, Austria and
Italy in regard 10 her occupation of
Egypt.
The Hamburg correspondent in an
article on The subject gives expression to
the opinion generally entertained in Ber-
lin when it says that France has no legal
4 right to force England TO evacuate Egypt.
III Concerning the attitude of Russia toward
| Egypt the ST. Petersburg Noyoe Vremya
says that Russia intends TO confne her
self TO placing the Suez canal under in
" ternational control, otherwise she has no
interest in Egypt.
Speaking of the attitude of the Austro-
Hungarian Government, the Pesther
Lloyd, in an inspired communication from
Vienna. expresses regret that the line of
the Franco Russian entente menaces the
concord of the powers at the very time
when perfect harmony is most urgently
needed.
1.-THE effect will likely be,'' the paper
adds" to defeat a solution of the difficult
ties in Turkey and we must now exert
every effort to restore the harmony of the
relations between France and Great
Britain"
The adhesion of Germany and Italy to
the policy, it was hoped, would lead to
the abatement of the English aggressions
in the Transvaal, but reports from Pre-
toria announce the occasion of a severe
split between DR.. Leyds, the Secretary of
State of the South African Republic, ana
President Kruger, which advices furnish
an explanation OF the reported intention
of DR.. Leyds to resign his office, DIR.
Leyds has large number of followers
and, according to the dispatches, the
prediction is freely made that he will
obtain Boer majority in favor of the in
dependence of the Transvaal Republic or
such a revision of the Anglo-Boer Con-
ventien as will give the TransyaaI Govern
ment absolute control over It's foreign re-
Iations.
The Vossiche Zeitung published dis
patch from its correspondent in Pretoria
which says the fort works which have
been in course of construction around the
Boer capital are now being pushed for
ward to completion with feverish haste
knd also that distrust of the English is in
Neasing everywhere in the Transvaal and
e IA rapidly increasing war feeling has set in
DR.. Koch. the eminent German bacteri-
ologist, has telegraphed that he is return
ing with newly discovered serum which
will lessen the force of the rinderpest. In
. the meantime, lie says. he is unable to
say whether he will be able to prevent
animals from being infected with the dis
ease. He has demonstrated that sheep
and horned cattle are the most liable of
all animals to contract the disease, and
that dogs, monkeys and rodents enjoy
complete immunity from it. Dr. Koch
wires that be is not going TO Bombay to
study the hubonic plague which is raging
there, despite the fact that he has been
asked to head the com mission which is 10
. be sent to Bombay for that purpose.
The speeches delivered in the Reichstag
this week by Freiherr MarschalI Won
Bieberstein in regard TO the prosecution of
Baron Won Luetzow and others for libel
are pronounced everywhere to have been
the best he has ever made, and have won
admiration on all sides.
The Conservative opponents of the
Minister are proiuse in their praise OF
him. Count Won Mirbach, the Conserva-
tive leader, remarked at the conclusion of
one of Freiherr Masschall's speeches,
The Conservatives are proud of him as
man who once sat in their ranks" and
pount Zn Linn bur --Stirum, another Con-
HerVative leader. expressed hope that the
VAlnlster Tould long retain his Office.
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