New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-18
WAR TALK IN LONDON.
PANIC STOPPED BY MINISTER DEL
CASSE'S STATEMENT - MEDIA
TION COMMENT

| London. March 1.-THE mouths of the panic
mongers have been stopped, and by a Frenchman.
| 1t is curious commentary upon a certain side OF
the British character which has lately been much
in evidence. Several papers of fair standing have
seriously been putting forward the probability of
war with France, and their sensations have been
! gulped down eagerly by small section OF the
| British public though we'll informed people were
only amused France however was not the only
nation which. 1t asserted, meditated inn
| mediate invasion of England. Russia Germany
and Austria according to the fancy of the manu-
facturers of panics, designs to take advantage
| of Great Britains trouble in South Africa. With
the cries for home defence in the ascendant Great
Britain might have duplicated the when the
island awaited the prospective invasion of Napoleon.
But NJ. Delcasse, the French Foreign Minister.
| spoke, and the boyle of European hostility and
interference vanished. The hand Of the French
man restored calm to Great Britain Without the
bias Of friendship. he disclosed the common sense
with which France and the other European Powers
were governing their relations toward Great Brit
ain, and bore home what has frequently been set
forth in these dispatches. that Power had the
slightest intention of going to war with Great
Britain at present. and that Power was anxious
to intervene In behalf of the Beers
CLOUD ON THE BALKANS.
The pacific aspect which European matters as
sumo is far likely to be disturbed by trouble
in the Balkans than by the South African war or
anything In which Great Britain is chiefly con-
cerned. though even the Balkan diffculty is most
unlikely result in any Continental This
latest trouble consists in the apparent determina-
ton of Prince Ferdinand to declare himself King
of Bulgaria and renounce Turkeys suzerainty.
He would scarcely contemplate this without the
backing of Russia whence come Prince Ferdnands
generals guns and this week. his national loan.
AS 1.-THE Spectator points out for the Sultan ia
refuse absolutely the request of Prince Ferdinand.
supported by Russia and not negatived by the
Triple Alliance would be very serious event in
deed, "and it may occur than we, who are
oil NJ Sfuard
| to suppose"
However, there is no reason to suppose it will
all blow over did the friction between Great
| Britain and Germany the seizures of the
! atters ships in South African waters. To what
extent that. friction went only known this
week, when a Blue Book giving the correspondence
| of the Governments concerned was published The
tart demands of the German Ambassador and Lord
Salisbury's astonshed comments at being thus ad-
dressed by a nation which Mr.. Chamberlain but
few weeks previous had lovingly included in the
called new Drebund" a revelation. Had
not the matter been completely settled. thanks to
Lord Salisbury's giving way. and had not Great
Britain been SO completely engrossed by the prog
ress OF her in South Africa, 1t would have
raised storm of Indignation against Germany fifty
times greater than did Emperor Williams eele-
brated cable message to President Kriiger after
the Jameson raid The correspondence itself shows
10 evidences of reconciliation. but it is learned. this
been effected and also that rather curious cir
| cumstances attended the negotiations. Whenever
the German Ambassador Lord Salisbury but
ter would melt in his mouth" and his words
were honeyed, yet when Count Btow, the Ger
Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke publicly he
ant-Britsh, and when the dispatches which
would In the nature of things be published
written by the German side they were formulated
in the strain To quote British Foreign
Office official. Germany Haunted in the face of
the world and curried favor privately
DULL DoINGs IN PARLIAMENT
In comparison with the SURPRISING Importance
attached what is taken be the addition of the
Orange Free State to the British dou1lnions events
in Great Britain this week highly uninterest-
ing Parliament has not distinguished itself. The
most interesting feature the debate arising
over the stop the-war' meetings and the
ton against the Government of palIatng the
preston of free speech by allowing such meetings to
be broken up Though the Liberal arguments
sounded we'll enough there is scarcely corporars
guard in England at present who are willing to
stand up as being against the war enthusiasm that
has flowed in with the tide of success. THE Daily
News the Liberal organ. says:
England is not in the mood to stand by and hear
open ridteule or covert sheers at these VINO nave
died for England.
From the Imperial point of view Sir Wilfrid
Laurier's speech has caused encomiums than
any of the week. THE Spectator" saying
These noble words and other papers COM
pairing his eloquence that of Pitt and Claiming
Between lines of the politely worded editorial
comments on President McKinley's expression of
willingness TO aid in the restoration of peace be-
tween Great Britain and the Boer republics be
discerned many evidences OF inward irritation
which the less responsible public does hesitate
to outwardly express. while members of the
Government privately display pique that of all the
Powers America should have consented to assume
what official designated as the 'unsracious role
of suggesting form of interference, to which
he added this expression:
Bngshmen cannot help contrasting the perfect
correctness of the attitude Of openly unfriendly
Ia
could only have been regarded as an unfriendly
act.
There Is no doubt that the overtures Of the
United States, though so carefully worGed,
have sensibly rritated Great Britain a whole,
while circles especially friendly to the United
States express open regret at the opportunity
offered to critics to compare the refusal OF NJ.
Delcasse the French Minister of Foreign Affairs,
crafty the hostile sentiment in France by making
| PROPOSALS to Lord Salisbury which sure of re-
lection with what they testify called the 'nerfer-
ence' of Washington. and which. though only
tentative clothed in words of perfect friendli-
ness and courtesy. at an inopportune moment
when the supreme self-suficiency of the British
empire is the predomnating feeling of the day.
| Everywhere hears expressions OF satisfaction
that while the answer to the proposal clothed
in words of perfect courtesy the language of Lord
Salisbury In brushing aside President McKnleys
proffer was extremely definite kill all pos
sibity OF a repetition of the offers from any
source, unless those proposing them DESTROYS of
being recognized openly antagonstic to this
country. Emphasis is laid on the fact that Great
Britain declared at the outset unwillingness
consent to any outside interference and therefore
as according the we'll established principle OF in
! ternatonaI law that the right of intervention is
conditional on the willingness of both parties to the
quarrel to accept the good offices Of a mediatng
Power such interference In this case outside