The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16
European Politics.
roples Now Demanding Attention on the
Continent.
u the st. Louis Globe Democrat. I

Continent.
., ~ the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
.>.orN. September t President krue-
..u.4l Of British suzeraintS over the
....4 fell at first like a bombshell
..a the simple minded took it as al
declaration of war. Now, al
Nr Chamberlain asserts SO posi-
ut Great Britain is suZerain,
experts in international law who
clare against the Colonial Secre-
he whole thing rests on the text
.- undon convention. and on Lord
n. explanatory letter to the Trans
ries. There is nothing in either
s- documents which fixes the gener-
amacy of England over the Trans,
acre is, OF course, the one clause
-, NJ treaties with foreign States
n, Which as yet Dom Paul has made no
aGr TO escape. He may be tempted
if he finds England claim un-
,4nly elastic.
INDIAN SITUATION.
.f loubles on the northwest frontier
india are occupying men S minds here
f,>t o the exclusion of any other news.
ii tr exceptionally brutal murder or a
d lilway collision fails just now to
he gentle British public, who are
be ,eeu at street corners porting over
r., the disturbed districts and dis
.o- the summary vengeance to be
a ,o the insurgent tribes. The very
..- If the tribesmen. AfridiS and
f. I which meant very little or moth
The Britisher six weeks ago, are
mmon property, and every Eng
.4H whose tongue is not tied by self
VAS fear of mispronouncing barbar-
r.ues has an infaIlible remedy for
ls Gency
.lSHERS WANT VENGEANCE.
the people here wish to see is a
ute OF that summary and theatrical
ich is only achieved on the dra-
-,ge; but campaigns on the Indian
are matters of times and sea-
they are to be successful at a
ta cost of men and material: and,
lteIy, there could be no worse
atching and coercing the Afridis
Than the present Had the ris-
red in December or in January
linen could have been easily
"' ION lile iloUi1 ''ins men
anu leN 'i'e'il no lo ~. pu'
are DIS S'le Us the 9iCiilan pan
he tourist season. while the heat
lealthfulness OF the valley are
ne deadly to British troops than
bingham made guns of their wild
.,.r, D,,,-o.>,, ,.,-rt.cr >r,nx
-
.le tlouole mas increased beyond
non Il snow p% the TACT lhal the
les IN Inuia III" II rlgllt TO ignore
''ns oi st"Soldpie SURROUNDINGS
tle olenSlEe at once lest
+pes inter pref 'he PoiIcy OF lhaG-
Il sign OF "ef'tE ana weakness OF
tiSn, lheh, though tle AmeeI
.rSleu more tnah once lhal ne llad
snare ia tnls business, ahG al-
re Al9llan 2helhh, VINO mas oeeh
"tdeI WIN Sllls AT Cons0anllhople
e'tea an autograph Iettel from the
f" Aooui 'ahnah' mas been pro
harmless emlSSarN, YET II IS al
III tiiat any sign OF bIllish pro
fu'h OF yIelehhg hlght dangerous
..1 A'ghahlslan. inns is more
matter OF mere conjecture, thouSh
tlest Tetlcence on the SUBJECT Is
''l of lhe lhoi" oHlce'
-zNEsE LORRAINE INHABITANTS.
,,.., unfortunate enouuh that the AL
.rraine fever in France sbould have
lived in the beginning of Septem-
lad. though Sedan day in Berlin this
: been rather \ dull business and
a,h3+ lacl,ino in puhlic enthusiasm
Is ouite clear that the old spirit of
lee is being aroused in the German
30. NOR is tAlS SPIRIT hkely TO De lulled
tiT i-i- liii't'' tele9idhi Oh certain un-
l'l''t' aus Vi Lorraine Sishlllcahlls
-NNIN9 lNeI Joy over lhe franco
'." .i.4anCe ana t4eIl hopes lof the
W. nelliie' 'he Iellci ieilier' III
letle answer % lhese liilpulSlFe
~ plaSihS very RISKY game so
nS t'Ie s"letS ol MS poltlollo
'' "nIch 1he IaIe eAclteilents
"1e"I question ana ploteeilol ol-
a4Itauy somewhat endangered.
ioI nm Tue German Foreign
reasons Oh us own mas oeen
'' i-hUle 1iit Strange lllolsclelloh
rnci iiliie hliiislei com pliihenl-
NOM, q Ra,Ii, ,,nint of ,ia,r car
short of treason. Had Berlin
the moment opportune for a Sc
it, the occasion was ready to its
ld a better pretext furnished than
ever had for picking a quarrel
lamb. but the bear in the near
and has. Of course. altered the
-sjon OF the fable.
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