The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-08
THE ATTITUDE Of FRANCE
1t Encourages Talk Of a Triple
Alliances. .
SCHEME OF DIPLOMATS
Ant..British Comments Oh War
In South Africa.

London, Dec. 2.-The uttcrances OF
cabinet ministers and others on the sub
ject Of the suggested Anglo-Saxon-Teu-
tcn!c alliance have detractcd public at
tciitioii, to some degree, from the list Of
casualties that marks British progress
in South Africa, but the glowing insinu-
ations of triumphs of British diplomacy
cannot stem the growing tide of private
sorrow that manifes.s itself with the
| evcr-incrensing prevalence Of crepe and
the abseilcc, through mUurililg, Of MANY
prominent families from social festiyi-
tics. AS Ambassador Choate said at the
American thanksgiving banquet that
there is scarcely an English family Of
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
ont that 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 Ian
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-
factory to Great Britain at present un-
less John Bull managed in slime way to
| become 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
| NsiI If
| in England, from ladies' maids to au-
thors, and abbes, have kept the CORE
Spondencc 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
people discountenance the vulgarity of
| the criticism. The English papers have
| Violently assailcd every anti-Dreyfusard
IN France. but they cannot conceive the
! justice Of tit-for-tat argument when the
| Queens personality is involved.
A duel just fought i'll 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
| to his paper and was denounced by NJ.
Niau, who accepted a challenge and paid
| for his criticisms with Il wound i'll the
| arm which has paralyZed two Of his fill
| gers.
Irish Magistrates Disciplined.
Two Irish magistrates were deprived
| this week, by Lord Ashbourne, the lord
chancellor of Ireland of their offices, on
| account of the anti-Rritish comments on
| unusual, especially as one of the dclin-
Quents was noblcman, Lord Emily, who,
speaking to some laborers, at Limerick,
inferred that Great Britain might have
| another Ladysmith in Ireland. Lord
AShboulne asked for an explanation, but
Lord Emily haughtily refused. whereupon
he was removed. Lord Emily is promi-
ncnt in Ireland. both socially and politi-
ally. and an ardent home ruler. The
only other instance Oil record is when
Mr.. Gladstone, years ago, deprived Lord
RoSsmorc of a magistracy for similar ut
tcianceS. The hearing of the investga-
ton of the concern with which Lord
Mayor Newton is mixed up has so far
brought cut nothing startling against
Lcn1ont chief magistrate. a promoter
testified that checks We're sent to various
financial and other editors to obtain ia
rorablc notices of the company, but his
testimony has been publicly contradicted
by the papers specified.
give a musical and theatrical entertain
mont December +, in aid of the hospital
ship Maine. Many members of this So
cicty 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 to
mean a warm support of Great Britain,
as has been done.