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peecipitate The crisis Sdt the climax can'
not be very fer Of.

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Although the little French force at
Fashad0 has been ordered to clear ont OF
Egypt by the French Government, and
the irritating issue there has practically
ceased, the incident 10 only as drop OF
water might be to the ocean. When
considered in connection with the grave
national questions involved In the East,
(known dipiomasically as the General
ERyptian Question) and AZ Secretary
Chsinberlain has reiterated that the
British policy that hes been q worm in
the side 81 France aud Russia, 10 to be
maintained, II becomes apparent that
these nations are not In any better
humor than before the speech was made.
They arc locking snxiously for An en-
forcement of that policy and meantime
are ratherins men and arms to resist the
encroachments Of their common enemy.
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Great Britain has already troubles OF her
own on hand In her vast Indian Empire,
where fresh revolt among some Of the
fehellious. tribes has occurred, which
threatens TO assume serious dimensions.
Our, American beauty, Lady Curzon,
formerly MIS- Mary Letter, OF Wash
in3ton) who is about accompanying her
husband, Lord Cuizon, the Viceroy of
India, to that country, may find her so.
cial reign in the splerdid courts at CAL
cutta and Simla marked by troublous
times. England's recent experience IN
suppressing her rebellous tribes 10 India
was marked by heavy expenditure OF
blood and treasure. Is it all go soon to
be done over again?
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If the noblemen of England do not
claim to possess all the cardinal virtues,
they assume to have great many of
them, and yet the revelations made this
week in London would seen to establish
the fact that society there ls corrupt to
the core. Promoter Terrence N. Hooley
who made millions by his schemes, il
now bankrupt and apparently finds
some satisfaction in telling how he was
blackmailed. He was to get baronetcy
for the trifling sum Of $3.50, 600, but there
was hitch and he didn't get it; but he
paid $50, 600 as a political contribution
for membership in the Conservative
Club, of London, while for introductions,
the use Of titled mems names as "direc-
tors" in his companies he gave checks
varying in amout from 500 to $780,
600. Some very high dignitaries are
badly smirched by the revelations. The
short Of it is that the influence and
names bought and sold for cash, like
wheat or corn, were used to entrap In
vestors in rotten enterprises which en-
riched the promoters and beggared the
people. Moie than $3.50, ,00O, ,OO are said
to have been lost in these swiEdles fol
which the British aristocritic leaders are
mainly responsible.
The French Government, which in
cludes some Of the men who will be dis
graced if not punished should the light
OF truth ever be shed on the Dreyfus
scandal, have caused it to be given Out
that word of the action Of the Court o.
Cessation, in ordering a revision of the
exlle's case, has been cabled to Devils
Island. This may be true, but 1t proba
bly, is not true. 1t is to be expected that
pretense OF giving Dreyfus a new trial,
or his freedom, will be proclaimed. tut
the results that must follow to the.Frencf
army and the conspirators are too grave
to expect that nything will be done fol
the hapless prisoner except to let him
die-a natural death, Of ceurse-on BIZ
barren island in the South. An attempt
to bring the subject before the French
Chamber of Deputies was defeated by
Premier Dupuy, on whose motion al
debate about the secret documents Wa'
postponed for month.