The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-24
mss APPROACHING.
!. ,u,e CLOUDS OYERHANG EU.
.oUr,s POLITICAL HORIZON.

...,,us, Crstan and Egyptian Affairs
nd in wsr---Diplomats are Anx'
). ,vsIting the acknowledgement
s,.nes may Come to Clash.
...ov Three or four black thun-
la ao"ss.are overhanging the politi-
s s,si Of Europe. The diplo-
\ .' "a anziously awaiting to see
:. y n. II tbey will pass away or burst.
IN Irsyfus, Crete and Egyptian
Ina have become more acute,
I'm Il / difficult at present to forecast
,nteomo in either case -
Z, \ \ Indication of the activity in the
.,ivorld is found in the fact that
II MARQUIS Of Salisbury, who went
.auiet holiday to take the waters
i@keville, had a special telegraph
established at his hotel this
IN h order to deal with the mass
,scisl kilograms pouring in and
h is understood the British
I,.lsr has ordered that the most
s-or,s measures be taken at Gambia,
"A Of Crete, where British troops
srsceutly fired upon by MusSul-
4, the execution of which only
Ibthe arrival of suffiient reinforce
sof her majesty's soldiers, who
H ndnber 1900 there, while an
q battalion is on its way to Gambia
Egypt.
.Tbs most recent advices tend to
he powers ore disposed to give
Britain free hand to obtain
nlionior the massacre of Chris
snd the insult to the British
Admiral Noel, the British
nj commander in Cretan waters,
alrsady arranged with the other
nirAls for the immediate withdrawal
hsnilitary contingents.
lie British squadron now lying be-
u Candia is powerful enough to
hst place in o few hours.
Eanvhile, the situation at Gambia
aAical. Thousands of the most no,
Hons BaShi-Bazouks have now left
lsvu and fortified themselves just
lie military Gordon, while out,
tile Gordon o body of Christian in,
pats Ia gathered. They are like
Is watching their prey, eager to
bag forward If the Bashi-B azouks
Tempt to leave the town. The
esss Of bloody fighting hinge upon
Turkish governments reply to
ilsn Pasha, the Turkish governor.
Ashss asked for instructions. after
gEAg been notified by Admiral Noe
hlthe MusSulman population mus
sasGmed. The British admiral il
Prsntly determined to enforce thu
armament Of the Bashi-B azouks
hsthG it is agreeable to the sultan
not.
The absence of news from Fashoda
important place about 400 miles
nth Of Khartoum, which is reported
have been occupied by a Frencl
y, has put the British upon tenter
aG', but they have implicit faith il
British commander, Gen. Sir Her
u Kitchener, and have cheerfully
aned that the British and Egyptian
= sfe already flying there whethe
Aarchanl, the French command
Athere or is not there. The Brit
Newspapers have taken q most un
lplomising attitude in regard t.
aaeda, They are daily issuing
anlngs to France, telling her t
q of or trouble will follow, AM
sls no doubt the Marquis of Sal
fy will have the nation benin
even if Gen. Kitchener has t
Mal Marchand from Fashoda b,
aOi arms.
" French newspapers, which frs
2 the matter quietly, are no.
2 y serious. They declare that
harchand is really at Fashoda h
way there, The idea that Fash
within the Egyptian sphere
peohed. Otherwise, it is asked
,lght has Great Britain to Ugar
mich also belonged to the forme
paan equatorial province {?
g Echo de Paris says: "Th
!, force dare not fire upon Ma
aand, for France is behind hin
must now consent to o Euro
conference, unless she wan
! reports from France agree TIL
Meyfus case has now brougl
. tho eve of o crisis, perhal
aess formidable in the history
I'M, aad republic. The situation
rls0 more acute by the fact tn
seaItenlng not merely the exis
y the cabinet, but the stabilit
% Constitution.
saaifcant feature of the situate
attitude of President Faur
alOEn to be utterly opposd to
OF the case; but the premie
'lssOn, and a majority of his &C
- nave decided in favor of r
9 the matter, aud with the +
,n OF the minister of war, &c