The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
Emperor Wilhelm Dreams of n Strong
Coalition Against England and
United States.
THE COURAGE OF GALLlFET
FRENCH WAR MINISTER ATTRACT
ING ATTENTION OF EUROPE.
Discipline of Popular Generals May
BE Responsible for Saving Life
of the Republic.
Copyright. 1899. by the Associated Press.l

LONDON, July 29.-The Marquis of SAL
isbury having at last broken silence on the
Transvaal question in so decided manner,
1t may be expected that President Kruger
will hardly be likely to refuse to listen TO
the governments new proposal for a joint
commission to examine the franchise bill.
This proposal meets varying criticism here.
Liberals are inclined to regard 1T as another
instance of the incurable tendency. OF the
Salisbury government to shelve every diff
Guilty by referring il to a commission. Mr..
Labouchere calls 1t climb-down on Mr..
Chamberlain's part; and undoubtedly 1t sa-
vors more Of Salisbury than Chamberlain.
Others think it a concession to the Trans
walls contention that the matter should be
referred to arbitration. All agree, however,
that it forms a practical bridge of which
Kruger can avail himself to retire from an
impossible position.
A. ]. Balfour, first lord Of the treasury
and government leader in the House of
Commons, gave another strong hint in the
Commons yesterday, announcing in reply to
a question that i'm the unfortunate event of
war there was no intention to employ other
than white troops.
The prospect of Chino-Japanese alliance
has been welcomed by England and Ger
many on the ground that 1t will reinvigorate
China and enable her to resist the Russian
advance. The Spectator, in the course of an
interesting article this week. asserts that
Japanese reorganization of the Chinese
army and navy and finances would be sue
cessful because the Japanese are more in
sympathy with Chinese national feeling
than western nations. Japan, the article
saws, would abolish corruption and organ
lie a formidable. well-armed Chinese army.
while the combined Chinese and japanese
navies would be able TO prevent any in
yading army reaching China by the sea-
Thus, it is argued, China would be again
powerful nation, able TO exclude European
trade from Manchuria and threaten India
through Thibet while a Chinese victory over
Russia, even If possible, would be victory
of barbarism over civilization and couid De
Of no possible benent 10 EUROPE.
The disgrace of General Negrier has Gre
ated q profound impression. not only In
France. but all over Europe and has
brought into prominent notice the depth or
the civil as well as the military courage
possessed by the new French minister or
war, General the Marquis de Gallifet. Be
fore him the pasteboard patriots, VINO
threatened terrible vengeance with the army
il they were thwarted by the republic,
double up and fall TO pieces and the public
is beginning to realize that at last the right
man has been found 10 supp res deeraded
it's honor and shamed it's uniform by chi
canery and intrigue. H..
ton to see General De Pelleux, who in full
regimentals attempted to bully the jury INTO
the conviction of Zoa now winning pltl-
fully for q pension from the position 10
w a disgrace
eral De Pellieux searched Colonel Plcquart s
rooms he found a bundle OF love Letters sI,s
known Judge, to Colonel Picquart. General
De Pellieux read the letters carefully ana
Gent them to the womans hps6and b, %no; on
judicial separation from her. When asked
by General De Gallifet If he had sent the
word of honor that he had done so, but the
minister of war found the general had been
lying, hence the punishment imposed on
would otherwise have been. The removal
of General De Negrier tends TO the saliva
ton Of the republic, as, If his Migrant IN
subordination had been overlooked, the dis
cipline of the army could scarcely have been
maintained
Details of the interview between General
De Gallifet and General De Negrier show
how misplaced was the confidence OF the
public in De Negrier. When taxed with IS
suing seditious circulars, instead OF boldly
sticking to his guLs the general equlvo-
Gated, prevaricated and behaved like pol,
troon until forced into corner. General
De. Galifet then treated him like whipped
schoolboy and ordered him to go forthwith
and fetch the original documents. Even
then De Negrier had not the courage to re,
turn until De Gallifet sent him a command
to come and not forget the circular.
General De Gallifets communication, is
sued yesterday. in which he avowed full
responsibility for the disciplinary measures
adopted towards the generals, contrasting
so strikingly with the pusillanimity of pre-
vious French ministers of war, will add TO
fore him' and Di' fully justifes PREMIER Wal
deck-Rousseau's bold step in appointing him
to prescribe for the grave political disease.
to lift finger against General De Gallifet.
General Zurinden left Paris without muir
muir; General De Pellieux, who lied to his
nothing to save his tool, Lieutenant Colonel
Du Patty de Clam. -
The National Review, in an article dis
cussing the probability of an alliance be-
tween France and Germany against Eng
land. has reached the conclusion that such
a move is within the bounds Of practical
politics. The writer points out that Ger
manys future expansion must be colonial
and that France has similar interests. In
this respect both France and Germany are
somewhat barred by England's widespread
holdings. The common belief that England
is the enemy of every power with maritime
ambitions. the writer asserts, supplies both
Frenchmen and Germans with an argument
in support of union Emperor William, it is
argued, is acting on the SuppoSition that,
much as France dislikes Germany, she must
dislike England more after the Fashoda in
cident. The Emperor dreams Of forming a
coalition of central and western powers of
the continent 10 be used, firstly, against
England, secondly, against the United States
and finally against Russia, though at the
commencement the latter power will be in
cluded in tine German firm. The National
Review writer finds in these dreams an ex-
PLANTATION Of the hitherto almost iDexplicable
policy of the German Emperor towards the
United States. The article continues: 1.-The
reason for Emperor Williams seeming de-
sire TO unnecessarily quarrel with a state OF
such gigantic strength Is that he wished TO
assume the position Of champion Of Europe
against transmarine powers.
The article says further: ITO the con-
tinent. before 1898. the United States APP
peared a huge drowsy monster that spent
its energy in rare moments of nibbling the
lions tail. No one objected much to this,
but when the huge beast shook itself and
planted one paw on the Spanish West Indies
and another on the Philippines, 1t became
an object of real terror TO European states
men, who did not know whom it might next
attack. The conditions were all the more
unnerving England refused to walk into
the trap and turn her navy against the
United States. So the events of 1898 only
served to bring the two transmarine powers
together.
While the American university athletes
have been made much of during their stay
in England, they have not entirely escaped
she criticism which generally greeted their
predecessors here. They have been severely
criticised owing to the fact they brought a
tape measure on the grounds and checked
the rings measured for their hammer
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