The Saint Paul globe., 1898-10-23

lish newspapers, however, warn France
not to be deceived by such delusions.
They declare that the evacuation of
Fashoda must precede everything else.
The Times today, referring to the
Fashoda question, says:
1t is not We who are trying to hu-
initiate France, but it is France who
seeks to put a great humiliation upon
us. We have beaten the khalifa and
have effectively occupied the provinces
he usurped. We are now asked to clear
out at the orders of an exploring party
of nine Frenchmen, who owe their es-
cape from destruction to our military
success, or If we are kindly permitted
not to clear out, we are to pay a COM
pensation for our title to what we have
wrested from the khalifa. This is not
thing we can consent to discuss upon
any such highhanded summons. We
are there in effective occupation and
there we intend to remain"
PREPARING FOR WAR.
The French naval preparations were
at first declared to be mere routine
movements but they are now conceded
to be directed against Great Britain
The minister of marine, M. Lockroi, is
dispatching orders to all the naval sta
tions along the coast and he is receiv-
ing reports to their condition. The
French dockyards and arsenals are
working at full pressure, hurriedly pre-
pairing warships and torpedo boats for
active service.
On the British side a feeling of abso-
lutte se1f-confidence is displayed.
Everything ready is the burden of
all the statements from naval quarters.
In fact the British navy has practically
been on war footing for year past,
and an authoritative pronouncement to
this effect has come from the secretary
to the admiralty, w. E. Ellison Macart-
ney. Referring to the preparations on
the other side of the channel, he said:
So far as the British admiralty is con-
cerned the ships, officers and general
administration are now ready to meet
the wishes Of the country"
A dockyard official in an interview
declared that the circumstances of the
present crisis had been thoroughly pro-
vtded for in the mobilization scheme.
He added that the British naval au-
thorities had all their ships ready and
could commission a squadron Of cruis-
ers and have them off the French coast
IN less than twenty-four hours. This
Official also pointed out that it was
not for nothing that the British naval
maneuvers were put off this year. He
added that the British ships at the
present moment have a larger supply
of coal on board and available and a
larger stock of provisions than ever
known before.
SQUADRON READY.
The admiralty list today says that
nine battleships and eleven fast cruis-
ers are lying in the Mediterranean,
while the British channel squadron,
last reported off VilIegarcia, Sicily, con-
sisting Of eight battlesh1ps and five
cruisers, constitutes the most modern
and powerful homogeneous fleet of war
ships afloat.
kilograms from Balmoral intimate
that Queen Victoria is following the
trend of events with great interest. Her
desire for peace in the last declining
years of her reign is we'll known.
Austrian and German newspapers are
closely following the dispute between
Great Britain and France, and while
they express the hope that it will not
end in war, the general feeling is that
the French position is untenable, and
that Great Britain is entitled to reap
the fruits of victory.
The Brisson ministry has one foot
in the grave and it's prospects of last
no Of 10
ment are very dubious The French
premier is hemmed in ON every side,
ana it was thought he would try to
secure the support Of the Moderates
to carry him through the session. But
lis list of new projects issued this
week shows that Moderate officials have
mostly been replaced by Radicals. This
has eXasperated the Moderates, who
declare the ministry has thereby signed
its own death warrant Interpretations
from deputies on the governments s
policy at home and abroad are pouring
in.
NJ. CaVaignac, the former minister Of
war, intends to attack the government
on the question Of the revision of the
Dreyfus case, opposing it's reference to
the court Of cessation, on the ground
that the army has, in the council Of
appeal, its own court of cessation
M. Bourgeois is regarded as the prob
able successor Of M. Brsson, and live
ly times are promised on the reassem-
bling of the chamber of deputies on
Tuesday next.
The French Socialists are organizing
a vast demonstration, to take place on
the Place de la Concorde, and the anti
Dreyfus league has also summoned it's
aGherents to meet there with the rally
ing cry Of "Vive Tarmee." A collision
between the two factions is anticipated,
in view of which the prefect of police
is taking measures on a gigantic scale
to preserve order. In addition the mill
tary authorities are preparing for
trouble and the garrison Of Paris will
be confined to the barracks.
The preliminary Socialist meetings
have already resulted in conflicts with
the police.