The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-08
THE ATTITUDE Of FRANCE.
It Encourages Talk Of a Triple
Alliances.
SCHEME OF DIPLOM ATS
Irish Magistrates Disciplined for
Ant.ABritish Comments on War
In South Africa.

London, Dec. 2.-The uttcranccs Of
cabinet ministers and others on the sub
ject Of the suggested Anglo-Saxon-Teu-
tonic alliance have dctracted public at
tciitioii, to some degree. from the list of
casualties that marks British progress
in South Africa, but the glowing insinu-
atoms of triumphs Of British diplomacy
cannot stem the growing tide Of private
sorrow that manifcs.s itself with the
evrr-ncrcasing prevalence CT crepe and
the abseucc, through mourlling, Of many
prominent families from social festivi-
tics. AS Ambassador Choate said at the
American Thanksgiving banquet that
there iH scarcely an English family Of
his acuuhintailce without relatives al
ready either killed or wounded in the
war. Yet the press has taken kindly to
THIS new topic. though the more conser-
vatlvc papers, such as the Times, point
out that a sympathetic alliance with the
United States is an easy matter COM
pared with one with Germany. OH ac-
count of the difference i'll race and lam
gnage. While it il not actually so stat
ed, the palpable deduction has evidently
occurred to the writer's OH this topic that
the United States is far more fitted,
from racial and other conditions, to ally
with Germany than is Great Britain the
development of which, judging from pop
ular opinion, would be decidedly unsatis-
factefy to Great Britain at present un-
less John Bull managed i'll SINE way to
become a party to the new dreibund.
Attitude of France.
The bitter controversy between the
British and French press IS not without
its amusing features. All manner OF
Frenchmen and Frenchwomen. resident
thcrs and abbeS, have kept the CORE
spondence columns of the English papers
full Of diSavowals of the attacks Oh the
Queen which have marked some of the
Paris papers, while the French papers
themselves take little pains to conceal
their satisfaction over the irritation they
have created. though the better class of
the criticism. The English papers have
Violently assailed every anti-Dreyfusard
in France, but they cannot conceive the
justice Of tit-for-tat argument when the
Queens personality is involved.
\ duel just fought in Paris between
Nj. Jules Huret of the Figaro and NJ.
Niau of the Librc Parole sprang out of
the controversy. NJ. Huret has been in
England sending over pro-Rritish articles
Niau, who accepted a challenge and paid
for his criticisms with wound in the
arm which has paralyzcd two of his fin
gers.
Irish Magistrates Disciplined.
Two Irish mag iStrates were deprived
this week, by Lord Ashbourne, the lord
chancellor of Ireland, of their offices, on
account of the anti-BritiSh comments on
the Boer war. The proceeding is most
unusual, especially as one of the delin-
quents was nobleman, Lord Emily, who,
speaking to some laborers, at Limerick,
inferred that Great Britain might have
another Ladysnith in Ireland. Lord
AShboulne asked for an explanation, but
he was removed. Lord Emily is promi-
nent in Ireland. both socially and politi-
cally. and an ardent home ruler. The
only other instance On record is when
MI Gladstone, years ago, deprived Lord
RoSsmoIc of Il magiStracy for similar ut
trIanceS. The hearing of the inyestiga-
ton of the concern with which Lord
Mayor Newton is mixed up has so far
brought cut nothing startling against
Lcndon't chief magistrate \ promoter
testified that checks were sent to various
financial and other editors to obtain IA
Norablc notices of the company. but his
testimony has been publicly contradcted
by the papers specified.
The society Of American women will
give Il musical and theatrical entertain,
mont December +, in aid of the hospital
ship Maine. Many members of this so
ciety are considerably chagrincd at the
fact that their efforts were interpreted in
such a partial spirit many of them
thinking the hospital ship would indicate
a mere desire to alleviate sufferings on
both sides, instead Of being taken tc
mean Il warm support of Great Britain
as has been DONE